I would be disposed to support a constitutional amendment that allowed naturalized citizens to be eligible for the presidency if they’ve been U.S. citizens for 35 years (since they would have been U.S. citizens for as long as a 35-year-old natural-born citizen has been a U.S. citizen), but such an amendment would not be in my top 10 list of necessary constitutional amendments. Maybe it could be section 2 to an amendment that clarifies that persons born in the U.S. whose parents are not U.S. citizens or permanent residents shall not be deemed U.S. citizens at birth.
But Arnold Schwarzenegger could never become president even with such a constitutional amendment. The only naturalized citizen whom I can think of off the top of my head whom I would support for president or VP if such amendment was approved would be Congressman Peter Hoekstra of Michigan.
I tend to agree with your idea.
Hoekstra is from the motherland huh, I didn’t know that, or more likely did and forgot.
Unsurprisingly Arnold favors 25 years rather than 35. Can’t want to wait till 2020 (1983 + 35 2018) cause he knows at age 73 he and his running mate Megan McCain would be no match for me. ;)