If his parents were here illegally or on a tourist visa and he happened to be born here, then the "subject to" test fails a strict constructionist test, let alone worrying about the natural born part.
Nice guy, good conservative, smart as a whip? Yes, yes and yes. Presidential material? I'd need a lot more convincing on his upbringing.
Look, when were were all 5th graders memorizing: "North Dakota, Bismark; South Dakota, Pierre ..." Obama was learning the 57 states of Islam. An automatic DQ in my book even if that isn't the legal definition of "natural born." In fact, it is the spirit of the natural born requirement. The press has squandered their First Amendment privileges by failing to properly vet a Presidential candidate.
John Kerry with his Swiss education and perhaps even John McCain if his education when deployed with his parents was not at the appropriate "American School" should make voters say "no thanks." That goes beyond the Constitutional requirement but look at what choosing someone whose allegiance to America is questionable has done.
“If his parents were here illegally or on a tourist visa and he happened to be born here, then the ‘subject to’ test fails a strict constructionist test”
Who says? Since when aren’t legal and illegal aliens subject to the jurisdiction of U.S. law?