And I would think NOT. Moreover, I believe that Marco KNOWS he is not eligible, which is why I believe he so adamantly refuses to consider being on the GOP ticket.
If HE is eligible, so is Obama. Meaning that for some folks, ANYTHING GOES.
BTW, Marco is smart enough not to deal with this. He realizes that it is not his fault. If his parents had gotten naturalized in the ‘60’s, that would have been enough. But they delayed doing it. We Tea Partiers here in Florida have had to undertake a great deal of research to get the facts about his folks. The evidence is that the dad became a citizen in ‘74 and the mom after that.
Rubio has become a good senator already. I was a very early supporter of his against Crist and I’m delighted in how he has turned out. Replacing McConnell is a reasonable goal for him and I think he’ll be great as GOP Leader in the Senate.
I don’t care how talented or how popular Marco is, the Constitution is more important than political expediency.
And we need to take a STRICT view of its precepts and not just grab any joker whom we think will attract votes, a la Obama.
“the Constitution is more important than political expediency”
Change it so that people born here to non-citizen parents aren’t citizens then. Until you do that ... Rubio is eligible.