I see Rubio’s situation the same way. But it is not up to me to decide whether Rubio is eligible. Every man is NOT a law unto himself. That is what we have courts for - to interpret the law so the nation knows what interpretation is legally binding. I think that’s all any of us are really asking for, and if that is too much for the courts to do then let’s just get rid of the courts because they’re worthless.
I expect that most Judges are ignorant of the original meaning of "natural born citizen" and I believe that if it ever gets to court, many judges will just rule that 14th amendment is all that matters, and they will so rule him qualified.
I agree that the law should be decided by a court, but I would add that it needs to be decided by a COMPETENT court, which seem in short supply nowadays. Our courts nowadays are seemingly as competent at their jobs as Obama is at his, and I have no warm feelings about them getting this ruling correct.
As for me, I have been told that Rubio's mother became a citizen before his birth, and his father applied to become a citizen before he was born. If this is indeed true, then the rest of the process is merely a technicality. I have long complained about the legal system's use of technicalities to justify a bad ruling, and in my mind the overruling factor should always be the spirit of the law, not the letter.