[Cboldt]

As a question of realpolitik, the NBC clause is inoperative. Either it gets read out on some rhetorical trick, giving Congress the power to define the term, or it is found archaic and "not who we are," or the people allow the elites to open the office up to naturalized citizens, maybe with a constitutional amendment.

There are many ways to fame the discussion and justify the neutering of the NBC clause.

In short, I see no downside to making a stink. The NBC clause is already lost. I'm trying to get it back.

[HiTech RedNeck]

The clause wasn’t so much lost as ignored, for Obama. The USSC is more than happy to jump in and declare something un-lost, even if it queers things in the process (pun intended).

Which is why we could use a Bork amendment, but first things first. Let’s win and get the destructive-Democrat factor as marginalized as possible.