This rule only applies if she was legally married to Obama Snr. I read on one of these threads that his father was actually already married and not divorced from his first wife.
If his mother was thus unwed, she would only have to have been in the US for 12 consecutive months prior to his birth.
434 posted on 08/05/2009 6:31:35 AM PDT by greeneyes
(Moderation in defense of your country is NO virtue. Let Freedom Ring.)