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I'm in favor of the effort, but you might want to remove the following:

"Since allegiance of the potential President and Commander-in-Chief was the main concern of the Founding Fathers, 'Natural Born Citizen' has been understood to mean meeting the following two requirements: . You must be born in the United States; “on US soil” and . Both of your parents must be U.S. citizens at the time of your birth."

This is not accurate. I realize many of you have convinced yourselves it is, but that doesn't make it so. If you leave it in it's going to scream "Birther" and may actually make the letter counter-productive.

All you need to say is that a candidate should submit documentation proving his eligibility for the office.

I agree...Eligibility should include items such as:
1. US Citizenship
2. Not having served as President already
3. Not a felon
etc etc
It is not just about birth certificate.

I'm in favor of the effort, but you might want to remove the following:

"Since allegiance of the potential President and Commander-in-Chief was the main concern of the Founding Fathers, 'Natural Born Citizen' has been understood to mean meeting the following two requirements: . You must be born in the United States; “on US soil” and . Both of your parents must be U.S. citizens at the time of your birth."

This is not accurate. I realize many of you have convinced yourselves it is, but that doesn't make it so. If you leave it in it's going to scream "Birther" and may actually make the letter counter-productive. All you need to say is that a candidate should submit documentation proving his eligibility for the office.

I think you are correct. Part of me wants to leave it in there, just to hammer the point, but if it's going to get passed as a Bill, I think it should be deleted. Thanks for the feedback.