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I have been giving Ted Cruz every benefit of a doubt as regards Constitutional eligibility. I believe that a very plausible case can be made for his being eligible to the office of President without turning into some “living Constitution” fool with no respect for founding principals. What I will not do, is pretend that there is no issue, here. There is, being primarily in my view Canadian citizenship, which Cruz is moving to renounce.

Is this sufficient? That I do not know, but it's an effective step under the jurisdictional argument I've been making for quite some time, well before your attempts to shut down any discussion. Do you honestly believe that Democrats have the logic, integrity and internal consistency not to use an eligibility argument against Cruz? I don't. They'll be screaming it from the rooftops. They hold us to our own set of rules, not theirs. Therefore, exploring the matter thoroughly is necessary and the right thing to do, both politically and Constitutionally.

Ted Cruz is certainly paying attention and doing what he can to remove objections on this basis. He has been a powerful voice for conservatism in his short time in office. May that voice extend from words into actions, and may he be found eligible, it's not at all outside the realm of the possible. I'll gladly vote for him if so.

Fair enough?

and may he be found eligible,

Whether or not he will be "found eligible" is a decision that you are going to have to make for yourself. Don't expect any Court to make that decision, because I would be willing to bet my life that no court will take it up.

The decision is not going to be made by the Supreme Court. This is a decision you are going to have to make yourself. Nobody else is going to make it for you.

“Do you honestly believe that Democrats have the logic, integrity and internal consistency not to use an eligibility argument against Cruz? I don’t. They’ll be screaming it from the rooftops. They hold us to our own set of rules, not theirs. Therefore, exploring the matter thoroughly is necessary and the right thing to do, both politically and Constitutionally.

“Ted Cruz is certainly paying attention and doing what he can to remove objections on this basis.”

Absolutely correct! Cruz, by arranging to have at least his short form BC released and having his friend write the CATO article is three years ahead on airing out objections in this campaign cycle compared to the airing out of Barry and McCain’s issues 2008.

Democrats attacked McCain’s eligibility in early 2008 but the backed down once an evident quid pro quo cease-fire was reached with the GOP-e that Barry’s NBC status would not be contested by them. In 2016 I see no quid pro quo motivation for the Dems to restrain themselves from attacking Cruz...provided that Barry’s Hawaii birth narrative hold up through 2016.