However, not even Cruz is claiming that he is necessarily a Natural Born Citizen, a constitutional qualification he would need in order to be eligible for the presidency or vice presidency of the United States. He said he is "going to leave it to others to decide."
Let's not conflate the term "citizen at birth" with "Natural Born Citizen." The first is a statutory term, or derived from statutory law; the latter is a constitutional term which had a different definition when placed in the Constitution by the Founding Fathers.
"Natural Born Citizen," as understood by the writers of the Constitution, is a person born in a particular nation, both of whose parents were citizens of that nation at the time of that birth. Natural Born Citizens are also citizens at birth, but Natural Born Citizens are only a subset of citizens at birth.
Ted Cruz is a very good Senator and a principled man. But unfortunately he is not a Natural Born Citizen, having been born in Canada, and accordingly, is constitutionally ineligible for the presidency or vice-presidency, barring a constitutional amendment changing the qualifications for those offices.
Same thing. No magical other definitions exist in the minds of 99% of people. I say again, this junk hasn't gotten rid of Obama so using it against Cruz is like stabbing yourself in the eye for no reason. It's time to let it go my friend.
Sorry, but he is eligible. With the current plethora of concern Cruz birther trolls pimping that myth, continuing with that line is going to earn you a permanent ZOT. If you disagree, take it up with JimRob.