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Gee thanks.
Why do we have to change the constitution to allow for Ted or any other foreign born to be president? Don’t pretend that you “know it’s settled law,” when it clearly is not. 2/3 majority vote is required in both the House & Senate.

Don’t you remember when they wanted to Amend the Constitution for Arnold? 2004

“Several measures have been introduced in Congress, including a joint resolution by Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, R-Calif., and Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, which proposes a constitutional amendment that would extend eligibility for the presidency to immigrants who have held U.S. citizenship for at least 20 years. Schwarzenegger became a citizen in 1983, Granholm in 1980. Prohibiting foreign-born Americans from occupying the White House..... Madeleine Albright, the former secretary of State who was born in Czechoslovakia, recently backed amending the Constitution. ...”

“The odds are against proponents of the change, which would require two-thirds majority votes in the House and Senate, then approval by three-fourths of the states....”

“A recent CNN-USA Today-Gallup poll found that 67 percent opposed changing the Constitution to allow immigrants to be president. When half the poll sample was asked the same question with Schwarzenegger’s name, opposition dropped slightly to 58 percent.”

“Proponents also must contend with the political impression that the nascent movement is being mounted for one Republican.”

“Democrats may be nervous putting in place a constitutional amendment that might have the immediate impact of promoting Governor Schwarzenegger’s candidacy,” Tushnet said.”

http://www.foxnews.com/story/2004/11/30/foreign-born-president-amendment-sought.html