Link wrong!!
Rafael Edward Cruz, born in Calgary Alberta Canada, in 1970.
Father: Rafael Bienvenido Cruz, did not become a naturalized U.S. citizen himself until 2005.
Mother: Eleanor Elizabeth Darragh Wilson Cruz, became a naturalized Canadian citizen prior to the birth of her son Ted.
Which creates a definite problem for Senator Cruz:
The U.S. State Department explains in Section 349 of the INA (8 U.S.C. 1481), as amended) that U.S. nationals are subject to loss of nationality if they perform certain specified acts voluntarily and with the intention to relinquish U.S. nationality. Briefly stated, these acts include:
* obtaining naturalization in a foreign state upon one’s own application after the age of 18 (Sec. 349 (a) (1) INA)
OR
* taking an oath, affirmation or other formal declaration of allegiance to a foreign state or its political subdivisions after the age of 18 (Sec. 349 (a) (2) INA).
According to Ted Cruz’s father, he and his wife applied for and received Canadian citizenship before his birth in Alberta. Thus his mother committed the act of obtaining naturalization of a foreign state, which meets the definition of a an “expatriating act.”
AND (this is important), until 1977, Canada required those seeking Canadian citizenship to swear an oath renouncing their allegiance to their previous country. If Ted Cruz’s mother obtained Canadian citizenship before 1977, then she swore this oath before a Canadian government official.
Based on these facts alone, Ted Cruz is not eligible to seek election to either the offices of President or Vice President. He must either withdraw from the current primary race, or the GOP must disavow his candidacy and expel him from the remaining primary contests upon this basis.
Your link takes us to a poll that says just the opposite. Cruz leads Trump.
Unless the GOPE engages in monster game-playing. Be alert for cheating.
Ping!
I ain’t popping champagne corks yet - this particular poll has been an outlier for some time, although in the past an outlier for Cruz.
It's almost as though he has a "ceiling."
Tough luck for Trump. Cruz and Kasich are only two points behind him - within the margin of error. Trump is so doomed!
If you find your way to the Hot Air site, the post that just went up by Allahpundit describing the NBC poll showing Trump up by 15, is primarily notable in that it is the first Trump post evah! by Allahpundit to be snark free. Even Mr. Snark himself has been cowed by The Donald. Will wonders never cease! Best.Election.Ever.