Is the birth certificate going to be a problem. Conservatives never get the concessions liberals get so what happened with Obama is irrelevant.
It is my understanding that a child born to American parents while in another country can claim either citizenship according to the parents desire. This is what happens with military personnel all the time.
My brother was born in Istanbul in 1956 and had to go to the Turkish consulate to renounce Turkish citizenship on turning 16 in order to avoid the Turkish draft. Turkiye was a very different place then and Americans were revered. The draft was for one year and the training was good, even if primitive by our standards. I have always thought he should have gone for it.
You are exactly correct.
Some people told me that Ted had to have been born in an American Hospital in a foreign country in order to be a citizen .. POPPYCOCK!!!
Probably 2/3 of our military families who have children overseas do not have a military hospital near enough in order to birth their children there.
The fact that Ted had both citizenships, and renounced his Canadian one .. is good enough for me .. his mother was a citizen of the USA in good standing. That is all that is required.
I think this is going to backfire on Rand Paul .. because it will be seen as sour grapes or just plain nonsense.