“That is why it is of utmost importance that the president has only a singe allegiance/citizenship. What would happen if a decision had to be made between the “other country” and the U.S.? Knowing there was allegiance to both countries would affect the decision being made. One might be hesitant to make a decision which could impact the other country negatively if there are still connections there and do harm to our country.”
That’s why we have elections, to parse a candidate’s subtler characteristics. The natural born qualification gets rid of people with more obvious tendencies toward split loyalties. If someone born on U.S. soil can convince enough Americans that his loyalties lie with us, and if the voters remain unmoved by the possibility that Obama is a “secret muslim” and a closet Arab, then he can serve.
We’re still waiting for proof of that “born on U.S. soil” part, also.