A red flag went up for me when the democrats made a big deal about McCain being born in Panama. It just seemed like a really odd controversy to manufacture, even for democrats. They wanted to pass legislation declaring McCain eligible. I assume now that they would have included Obama’s name if that bill had any chance of passing.
http://lawreview.kentlaw.edu/articles/81-1/Herlihy.pdf
The natural born citizen requirement in Article II of the United States Constitution has been called the “stupidest provision” in the Constitution,1 “undecidedly un-American,”2
The increased globalization of the world continues to make each of these reasons more persuasive. As the world becomes smaller and cultures become more similar through globalization, the natural born citi-zen clause has increasingly become out of place in the American legal sys-tem. However, even though globalization strengthens the case for a Constitutional amendment, many Americans argue against abolishing the requirement.