Then they are an unConstitutional entity and should be abolished.
I disagree - all the FEC does is enforce the campaign laws (in particular the Federal Election Campaign Act) as written. In this case, the FEC determined that there is nothing in the FECA that prohibits naturalized citizens from running for President, because (in part) "the Act's definition of 'candidate' applies to those who seek nomination for election or election to Federal office rather than htose eligible to be nominated or elected to, or to serve in Federal office."
All the FEC did here was say that this guy can run and can raise campaign contributions. They did not say that he was Constitutionally eligible; to the contrary, the FEC determined that this guy is not eligible for matching funds, precisely because he is not Constitutionally eligible to be President.
“All the FEC did here was say that this guy can run and can raise campaign contributions. They did not say that he was Constitutionally eligible; to the contrary, the FEC determined that this guy is not eligible for matching funds, precisely because he is not Constitutionally eligible to be President.”
Exactly. Here is the FEC page on the advisory opinion:
http://www.fec.gov/pages/fecrecord/october2011/ao2011-15.shtml
And the two questions you point out are exactly the questions the FEC lays out and answers. Can a naturalized citizen legally collect contributions for a Presidential campaign? Yes. Can a naturalized citizen qualify for matching funds under the Presidential Primary Matching Payment Account Act? No, because the Act’s provisions require that matching funds only be paid to eligible candidates.
In other words, WND has its headline exactly backwards. Had they bothered to actually read the FEC opinion, they’d see that the FEC explicitly DID say that the Constitution requires the President to be a natural born citizen.