I am a ‘birther’ from the first days of Obama. I will stand by my ‘birther’ beliefs until someone can prove/show me that ‘birth’ has only limited relevance by our Constitution to eligibility for POTUSA. I served overseas in WWII and my only brother died on Okinawa for a ‘birthers’ take and belief in our Constitution. I had to take a graduation exam in government and Constitution from a world renowned university to get my engineering degree. I saw and learned what the Constitution meant to my Swedish born wife when she became a ‘naturalized citizen’. There are few matters of citizenship that are more dear to me than eligibility for POTUSA even though neither my brother and I were eligible because neither of our parents were citizens. I have disdain for those persons who mock ‘birthers’ such as myself. I am not swayed by their ‘shake and bake’ arguments.
As for Cruz I take him as a sincere USA patriot. The USA Government needs men of his expressions and character to undo the ill gained government by Obama and his enablers including the Congress and the Courts at all levels and a large part of the electoate. However the office of POTUSA demands the highest and severest qualifications envisioned by the Founders who had great prescience for this Nation.
This was the main point and intent of the Founders, they did not want a person beholden to a foreign ideology as president. Cruz passes the test with flying colors, Bambi, Biden and Hillary do not.