“FWIW, old-man Romney qualified because he born in a territory that became a state.”
You mean Goldwater.
George Romney was born in Mexico, to US citizen parents. Before it became a big issue, he dropped out. But there was an outside legal research opinion, read into the congressional Record that he did NOT qualify—born outside the US, not to diplomats.
That would be the Cruz case, as well. (But it was only an opinion, not a court opinion.)
Thanks for the correction. Senility, it’s not when you forget where the car keys are. It’s when you forget what they are for.