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Originally Posted by Phoenix How can he be President? I thought you had to be a natural born USA citizen?

George Romney, Mitt's daddy, attempted to run for president and dropped out of the race when it was disclosed he was thought to be ineligible. Governor Romney was born of parents who were citizens of the United States but born on foreign soil -- Mexico -- his parents were missionaries at the time -- he was thought ineligible to become president.

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No person except a natural born citizen, or a citizen of the United States, at the time of the adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the office of President; neither shall any person be eligible to that office who shall not have attained to the age of thirty five years, and been fourteen Years a resident within the United States. US Constitution, Article II, Section 1

"a natural born citizen" was though to be person born on US soil -- that is why George Romney dropped out of that presidential race.

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Questions were occasionally asked about Romney's eligibility to run for President owing to his birth in Mexico, given the ambiguity in the United States Constitution over the phrase "natural-born citizen".[14][171][174] (Romney departed the race before the matter could be more definitively resolved,[171] although the preponderance of opinion then and since has been that he was eligible. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_...ntial_campaign

This may be a matter to be decided by the Federal Courts. I hope it is before an election that may be contested.

That being said, Ted Cruz is a total asshole and I hope would never be successful in a presidential bid.