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May 28, 2008 | 12:07 am

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michellemck99

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Quote:

Originally Posted by SJC1K

There's no question that the OP can be elected President. The requirement is that you be a natural-born citizen of the United States, i.e., born a citizen. The OP was born a citizen, not by virtue of birthplace, but by virtue of the fact that a parent was a US citizen (indeed, both parents were).

There seems to be enough murkiness on this point that both Congress and McCain's campaign are working on it.

New York Times article from February

The OP may find that others are going streamline the way for his 2012 candidacy very shortly!

Last edited by michellemck99; May 28, 2008 at 5:26 pm Reason: fixed screwed-up link