The US Constitution states in Article II, Section 1 paragraph 6 that "No person except a natural born citizen, or a citizen of the United States, at the time of the Adoption of the Constitution, shall be eligible to the Office of President;"... I understand what the phrase has come to mean, and I agree, but if you were a "strict constructionist" like some neo-cons say they are, wouldn't this mean that any citizen of the US who was born "natually" be eligible for the office of President? The Constitution says nothing about being a "native born" citizen. If this be so, then the issue of where Barack Obama-and even Arnold Shwart....oh you know, the "governator"-was born would not be a consideration for service as president. But then again, neo-cons are only strict constructionists when it suits their political agenda.
On another related note; since Barry Goldwater and John McCain were born in territories of the US and were eligible to run, wouldn't someone born in Puerto Rico, Guam, The Virgin Islands and other US territories also be eligible to run?
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