qualified to run for president. his mother was born in the united states. he happened to be born outside the country but to a natural born citizens. most scholars say that s it. we had the silly season about the birther movement. maybe early on there were legitimate questions because of his unusual background but once they were answered, anything after that i viewed as closet racism, they were just going after the president. ted cruz thinks from the left for sport they ll go after him. i asked a prominent republican today would this matter in republican politics? would there be a down side to him if he had dual citizenship? canadian law is if you re born there, you re a citizen. a top conservative strategist said it s best to clean this up, get it over with, that he s a different kind of candidate anyway because of his background, j u.s. like president obama was a different kind of candidate. seems silly but