Their intent was to disqualify a foreign influenced candidate. PERIOD!
The criteria only applies to two job openings; the Presidency, and the Vice Presidency.
The genius is that the population can be a million, one hundred million, three hundred million, or six hundred million. No matter the population count, the qualifier is to be born of citizen parents. In other words: LOYALTY.
One need only look at the disloyalty being conveyed by little Barry Soetoro / Barry Soebarkah / Barack Hussein Obama... to grasp the intent of the parameters set for the highest office in the nation. God, guns and guts. Hot dogs, apple pie and Chevrolet. Obama is the quintessential example of what the founding fathers were trying to prevent.
Preventing loyalty to someone, to something, or to somewhere else- other than this (our) country, was the purpose for holding the qualifications of presidency to a higher standard than any other. WHAT FURTHER EXAMPLE IS NEEDED?
YES! I am saying that there are four forms of citizenship. 1- By birth- one parent a US citizen and YOU were born here- 2- YOU were born elsewhere but to a US citizen- 3- You came here via legal immigration, and over time became a US citizen; and 4- YOU were born to parents that were both US citizens (already.) The latter being the qualifier for Presidency. ALL other government jobs are open to those born to one US parent or to those migrating here legally.
IT AIN'T COMPLICATED!!!
Using such criteria- Obama is out with only a single qualifying parent, and- sadly, Ted Cruz is out for the same reason. Flame away. What's good for the goose is good for the gander.
Bottom line- you want to be president of the USA? Be born to two US citizen parents, and you have met the founder's threshold or intent! Of course- it really doesn't matter now- seeing how we have devolved into a banana republic.
That being said; I would vote for Ted Cruz in a heartbeat, whether he had only one citizen parent at birth, or because he was otherwise born in Tim-Buk-Tu.
Yee old cat's out of the bag.
“It is an established maxim that birth is a criterion of allegiance. Birth however derives its force sometimes from place and sometimes from parentage, but in general place is the most certain criterion; it is what applies in the United States; it will therefore be unnecessary to investigate any other.”— Congressman James Madison, House of Representatives, May 22, 1789