>>he only said he was a “native citizen” on his fight the smears web site<<
>So if he were born in Hawaii or Washington, he would be a citizen — a “native born” citizen — born in the mainland US (jus solis).
He would not be a “natural born” citizen, since he only has one US parent (Jus sanguinis).<
Correct in my understanding of the language of a “natural born citizen” both parents had to be citizens of the USA and thus had no allegiance to another power.
But my original statement was just an observation that even Obama himself never said he was a “natural born citizen” he only said that he was a native citizen.
He was certainly playing with words, but he being a constitutional law scholar knows that he had to be a “natural born citizen” to qualify, not just a “native citizen”.