No you don't. All you need is a parent with US citizenship. You do that and you are a citizen by birth.
With some stipulations
I’m not talking about citizenship. One can be a naturalized citizen like a friend of mine originally from Japan, or be a child foreign born, say in France, to U.S. citizens which would make that child a citizen of the U.S.
But to be eligible to become President of the United States one MUST have been born within the boundaries of the U.S. (this is a requirement spelled out in the U.S. Constitution), or one of its territories (parents in the territories must both be U.S. citizens). A child born inside the U.S. is automatically a U.S. citizen, and therefore could become president even if his/her parents are not U.S. citizens at the time of his/her birth.
The problem for Senator Obama is if he were born outside the U.S. on foreign soil. It would make him ineligible to be President even if he’s a citizen because of his mother. We’re talking about two different things.
I hope this has clarified issues for you. If not you could contact CongressmanBillyBob. He’ll explain it better as he is a Constitutional scholar and lawyer.
Actually, both parents have to be U.S. citizens for the child to be a citizen by birth.
If only one parent is a U.S. citizen, then that parent must show that he or she lived in the U.S. for at least ten years prior to the child’s birth, with at least five of those years after the age of 14.
No, not that simple. The parent has to meet certain rigid residence requirements that Hussein's mother did not. Those requirements have been posted here too many times for you to have missed.
Uh-huh. But what if his Birth Certificate states something like dual citizenship?
Is that legal advice? ;-)
Of course, Senator Obama was born quite some time ago. But even now, what you stated is not correct, I believe, but IANAL.
UNLESS that parent is married to a foreign national, and you are born in a foreign country.