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While I admire Cruz greatly, and would like to see him elected, the fact is, regardless of however many pundits expound otherwise, the constitution, Article II, Section I, Clause 5, clearly states that Cruz is not eligible. For our side to deny and set aside the constitution like this, when we are so concerned about the fact that the constitution is being ignored in other aspects is very troubling. I have decided that I personally cannot under any circumstances support or vote for Cruz for this reason. And, since Obama is not eligible either, I think the office of the president is actually vacant and all of the actions he has taken are void. Therefore we need to elect a president who clearly meets the constitutional qualifications and a congress who respects the constitution in every particular, and set about undoing the lawless Obama years. We should not be handicapping ourselves by ignoring what the constitution clearly states. If we do so, we are certainly acquiescing to the left's attacks on the constitution, since we do the same when it suits our cause. Either the constitution is to be respected or not, take your choice, a vote for Cruz indicates that despite all your claims to the contrary, you in fact do not support the constitution as written, to you also it is a piece of paper to be ignored when it suits you. Until there is an amendment to the constitution, ratified by the requisite number of states, Cruz is not eligible (and neither is Rubio.) I am not questioning Cruz' citizenship status, he is a citizen. What I am not sure of, however, is whether he even qualifies as native born, since he was not born in this country, and his father was not a citizen. I suspect he is actually naturalized. Obama, at least, claims to be native born although given the fact he apparently has not produced his real birth certificate that fact remains in question.