The Committee on Presidential Elections is chartered as an impartial, non-profit. They have organized our Presidential debates since 1988. Their own criteria requires each participating candidate to be natural born citizen, as required by the Constitution:
http://www.debates.org/index.php?page=candidate-selection-process
How do they establish NBC status? What’s their definition of NBC?
Why not pose to each candidate a simple “house cleaning” request:
Please explain for our audience how you qualify as a “natural born citizen” of the USA.
What does it mean for our country, today and for the future, if this question has become too controversial to ask of our candidates?
CDP’s email is: comments@debates.org