How smart is Ted Cruz?

Washington Post ^ | August 26, 2013 | By Jennifer Rubin

[Oldeconomybuyer]

Smarts don’t always equate to common sense. In the case of Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Tex.), there is an inverse relationship between the two. I’m told by smart lawyers that he has a sharp legal mind, can think on his feet and has remarkable recall for facts, cases and even page numbers of the briefs. But his political judgment has become distorted by ambition.

Interestingly, he no longer is touting the line that Republicans unwilling to join the suicide squad ”own” Obamacare. Perhaps someone told him that among the obnoxious and untrue things he has said, this ranks at the top and will put him crosswise with a majority of those GOP senatorial candidates running in 2014.

A Cruz presidential run into 2016 would be interesting, if not downright amusing. An early rebuke in his young career might be a beneficial dose of cold water — or devastating to a pol who, even among senators, is excessively convinced of his own exceptionalism.

Cruz is not the guy to build the party or a governing majority (which requires moderate Republicans). But he is just the person to build up Ted Cruz. In fact, he is masterful.

[Jim from C-Town]

How about the Fact that he is a U.S. Citizen by birthright? Since he was never required to BECOME a citizen through a naturalization process, he is a Natural Born Citizen having been born to a U.S. Citizen. Even though that citizen was in fact living with her foreign born husband in Canada.

All your idiocy is academic and meaningless. He IS a Natural Born Citizen, just as any other person born anywhere in the World to a U.S citizen. Happens all the time, maybe every day!

[Cold Case Posse Supporter]

“How about the Fact that he is a U.S. Citizen by birthright”

Based on what law Jim? Tell us.

[Ray76]

Naturalization statute may assign citizenship at any point. It may be at birth; or upon the naturalization of the parent(s); or, for those after 18 years of age, upon completion of a process.

For example:

8 C.F.R. § 301-309 “Nationality at Birth and by Collective Naturalization” collectively naturalizes classes of persons and assigns citizenship at birth.

8 C.F.R. § 310-348 “Nationality Through Naturalization” defines classes of persons who are eligible and a process by which eligible individuals naturalize.

[pogo101]

Based on what law Jim? Tell us.

http://drewmusings.wordpress.com/2013/08/13/yes-ted-cruz-is-eligible-to-be-president/

There are only two kinds of US Citizens: those who become citizens (they are "naturalized") after birth, or those who are citizens due to circumstances at birth ("natural born").