WaPo: Did Republicans just give away the 2016 election by raising birthright citizenship?

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14. On a related note: The Wacky Birther Cases Against 4 GOP Candidates - Cruz, Rubio, Jindal & Santorum

For the purposes of determining presidential eligibility, a "natural born" citizen is understood to be someone who gains citizenship "by birth" or "at birth," as opposed to being naturalized as a U.S. citizen, according to a 2011 report from the Congressional Research Service. Birthers contest that understanding, challenging both candidates who were born outside of the U.S. to at least one American parent and candidates who were born inside of the U.S. to foreign parents.

The birther movement most vociferously opposed President Barack Obama's candidacy. But over the years birthers also have challenged George Romney, who was born in Mexico; Barry Goldwater, who was born in Arizona before it became a state; John McCain, who was born in Panama; and even Mitt Romney, who was born in Michigan but whose aforementioned father was born in Mexico.

Now, there are four Republicans running for President in 2016 who've captured the birthers' attention: Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX), Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL), Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal (R) and former Sen. Rick Santorum (R-PA). Jack Cashill, an author and columnist for WND, the conspiracy theory website that has been something of a birther movement hub, told TPM last week that these birthers remain "constitutionally opposed" to those candidates' eligibility even though they're still likely "ideologically aligned" with the candidates.

Here's how the far-right fringe challenges the candidacies of the four GOPers.

(There follows an explanation of the birthers' case against Cruz - born in Canada with a Cuban father, Rubio - Cuban parents, he's an 'anchor baby', Jindal - foreign parents, he's an 'anchor baby' too, and even Santorum - father may have still be an Italian citizen when he was born.)

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/muckraker/birther-cases-against-gopers-explained

I had not heard of the birthers' issue with Santorum before.

Once again, if you support crazies and their CT's don't be surprised when they come back around to bite you.