en-us https://www.intensedebate.com/users/6933290 Comments by CFR http://www.commentarymagazine.com/2013/08/01/the-suicide-caucus/#IDComment693145467 Mr. Wehner: You need to take some time and read Chris Jacobs excellent piece titled "Defunding Obamacare: The Next Best Option". The commentary can be found at Heritage . org. One of you is much less correct than the other on this topic. Of course you always have the less than principled conservatives on your side. Sat, 3 Aug 2013 14:41:37 +0000 http://www.commentarymagazine.com/2013/08/01/the-suicide-caucus/#IDComment693145467 http://www.commentarymagazine.com/2013/07/29/where-is-marco-rubio/#IDComment689868295 Why does anyone (Mandel) care about Rubio and the impact of this debate on the 2016 election. Rubio is not a natural born citizen and thus is not eligible to hold the office of POTUS. Check the Constitution, Article 2, Section 1, Clause 5. Neither of Rubio's parents were US citizens at the time of Rubio's birth. In 1875 the Supreme Court in the Minor v. Happersett case defined a natural born citizen as a person born in the US and both parents were US citizens at the time of birth. The precedent established by the Minor v. Happersett finding exist today. CFR Mon, 29 Jul 2013 22:37:40 +0000 http://www.commentarymagazine.com/2013/07/29/where-is-marco-rubio/#IDComment689868295 http://www.commentarymagazine.com/2013/06/20/rubio-ryan-and-the-excommunication-impulse/#IDComment665660334 Raphaelennis: This is the same 700 miles of fencing that Congress has promised more than once in the past. As of today it has not yet been delivered. How many times do you believe Congress will try to sell this fence to an unbelieving public? CFR Fri, 21 Jun 2013 15:51:20 +0000 http://www.commentarymagazine.com/2013/06/20/rubio-ryan-and-the-excommunication-impulse/#IDComment665660334 http://www.commentarymagazine.com/2013/06/19/immigration-foes-dont-care-about-cbo-report/#IDComment664533345 Jonathan: I would not put too much confidence in the CBO report. Are you familiar with the continuously changing CBO reports concerning the cost of Obamacare; hardly a confidence builder. Besides this CBO estimate does not include any of the costs that the states have to bear. States incur immigrate related costs in the following areas: medical and hospital, safety and law enforcement, education, housing and welfare. These costs add up to a lot of money for the states each year. CFR Wed, 19 Jun 2013 22:08:23 +0000 http://www.commentarymagazine.com/2013/06/19/immigration-foes-dont-care-about-cbo-report/#IDComment664533345 http://www.commentarymagazine.com/2013/05/01/the-complicated-question-of-a-cruz-presidential-candidacy/#IDComment634621842 Trent 1280: In 1875, the US Supreme Court in Minor v. Happersett decided in a precedent setting decision that for a citizen to be a natural born citizen, as required by Article 2, Section 1, Clause 5, that person must have been born in the US and both parents must have been US citizens at the time of birth. Thus Cruz is not eligible to hold the office of POTUS. For that matter neither is Obama. (Who the heck cares where he was born.) Obama acknowledges that his father was BHO Sr., a British subject. Obama, Jr. was born a British subject and does not meet the natural born citizen requirement of the Constitution. CFR Fri, 3 May 2013 22:55:35 +0000 http://www.commentarymagazine.com/2013/05/01/the-complicated-question-of-a-cruz-presidential-candidacy/#IDComment634621842 http://www.commentarymagazine.com/2013/05/02/the-ted-cruz-political-paradigm/#IDComment634514670 Right on trent 1280. According to E. Vattel (The Law of Nations) and the US Supreme Court's precedent setting decision in Minor v. Happersett (1875) neither Cruz or Rubio or Jindal are eligible to hold the office of POTUS (Article 2, Section 1, Caluse 5 - Natural Born Citizen). Cruz was not born in the US. Neither of Rubio's or Jindal's parents were US citizens at the time of their birth. This is at least the second post from Tobin suggesting that one of the three might be a Republican candidate for President in 2016. One has to wonder what his game is? CFR Fri, 3 May 2013 19:17:19 +0000 http://www.commentarymagazine.com/2013/05/02/the-ted-cruz-political-paradigm/#IDComment634514670