Well, gee. I hope so. If not, his loyalties were a bit misplaced during the Vietnam War, weren't they?

How do the citizenship requirements differ for

(1) military service;
(2) becoming a U.S. Senator; and
(3) being elected President of the United States?

We know that there are differences between (1) and (2). What I do not know is whether there are differences between (2) and (3).

I'll investigate, and let y'all know what I come up with.

On a related note, I think Megan McArdle is mistaken when she suggests that "Hillary will have a much harder time keeping Obama's supporters from defecting to the other side than he will hers." I just don't see it: right now Obama's negatives are far, far higher than Senator Clinton's. And each of theirs is higher than McCain's.

In a normal election year, the Democrats would have the advantage, due to the troubled economy and our national ambivalence about the situation in Iraq. But it is not a normal year. At this moment the Democratic Party elders are having to decide whether to commit "particide," and nominate Clinton—at the cost of the blind allegiance of black voters that they've previously enjoyed—or write off the White House for the next 4-8 years in order to keep the more non-analytical/fiercely loyal black voters in the fold.

It isn't an enviable choice.

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