the years enough to recognize that the guy has talent, drive and a MORAL compass.

In spite of the fact that he's the Dem party's fair-haired boy, and I don't want to stir up anything here, he was not born in the U.S., he was born in Karachi, Pakistan (due to his family's business there, I think; a parent may have worked for the State Department.)

'His father was a Foreign Service officer who served as Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs (1969–72) and U.S. Ambassador to Sri Lanka and the Maldives (1972–76);[5] and his mother worked in the Central Intelligence Agency and the State Department, where she served as chief of the intelligence bureau for South Asia.[6][7][8] He spent parts of his early life in Pakistan, Turkey, India, and Sri Lanka.[9][7] He returned to the United States for his junior year of high school, and attended Middlesex School in Concord, Massachusetts, where his grandfather once taught.[7]'

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Van_Hollen

Eldest of three children of American parents Edith Eliza (née Farnsworth) and Christopher Van Hollen.[3][4] His father was a Foreign Service officer who served as Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs (1969–72) and U.S. Ambassador to Sri Lanka and the Maldives (1972–76);[

Have to be born IN the U.S.

by Mary Brigid McManamon January 12
Mary Brigid McManamon is a constitutional law professor at Widener University’s Delaware Law School.

'Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Tex.) is not a natural-born citizen and therefore is not eligible to be president or vice president of the United States.

The Constitution provides that “No person except a natural born Citizen .?.?. shall be eligible to the Office of President.” The concept of “natural born” comes from common law, and it is that law the Supreme Court has said we must turn to for the concept’s definition. On this subject, common law is clear and unambiguous. The 18th-century English jurist William Blackstone, the preeminent authority on it, declared natural-born citizens are “such as are born within the dominions of the crown of England,” while aliens are “such as are born out of it.” The key to this division is the assumption of allegiance to one’s country of birth. The Americans who drafted the Constitution adopted this principle for the United States. James Madison, known as the “father of the Constitution,” stated, “It is an established maxim that birth is a criterion of allegiance. .?.?. place is the most certain criterion; it is what applies in the United States.”

Cruz is, of course, a U.S. citizen. As he was born in Canada, he is not natural-born. His mother, however, is an American, and Congress has provided by statute for the naturalization of children born abroad to citizens. Because of the senator’s parentage, he did not have to follow the lengthy naturalization process that aliens without American parents must undergo. Instead, Cruz was naturalized at birth. This provision has not always been available. For example, there were several decades in the 19th century when children of Americans born abroad were not given automatic naturalization.' >>>

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/ted-cruz-is-not-eligible-to-be-president/2016/01/12/1484a7d0-b7af-11e5-99f3-184bc379b12d_story.html


It's an issue that has to be decided by the Supreme Court.

MIGHT be if born on a U.S. installation of some sort, diplomatic or military, but even that would have to be litigated to confirm.

yet you chose to propagandize that Van Hollen CANNOT be POTUS...




How very REPUBLICAN of you.

I was INFORMING people of the status of the law.

IF/when the Supremes confirm the position of the author of the article, that one MUST be born IN the U.S. to serve as POTUS, everyone will know, and hopefully understand. But those who don't want to understand, won't, I guess. THEN the status of McCain's birth can be ascertained. Cruz's is pretty clear, like VanHollen's, they were NOT born IN the U.S.

Propaganda? How very republican of YOU.

Guess O'Malley is more establishment than I thought. This may explain why his presidential campaign went over like a lead balloon.

than Bernie. He got more progressive things accomplished as governor than Bernie did in Congress. Although it was not Bernie's fault that the Republicans would not even consider anything progressive.

Pretty sure O'Malley never defended Castro.

Committee on Science, Space and Technology overseeing contracts that Lockheed martin bids on. Just because someone is called the most progressive, doesn't make it so. Van Hollen will make a good Senator.

I like Edwards, but Van Hollen is slated for a leadership position. He's the better choice.

They are both progressive.

Still, Edwards and Van Hollen have very similar voting records and interest group ratings. They are both progressive.

By that I mean DONNA EDWARDS!!!!

I went with the "Bernie slate"!!!

I wrote him and said I'm disappointed, as Donna Edwards is THE progressive in the race. Voting for Donna tomorrow.