Letters to the Editor
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He wasn't always so nice to his opponents
Obama is doing what is politically expedient. It is not clear that this bill could do anything, because the requirement is in the Constitution. The Supreme Court has not defined "natural born" in this context. It may be that the only way this could be clarified would be to amend the Constitution.
Therefore, what Obama is doing here is taking advantage of an opportunity to look "classy." In this context, that is probably a smart thing to do.
However, he did not always take the classy road in dealing with political opponents.
As I'm sure many are aware, in his first campaign for the Illinois Senate he succeeded in knocking all his opponents in the primary off the ballot and ran unopposed. In my opinion, this belies his claim that he practices a different kind of politics.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-070403obama-ballot,1,57567.story