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Canada though his mother is an american citizen. they say he should be in the clear because his mother is american. wolf blitzer offered a tip to it resolve the question but not before saying the question may be a problem for the republican party. >> how do you run against the democrat, whoever it may be. and have this hanging over your head. i don't want to win on this point. here's what i think i'd do. i'd seek a declaratory judgment. >> what does that mean? >> it means you go to federal court to ask for what's called a declaratory judgment. you go in seeking the decision of the court. witho...

A lawsuit -- >> he says he's natural born citizen because his mother was u.s. born, u.s. citizen and as a result he's a natural born citizen. >> well, i hope he's right. i want to win this thing fair and square. i don't want to win on this point. what the democrats are saying, though, he had a passport. >> he says he didn't have a passport. >> canada passport. >> his aids say he didn't have a passport. he may have been eligible. >> i think that's wonderful if he didn't and never understood how he did. everyone tells me he had a joint -- >> he was born in canada. >> here is what i think, what i...

>> he should ask for a declaratory judgment because that will clear it all up. this would clear it up. you go into court, you clear it up. declaratory judgment. the judge would rule. once the judge rules he's okay, then the democrats can't bring a lawsuit later. >> i want to go to cnn's chief political correspondent, dana bash. she is with the cruz campaign in storm lake, iowa. a lovely snow-filled snow -- storm lake, iowa. you've been on the bus and ted cruz has sort of moved beyond the fonz, at least a little bit here, and started to direct this more directly. >> reporter: that's right. he's...

His fourth day in this bus tour he's giving across iowa. not one word about donald trump. not one word about this controversy. he is remarkably disciplined giving virtually the same stump speech all the time about why he should be president and nothing about the other candidates. ted cruz calls his eligibility to be president a nonissue. >> the legal issue is straightforward. the son of a u.s. citizen born abroad is a natural born citizen. >> reporter: good luck as long as donald trump keeps it churning with his 5.5 million twitter followers. tweeting today, ted, free legal advice on how to pr...

>> who knows about obama. >> his mother was a u.s. citizen born in kansas. was he a natural born citizen? >> who knows. who cares right now. we're talking about something else, okay. i mean, i have my own theory on obama. some day i'll write a book. i'll do another book and it will do very successfully. but look, ted, he should ask for a declaratory judgment because that would clear it all up. i'm doing this for the good of ted. i like him. he likes me. we have a good relationship. this would clear it up. you go into court, you ask for a declaratory judgment. the judge will rule. and once the ...