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Bill Clinton: U.S. Ready for Female President
Ex-president Bill Clinton said Sunday that his "gut" tells him the country is ready to elect a woman president, as long as she is the right kind of candidate. Asked if the popularity of TV president Geena Davis means that America is "ready for a female commander in chief," Clinton told CBS's "60 Minutes," "My gut is, yes." "If a woman came across as strong and seasoned and well-prepared, if you said the right things in the right way and you had a good record to back it up, my gut is, yes," he explained. "But the hard truth is we won’t know until it happens," Clinton added.
Story Continues Below Despite the prediction, the former president said it would be a mistake for his wife and current Democratic Party front-runner to begin focusing on a 2008 presidential run. "I have urged all of Hillary’s supporters not to think about that, because she’s got to run for re-election" as senator, he told "60 Minutes." "And it’s a big hazard for anybody who’s up for re-election to think about anything but re-election." On another topic, Clinton said he continues to get along well with former President Bush, but said he thought the current president used to be "mad at me." "I never held it against him for being mad at me for beating his dad," he told "60 Minutes." "I thought that was a good thing for a son to feel."
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