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 was the right kind of candidate. Asked if the popularity of TV president Geena Davis means that America was "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,...