The Republican Party and U.S. conservatives clearly are NOT READY as no woman has come anywhere close to making a credible run in their presidential primary. But I think the country as a whole is ready and has been for about a decade now, it just took some time for the stars to align correctly.
The GOP has long been ready for such a thing. Gender isn't the issue surrounding Hillary Clinton. Trustworthiness and integrity are.
Elizabeth Dole ran for the Republican Presidential nomination in 2000 but ended up withdrawing, lack of funds.
Had she won the nomination and the election, not only would she have become the first female President, but she would have made a fine President as well.
She would have been an excellent first woman President, respected and trusted, not like Hillary Clinton, who is mistrusted by most of the public.
Again, if the Republican Party is so ready for a woman president, why has every woman who has run in the Republican Presidential Primary in the past half-century gone nowhere?
Perhaps that will change now that Hillary Clinton has made history.
Dole had to contend with W, who wasn't going to be beaten by anyone in his primary. Carly Fiorina was a total fraud. Just a mixture of bad luck and a dearth of qualified candidates.
