When Vice President Kamala Harris replaced President Joe Biden as the Presidential candidate against Republican Donald Trump, questions were raised on whether the US was ready to have a female president. While Harris herself expressed optimism that the US was "absolutely" ready to elect its first woman president, things didn't pan out as she expected.
As the wait for the first US woman President continues, former President and Democrat Bill Clinton has a prediction.
On whether the US is still not ready for a female president, Clinton told CBS News that "maybe" the US isn't ready yet. He, however, had a suggestion on how it would be easier for a Republican woman to get elected.
"I think in some ways we've moved to the right as a reaction to all the turmoil. And I think if Hillary had been nominated in 2008, she would've walked in, just like Obama did," Clinton added.
"Well, I think all these cultural battles that we're fighting make it harder in some ways for a woman to run," he said.
“You think it has more to do with party than gender?” news correspondent Tracy Smith asked.
"No," Clinton responded. "Although I think it would probably be easier for a conservative Republican woman to win." He, however, expressed optimism that the US will soon have a female president pretty soon."
Both Bill and Hillary Clinton had campaigned for Harris in August, urging her to break the "highest, tallest" glass ceiling in the country, a reference to the all-male history of the U.S. presidency.
Clinton was speaking during the promotion of his latest book 'Citizen' wherein he talks about his infamous affair with Monica Lewinsky. On why he decided to touch upon the topic in his book, Clinton said it was because he felt he needed to say something about it.
"I wanted to be as helpful as I could to let her turn the page. I think she should be given a chance to build a life that is about her and the future, and not, you know, being whiplashed into an old story," Clinton said.
In the book, it is said that Clinton complimented Lewinsky's work, adding that he lives with it all the time. "I wish her nothing but the best," he wrote.