Is the U.S. ready for a female President?

By the time 2008 comes, I will already be a U.S. citizen, and be eligible to vote for the next U.S. President. That is one more vote to add to the enlightened ones.

For several months, the question that has been going around is,
"Is the U.S. ready for a female President?"

Last April, I had the privilege to be inspired and hear Gen. Colin L. Powell and former President William Jefferson Clinton speak in the 2006 Music Center Speaker Series in Los Angeles.

The 42nd President echoed what he said in an interview early this year 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.
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." source

Aside from Hillary Rodham Clinton, are there any others, who may prove to be potential strong female candidates?
You may not know it, but behind every powerful woman, is a man wanting to come out!...LOL