By David Martosko, U.s. Political Editor PUBLISHED: 17:29 EST, 20 February 2014 | UPDATED: 17:40 EST, 20 February 2014 Hillary Clinton won't be America's next president, says Minnesota Republican Rep. Michele Bachmann, because many U.S. voters 'aren’t ready' for a female president and don't hunger to break new ground the way they did with Barack Obama 'I think there was a cachet about having an African-American president because of [civil rights] guilt,' the outspoken conservative told Tribune Media Services columnist Cal Thomas, in a piece that first ran February 18. 'People don’t hold guilt for a woman,' she said, and even as Americans elect women at every other level of government, 'I don't think there is a pent-up desire' to call someone 'Madam President.'
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There's no 'pent-up desire' for someone to call Madame President, says the Minnesota conservative firebrand
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After running for president in 2012, Bachmann now says the U.S. isn't 'ready' for a female chief executive
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She says President Obama leveraged historical 'guilt' over civil-rights abuses in order to get elected
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But 'people don't hold guilt for a woman,' she insists
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Bachmann, the only GOP woman in the 2012 race, flamed out after news reports exposed the severe migraines that kept her out of action for days
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