IMO it’s literally true that no one is ready to be President. But no partisan is EVER supposed to say that. Why? Because while they know its true, they understand that the real battle involves convincing folks that their guy is readier than the other guy.

So Clinton chose to speak the truth here, and we have to figure out what it means. It’s not doublespeak, but it’s a signal. Clinton could have talked about how his team’s guy was readier, and a better choice than the other team’s guy. But he didn’t. And he’s too savvy a politician not to understand what he’s doing when he says something that, while defensible as true, is also a voluntary abdication of the opportunity to say something positive about his team’s guy.

Ultimately, it could mean one of two things, either that Team Clinton is still looking to nudge Obama for more concessions in return for support. Or it could mean that Bill Clinton is becoming ever more self-absorbed.

Scoundrel that he is, I think it would be very entertaining if Bill Clinton spent his remaining years not as partisan rhetorician, but as someone who just went his own way and said exactly what he thought.