Joe Biden has already admitted his running mate is not ready (though he thinks Sarah Palin is). And other Democrats have warned us that Obama isn’t ready. Democrats like Hillary Clinton, Joseph Wilson, Geraldine Ferraro, and more.

But there’s one Democrat whose opinion matters most of all on the subject of whether Barack Obama is ready to be President…

…Barack Obama, himself.

“You know, I am a believer in … in knowing what you’re doing when you apply for a job. Uh, and I think that … if I were seriously to consider running on a national ticket, I would essentially have to start now, before having served a day in the Senate. Now there may be some people who are comfortable doing that, but I am not one of those people.” - Barack Obama, 2004