"Would you prefer if Bush said, "Well, its hard to say. . ."

Yes. Please yes. Something that will allow us to see if he has a reasonable understanding or an unreasonable understanding of why we're where we're at and where we're headed. Give me the opportunity to judge whether he's full of BS. When Gore gives an answer, I can at least consider (if I don't fall asleep first) whether he's full of crap of knows what he's talking about. By answering in this way Bush gives the impression that the doesn't know anything and isn't smart or clever enough to try to give a politician's answer. It ain't confidence inspiring.


Good article about his re-election strategy in this week's New Yorker by Nicholas Leman.