QUESTION BUSH DECLINES TO ANSWER in his interview with Sean Hannity (on “Hannity and Colmes” tonight): “If John Kerry were President, would he make this country more vulnerable, more susceptible to terror attacks?” Bush, perhaps not wanting to have any Cheneyesque harsh words come from his own mouth, says: “That’s ultimately the decision that the people are going to have to decide in this campaign.” To be fair to Bush — and note that I support Bush! — he does go on to list many reasons why Kerry would do a worse job with the war on terrorism, and he does have to be hyper-aware that any given phrase of his might be turned against him, but really, how are we supposed to know the answer to this question better than he does?

UPDATE: Here‘s the transcript.