Dem Debate: Hillary Debates Bush, Who was Not there....

Hillary Clinton must be delusional.  Even as her opponents for the Democrat nomination were asking her direct questions, she was debating with and arguing with President George W. Bush. Two problems: 1) He wasn't at the debate...and 2) He isn't running again.

Hillary refused to answer how she would deal with social security or with Iran:

Still, she continued her strategy of avoiding direct answers to questions: She wouldn't say how she would address Social Security; she declined to pledge whether she would stop Iran from developing a nuclear weapon, or say whether she supports giving driver's licenses to illegal immigrants.

Instead she tried to tried to turn every issue into an argument against President Bush. She said Bush's name 25 times, more than all six of her rivals combined.

Again, talk to your opponents, Mrs. Clinton, they are the ones you should be worried about....

It also seems Mrs. Clinton is doing the John Kerry take both sides thing...wait, she's a Dem, that should be obvious:

McKinney said Clinton grew testy when pressed on whether she agrees with a proposal her home state governor has to give driver's licenses to illegal immigrants. She first expressed support for the idea. But when Dodd objected, Clinton grew defensive and said she wasn't saying it should be done, although she recognizes why the governor is trying to do it even though she doesn't think it's "the best thing for any governor to do."

Edwards pounced. "Unless I missed something, Senator Clinton said two different things in the course of about two minutes," he said. "America is looking for a president who will say the same thing, who will be consistent, who will be straight with them."

Obama piled on. "I can't tell whether she was for it or against it," he said. He said he supports the idea.

And then, Mr. Barry Obama pounced on transparency:

Obama also criticized Clinton for her refusal to release records from the National Archives about her time as first lady, even as she's running on her experience in the White House with her husband.

"We have just gone through one of the most secretive administrations in our history," Obama said, "and not releasing these records at the same time, Hillary, that you're making the claim that this is the basis for your experience, I think, is a problem."

Clinton said it wasn't her decision to keep the records sealed, even though her husband has written a letter asking that their communications be sealed until 2012.

Julian E. Zelizer, a history professor at Princeton University, said the infighting in the debate could hurt the field as a whole.

Hmmm...if Hillary wanted those records unsealed, all she would have to do is open the testicle lockbox and squeeze. But she doesn't, so she will blame Bill.

And lastly, where is the vision?

"Democrats are primarily talking about negatives, not positives. They have criticized Iran, they have criticized Iraq, they have criticized the system, they have criticized each other's experience or lack of experience," he said. "There has only been limited discussion about the vision and world view that Democrats would offer in the White House."

Aww, shucks, it's the Democrats. Vision is something they have never had beyond 1940s Stalinist Russia.