Russert holds up Hillary’s economic plan — that’s straight out of Bill Clinton’s playbook from 1992, “Putting People First.”

Russert notes that in Buffalo in 2000, Hillary pledged to create 5 million jobs. She says she expected to have Al Gore as president.

Williams asks Obama about Hillary’s comparison of him to George W. Bush.

Obama: Senator Clinton equates experience with time spent in Washington. The American people don’t find that an accurate measure. The decision to go into Iraq was the most important in a generation.

At both TalkLeft and the Corner, the consensus is clear: the moderators are taking it easy on Obama and slugging away at Hillary.

Hillary: “He didn’t have the responsibility, he didn’t have to vote… Since he got to Washington, he and I have voted the same.”

I’m reminded of the Republican strategist I spoke to yesterday, who argued hitting Obama on experience in a Democratic primary is pointless; Democratic voters don’t rank experience as more important than inspiring hope.

Hillary starts swinging away: “He threatened to bomb Pakistan… He continues to say he would meet with the worst dictators in the world without preconditions.”