People appear to have conflated that Couric interview with the actual debates. She performed well in the debates, hence my annoyance at the “novice” reference.
I thought she did well having been thrown into the national meat grinder the way she was, but now she knows what to expect, how the game is played and where her weaknesses are. I fully expect her to be much improved and very formidable should she chose to enter the ring for 2012.