Reply #7: A couple of things come to mind

[Onlooker]

At the last debate with Obama, she had an effective (and probably scripted) answer to the sniper fire question, while Obama seemed to ad lib when asked about Wright and Ayers. He needs to have effective scripted answers.

She demonstrated toughness. For instance, there's no denying that she'd be very decisive (frighteningly so) if Iran attacked Israel. Obama needs to be decisive in what he would do if there was a terrorist attack, a nuclear attack on Israel, and so on, but he doesn't need to declare war.