I have to admit, she handled herself very, very well
I'd have reworded that to read "I thought she was handled very, very gently". It was a Joolya love fest, with all of the regulars fawning, to a sickening degree, all over her. Not just Dave Hughes, but all of the talking heads on that show certainly make no secret of which way they lean politically.
You could be forgiven for thinking they're all angling for jobs with the ABC after their current contracts with Channel 10 run out.