Here's my question: did it piss off people who were previously noncommittal, or just those who were already predisposed to being pissed off? In other words, did it win any converts?
It provided a Show 'n Tell for NeoConservatives to tout all over the media. It will be the featured lead-in to President Bush's announcement of the commencement of bombing of Iran. And, come 2009, it will be the Poster Child blurb when all of the media goes through their claims of, "how could we have been fooled again...?"