It was too close for comfort. The bright side is that even with most of the media and almost all of the culture leaders in favor of Kerry, he couldn't raise enough support to get elected.
Look people rejected Kerry, that is not the same thing as ratifying Iraq policy. We will know in a couple of years about that, I think. It will depend on events outside of control and prediction, but that is not W's fault. We tried, and now we will see if we made a difference in the long run.