I'm sure it did. I'm more concerned that he not scare off people who would otherwise find his positions on other issues attractive. I'd give it a C, with the rest in the A category. Unfortunately, that's not how you want to finish. On the whole, I was very happy with his presentation.
I’m not so sure it will scare off too many conservatives, especially ones who think we should have already taken Iran to the woodshed by now. But it was not the lofty rhetoric that people remember, like calling Rudy McRomeny the Kennedy wing of the party.