Quote Originally Posted by Joemailman
possible the election won't happen in October. If it looks like the Sadrists have a good chance of doing well, Bush and Maliki may find a reason to postpone it.
Anything is posisible. Malaki said today that political parties with militias are ineligible for the election. Sadr offered to disarm his militia. "Disarm" means put weapons under beds, but that's good enough.

These are local elections. The U.S., at least, doesn't care much who controls the provinces, legitimacy & local control is what counts.

It doesn't make sense to guess about the futur, it's impossible to understand the present. But a positive drift in Iraq is a good thing, and Dems should hope for it too.