I'm so ashamed.

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that an Oldsmobile can be a kind of quagmire, too. He's got a point—at least with respect to Senator Kennedy.

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. . . with his own take on the Iraqi elections, and the discomfort they are giving the MSM.

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. . . are going great so far, depite the one explosion in Baghdad. Turnout is good, with the possible exception of Sunnis, who can go fly a kite for all I care perhaps can be included in the new government through appointed positions. Of course, I'm sure you've all heard the quotes about how "sure we're scared, but what else is new? We lived under Saddam for decades. We've been scared all our lives."

People are doing extraordinary things to vote.

Dean has a a roundup of roundups.

UPDATE: Jeff Percifield has his own roundup, of quotes from the Iraqis themselves.

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Same blog, two links in a row. But it's going to happen every now and again, especially with James Joyner, Dean Esmay, and both of my favorite Jeffs.

This time it's Dean, who has a nice synopsis of the work being done by Free Muslims Against Terrorism. They just issued a statement about the upcoming Iraqi elections, which is worth a read (and excerpted in Dean's entry).

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. . . is publishing the over/under on when the New York Times will proclaim the Iraqi elections worthless.

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I really want to believe.

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"But you can't blow out a fire."

The governor of Baghdad was just assassinated. In that light, Smash's observation about Bin Laden's increasing desperation is particularly important to bear in mind.

Democracy is coming to the Middle East, and neither the Baathists nor the Islamists can stop it.

Both Bin Laden and Zarqawi are living on borrowed time.

That said, I'm sick to death by what we've seen and what we will see this month. But there's no way around—only through.

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