Good News From Iraq Haunts Democrats

Let's hear it for good news from Iraq
Globe Columnist / November 25, 2007

THE NEWS from Iraq has been so encouraging in recent months that last week even the mainstream media finally sat up and took notice. Can the Democratic Party be far behind?
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In a story titled "Baghdad Comes Alive," Rod Nordland reports in the current Newsweek on the heartening transformation underway in the Iraqi capital:

http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2007/11/25/lets_hear_it_for_good_news_from_iraq/

As Democrats See Security Gains in Iraq, Tone Shifts

As Democrats See Security Gains in Iraq, Tone Shifts

By PATRICK HEALY
Published: November 25, 2007

As violence declines in Baghdad, the leading Democratic presidential candidates are undertaking a new and challenging balancing act on Iraq: acknowledging that success, trying to shift the focus to the lack of political progress there, and highlighting more domestic concerns like health care and the economy.


http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/25/us/politics/25dems.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin