Election Day

Early indications are that 72% of eligible voters have turned out in Iraq. This has to be seen as a success, but keep your eyes on the ball, or in this case, the MSM. My bet is that you'll hear more about the threats and suicide bombers today than you will about the joy of the ordinary Iraqi. Here's an account from over at the IRAQ THE MODEL blog. "We had all kinds of feelings in our minds while we were on our way to the ballot box except one feeling that never came to us, that was fear.
We could smell pride in the atmosphere this morning; everyone we saw was holding up his blue tipped finger with broad smiles on the faces while walking out of the center.
I couldn't think of a scene more beautiful than that.
From the early hours of the morning, People filled the street to the voting center in my neighborhood; youths, elders, women and men. Women's turn out was higher by the way. And by 11 am the boxes where I live were almost full!
Anyone watching that scene cannot but have tears of happiness, hope, pride and triumph." The rest can be found here.