The always-interesting Michael Barone,
writing on the
CBS News website, suggests there are the beginnings of some modest optimism about outcomes in Iraq. He summarizes a recent article by two Democrats in The New York Times which says things in Iraq are getting better. He also notes recent opinion polling which shows U.S. public opinion vis-a-vis U.S. involvement in Iraq is becoming more positive, increasing from 35% to 41% approval.
My favorite sentence in Barone's article is his conclusion about the plight of the Democrats:
A political party gets itself in a bad position when military success for the nation is a "real big problem for us." Voters generally want their politicians to root for the nation, not against it.
I can't imagine a group which more deserves this problem.
