Iraqi political progress

From Small Wars Journal is Movement on the Political Front, Finally.

• In the it's about time category there seems to be some movement towards national political reconciliation in Iraq. In today's New York Times Alissa Rubin reports that Iraq’s parliament approved three measures - the 2008 budget, a law outlining the scope of provincial powers and an amnesty that would apply to thousands of the detainees held in Iraqi jails.

We'll see if the Democrats even acknowledge this has happened. My bet is not...