Seems people in the administration still aren’t clear on exactly what’s happening on the ground during these negotiations. But I just talked to someone who has the sense that the Iraqis aren’t arguing about the role of Islam as much as we are here in the Corner. This person hears that a possible deal is coalescing around two issues: de-Baathification and federalism. The de-Baathification provision in the constitution might be taken out to get the Sunnis back on board. Instead, that issue would be dealt with legislatively. Then, the bar for a Shia autonomous zone in the south would be raised considerably, so the possibility is still there, but it will be much harder to achieve. For what it’s worth…