Also from the Democratic Leadership Council, NewDonkey writes (yesterday): “The Bush administration, dating back to its negligent preparations for winning the war and the peace, has done little to make this day the triumph of democracy it has so often predicted.”

Sorry, but weren’t the Bush administration’s policies–however, obviously, imperfect–instrumental to getting Iraq to a real election day? Iraqis seem to realize America (and our allies) deserve some gratitude. We, in turn, hail their bravery. But the American Left, just doesn’t seem to remember Saddam.