Iraq Election Bad News for Bush?

Religious Groups Take Early Lead in Iraqi Ballots
By EDWARD WONG

Early voting results indicated that religious groups, particularly the main Shiite coalition, had taken a commanding lead.

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/20/international/middleeast/20iraq.html?th&emc=th

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For those who have been following the subtexts on the Iraq situation the election results look to be bad news for Bush -- either a tilt towards an Islamic republic allied with Iran or civil war if the factions cannot get it together. With Bush in general disarray in the face of multiple charges heading towards him and major Republican leaders, we may be seeing g-d knows what panic buttons being hit by our less than brilliant Yalie who seems only good at names -- and fist and hand-shaking. Ed

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