2003, a lot of hope and confidence in him, and then there were questions about whether he was dealing with the iranians and he disqualified some 5,000 sunni candidates. who is chalabi really working for? i don t think we should be investing in any one person. we re investing in a system, investing in a country. mr. chalabi has been around here. he s a player in the political process here, but i think you have to ask him who he is really working for. this is about iraq. this is about the people here in iraq working for the people of iraq, and ultimately that s what it has to be about. that s what we saw yesterday. for the first time this is about iraqi people choosing their leaders, and those leaders have to work for the people of iraq. all right. general ray odierno, and
fielded thousands of parliamentary candidates, men and women. ballots cast at some 50,000 voting booths and in a strong turnout, millions of iraqis exercised their right to vote with enthusiasm and optimism. all right. let s talk about this. pat buchanan, that is a success. 55% to 60% of the vote, getting people out there. obviously, there were cases of violence that we can t overlook, but moving forward, how would you characterize this? you have newsweek saying victory at last on the front cover last week. are we there yet? richard engel were talking on willie s show earlier, you can t call it a victory yet, but thinks they are going in the right direction. did the sunnis come out because sha chalabi s commission disqualified them, and there was talk they might not come out a second time.