97 percent of the voters in the mainly Sunni Arab province, Anbar, voted against the new Iraq constitution. That’s the bad news. The good news is they voted (and that the number looks a little rigged). Three provinces voted no, but only two by more than two-thirds. The third, Nineveh, voted no by 55 percent. In other words, another 12 percent in one province would have torpedoed the entire thing. I don’t mean to be pessismistic. The fact that the political process is actually going forward is what matters, most of all. But the challenges of reconciling the voters of Anbar and Salahuddin are still enormous. The Iraqis have about a month to offer some sweeteners.
AND JASON TOO: The other co-conspirator at TNR’s new blog is Jason Zengerle. Today, he ponders what bad luck can possibly mean for Bill Frist.
The Dish 