Closing Lineups for the Debate and Good News from Iraq

Via email:

The list of GOP speakers closing this week's debate (NOW) on Iraq is as follows:

Roy Blunt (MO), Republican Whip
John Boehner (OH), Republican Leader
Rep. Sam Johnson (TX)

Just as Democrats vote to "disapprove" of the new plan for victory in Iraq, the new plan begins to pay dividends on the ground:

From News Reports:

al-Sadr has fled to Iran.

Anti-American Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, had ordered his top lieutenants to leave Iraq.

Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki calls U.S. and Iraqi forces sweeping through Baghdad as "brilliant success" so far.

Violent deaths reported in the capital have fallen.

"bloodthirsty" militants are lying low in Sadr City.

Iraqi and U.S. troops are manning checkpoints and searching vehicles for weapons.

Attacks by Sunni insurgent groups such as al Qaeda have declined.