An appropriate enthusiasm

The pundit class is ho-hum, the Western media is comprised of Doubting Thomases, but the people who count seem to be highly enthusiastic about the election they'll vote in on Sunday:

Notwithstanding insurgent terror aimed at wrecking the polls, there is finally a palpable sense in Baghdad, and other Iraqi cities, that the country is entering a new era.

Take that, Andrew Sullivan.

HT: CapEd.