Chrenkoff gives his impressions of the election so far, and his thoughts on the defeatist Left. But what made me strike a thinking pose the most was the following:

Every revolution has its symbol or gesture – the democratic revolution in Iraq, and hopefully throughout the broader Middle East, will have its own, too: a finger stained with ink.

This event will leave more than a stain on their fingers though. Husayn Uthman at Democracy For Iraq says:

It will be a day forever remembered. My voting was only a simple act, I went, I identified myself, got my finger stained, filled out a ballot, and dropped it in a box. It is not a complex or grand process to the eye, but it is one that I will forever remember and will recount to my children, and their children. And God willing it will be remembered through the ages.

Truly. That ink may wash off eventually, but the memory won’t.