In this case, it's good news from Iraq, which is good news for America, and thus bad news for democrats. Blackfive has this interesting bit of information:
Former Sunni insurgents asked the U.S. to stay away, then ambushed members of al-Qaida in Iraq, killing 18 in a battle that raged for hours north of Baghdad, an ex-insurgent leader and Iraqi police said Saturday.
HT to Mr. Reynolds.