Iraqpundit observes how success in Iraq is changing how success in Iraq is defined by Democrats and Big Baloney.

While politicians such as Joe Biden and John Murtha struggle to figure out whether the surge strategy is working, life goes on in Iraq. Biden just called the surge “a fantasy,” and Murtha just admitted that it’s working.

So now we are faced with a situation. What’s the next step? Report news? Of course not! It is time to say improvements are too slow, and they exploit the Iraqi people.

WaPo reporters know what to do:

“As violence continues to dip across Iraq, U.S. officials say they will increasingly shift their barometers of success from security to basic services — electricity, gasoline, water and sanitation — that reflect whether life for Iraqis is returning to normal.”

Okay, as a result of the “dip,” the government can “reopen gas stations across the city. At those stations, where drivers last year sometimes waited for days to fill up, waits are now usually less than 15 minutes, decreasing the demand for black-market gas. ”

That’s not good enough. And the electricity? “Maysan province in the southeast received the least, 11.6 hours, while Anbar province in the west received the most, 23.3 hours. Baghdad was on the lower end, with about 11.9 hours per day. State Department figures from six months ago showed the city receiving an average of 5.1 hours a day. ”

Wait! What did you say about Anbar? 23.3 hours of electricity a day? More than anyone else in Iraq? Certainly more electricity than Anbar had under al-Qaeda in Iraq’s rule. No, things are still bad. They should have been fixed overnight all over Iraq, according to WaPo.

Read it all.