I think this is a good example of your excellent 
    observation that liberal journalists aren't a big help to 
    liberal politicians. Had the Washington Post reporters 
    been more like Bill O'Reilly, or Sean Hannity, with a
    "wait a minute, you're saying that a win in Iraq is a 
    problem for the Democrats?" reaction, Rep. Clyburn might 
    have backtracked, or at the very least realized he had 
    truly set his foot in it. 

    Very likely the liberal Washington Post reporters, simply 
    agreed with him, as "good news" from Iraq was a political 
    problem, not an outrageous admission that Democrats are 
    truly invested in America's defeat in Iraq. They just 
    didn't see it.