Quote: First Amongst Daves said: It will be interesting to see if this makes a difference in the elections. Certainly Saddam's guilt provides for one positive outcome from the invasion. With Iraq a heavy consideration on voters' minds, this might make it almost worthwhile.
Obviously, I'm happy to see Saddam get what he deserves, but I don't think it will have any effect on the elections.
This outcome was already written into people's expectations the day he was caught, and now the issue is not Saddam but how to fight the terrorists and contain sectarian violence.
The conviction is some sunshine in a thunderstorm, though. Sectarian violence doesn't have the same immediately apparent finality.
