This is a triumph:

Iraq's National Conference chose members of an interim National Assembly Wednesday night, but a planned vote on the decision was called off at the last minute and conference organizers simply affirmed a list of candidates. Disputes over how to choose the 81 members of the assembly, which is to act as a watchdog over the interim government until January elections, had forced conference organizers to extend the meeting into Wednesday for an unscheduled fourth day.

...By Wednesday evening, the delegates had gathered to choose between two candidate lists when one was suddenly withdrawn. Without ever holding a vote on the only remaining list, the conference organizers declared it the winner.

...The assembly will have the power to approve the national budget, veto executive orders with a two-thirds majority and appoint replacements to the Cabinet in the event a minister dies or resigns.

Some press reports have attempted to portray disagreement and compromise as some sort of failure, which only shows offending journalists' startling unfamiliarity with the coarse — but truly beautiful — nature of civil discourse. Democracy has come to Iraq where it will, God willing, stay forever.