Seems I was wrong...

In post below I stated belief that Sadrists would be winners in upcoming Iraq Provincial elections.
Seems I ought to be paying attention to today, not last year:

As Iraqi Elections Loom, al-Sadr's Political Clout Fades
By Mark Kukis, TIME
Baghdad Monday, Jan. 26, 2009
The once fearsome Muqtada al-Sadr has been very quiet lately in Iraq. Political analyst Amir Hassan Fayht says the reason the onetime Iraqi militant shows less and less political muscle is simple. "He gave it up," says Fayht, dean of the college of political science at Baghdad University, "just like that."

Elections are this Saturday.