The "Gallop" Poll
Galloping after cabs (assuming you eventually catch them) is a great way to take the pulse of most cities, according to a bit of classic urban wisdom. Baghdad cab customer Stephen Vincent agrees. According to Vincent's own recent gallop poll, a majority of the hacks in Baghdad are rather thrilled about America's recent and continuing activities in their country. He suspects the scattered nay-sayers he encounters are Sunni Moslems: "Long favored by Saddam, Sunnis stand the most to lose in a democratic Iraq, where power will almost certainly shift to the more numerous Shias."