According to The Iraqi Model, just the statement of sending more troops is having some affect.
http://iraqthemodel.blogspot.com/
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In Diyala, politicians, religious and tribal figures demanded that their province be included in the security plan of Baghdad. This came after dozens of foreign Arab militants ran away from Baghdad to areas across Diyala in order to avoid raids by the Iraqi and American forces during the incoming security plan to secure Baghdad.
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I don't know too much about this blog, but it appears to be a couple of Iraqis who believe in what we're doing, and want their country un-fornicate itself.
Edit: Iraqpundit had some "kind" words for Shrillary:
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Iraq, you'll observe, is all about Hillary. Now, we didn't need Hillary to drop in for a glass of Iraqi tea to learn that there is a security crisis in Baghdad; we have a lot of Iraqi corpses that already tell us that. But the idea that we can measure the intensity of the issue by Hillary's body armor is an interesting alternative. And that's not even the best of Hillary's new Iraq.
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http://iraqpundit.blogspot.com/