Numbers Game

From a recent flight of Google News searches. Search term on the left; number of stories it generated on the right:

Iraq + Victory: 2,930 stories

Iraq + Defeat: 2,540 stories

Iraq + Failure: 4,910 stories

Iraq + Liberation: 1,830 stories

Iraq + Occupation: 7,340 stories

Economy + 2004 + Election: 1,440 stories

Iraq + 2004 + Election: 1,110 stories

Iraq + Quagmire: 189 stories