This week, the state of California finally got around to announcing how many people had signed up for health insurance through the state’s Obamacare exchange by the end of December. Ezra Klein and Evan Soltas of the Washington Post‘s WonkBlog immediately declared victory in a post titled, “In California, Obamacare is succeeding.”

“Wonkbook’s Number of the Day: 424,936. That’s how many people California enrolled in Obamacare policies between October 1 and December 31,” wrote Klein and Soltas. “The goal for the reach [sic] by the end of March is between 487,000 and 696,000 — and it now looks very much attainable.”