Bush commutes Libby sentence

[Occhidiangela]

Discuss.

Libby's neocon buddies will doubtless pass the hat and get his fine taken care of, if he doesn't just handle it from his own personal wealth.

If this is a felony conviction, he can't vote, nor buy firearms.

The conviction stands until W pardons him at the end of his term, or, W thumbs his nose at Scooter, because he can, and lets it stand. Given the recent four part series in the Washington Post about Dick Cheney, it may be that W is irritated by some of the things his top adviser and team have done, so since Scooter isn't "W's" boy the way Rove is, he is not obliged to pardon him.

All in all, the guarantees that distance from W is a good thing to have as GOP candidate. Not sure if Obama or Hillary can make the most political hay out of this, but what really surprises me is that Edwards does not seem to have leaped all over it. He may be biding his time, or see that this is a tempest in a tea pot, since the ocnviction was not overturned.

I bet Libby goes ahead with his appeal.

DR