I think it's obvious that Bush has a conflict of interest when it comes to the Lewis "Scooter" Libby case, so that any action on his part is decidedly partisan and in his own interest. This is made clear, even more so, by his record of not granting as many pardons and other possible actions of that sort as other Presidents in this stage of their Presidency. That's not to say this was unexpected, but to underscore the hypocrisy of his statement that he did so for any reason beside the obvious. He's a lame duck, with the lowest approval rating of a President since Richard Nixon, and I'm not so sure he's not going to break Nixon's low record, as he limbos down the last few months of his term.

What I really would like to see now, though, is the media ask every one of the Republican Presidential candidates whether they would have commuted Libby's sentence, just to see them wiggle a bit. Come on, Fox News, show that you can be an "objective" source and pick up on this little idea!