Andrew Sullivan is blogging his little British heart out over the Libby commutation. Worth reading in full, but here‘s a roundup. I make no apologies for going cable on the Libby story. It’s about a presidency above the law, and contemptuous of the justice system. It’s about presidential defense of perjury. It’s about the murky [...]
John Dickerson has my favorite take on the Gravel ad that has, uhm, everyone talking.
And on the topic who has really benefited from the Scooter commutation: In a conference call with reporters, campaign manager Terry Nelson and senior adviser John Weaver insisted that a combination of massive staff and salary cuts and a renewed focus on face-to-face “retail” politics could pave the way for an upset in early primary [...]
Special Counsel Patrick Fitzgerald does not dispute the prerogative that allows the President to commute Scooter Libby’s sentence, but adds: We comment only on the statement in which the President termed the sentence imposed by the judge as “excessive.” The sentence in this case was imposed pursuant to the laws governing sentencings which occur every [...]
