Re: Libby guilty on 4/5 counts
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Question, though: wouldn't many pardons occur right before the President leaves office? No real danger of losing political capital at that point. Anyone have statistics or a general sense of whether that is the case? If it is, then Bush having made fewer pardons may or may not be meaningful at this point.
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Good observation. 140 pardons were handed out on Clinton's last day.
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Dubya pardoned less people as governor of Texas than anybody since the 40s and his daddy has one of the lowest number of pardons in presidential history. Smart money is on him continuing his very slow pardoning rate through his last days in office.
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