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New York Times: For Bush, Action in Libby Case Was a Test of Will (7/3/07) by Sheryl Gay Stolberg
Stolberg offers her thoughts on the Libby case:
But aides said the judge in the case, Reggie B. Walton of the Federal District Court, pushed Mr. Bush into a decision when he ordered Mr. Libby to begin serving his time — a decision upheld Monday by a three-judge panel. So, unlike predecessors, including his father, who used their powers of clemency as they were leaving office, Mr. Bush was forced to act now.
Let's be clear: The fact that an underling is going to jail after being convicted by a jury and sentenced by a judge according to standard guidelines in no way "forces" a politician to commute his sentence--any more than a New York Times reporter is forced to offer such excusatory language just because the Washington establishment believes that the underling's crime is no big deal.
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