No Last Minute Pardons

One thing that amazed me was that Bush didn't do a whole bunch of last minute pardons.

I was kind of figuring he'd do what his supporters (however small that group is) wanted, which was to pardon Scooter Libby. But it didn't happen. And I was figuring he'd pardon Ted Stevens, but he didn't.

I actually would favor pardoning Stevens. He's an old guy, 85 or something, isn't really much of a danger to society, not as much, let's say, as younger Republicans. If he accepted a few gifts and didn't write it down or claim them, it sounds like small potatoes stuff now that he's out of office. Just slap his wrist and give him a pardon and let him spend his life in Alaska, punishment enough. No, really, I suppose Alaska is a nice place.

Maybe Obama will pardon Stevens. That'd be a nice way to start off. Don't wait till the last minute, just get it out of the way.