I don't know what to think about the actual merits behind commuting Scooter Libby's sentence, except to say that it's politics as usual.  Democrats are decrying this as another terrible crime against democracy by George Bush.  Of course, those complaints ring incredibly hollow given who Bill Clinton pardoned during his presidency.  Republicans are all saying that this was a decent and kind thing to do, and gleefully bring up said Clinton pardons as reason for Democrats to STFU.  Of course, those gleeful cheers ring just as hollow given that Republicans bitched and complained about those very same Clinton pardons when they were happening.

The end result is that nobody is beyond hypocrisy here.  Democrats are hypocrites for complaining about something they've done, and Republicans are hypocrites for doing something they've complained about.  Like I said... politics as usual.  Nobody is clean here, and nobody has the right to gloat.