Bush Commutes Libby Sentence

George Bush commuted Scooter Libby's 30 month prison sentence today. Libby was convicted of perjury, obstruction of justice, and lying to investigators.

For those people who don't know exactly what it is that Libby did, he leaked the identity of a CIA operative to the press.

Bush claims that the 30 month sentence was excessive, and that's why he commuted the sentence. He left the 2 years of probation and the $250,000 fine in place, and said that he left a harsh punishment in place. Apparently Republicans wanted Libby to get a full pardon.

Are these the same Republicans who wanted Clinton thrown out of office for lying about his "inappropriate relationship"?

Is the President now going to start reviewing all sentences in the country and deciding whether or not they're excessive?

My guess is no. They're probably just going to commute sentences of people in their administration who do their dirty work for them.