Sarah Palin just saw her biggest rival for the social conservative vote flame out:
Nine years ago in Arkansas, The Seattle Times reported, Mr. Clemmons was released from prison after Gov. Mike Huckabee commuted his lengthy prison sentence, over the protests of prosecutors. Late Sunday night, Mr. Huckabee’s political action committee released a statement saying that “a series of failures in the criminal justice system in both Arkansas and Washington State” would be to blame if Mr. Clemmons were found responsible for the shootings.And this is exactly why politicians hate commuting a sentence, never mind the merits. Better safe than sorry. For their political careers, that is.
