Pardon Pressure

From Yahoo: No presidential pardon for White House aide: Democrats. Harry Reid pushes for Bush to take the pardon option off the table. Smart move. It does more than ratchet up the pressure on the White House over the ethics issue. "Get out of jail free" is the only card left in Libby's deck. Without it he'll be extremely motivated to plea. When Scooter comes at him Fitzgerald will give him the Heisman until he gets what he's looking for.