[Behind Liberal Lines]

Remembering that he actually doesn’t like the Clintons, and wants to control the DNC himself, Obama would actually be pretty smart (in a Chicago Crime Boss sort of way) to pardon Hillary.

1. If Hillary loses, he frames the pardon as “letting a frail old lady with health and memory issues” live out her retirement “rather than face criminal prosecution.”

2. If Hillary wins, he claims it’s a “letting a nation heal” thing and that, “despite his grave concerns over her conduct” he “does not want to overturn an election.” He lets her be president but effectively makes her an instant lame duck.

[detective]

Obama would not give a pardon without getting something very substantial in return.

This is pay to play. This is how Democrats think.