If Bush ever does pardon these guys it will be his last day. (I don't believe he ever will)
Imagine the publicity McCain or Clinton would get if they declared, "On my first day of presidency I will pardon Ramos and Compean!"?
Imagine the votes they would get?
It's too late to save Bush in my eyes. The man has done more damage to the GOP than any dem could. He's created so much animosity with his policies that it probably cannot be fixed.
I no longer participate in the national GOP. They can get lost. Mostly because of Bush but add in all the others that are clamoring for amnesty while ignoring Ramos Compean.
Not to minimize Bush's failings, he is not alone in the recent damage done to the party. He also gave us Roberts and Alito. McCain has also done significant damage to the GOP but, in a perverse way, he also gave us Roberts and Alito.