Blago is typical Illinois donkey slime, and thoroughly deserved to serve out his full sentence, but I don’t hold his commutation against Trump - I think it’s a mistake, but if so, not that consequential of one. And presumably Trump and his people know more about this situation than me.
But it would be nice to have a full-service clink expressly for the entire Democrat hierarchy in this God-forsaken state - as bad as Blago was (and probably is), he’s nowhere near the worst of the bunch.
The president is doing this because he will pardon Stone and Gen. Flynn. It’s “optics”, as they say.