Well I was wrong: Grits predicted Governor Perry would issue 10 or more pardons this week after issuing none for the rest of the year. I was right to expect some, but guessed high: He issued eight - all for trivial, long ago offenses. Three of the eight don't even live in Texas anymore. While in general Grits calls "Humbug!" on Christmastime pardons, this was a missed opportunity. Grits had suggested that if the Governor issued 23 pardons or more, he would ensure positive national coverage by pardoning more people in one day than Barack Obama has granted clemency in his entire tenure. (Perry surpassed that mark in two prior years.) But instead, with Mitt Romney on the campaign trail saying he won't grant pardons at all, Governor Perry decided to play it safe. Disappointing.
MORE: From the Texas Tribune.
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