The liberal psychology of the Mueller probe...

Liberals still want to believe that the Mueller special counsel was a success?

The reality is that Robert Mueller was tasked with finding the ever-elusive and non-existent collusion, collaboration, and conspiracy between the Trump campaign and the Russian government. I would offer that most "reasonable" people knew upfront that Mueller would come up empty. I think nearly all "reasonable" people deep down understood that it was a political hoax designed specifically to undermine Trump and his Presidency. Most understood there was never going to be any evidence found of an actual conspiracy (other than the one between Obama and his DOJ and FBI to undermine Trump).  There was never any "reasonable" reason to believe differently. 

The commuting of Stone's sentence is another psychological blow for liberals
who desperately wanted Robert Mueller to be a hero and bring down Trump

On the flip side, there are an awful lot of liberals in this country that are not even in the general ballpark of being "reasonable". Many "probably" were dumb enough to buy the crap than Rachel Maddow and all of those former Obama officials turned CNN and MSNBC pundits were selling. Or maybe they were banking on Mueller manufacturing something out thin air to take down the President. 

Either way, the idea that Mueller was offering "indictments" was all the prove required for many of the unreasonable to solidify their idea that the Mueller probe was justified and successful. But of course turning indictments into actual real convictions and prison sentences is always going to be the true judgment. On that account, as it pertained specifically to this Russian conspiracy, the Mueller team came up almost completely empty. Moreover, as time goes on, the emptiness seems to grow like a malignant cancer.

The first issue for Mueller and gang is the fact that his most successful prosecutions had nothing to do with Russia or even his probe. He turned the screws on Paul Manafort and Rick Gates (both had short lived roles on the Trump campaign) by indicting them on old tax evasion and banking violation charges. These alleged crimes were so old that the statute of limitations were almost running out. They ended up having to prosecuted them in the middle of the probe, rather than wait because they were losing charges every day.

The fact that Manafort and Gates were found guilty and was oddly cheered by liberals just goes to show you how hateful and spiteful they truly are. Their real crimes to liberals was that they worked with Trump on his campaign, which of course ended up with Trump being elected President. But almost nobody (even the most desperate liberal) was going to suggest that these prosecutions were about Russia or Trump or proved anything regarding Russia or Trump. 

That left a group of Trump associates all being charged with process crimes. Either making false or misleading statements to Congress or to Investigators. Four Trump players were charged with such crimes: George Papadapoulos, Michael Cohen, General Flynn, and Roger Stone. 

Papadapoulos was a bit player, set up by an FBI undercover informant. He spend a whopping 12 days in jail and is now selling his story about the set up. Flynn's charges have been dropped after it was found that Mueller's prosecutors withheld about 1000 documents that legally needed to be turned over to Flynn and the court (at least if you believe in this Constitution thing).  Roger Stone's ridiculous sentence was justly commuted by the President. 

So basically, the only thing "left" for the Mueller fans to crow about and tie to the President is Micheal Cohen, who is "only" in jail right now because violated the terms of his release. He was likely only sentenced in the first place because he is an idiot who thought it would help him to get into bed with SDNY prosecutors by pleading guilty and trying to implicate the President in a non-existent crime, rather than circle the wagons with Trump and his team. 

So if it makes you wonder why (in the midst of violence and carnage that we have not seen in a generation here in the US) that liberals would be so upset about the fact that two old men who committed no real crimes are not going to jail... just keep in mind that this is about Mueller and the fact that he fell flat when they wanted him to be a hero. The lack of evidence that the President committed any crimes was the original cut. The fact that everything else is falling apart is just rubbing salt in the wound.