The fallout over former governor and GOP presidential contestant Mike Huckabee’s 2000 connection with the suspected killer of four police officers in Washington state has already hit Huckabee’s political operation — Jason Tolbert resigned today as Arkansas coordinator for Huckabee’s political action committee, HuckPAC.

After Maurice Clemmons emerged as the prime suspect in the police killings Sunday morning, it was revealed that in 2000 then-Gov. Huckabee commuted Clemmons’ 108-year Arkansas prison sentence for convictions on robbery and other charges, making him immediately eligible for parole.

“As most could imagine, the recent news of the last two days along with the response did play a role in this decision but was not the sole factor,” Tolbert wrote on his blog.

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