"Intensely partisan" smears

House Republicans call Ronnie Earle, the Travis County DA who DeLay needs to be protected from by his colleagues, a rogue prosecutor who targets Republicans with gleeful abandon. Trouble is, it's a misrepresentation of his record. But the GOP won't get any argument from our SCLM. As Atrios notes, with one party controlling all branches of the federal government, it is vital that the press not simply print their press releases, but actually verify the veracity of what they're saying. But as the GOP message machine knows, that isn't likely to happen soon.