Initially, I got that burning feeling of “does everything have to be political”? After stewing for a moment, I looked up the Jason Earle candidacy and found he is running for a state rep seat in Travis County (southwest of Austin). Current Rep. Keel (R) is stepping down and there are at least 10 potential candidates vying for his slot.

If this was a politically motivated assault on Delay, it will need to be dragged out until November 2006 (good possibility). Maybe Im naive, but to end your career with something like this seems absurd. I think it is more likely, Jason Earle saw an opportunity to take political advantage of the Delay mess.

CNN, this morning, basically assaulted the NO PD union mothpiece regarding the “excessive force” story flooding the airwaves. That announcer continued to badger with statements like “I cant think of anything (that occurred before the videotape) that justifies the PD actions” and “arent you ashamed? (of the officers in question)”. It sure did look like excessive force, but, if Im a cop and someone is resisteing arrest and I “feel” he is reaching for my gun, I may be inclined to pummel the assailant. Thats just one thing I can think of, Im sure there’s more.

Thats the news as its reported (or lack there of).