The Argus Leader: A Strong Voice for Tom Daschle

DVT:

[T]he Argus Leader's systematic campaign to deprive the public of information critical to a fully-informed judgment in the Senate race degrades the democratic process. Now, in one final insult to the public's intelligence, the Argus Leader is sending their reporter and Daschle's "publicity chairman" from the 1960s to moderate the big debate tonight between Daschle and Thune. It's a fine coda to this race, actually. It says it all. In one day, the Argus endorsed Daschle, wrote a puffy "bio" piece about him which left out all the contradictions central to his career, and sent their reporter/Daschle "publicity chairman" to lob softballs at Daschle in the debate tonight.

DVT is referring to David Kranz, the dean of South Dakota political reporters. Not only will Kranz be lobbing softballs at Daschle tonight, he'll also attempt to skewer Thune. Why couldn't the Argus Leader have chosen someone more like KELO's Steve Hemmingsen, who skewers both sides equally?