See this from the Rapid City Journal:
Sioux Falls author and historian Jon Lauck, a senior adviser to Sen. John Thune, will be at Borders in Rapid City at 2 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 7, to sign copies of his new book on the 2004 U.S. Senate race between Thune and former Sen. Tom Daschle.
Lauk's book, "Daschle vs. Thune: Anatomy of a High-Plains Senate Race," was praised by U.S. News & World Report senior writer Michael Barone as "must reading for Democrats as well as Republicans."
Lauk, a lawyer and former history professor, was an insider during the 2004 campaign, supporting Thune in his bid to unseat Daschle, a 26-year-veteran of Congress who rose to the powerful position as majority leader in the U.S. Senate. Daschle was still leading the Democratic minority in the Senate when he lost to Thune in an expensive, often-bitter battle that featured constant attacks from conservative Internet bloggers, including Lauk.
A Madison native, Lauk is now a senior adviser to Thune. He previously wrote "American Agriculture and the Problem of Monopoly: The Political Economy of Grain Belt Farming, 1953-1980."
Try to ignore the misspelling of "Lauck" in the article. I would wonder when the Argus Leader will find the space to report on this book. Note that Dave Kranz devoted his column the other day to two more books, one of which was written by Daschle's press secretary. That makes today's Randell Beck column laughable, which says it is critical for newspapers to present a wide variety of perspectives.
UPDATE: Blogosphere colleague Bob Schwartz emailed me to point out that I spelled Mr. Beck's name wrong, always embarassing when you note the spelling of a name in an article is wrong and then you do it yourself. It's been corrected, and I apologize to Beck. Meanwhile, check out reports on Jon's book from KEVN and KNBN.
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