The Argus Leader promised a book review of Jon Lauck's Daschle V. Thune a month ago. So where is it? Clearly, the paper isn't shy about commenting on books -- and usually in a timely fashion. According to the SDWC, the review, allegedly written by political science professor Brent Lerseth at Augustana, was submitted to the paper ten days ago. First the Argus tries to argue they can't review the book because they're part of the book. Then they say they've tapped someone to write an independent review. Now, with the review apparently written, they're sitting on it. The state's largest newspaper, known as the paper to cover political reporting and its wide reach to several other dailies and weeklies in the state and region, has neglected to comment on a book related directly to South Dakota and one of the biggest Senate races in American political history. Could they have handled this any worse?
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