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U.S. Rep. John Salazar, D-Colo., and an aide are the talk of the Colorado political blogosphere. A highly critical ad apparently ready for television was circulating on the Internet on Monday, but had yet to be broadcast. The ad questions the conduct of Salazar’s Washington, D.C., spokeswoman, Nayyera Haq, who also speaks for the Congressional Muslim American Staffers Association. In that capacity, Haq criticized Rep. Tom Tancredo, a Front Range Republican, for his letter supporting Pope Benedict XVI, who had quoted a 14th century emperor that condemned Islam. Salazar, a first-term congressman from Manassa, has declined to comment directly on...

John Salazar is one of the most vulnerable Congressman in the country. He tries to get by pretending to be "moderate," though his staff is mainly composed of former Pelosi staffers. He is running against Rightroots endorsed candidate Scott Tipton:Scott Tipton is trying to knock off Democratic incumbent John Salazar in a district that went 55%-44% for George Bush in 2004. This is a seat that should be held by a Republican, but it's a huge district, and Tipton needs lots of cash to overcome the name recognition advantage Salazar holds. If he gets the money he needs, this is...

Rep. Tom Tancredo challenged one of his Colorado colleagues but drew no response on Thursday in a flap touched off by the pope’s controversial comments about Islam. On Wednesday, Tancredo sent a letter to Pope Benedict XVI, urging him to resist calls to apologize over a recent speech that quoted a 14th century emperor who suggested that the Prophet Mohammed had inspired "things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." Tancredo’s letter, which included criticisms of specific passages in The Koran, drew a strong response from Nayyera Haq, the Muslim...

WASHINGTON - At midday on Fridays, Muslims gather to pray in a basement room of the U.S. Capitol. Kneeling on sheets they've spread over the floor and facing east toward Mecca, they are members of the Congressional Muslim Staffers Association, about two dozen congressional aides who are part of a small but growing minority in America and in the halls of government. At first just a prayer group, later a Muslim support group, the association is now looking outward to change what many see as woeful ignorance about Islam on Capitol Hill and beyond, said Jameel Aalim-Johnson, a black Muslim...