March 27, 2008 08:32 PM UTC

The HD-56 Soap Opera

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• by: chris82

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POLS NOTE: Check out the sordid history of Hasan’s bizarre campaign.

The Denver Post finally picks up the wackiness going on up in House District 56 with Republican candidate Muhammad Ali Hasan. My guess, this seat is safe for the Dems.

From the Denver Post

The race for House District 56 should have been a bright spot in state Republicans’ effort to retake the legislature: They had found a candidate, Muhammad Ali Hasan, who is young and articulate and had both the time and money to wrest the seat from Democrats.

But then Hasan’s campaign publicist and former girlfriend filed for a temporary restraining order against him, alleging that he tried to hack into her computer and tracked her whereabouts after their personal relationship soured.

Hasan, the scion of one of the state’s biggest Republican fundraisers, countered by hiring the same high-priced law firm that defended basketball star Kobe Bryant in a sex-assault case.

The publicist, Alison Miller, dropped her effort for a permanent order but said it was under heavy pressure from prominent Republicans who cared more about the party’s image than possible inappropriate behavior by its well-heeled candidate.

And the issue may still end up in criminal court.

The whole thing has made for tit-for-tat coverage in the local media, turning 2008 into one of the most bizarre local campaign seasons many people in Eagle County can remember – and it’s only March.

It’s just sad.