Colorado Democrats may have blueprint for victory.

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Colorado may provide encouraging blueprint for demoralized Democrats


By Judith Kohler / Associated Press


DENVER -- On the campaign trail, Democrat Ken Salazar criticized President Bush, Iraq and the war on terrorism. But the soft-spoken moderate spent just as much time talking about family, faith and the spirituality of his home in Colorado's San Luis Valley.

"In talking to my mother, she always blesses me and tells me how much it is that she loves me," Salazar said, before paying homage to the love of community and hard work taught to him by his parents. "Those are the values that I will stand for."

The cowboy hat-wearing Colorado attorney general went on to beat GOP beer executive Pete Coors to win Colorado's open Senate seat last week. And his older brother, John, picked up another open seat, this one in Congress.

In a year when Republicans strengthened their grip on Congress and Bush decisively won a second term, the Salazar brothers offer a blueprint for Democrats desperate to make inroads in the nation's midsection.
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