His oppenent? Laura Ingraham, who was subbing for Bill O'Reilly.
Speaking from Los Angeles, where he now lives after the disappointing treasurer run we previewed in the 2008 feature "Is This Muslum Republican Mr. Right or the Big Cheese?"-- but wearing a giant bolo tie that hinted at his Colorado roots -- Hasan argued for why the mosque project should go forward near Ground Zero, patiently putting up with the always-interrupting Ingraham.
The people who object? "That's bigotry," he said. "There's no other way to slice that pie. America isn't guided by poll numbers, we're guided by the Constitution."
Ingraham was so put off by Hasan, who calmly reminded her that he's a Republican, that she's back on Fox this morning, still complaining about him.
But if he'd spoken as well while he was in Colorado, he might have won that first state house run, or maybe the treasurer's race -- or at least convinced his parents not to authorize the Hasan Family Foundation to pay Scott McInnis $300,000 for his "Musings on Water."
