Defenders of Wildlife

Clear Channel radio stations in Colorado have temporary pulled a radio advertisement by the 501(c)4 environmental group Defenders of Wildlife attacking Marilyn Musgrave, according to Musgrave's campaign and Defenders of Wildlife.

Clear Channel had questioned a part of the ad where the language was unclear, said Defenders of Wildlife spokesperson David Kirk.

Kirk said the ad would resume with slightly different language by Thursday evening, adding that the group will soon be expanding its ad buy.

But Musgrave's campaign said the ad had been "blatantly lying" about Musgrave's record and praised Clear Channel for pulling it off the air.

Sarah Palin: Getty Images PhotoUPDATED 10/1/2008 1:32 p.m.  

The 501(c)4 environmental group Defenders of Wildlife will begin airing a new television ad in Colorado this week attacking Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin for supporting aerial killing of wolves as governor of Alaska.

The ad, which has already been running in other swing states, will begin airing on Denver broadcast stations just before the first vice presidential debate between Palin and Democratic vice presidential nominee Joe Biden.

Defenders of Wildlife, an independent environmental organization, is back on the airwaves this week with new ads attacking U.S. Rep. Marilyn Musgrave.

The 501(c)4 group is already airing a radio ad hitting Musgrave for, among other things, "giv(ing) billions in tax breaks to Big Oil" and co-sponsoring a bill that would benefit her coin-collecting husband by reducing capital-gains taxes on coins and precious metals.

A TV ad hitting Musgrave on her energy policy and the capital-gains tax issue will begin airing in the next few days, said Defenders of Wildlife spokesperson David Kirk. The ad is already up on YouTube.

Congressional candidate Betsy Markey: Campaign PhotoFourth Congressional District Democratic nominee Betsy Markey, after a week and a half of being put on the defensive by incumbent U.S. Rep. Marilyn Musgrave's attack ads, hit back Tuesday with an attack ad of her own.

"They say the only things you can count on are death and taxes -- add Marilyn Musgrave's lies," begins Markey's new ad, which is airing on broadcast television.