Recent Articles from Aaron Harber
Will We Talk More if We Text Less?
Is California accidentally leading the way?
The politics of personal destruction
The tragic events in Tucson bring home the point that America’s political dialog needs to change now. As the ultimate sacrifices made due to the Politics of Personal Destruction demonstrated, we need to relearn how to debate and argue without the threatening rhetoric so commonly unleashed today. While most Americans calmly evaluate wild assertions and […]
Political reality bites
Many Americans wonder why their political leaders cannot get along and appear to be unable to solve the tough problems facing the country. The reason is simple — our leaders are afraid to lead because they fear us. They know the truth but are scared to death that, if they reveal it, we will vote […]
The sounds of silence?
Waking up on Wednesday, November 3rd — after just 2½ hours of sleep after watching election returns with the Democrats and then the Republicans at their respective Election Night headquarter parties in Denver — I felt something was missing as I turned on the radio and then the television. What was that sound? No, it […]
Election 2010: Was anyone really surprised?
When a former gubernatorial candidate wrote “Thanks for these amazingly accurate predictions,” I realized that, while many of my correct prognostications were helped by my being objective about the outcome of the 12 contests for which I predicted all 12 winners, a good number of the predictions were easy to make. Here was my analysis […]
Hick’s best bet? Do nothing
TOO LITTLE, TOO LATE? How can Hickenlooper “go negative” and does he even need to anyway? Everyone wants to know whether or not John Hickenlooper will “go negative” and start attacking Tom Tancredo, now that some polls show Tancredo may be as little as one point behind Hickenlooper. While two recent polls do show Tancredo […]
Ballot bedlam
With ballots already mailed to voters and everyone now able to vote in person if desired, the Colorado General Election has begun. One aspect which may surprise voters is the lengthy wording of some ballot issues when combined with a protracted list of candidates. In one county, voters face 38 decisions. Did Starbucks design this […]
Lessons from the election
The Colorado Primary Election brought several lessons to the fore. Here are some of them. OBAMA RULES. The President fought hard for the election of Senator Michael Bennet and was a major factor in Bennet’s victory. Bill Clinton aided Andrew Romanoff at a fraction of the level compared to Obama. Going all-out, as Obama did, […]