Because then Jim Rundberg, who made a quixotic run for the presidency in 2012, entered the race, and yesterday, a sixth candidate, Adams County GOP chairman Steve House, a health-care consultant, announced that he was getting in the game. And there are rumors that still more will throw their hats into the very crowded Republican ring.
But when the globe-trotting Harber, whose show runs statewide on Comcast (and on Channel 3 in Denver) and has featured everyone from Colin Powell to Jimmy Carter to Jesse Jackson, tapes tomorrow, there will only be the first four announced Republican candidates on the set. "The chairs are cemented to the ground and the candidates will be shackled to the ground," he promises.
The gubernatorial episode will be the last of close to a dozen shows that Harber is taping tomorrow, although it will probably be broadcast first -- and it's definitely the one that promises to be the most incendiary. (Harber's also doing two on the wildfires that could be smoking: "The government isn't telling us everything," he says.)And what will Harber be asking the candidates? The obvious questions that everyone expects, he says, including, "Why should Colorado voters elect you?" and "Why does Governor John Hickenlooper not deserve a second term?" Beyond that, the topics will range from the economy to deforestration -- and the studio could be all scorched earth by the time the taping is done.
This debate between the Republican candidates will be "the first, and maybe the last," Harber promises.
Want to watch history in the making? You can sign up to be part of the studio audience on Wednesday, November 13 at the Comcast Media Center, 4100 East Dry Creek Road in Centennial. The event begins at 4:30 and ends at 6:15 p.m.; there will be an informal reception following. Admission is free, but you have to register this morning at bit.ly/ShowRSVP.
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