Managed Issues


This is IMI’s blog, managed by president and campaign manager Chris Hull.

My Presentation on Freedom of Speech in Poland


In September, 2018, I went to Warsaw, Poland for the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) human dimension implementation meeting, under the banner of the 30-year-old national security think tank that goes under the nom de guerre Secure Freedom. Here is one of my “interventions” – speeches before the Plenary Session of diplomats

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Iowa Set to Dis GOP Establishment


My preview of the 2016 Iowa Caucuses just went live at US News & World Report. It reads in part: The first-in-the-nation Iowa caucuses will be held next Monday evening. Who wins, only time will tell. But who loses already appears certain: the Republican establishment. Donald Trump, Ted Cruz, Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders. Two are

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My appearance on The Hard Line to discuss Iowa Caucus 101


This week I appeared on The Hard Line with Ed Berliner on Newsmax TV to discuss the Iowa Caucuses. He was kind enough to pimp my book, Grassroots Rules: How the Iowa Caucus helps elect American Presidents. The interview was entirely apolitical. Instead, Ed wanted to know about how caucuses worked and what to expect.

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(Mis)Understanding Trump


FoxNews.com quoted me this week on the question of Trump’s strategy in an article called Trump draws Clinton into fray, as he seeks GOP ‘standard-bearer’ mantle. The key part: While the Trump-Clinton clash could point to an effort by Trump to shed his GOP competition, Christopher C. Hull, president of D.C.-based public affairs firm Issue

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Did You Know the Obama Administration Changed the Citizenship Oath?


My wife Valerija was sworn in as an American citizenship this summer, after 15 long years of waiting. Based on that ceremony, here’s my first op-ed ever in the Wall Street Journal. Its kicker is this part: …last month the Obama administration tweaked, in a way that goes beyond simple partisanship, the rules surrounding the

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