Managed Issues


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

A Quest for American Unity


Today I had a new piece, “A Quest for American Unity,” go live on Real Clear Policy. It was an honor to have the support of The American Project, conducted by the Pepperdine School of Public Policy.  The piece makes the case that both political extremes in the country are out of their minds. That’s

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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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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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Grassroots does indeed rule


For the uninitiated in my work, I’d like to provide a link to my book, Grassroots Rules: How the Iowa Caucus Helps Elect American Presidents (Stanford University Press, 2007). The work was drawn from my doctoral dissertation (which in case anyone cares, won distinction from its committee and was nominated for the American Political Science

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