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...places in between. They will lead study groups where students can gain a firsthand perspective on public service, and work with undergraduates on special projects. In addition to several politicians and political journalists, the institute also selected an environmental advocate as a result of student interest, IOP Director Jim Leach said yesterday. The fellows include David Yepsen, a political columnist for The Des Moines Register who has covered the Iowa caucus since the 1976 presidential election. He hopes to study the role of early primary election states in the presidential nomination process. “We’re ground...
...Iowa caucuses, the leading contenders for the nomination. The results were a jarring blow to Romney, a graduate of Harvard Business School and the Law School, who considers the state his home turf and had spent more than twice as much money as McCain. IOP Director Jim Leach, a former Iowa Congressman and a moderate Republican, said that as the race continues, those candidates who can bridge the nation’s political divide will have an edge. “What I see is a yearning for idealism,” Leach said. “Among the conservatives...
...Institute of Politics released a new Web-based initiative this week called “No Vote, No Voice” in an effort to increase youth voter turnout during the 2008 primary elections. The project, spearheaded by IOP Director James A. Leach, aims to provide an easy-to-use Web site targeted at facilitating and increasing student involvement in next year’s campaigns and elections. “We are trying to establish a Web site that will be one-stop-shopping for youth political activism,” said Leach. “For people...
...election, the panel took on issues ranging from the “Mike Huckabee phenomenon”—the presidential hopeful’s surprising success in Iowa—to the role of religion in the vote. As the forum wound down, IOP Director James A. Leach paid tribute to outgoing IOP Forum Director Bill H. White. Sitting alongside his wife and two young children, White was toasted by colleagues near and far. Some “FOB,” or Friends of Bill, as one speaker labelled them, phoned in and were broadcast over...
...journalists speaking on the 2008 presidential election. “Even though the [new mayors’ conference] is designed for mayors, it is also designed for students to interrelate with their mayor back home, and the issues of mayors,” said former Congressman James A. Leach, the IOP’s director. “And students are particularly interested in the politics of their hometown.” Karen A. McKinnon ’10, of Boulder, Colo., experienced those benefits directly. Upon approaching Edward Clark, Jr.—the newly elected mayor of Greeley...