Attended University of Wisconsin Law School, where he was national chairman of Young Americans for Freedom.
Served as executive assistant to Sen. James Buckley (C-N.Y.)
Worked in the Nixon White House as special assistant to Vice President Spiro Agnew.
Campaigned for Ronald Reagan as his Southern Regional Political Director in 1976, George Bush as his National Political Director in 1980, and Bob Dole as Senior Adviser in 1988 and 1996.
Became chairman of the American Conservative Union, and host of CPAC, in 1984.
Serves as managing associate of the Carmen Group, a Washington lobbying firm.
Works as a columnist for The Hill, a Capitol Hill newspaper.
Has served as a Fellow at Harvard's Institute of Politics, a Fellow at Vanderbilt University's Freedom Forum, a member of the Board of Visitors at Duke University's Public Policy School, and a member of the Board of Directors of the National Rifle Association.