We welcome as a guest-blogger Hans Noel, a professor in the Department of Government at Georgetown (currently on leave as a Robert Wood Johnson fellow at the University of Michigan). Hans’s work centers on political ideology and political parties. For example, he is a co-author of a new book on presidential nominations, The Party Decides, which argues that party organizations actually have a lot to do with who gets nominated. Hans also directed an award-winning film. We’re glad to have him aboard for the next couple weeks.