Greg McNeilly is a Republican political strategist in the United States, and the President of the Michigan Freedom Fund. McNeilly was a regular host of WWJ (AM) talk-radio's Eye on Michigan Politics. In 2012, McNeilly led the efforts of the Michigan ballot committee Protecting Michigan Taxpayers which successfully defeated the union initiated proposal 57-42%. In 2010, McNeilly was the General Consultant for the Michigan Republican Party to then Chairman Ronald Weiser. McNeilly was one of AOL-Time Warner's Political Machine bloggers during the 2008 Presidential campaign. Political Machine has since become Politics Daily. In 2006, McNeilly served as campaign manager for Michigan gubernatorial candidate Dick DeVos. While unsuccessful at the ballot box, National Journal cited the DeVos campaign as the best run Republican challenger campaign of 2006. That cycle, no Republican challenger won election from the state house level to U.S. Senate; and only in Wisconsin did a Republican win an open seat for Attorney General. In 2005, he served as Recruiting & Strategy Director for the National Republican Senatorial Committee under the leadership of then U.S. Senator Elizabeth Dole (R-NC). During the reelection campaign of President George W. Bush (R), McNeilly served as Executive Director of the Michigan Republican Party, then under the chairmanship of Betsy DeVos. In 2002, McNeilly served as communications consultant to Don Carcieri’s winning gubernatorial campaign against Myrth York in Rhode Island. In 2000, he served as Communications Director for the Michigan statewide ballot proposal “Kid’s First Yes!” which sought to take money from public schools, to fund children in private schools. In 2001, he was the Executive Director of Choices for Children a Michigan-based education reform advocacy group supporting greater taxpayer accountability in state-run k12 schools. He currently serves on the board of directors of the Great Lakes Education Project. McNeilly, according to the St. Johns Reminder, got involved in politics early in life at age 8; volunteering for State Representative candidate, a neighbor, Alan Cropsey. McNeilly graduated from Michigan State University with a B.S. in Social Studies, Politics and Economics. During his undergraduate tenure he won placement in an essay contest for doctoral students in the Mont Pelerin Society’s Fredrick Hayek Essay Contest. Career McNeilly managed his first campaign, an unsuccessful congressional effort by West Point graduate and retired U.S. Army Colonel, John Pappageorge in 1992. Congressman Sander Levin (D-MI) won by 7%. In 1994, in a re-match the same outcome was experienced. This