Paul Jacob is a Senior Advisor at The Sam Adams Alliance, a Townhall.com member group. His daily Common Sense commentary appears on the Web, via e-mail, and on radio stations across America.

For most of the last decade, Jacob was the term limits movement's leading voice, running U.S. Term Limits, the nation's largest term limits group. Paul continues to serve on the group's board of directors and as a senior fellow.

Paul has appeared on CNN's "Inside Politics," NBC's "Today Show," MSNBC's "Equal Time" and ABC's "Nightline." His commentary has appeared in newspapers including USA Today, The New York Daily News, Roll Call, The Washington Times, and The Chicago Tribune.

In 1996, Paul was named "a rising star in politics" by Campaigns & Elections magazine. He holds the Society for Individual Liberty's "Phoenix Award" for "contributions to the advancement of liberty in America," and has been dubbed one of "The Best and the Rightest" by National Journal.

Paul also serves as the founder and president of Citizens in Charge, a group committed to expanding and protecting citizens' initiative and referendum rights, and sits on the advisory boards of the Initiative and Referendum Institute and the Illinois Taxpayer Education Foundation. He lives with his wife Rhonda and their three children in Woodbridge, Virginia.