Republican National Committee Quietly Scraps Plans For Big “Renewal” Think Tank

[Are_grits_groceries]

The Republican National Committee, under new chairman Michael Steele, has quietly killed an ambitious plan to create the Center for Republican Renewal, a big in-house RNC think tank intended to develop new policies and ideas in order to take the party in a new direction, a Republican official who was directly informed of the decision by RNC staff tells me.

The Center’s goal was to help the GOP reclaim the mantle of the “party of ideas,” as RNC officials glowingly announced in December, and the decision to scrap it has some Republicans, including allies of former RNC chair Mike Duncan, its creator, wondering how precisely the RNC intends to generate the new ideas necessary to change course and renew itself.

The decision to kill the Center leaves the RNC with “no policy office,” at least for the foreseeable future, according to the GOP official with direct knowledge of the decision. I tried to ask the RNC to respond to this claim, but the RNC press office didn’t answer repeated requests for comment.

http://theplumline.whorunsgov.com/category/republican-national-committee/

A Rethug think tank: Well any ideas would drown..............

[Catshrink]

1. Republican ideas

:rofl:

Bush: I want to be the "Education President"

:rofl:

[KharmaTrain]

2. Ah...Another Repugnican Welfare Half-Way House...

...bites the dust. Weren't the AEI and Heritage Instittues supposed to be the big conservative "think tanks"? If you watch C-SPIN, seems like they have a "policy expert" on everything.

Methinks Mr. Steele needs every penny he can scrounge up. It's not the golden days when the party was in control of everything in the beltway...and the checks were getting hard to come by last year (Gramps was vastly outraised)...the RNC was the only real money machine this corrupt party has left, and with the collapsed economy, those big pockets that used to write the checks are too busy covering their "assets".

Their only "policy" for the next 4 years will be FEAR. Scare people with lies and hope they buy it.

[lonestarnot]

3. "think" tank? bwwwaaa ha ha ha haha.

Typo.... stink tank.

[RC]

10. As in septic tank?

Where the really smelly stuff rises to the top.

[Earth Bound Misfit]

4. Republican Think-Tank...the condensed version...

Being a drug addict is a moral failing and a crime, unless you’re a conservative radio host. Then it’s an illness and you need our prayers for your recovery.


The United States should get out of the United Nations, and our highest national priority is enforcing U.N. resolutions against Iraq.


Government should relax regulation of Big Business and Big Money but crack down on individuals who use marijuana to relieve the pain of illness.


“Standing Tall for America” means firing your workers and moving their jobs to India.


A woman can’t be trusted with decisions about her own body, but multi-national corporations can make decisions affecting all mankind without regulation.


Jesus loves you, and shares your hatred of homosexuals and Hillary Clinton.


The best way to improve military morale is to praise the troops in speeches while slashing veterans’ benefits and combat pay.


Group sex and drug use are degenerate sins unless you someday run for governor of California as a Republican.


If condoms are kept out of schools, adolescents won’t have sex.


A good way to fight terrorism is to belittle our long-time allies, then demand their cooperation and money.


HMOs and insurance companies have the interest of the public at heart.


Providing health care to all Iraqis is sound policy. Providing health care to all Americans is socialism.


Global warming and tobacco’s link to cancer are junk science, but creationism should be taught in schools.


Saddam was a good guy when Reagan armed him, a bad guy when Bush’s daddy made war on him, a good guy when Cheney did business with him and a bad guy when Bush needed a “we can’t find Bin Laden” diversion.


A president lying about an extramarital affair is an impeachable offense. A president lying to enlist support for a war in which thousands die is solid defense policy.


Government should limit itself to the powers named in the Constitution, which include banning gay marriages and censoring the Internet.


The public has a right to know about Hillary’s cattle trades, but George Bush’s driving record is none of our business.


You support states’ rights, which means the Attorney General can tell states what local voter initiatives they have a right to adopt.


What Bill Clinton did in the 1960s is of vital national interest, but what Bush did in the ’80s is irrelevant.


Trade with Cuba is wrong because the country is communist, but trade with China and Vietnam is vital to a spirit of international harmony.

[VAliberal]

7. excellent summary

thanks!

[Earth Bound Misfit]

9. Wish I could say it was mine but

I kinda stole it. But thanks anyway! :hi:

http://azplace.net/index.php?itemid=307

[Cirque du So-What]

5. With the triumvurate of Limbaugh, Palin & Wurzelbacher as their 'brain trust'

who else do the pugs need to consult?

[izzie]

6. But they need this for all the GOP people with no jobs.

That seems to be how this govt. works. The out of party people go to lobby or think tanks. They sure never come back home. We seem to have a 'forever DC people' in DC trying to run things.

[gratuitous]

8. How much "thinking" do they need to do?

Just wind up the squawkers and have them running around screeching "Tax cuts!"

[tanyev]

11. Because they don't want to go in a new direction.

They just want to get to the edge of the cliff faster.