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Center for American Regress?
Think Progress — ... Politico’s Ben Smith reports that the RNC is staffing up for a new, in-house think tank designed to revive the party’s “policy heft.” The think tank will be named the Center for Republican Renewal, and it is the result of many inside the conservative movement viewing the 2008 electoral failures as “in part, a product of stale ideas.” Campaigning for a second term, RNC Chairman Mike Duncan said that the think tank is part of his “10-point plan” to make the GOP “ ...

In Private Memo, RNC Chief Concedes That GOP Is Bereft Of Ideas, Vows Change Of Direction
TPM Election Central — ... The memo -- which we obtained from a Republican operative -- was written by RNC chief Mike Duncan to explain the RNC's recently-revealed decision to create a new in-house think tank called the "Center for Republican Renewal," which is devoted to coming up with new policies and ideas to chart a new direction for the party after November's devastating losses. ...

RNC scraps plans to develop a policy think tank.
Think Progress — ... Last December, the Republican National Committee announced plans to build a “new, in-house think tank aimed at reviving the party’s policy heft.” Former RNC Chairman Mike Duncan wrote a memo to RNC Committee Members explaining the concept behind the so-called “Center for Republican Renewal.” “The Republican Party ...