I want a list of the republican think tanks please.

[MsUSA]

Heritage foundation?? Loud mouth this morning on C-SPAN blabbing the "party" line, (but he says, we are an independent organization), like, yeah right. But I'd like a list to let my co-workers, friends, and family know how they lean. Thank you.

[mdhunter]

1. It's true, they are independent - if anything you've reversed the order

The party gets its talking points from Heritage Foundation research, not the other way around.

Can't help you with a list though, sorry.

[salvorhardin]

2. That's a tough one

There's so many of them and they're often so interconnected. What do you consider a think tank? Often what appears to be a think tank is nothing more than just a name under which another think tank publishes stuff.

I need to be out today, but maybe later on I can help you out with this assuming you don't get a whole mess of replies here.

On edit: I have a couple minutes. Here's a partial list courtesy of fellow DUer starroute.

General
American Enterprise Institute
American Conservative Union (David Keene)
American Legislative Exchange Council
American Political Action Committee (Alan Gottlieb)
American Spectator
Cato Institute
Center for Individual Freedom
Center for Libertarian Studies (Lew Rockwell)
Center for the Study of Popular Culture (David Horotwitz)
CNP Action (Gary Aldrich)
Coalition on Urban Renewal & Education
Coalitions for America
Conservative Leadership PAC (Mornton Blackwell)
Conservative Victory Committee (Brent Bozell)
ConservativeHQ.com (Richard Viguerie)
Citizens United (David Bossie)
Free Republic Network
Heritage Foundation
Leadership Institute (Morton Blackwell)
National Center for Public Policy Research (Amy Ridenour)
National Review Online
New York State Conservative Party
Southeastern Legal Foundation
Townhall.com
Tradition, Family, and Property

Free Market
Citizens for a Sound Economy (Dick Armey)
Competititve Enterprise Institute
Frontiers of Freedom
James Madison Institute
Landmark Legal Foundation
National Conservative Campaign Fund
Radio America

Anti-Tax
Alliance for Retirement Prosperity
American Shareholders Association (Grover Norquist)
Americans for Fair Taxation
Americans for Tax Reform (Grover Norquist)
Association of Concerned Taxpayers
Maryland Taxpayers Association
National Tax Limitation Committee
National Taxpayers Union
NoInternetTax.org
Republicans United for Tax Relief
Tax Foundation
Taxpayhers Network
U.S. Taxpayers Alliance (Howard Phillips)

Anti-Government
Arkansas Policy Foundation
Capital Research Center
Citizens Against Government Waste
Club for Growth Advocacy

Anti-Regulation
Allegheny Institute for Public Policy
Institute for Policy Innovation (Dick Armey)

Anti-Environmental
American Council on Science &Health
Blue Ribbon Coalition
Center for Individual Rights
Center for the Defense of Free Enterprise (Alan Gottlieb)

General Religious
American Center for Law and Justice
American Family Association
Campus Crusade for Christ
Center for Reclaiming America
Christian Coalition of America
Christian Film and Television Commission
Christian Voice (Gary Jarmin)
Eagle Forum (Phyllis Schlafly)
Family Research Council
Public Advocate
Traditional Values Coalition

Right-Wing Catholics
Cardinal Mindszenty Foundation
Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights
Catholics United for the Faith
Catholic Family and Human Rights Institute
CatholicVote.org

Anti-Abortion
American Life League
Americans United for Life
National Right to Life Committee

Anti-Gay
Americans for Truth Project
Center for Military Readiness

Corporate Fronts
60 Plus Association
Small Business Survival Committee
United Seniors Association

Direct-Mail Fundraisers
American Target Advertising (Richard Viguerie)
Bruce W. Eberle & Associates
Eberle Communications Group
Richard Norman Company
Squire & Heartfield Direct

PR Firms
Craig Shirley & Associates
Shirley & Banister Public Affairs

Anti-Immigrant
American Council for Immigration Reform
American Immigration Control Foundation
Center for Equal Opportunity
English First
United States Border Control

Anti-Affirmative Action and Black Astroturf
American Civil Rights Institute
Black America's PAC
Institute for Justice
Project 21

Pro-Gun
Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms (Alan Gottlieb)
Gun Owners of America (Larry Pratt)
National Rifle Association
Second Amendment Sisters

Anti-United Nations
American Policy Center

Pro-Defense
High Frontier (Star Wars)
Freedom Alliance

Anti-Liberal Media
Accuracy in Media (Reed Irvine)
Media Research Center

Youth and Academia
Accuracy in Academia (Reed Irvine)
Clare Booth Luce Policy Institute
College Republican National Committee
Intercollegiate Studies Institute
Students for Academic Freedom (David Horowitz)
Young America's Foundation (Ron Robinson)
Young Conservatives of Texas

[MsUSA]

7. Oh my gawd Salvorharden!!! This is outstanding......thank you. eom

[salvorhardin]

9. starroute is the one to thank for that list

I just happened to be on this morning for a couple minutes because an appointment rescheduled for a half hour later.

I'm glad you found it useful.

Were you looking for a specific reason or just curiosity?

[Tinoire]

8. Good list - Here's another one, arranged differently

Think Tanks in America


Think Tanks Political Orientation

Conservative

Heritage Foundation
American Enterprise Institute
Center for Strategic and International Studies
Hudson Institute
Hoover Institution
Progress and Freedom Foundation
Manhattan Institute
Competitive Enterprise Institute
International Institute for Strategic Studies
Family Research Council

National Center for Policy Analysis



Libertarian

Reason Foundation
Cato Institute


Center-Right

Washington Institute for Near East Policy
RAND Corporation


Centrist

Brookings Institution
Carnegie Endowment
Institute for International Economics
Carter Center
Aspen Institute
Milken Institute
National Bureau of Economic Research
Council on Foreign Relations
Freedom Forum
Economic Strategy Institute
Progressive Policy Institute
Public Policy Institute of California



Center-Left

Urban Institute

Progressive

Citizens for Tax Justice
Justice Policy Institute
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
Center for Public Integrity
Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies
Worldwatch Institute
Center for Defense Information
Institute for Policy Studies
Economic Policy Institute

[el_gato]

3. two

Manhatten Institute
American Enterprise Institute

[The Backlash Cometh]

4. Yes, the Manhatten Institute is pretty important.

Pretty amazing the things they tried to push using pseudo science.

[stanwyck]

5. One of our new DUers was using Heritage

as a source yesterday. Kind of a tip off.

[Joe_VB]

6. How about those wacky people at ...

The Rutherford Institute

[Telly Savalas]

10. Dan Quayle Institute for Book Lurnin'

and of course the Charles Bronson Foundation for Foreign Policy Research