Think Tank Wants to Set ‘New Direction’ for Conservatives After Midterms—But Who Funds Them?

As Republicans weave competing narratives over the “red wave” that wasn’t, one relatively new think tank has hit the ground running in an effort to set the agenda for a somewhat stronger GOP.
American Compass, a think tank founded in 2020 by former Mitt Romney presidential campaign aide Oren Cass, released on Nov. 9 “New Direction: Conservative Principles & Policies for the 118th Congress.”
In this Nov. 6, 2012, file photo, then-Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and his vice presidential running mate, Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., make an unscheduled stop at a Wendy’s restaurant in Richmond Heights, Ohio. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)
“American Compass is the think tank developing a conservative economic agenda to supplant a blind faith in free markets with a focus on the interests of workers, their families and communities, and the nation,” its website states….}