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Post, he really studied republican think tanks and heritage foundation and aei. and he wrote this. conservatism needs an attitude adjustment. get hungry, get humble and get to know more people who aren't like you. a cultural shift in gop will go a long way toward fixing the party's other big problem, the idea that you can persuade people by talking at them and not with them. that's a little deeper problem i think ward is right about. >> it is a deeper problem. but i would suggest that, pivoting off of that, they have a huge image problem. this idea of opposing every single person the president...

Something about the culture of think tanks. contrary to what people think especially when they're confr t confronted with information from the other side, think tanks are not these monolithic party organ for one party or the other. they are think tanks. and they involve a lot of differences of opinion. they involve a lot of different approaches whether we're talking brookings or whatever. when you're confronted with information from the other side, you tend to accuse, well, that think tank is really just an echo chamber. >> this is your think tank, this is aei, people at aei. >> you mentioned ...

Questionable. some of them are blogs, some are from the aei, which is hardly an independent group. >> these are very credible sources and -- >> one of them is from a guy who is -- a blog from a guy who was a top adviser to george w. bush. these are hardly nonpartisan studies. >> do you like that? governor rendell, you didn't see the face of ed gillespie, it just fell because finally one of the people just nailed him on this bs about these six independent studies. they're bloggers and the american enterprise institute, the most neocon organization on the planet. your thoughts. >> remember, it's...

For mitt romney so the lies are just piling up. this is their campaign. here's romney adviser ed gillespie trying to defend romney's tax plan. >> very questionable. some of them are blogs, some from the aei. >> these are very credible sources. >> one of them is from a blogger to george w. bush. these are hardly nonpartisan studies. >> if you look at harvard and other studies, they are very credible sources for economic analysis. >> you wouldn't say aie is a conservative think tank? >> it's a right-leaning think tank. that doesn't make it not credible. >> those six studies don't hold water. bes...

Studies. >> if you look at harvard and aei and other studies they are are credible sources. >> chris: you wouldn't say that aee is a conservative think tank? >> i would say it is a right leaning think tank. that doesn't make it not. >> i it doesn't make it nonpartisan. >> it is not a partisan organization. there are many instances there have been things that aei came out with and said that i didn't find to be necessarily helpful to the republican party. i do believe in the interest of the republican party. >> gretchen: would you say the brookings institution is nonpartisan. >> they are left le...