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Heritage's GOP Blueprint Must Fit Inside a Party Still Choosing Its Route
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Kevin Roberts, president of the conservative Heritage Foundation, spoke with NPR about his organization's priorities and his hopes for the future of the Republican Party and its policies. His discussion comes as Republicans consider their direction after the midterms. A think tank's role is to develop and promote ideas that can inform political agendas. That makes its vision of the future relevant to a party deciding which policies to emphasize and how to present them to voters. Roberts's hopes are one contribution to that conversation, not a settled party platform. The challenge for any organization offering a blueprint is that a party contains people with different preferences and different assessments of the election. A neatly printed plan still has to persuade candidates, officials and voters who may not agree on where to begin. The temptation is to make the future look reassuringly like the map already on the wall, with a fresh title across the top. The harder task is deciding which priorities can actually hold a coalition together. Roberts is looking ahead at a moment when many Republicans are doing the same. Whether their plans point in the same direction remains a question for the party, not something a think tank can settle by publishing a better cover.
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