Mitt Romney is leaning heavily on several think tanks, including the Hoover Institution, the Heritage Foundation and the Center for Security Policy - to advise his presidential campaign.

FreedomWorks has gone public with its criticism of the Koch brothers’ lawsuit against the Cato Institute.

Much as some internet commentators might try, it’s not easy to assail the views of Daniel Yergin.

The Cheneys can always count on a warm welcome at the American Enterprise Institute.

The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation has become a major driver of the conservative agenda not only in its home state of Wisconsin, but across the country.

Leon Panetta’s appointments to the Defense Policy Board last week show the direct pipeline between the board and the Atlantic Council.

A map of the funders of the charter school movement looks much like a map of the funders of the conservative wing of the Republican Party.

Organize regionally, rather than nationally, and you sometimes can build a massive power base before the opposition notices.

The Koch brothers’ impact on Americans’ daily lives is immeasurable.

David Frum would seem to be suffering the consequences of violating his political party’s 11th commandment: “Thou shalt not speak ill of another Republican.”

John Podesta has one word for the current climate in Washington.

Odds are that President Obama, seeking ideas for how to get Americans back to work, will draw on the expertise of a Democratic think tank.

Wealthy Republican fundraiser Mel Sembler has a new cause.

When the White House switches parties, the lineup changes at the think tanks.

Despite intense, behind-the-scenes lobbying by some Jewish groups, the Obama administration yesterday tapped veteran diplomat Chas W. Freeman Jr. to head the National Intelligence Council in what may be its most controversial appointment yet.

Out of the ashes of the Republican Party, an old GOP warrior may be rising.

It turns out that it’s no easy thing to stock a new presidential administration with policy experts who have never worked as lobbyists - especially when the Democratic party has been out of power for eight years.

Social networks can be tricky things, as John McCain found out this week.

Away from the glare of the campaign, leaders of two distinct Democratic networks are sifting names and vetting resumes for a prospective Barack Obama presidency.

Pfotenhauer honed her skills as a conservative poster-girl by working her way up through the trenches – apprenticing herself as a young, graduate student to conservative economic star Walter E. Williams at George Mason University, working for the Republican National Committee, and then learning political hardball as in-house lobbyist for Koch Industries, the world’s largest private company run by conservative mogul Charles G. Koch.