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The [[Wikipedia:Republican Party|Republican Party]] (often '''GOP''' for ''Grand Old Party'') is one of the two major [[political party|political parties]] in the [[United States]]. The [[President of the United States]], [[George W. Bush]], is a member of the party – and by rules common to both major U.S. parties, its head. In recent years it has majorities in the Senate and the House of Representatives, as well as in governorships and state legislative seats, but lost these majorities in the 2006 elections. Eighteen of the twenty-seven US Presidents since 1861 have been Republicans. Of the two major U.S. parties, the GOP is considered the conservative party. | The [[Wikipedia:Republican Party|Republican Party]] (often '''GOP''' for ''Grand Old Party'') is one of the two major [[political party|political parties]] in the [[United States]]. The [[President of the United States]], [[George W. Bush]], is a member of the party – and by rules common to both major U.S. parties, its head. In recent years it has majorities in the Senate and the House of Representatives, as well as in governorships and state legislative seats, but lost these majorities in the 2006 elections. Eighteen of the twenty-seven US Presidents since 1861 have been Republicans. Of the two major U.S. parties, the GOP is considered the conservative party. | ||
Since the Goldwater campaign, the GOP has appealed to limited government and federalism, yet this has not resulted in consistant application once the GOP dominated the Federal government. The GOP has a Libertarian caucus within the party at the grassroots level, organized in the [[Republican Liberty Caucus]]. Of the Republicans currently holding elected federal office, [[Ron Paul]] of Texas is the most libertarian, with a small group of others who lean our way sometimes, depending on the issue: [[Jeff Flake]] of Arizona, [[Dana Rohrabacher]] of California, [[Jason Chaffetz]] of Utah, [[Walter Jones]] of North Carolina, [[Roscoe Bartlett]] of Maryland, [[John Duncan]] of Tennessee. | Since the Goldwater campaign, the GOP has appealed to limited government and federalism, yet this has not resulted in consistant application once the GOP dominated the Federal government. The GOP has a Libertarian caucus within the party at the grassroots level, organized in the [[Republican Liberty Caucus]]. Of the Republicans currently holding elected federal office, [[Ron Paul]] of Texas is the most libertarian, with a small group of others who lean our way sometimes, depending on the issue: [[Jeff Flake]] of Arizona, [[Dana Rohrabacher]] of California, [[Jason Chaffetz]] of Utah, [[Walter Jones]] of North Carolina, [[Roscoe Bartlett]] of Maryland, [[John Duncan]] of Tennessee. However a large number of "Ron Paul Republicans" has filed to run in the 2010 Republican primaries, including some high-profile candidates such as [[Rand Paul]] (Ron's son) running for the U.S. Senate in Kentucky, and bestselling financial writer [[Peter Schiff]] running for the U.S. Senate in Connecticut. | ||
==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||