Freedom Quote by Margaret Hoover

The Republican Party, right now, is a conservative populist party.

— Mara Liasson

Our leaders ranged from bad to extraordinary. But through it all, the GOP was the one party even vaguely amenable to limited-government conservatism, to…

— Rick Wilson

The old-school GOP that championed limited government, fiscal restraint, and the defense of the ideals of democracy at home and abroad was far from…

— Jonathan Capehart

The Republican party is changing. It's becoming more populist.

— Corey Stewart

The conservative movement today is like that tall ship with its proud captain: strong, accomplished but veering off course into the dangerous and uncharted…

— Mike Pence

John Connally's conversion to the GOP raised the intellectual level of both parties.

— Frank Mankiewicz

The Republican party does have a lot of work to do. But changing our principles is not a winning strategy. We need to modernize,…

— Bobby Jindal

For decades, the GOP has faithfully served the rich, corporations, polluters and purveyors of pure, unadulterated greed, and brought blue-collar white voters along for…

— Joy Reid

When the 2010 election swept Republicans into office in a massive tidal wave, they were part of a philosophical and ideological change. They were…

— Rick Wilson

The GOP used to be united on a traditionalist view of social and moral issues.

— Pat Buchanan

The transformation of the GOP into a parliamentary-style party primarily responsive to donors, right-wing activists, and conservative media is arguably the central problem for…

— Jamelle Bouie

“The problem is that Republicans have purposefully torn down the validating institutions,” says the political journalist Josh Barro, a Republican until 2016. “They have…

— Kurt Andersen