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During the [[United States presidential election, 2012|2012 U.S. presidential election]], [[conservative]]s noted that Democrat Barack Obama and Republican [[Mitt Romney]] shared many of the same core values and policies.<ref>Eddlem, Thomas R. (August 9, 2012). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/politics/item/12356-obama-v-romney-their-core-beliefs Obama v. Romney: Their Core Beliefs]. ''The New American''. Retrieved January 3, 2018.</ref><ref>Richman, Sheldon (October 26, 2012). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/reviews/opinion/item/13404-americans-should-reject-obama-romeny-foreign-policy Americans Should Reject Obama-Romney Foreign Policy]. ''The New American''. Retrieved January 5, 2018.</ref> Another example of the uniparty in action is the "grand coalition" governments in several European countries, such as [[Germany]], the [[Netherlands]], and [[Austria]]. While the traditional mainstream conservative and liberal parties joined together to govern, they agreed on many agenda items, particularly in advancing [[big government]] globalist policies.

During the [[United States presidential election, 2012|2012 U.S. presidential election]], [[conservative]]s noted that Democrat Barack Obama and Republican [[Mitt Romney]] shared many of the same core values and policies.<ref>Eddlem, Thomas R. (August 9, 2012). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/politics/item/12356-obama-v-romney-their-core-beliefs Obama v. Romney: Their Core Beliefs]. ''The New American''. Retrieved January 3, 2018.</ref><ref>Richman, Sheldon (October 26, 2012). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/reviews/opinion/item/13404-americans-should-reject-obama-romeny-foreign-policy Americans Should Reject Obama-Romney Foreign Policy]. ''The New American''. Retrieved January 5, 2018.</ref> Another example of the uniparty in action is the "grand coalition" governments in several European countries, such as [[Germany]], the [[Netherlands]], and [[Austria]]. While the traditional mainstream conservative and liberal parties joined together to govern, they agreed on many agenda items, particularly in advancing [[big government]] globalist policies.

The same critics also point out the GOP establishment's readiness to compromise and back down from their stated positions as an example of the uniparty.<ref>McCarthy, Patricia (September 22, 2017). [http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2017/09/the_uniparty_unmasked_.html The Uniparty, unmasked]. ''The American Thinker''. Retrieved January 5, 2018.</ref><ref>Codevilla, Angelo M. (December 15, 2013). [http://www.libertylawsite.org/2013/12/15/breaking-the-uniparty/ Breaking The UniParty]. ''Law and Liberty''. Retrieved January 5, 2018.</ref>

The same critics also point out the GOP establishment's readiness to compromise and back down from their stated positions as an example of the uniparty.<ref>McCarthy, Patricia (September 22, 2017). [http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2017/09/the_uniparty_unmasked_.html The Uniparty, unmasked]. ''The American Thinker''. Retrieved January 5, 2018.</ref><ref>Codevilla, Angelo M. (December 15, 2013). [http://www.libertylawsite.org/2013/12/15/breaking-the-uniparty/ Breaking The UniParty]. ''Law and Liberty''. Retrieved January 5, 2018.</ref> Many [[neoconservatives]] and [[libertarians]] support the leftist push for abolishing national identity and the [[nation-state]].<ref>Kraychik, Robert (August 1, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/radio/2018/08/01/henry-olsen-libertarianism-is-a-marxist-heresy-that-subverts-nations-to-markets/ Henry Olsen: ‘Libertarianism Is a Marxist Heresy’ that Subverts Nations to Markets]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved August 3, 2018.</ref>

In 1961, Edith Kermit Roosevelt, the granddaughter of President [[Theodore Roosevelt]], wrote what she considered the definition of the establishment to be:

In 1961, Edith Kermit Roosevelt, the granddaughter of President [[Theodore Roosevelt]], wrote what she considered the definition of the establishment to be: