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Normally I don't quibble over polls but your number is so completely off I have to make an exception:
Courtesy of a Politico article:
"The survey showed Cheney’s favorability rating spiking 8 percentage points since he left office in January, increasing from 29 percent to 37 percent."
Which is doubly relevant since his spike is at least in small part due to his more vocal approach to making the case on this very issue since January (note the poll was before his recent speach so it might have changed up or down). Regardless his recent speach was not his only public comments on this and he has risen 2 more points than Bush has in the same period, this means people are finding him more favorable, at least in part, because of his position on this issue, which contradicts the point you were making.
Additionally polling indicates that republicans hold the most popular position on 5 of the 9 issues you listed and aren't far behind on 2 others (3 depending on how you measure). Especially the issue of less taxes and less government they are overwhelmingly winning in the polls. Although it is fair to note that this has been their rhetoric and not their actual policy which is one of the main reasons they have lost party ID.
My take is that while the Republicans are certainly in an organizational and leadership crisis right now you're taking the opportunity to set a narrative that is more representative of what you want to be true than what is actually true by extending it to a policy problems. They don't need to change their positions (even though I do disagree with them on a couple of those you listed), they need to actually adhere to them while in office.
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