The first Reagan victory was a quarter century ago. The world has changed.
I'm not advocating the adoption of dem principles. I'm advocating giving the voters something concrete in terms of policy.
Yes, you are advocating democrat principals. Reagan is the blueprint, and we deviate from that blueprint, we deserve to lose because we are no different than democrats. If I want democrat principals such as minimum wage, I will just vote for the real deal, which is democrats. What you say makes no sense.
The country, if anything, has become more economically conservative. When Reagan was first elected, a far larger number of people were still unionized, and unions have since been largely discredited--few still believe they add the to longterm economic good. At the time, Keynesian economic theory was dominant; that too has lost its popularity. Then, the belief that government could promote longterm economic growth was widespread; now, the talk is more in terms of a suitable trade-off between growth and egalitarianism.
Then, there were still people who believed the Swedish socialist dream could be a model for the world; now Sweden, with the rest of the developed world, recognizes that economic liberalization is the key to growth.
Sure, petty liberal issues like the minimum wage still make good politics among certain groups come election time, but now more the country should be ready for a party that can coherently advocate a conservative economic ideology. The Republican Party has shown little interest in doing so.