Which vocal minority is that? The one that elected Reagan, the one that put the GOP in charge of the Congress in '94? Yeah, just that vocal minority that actually believes in the GOP platform.
The NEW platform built on mostly nothing but hating gays and abortions or the OLD platform about limited federal government?
Because we are not operating under the same GOP platform as we did under Reagan. Bush made sure to change it when he got the nomination in 2000, and for the life of me I cannot find any mention of limiting the federal government. At least Bush isn't a hypocrit, I guess.