The points you make are true on one level (*blindly* following) but we are still limited to supporting people who actually exist and who actually step up to the public debate.
Can you name any actual living person, active in politics, that articulates better positions than these? (This is not a flame, it is a serious question. I'm interested.)
Their positions on what they are currently publicly debating are the best positions.
However...
We have little to no information on what their positions are on the federal governments leap into socialism / marxism.
Therefore...
I believe that calls by conservatives for either Cheney to lead the GOP or run for office are staggeringly premature.