And who are you including when you say "the GOP" supports? All of the GOP or some of the GOP? How about breaking down all of that with some numbers, ie, how many GOP reps support each issue vs how many oppose. I think you will find that most of the GOP reps oppose most of the liberal issues.
Let start with tricky dick, didn't he give us EPA and a couple of other (education, energy) huge arms of government? Didn't he "open" China? I don't know why democrats hate him so, he greatly expanded the size and power of goivernment.
Reagan, was much much better, but he gave us the war on drugs and the war on drugs that trashes the bill of rights. The first Amnesty which was billed as a one time fix and promised to punish busineess that hired illegals (ya right).
Next was "read my lips" Bush and with him we got new taxes, "New world Order, WTO, NAFTA and the sellout of America.
Now we have junior encouraging Mexico to over run the Southwest, federalizing religious charities and federalizing public schools, not memtion campaign finance reform.