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Problem is we can't agree on very many core issues and the party in Texas looks very little like the people who attend conventions. If you hold everyone to the platform that's fine, you will get the 20% of the vote that agrees with everything you write.

If a return to the gold standard is a "core" idea which Republican's are required to advocate, 20% may be generous. Withdrawl from the UN probably drops under 20% as well.

To me, the most important "core" value would involve a candidate elucidating his values and ideas to voters, then sticking to them. R's don't need to be held to a shopping list of "values" as do the dems.