The GOP would not be in control of the House without the Tea Party movement. And if the GOP in the House put social issues as #1 priority, you will lose the libertarians. You will lose the Ron Paul types. And it will lead to the re-election of Obama.
I think it was Michael Medved that was talking about this the other day on his radio show. He said last week that he wants social issues off the Republican agenda for the time being.
You will get absolutely nowhere with that agenda with the present political environment. You got pro-choice president and a Democrat-controlled Senate. Any pro-life bill coming out of the House will be immediately killed.
You can see how well your agenda of avoiding social issues works by looking at Connecticut and Massachusetts and California. Take the social issues off the table and we will be fighting over whether the public should be electing Santa Claus or the Grinch that Stole Christmas. There are a lot more socially conservative Reagan Democrats and Unaffiliated and Republicans than ever there will be followers of PaleoPaulie and his eccentric fiscal and foreign cowardice notions. Whatever Michael Medved's contributions, he is no political strategist either.
Your proposal may satisfy mindless Muffy and Skipper down at the polo club/yacht basin/Junior League but the general public? Not so much. And it is an absolutely sure loser in conservative circles and GOP primaries. Now and forever.
How many percent of the vote did the paleosurrenderman get as a Libertarian nominee for POTUS (and that was before anyone knew he wanted to have his belly auto-scratched by Al Qaeda as their faux GOP lapdog)?