And whatever the rest of its social platform consists of, it's imperative that the GOP continues to be known as "the pro-life party". That one item will keep most social conservatives voting Republican in spite of the party's liberalization on other issues, and current polls indicate that that position won't hurt them much among youngs.
Yeah, other than the few issues you mentioned, the GOP doesn't have much shifting to do, and abortion has been a 50-50 issues since the 1970s and will remain so for a long time. The problem they have is they keep trivializing rape or making dumb comments that distract away from the actual abortion debate.
The "libertarian shift" of the GOP is really going to come on gay marriage, legalizing marijuana, civil liberties, and
maybe certain forms of corporate welfare. Other than that, it's still going to be the party of gun rights, low taxes, low spending, strong defense, "family values", free markets, anti-affirmative action, school choice, free trade, controlled borders, etc.
