This is why the reps must become big tent, and leave behind the rigid ideological social issues. If they become big tent, they will rule the country for decades.
What's your version of a "big tent" other than the generic to say "to include more people"? What change in political stances should the Republicans make to achieve a bigger tent?
What "rigid sociological issues" are you talking about? Opposition to abortion, I assume. Well, this guy became a Republican knowing that, and so have many others. In addition, in virtually every contest where a strong pro-life candidate runs against a pro-abortion candidate, the pro-life candidate wins.
The point is to provide leadership, not to adapt to the miserable Dem status quo. We already have one party that considers itself the great big enormous giant tent, and look at them. No leadership, no direction, and no ethics.
If the Reps become a big enough tent then there is no more reason for preferring them.
If their big tent is full of socialists, include me out.
I don't care who rules as long as the right principles are followed. It doesn't make a darn bit of difference what party gets to "rule the country for decades" if that party doesn't stand for what's right.