No.
iirc it was Ronald Maximus who said,
"The Republican Party cannot be all things to all people."
That is Anti Big Tent, Pro sticking by one's principles and what the Republican Party *used* to stand for: P-r-i-n-c-i-p-l-e-s.
Plus, pandering to the lowest common denominator, i.e.: 'special interest groups' to get their vote is borderline prostitution and the Democrats M.O. And that's what Duncan and *moderates* propose - be Democrat Lite. Well *bullsit*, once you abandon your principles there's nothing left.
You should re-read then-Governor Reagan's "Big Tent" speech, and understand the distinction between welcoming a broad range of voters by offering them policies that work, vs pandering to their personal beliefs.
Ronald Reagan's Big Tent Speech, of which I provide a small section here proving my point about needing a broad range of voters:
Fortunately for those millions of concerned citizens, we too had paused to take inventory. We discovered we could no longer afford the luxury of internal fighting, backbiting and throat-cutting. We discovered our philosophical difference with those presently in power was greater than any grudge or split within our own ranks. Were ready and in position to offer an alternative for those concerned citizens who wanted to join with others, not to win a contest, but to preserve a way of life.Of course, if Ronald Reagan gave a speech today calling for a Republican party with "room in our tent for many views", most of the people on this board would denounce him as some RINO liberal looking to corrupt the party.We must keep the door open – offering our party as the only practical answer for those who, overall, are individualists. And because this is the great common denominator – this dedication to the belief in man’s aspirations as an individual – we cannot offer them a narrow sectarian party in which all must swear allegiance to prescribed commandments.
Such a party can be highly disciplined, but it does not win elections. This kind of party soon disappears in a blaze of glorious defeat, and it never puts into practice its basic tenets, no matter how noble they may be.
The Republican Party, both in this state and nationally, is a broad party. There is room in our tent for many views; indeed, the divergence of views is one of our strengths. Let no one, however, interpret this to mean compromise of basic philosophy or that we will be all things to all people for political expediency.
Read the speech. You will see Reagan warning against those who, like many here at FR, put ideological purity in the form of a litmus test, not to bring people into the party but to drive them away, and in the process drive the party into what Ronald Reagan called "a blaze of glorious defeat".
Reagan understood what many here seem not to understand -- that if a party does not WIN ELECTION, it doesn't matter how "noble" their purpose, they cannot put any of their ideas into practice.