Exactly what overall picture would that be Hatteras? Smaller government? Less government intrusion into our personal lives? A strong second Amendment? The right to life by unborn babies? Tell you what, could you point out to me one issue Elizabeth Dole has not flipflopped on since her campaign run in 1999 and get back to me with it?
The overall picture is the added seat in the senate. If you had been paying attention, politicians cater their views to the middle of the road in order to get elected because that's where the most votes come from. The democrats have played the game quite well for the past umteen years and succeeded quite nicely. It's about time Republicans and so-called Libertarians take their damn heads out of the sand and get in the game!