Yes, that is my thought process at the moment, it is subject to change ;-).
However, having VP Cruz preside over the Senate with the likes of Juan McCain their would be a delicious Schadenfreude moment IMHO, they revile him and now he presides over them brilliant!. I see Ted as a trusted adviser in all things Constitutional and Legal and being the "Consigilere" if you will to keep things running smooth.
FWIW, Walker's stump speeches are better at the moment IMHO...
McCain won’t be there. He’ll be primaried; but in the off-chance he survives a primary challenge, he’ll lose to whomever the Dims put up against him. I know quite a few Republicans in Arizona that utterly detest McCain, and apparently that mindset is spreading.