I don’t see where Rick S goes from here polically. It’s too late to run for Senate again. No obvious office for him to run for on the horizon with the other Senate seat and Governorship in GOP hands.
Slick’s cabinet seems like the only thing, if he wants that.
Oh I forgot one possibilty, President 2016 if Baraq wins.
Since obviously Republicans love nominating people who have run before and lost.
Romney, McCain, Dole, Bush SR., Reagan, Nixon, Dewey. All of them either lost a previous general election (Nixon) or failed to get the nomination in a previous election or both (Dewey).