He's mildly tarred because he lost to McCaskill 6 years ago. And Ashcroft lost to a dead man. Hauling Talent or Ashcroft or Bond out of mothballs smacks of the old boy network, too. Better to go with a fresh face I think. Ann Wagner just might be the answer.
I meant that Talent could run for his old HOUSE seat again (now held by Akin), should Wagner run for the Senate.