So, that leaves the path to Senatorial candidate to Tom Cotton?
Cotton is a very impressive candidate, but if he decides to run for the Senate it will have to wait at least a year, since he hasn’t even been sworn in to the House yet and it would just look bad to switch gears so quickly. And I don’t know if Cotton would give up what will be a safe House seat for him (62% for Romney, and the Dems didn’t come even close to winning the open seat) for a risky run for the Senate.