湯姆?科頓

? 年齡：36歲

? 頭銜：美國(guó)阿肯色州議員

還有誰(shuí)的政治履歷能比他更出色：他是哈佛（Harvard）培訓(xùn)出來(lái)的律師，伊拉克和阿富汗戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)屢獲殊榮的老兵，麥肯錫（McKinsey）的顧問(wèn)，后來(lái)放棄一切回到家族奶牛場(chǎng)工作。這些經(jīng)歷也解釋了為何這位保守的共和黨人在進(jìn)入美國(guó)眾議院不到一年時(shí)間內(nèi)就迅速登上美國(guó)的政治舞臺(tái)，也解釋了他憑什么與連任兩屆的現(xiàn)任民主黨人競(jìng)爭(zhēng)，爭(zhēng)奪一個(gè)參議院席位?？祁D獲勝的機(jī)會(huì)很大。他很受媒體歡迎，也是募集資金的高手，這些特質(zhì)為他贏得了機(jī)構(gòu)的支持，因?yàn)橛乙砣耸繉?duì)他抱有信心?！芈逡?紐梅爾?

Tom Cotton

? Age: 36

? Title: U.S. Congressman, Arkansas

Try to imagine a better political resume: a Harvard-trained lawyer, decorated veteran of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and McKinsey consultant who left all that behind to go back to work on the family cattle farm. That background helps explain how this conservative Republican has rocketed onto the national political stage less than a year into his freshman term in the U.S. House — and why he's already jumped into the race for a Senate seat against a two-term incumbent Democrat. Cotton has a good chance to win. He's media-friendly and a fundraising powerhouse, traits that have earned him establishment support as he keeps the faith among right-wing activists. -Tory Newmyer?