Allen West Tries to Rally Conservatives Behind Tom Cotton

Former U.S. Rep. Allen West, R-Fla., continues to go all out for U.S. Rep. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., who is running against U.S. Sen. Mark Pryor, R-Ark., in November.

West sent out an email to supporters on Tuesday in which he agrees with national pundits assessment that the GOP needs to beat Pryor to flip the Senate.

If Tom Cotton loses, Harry Reid will remain majority leader and Mark Pryor will continue to be a rubber stamp for Barack Obama in the United States Senate," West insisted, before noting Reids PAC had already spent $1.4 million in the race and various Democratic and union groups have spent an additional $2.5 million in Arkansas, mostly used in attack ads.

I wish I could tell you that these attack ads aren't having an effect but they are, West continued. In fact, the latest polling in this Senate race shows the race as a tossup. It could go either way.

As a fellow veteran and former member of Congress, I know what it's like to be under fire. And so does Tom Cotton, West added. The way to defend the Constitution is to tip the scales away from Obama and his socialist agenda and back toward conservative leadership. We can do this by aggressively campaigning for candidates like Tom Cotton. I'm preparing a massive barrage of advertising that's designed to put liberal super-PACs in retreat and carry our slate of conservative candidates to victory."

West has left open the door to a political comeback in 2016 and has been remaining politically active through his Allen West Guardian Fund PAC.