Just received some more info from the Hill on the Republican leadership situation post-Trent Lott (R., Miss.). Although Sen. Lamar Alexander (R., Tenn.) is interested in the Republican whip spot, it looks like Lott wants Jon Kyl (R., Ariz.), and the conservatives would support Kyl.

Meanwhile, Kay Bailey Hutchison (R., Tex.) may be leaving the Senate after 2010, but she still wants to chair the Senate Republican Conference if Kyl vacates that position. This probably rules out John Cornyn (R., Tex.). Alexander may be interested in this spot as well — he would be just slightly more conservative than Hutchison. And then there’s the conservative DeMint. The Old Bulls would work hard to stop him, so he’d have to count on a strong showing of the reform wing.

A three-way race would go to a second ballot with two candidates until someone gets a majority.