Sasse confirms he will resign from Senate to become University of Florida president

[Joinfortmill]

https://journalstar.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/sasse-confirms-he-will-resign-from-senate-to-become-university-of-florida-president/article_1b48f3d5-386f-560f-8e01-e25ff1d9ec1c.html

'Sen. Ben Sasse will resign from the U.S. Senate to accept the presidency of the University of Florida, returning to academia after representing Nebraska in Washington for eight years.'

This is interesting. Any thoughts on who will replace him? Politico is musing that Governor Pete Ricketts could name himself.

https://www.politico.com/news/2022/10/06/sasse-expected-to-resign-from-senate-00060812

[hlthe2b]

1. It is NE... For all his faults, Sasse is probably as "good as it gets."

sigh...

[Lovie777]

2. Florida?......

where RWer education will be a farce. No way are my children going to college in the south.

[Peregrine Took]

3. How did he pull that one off? No well qualified high level academic in ALL of Fla???? n/t

[DemocratSinceBirth]

4. Is university president a better gig than senator?

[Genki Hikari]

5. The last UF President

Had a salary of something like 1.1 million.

That's about 7 times what Sasse is getting from his legit pay. Don't know if he'll get that much, but he's bound to pull down around 500K. Not a bad boost in basic pay.

Plus he probably has about the same chances of getting massive kickbacks on the side. Somebody will pay for more football perks.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

6. He rather be a university president than MAGA, it seems.