Ben Sasse won handily in the Nebraska senate election yesterday and thus keeps alive any hopes I have of spending a night in the White House (should he ever decide to run for president). Finding anyone to take notice is another matter.
The Huffington Post story is all of five sentences.
The Daily Nebraskan did not say much more, but did include the arresting detail that Sasse, who took 65% of the vote, was running in a state where Republicans accounted for only 48% of registered voters.
And Midland University, the institution over which Ben currently presides, has nothing — I mean no thing — about its chief executive’s successful bid for the U.S. Senate.
I admire the university’s silence about politics. As a Lutheran institution, such avoidance of politics may reflect their tradition’s two-kingdom outlook.
At the same time, I wonder if it’s Nebraska. After all, when Jack Nicholson finally played an elderly male who had outrun his sex drive — could anyone back in the 1970s have imagined such a role for Jack? — the makers of About Schmidt situated the character, an insurance bureaucrat no less, in Omaha.
Fly over country, indeed.
But congratulations to Senator-elect Sasse, just the same.
Old Life 
Great movie.
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Actually I was thinking of this one. Funny that..
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Is he also on the board at Westminster CA?
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Quote from a friend:
“When flying into Omaha, remember to set your watch back 30 years.”
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Rick, he was, may still be.
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An angry liberal, profane reaction to the midterm elections is at “The Rude Pundit” BlogSpot: “That’ll teach that Negro to be President.” Only mention it here to illustrate the cynicism roiling the body politic, but that’s hardly news. The internet inflames it, for sure.
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Even though Dr. Sasse (who received my vote for senator) has been the president of a Lutheran university in Fremont, I’ve heard that he has been known to attend the PCA church plant in Fremont on occasion. He’s been on the cover of National Review and will represent Nebraska very well in the Senate.
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Lauren, willingly attending a PCA church plant is not a disqualifying offense. Not quite.
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Being on the cover of the Neoconservative Review is though, CW.
What are we going to do about that?
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Well the saying goes every Senator wakes up every morning dreaming of being President. I dunno tho, Mr. Sasse may be too good for it. Then again, maybe I’m secretly rooting, a 2k no-no, I know , I know.
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I’ve been to Fremont — twice. Played football there my freshman & senior years. Member of the rugged GPAC of the NAIA.
Good for Sasse. With him and Joni Ernst from Iowa the Senate has drastically improved.
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Then send me to Omaha where I’ll be in my 20s!
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