Senator Ben Sasse reported to resign from the Senate in December for Univ. of Florida job,president?

[Aurelius]

People like Sarah Palin and Ben Trash who betray their constituents by leaving their elected positions early (other than for legitimate medical reasons) should have to at pay some sort of penalty. It's just such a low character, classless thing to do.

Yeah!  How tacky of Obama to immediately run for president as soon as Illinoisians elected him to a six-year senate term

Running for higher office is different - you’re still serving the constituents.

Nope.  You're elected for a fixed term, so you should stick to it.

We should pass a constitutional amendment barring any incumbent member of Congress and state officials from running for president/VP. 

What will be the American equivalents of the Crown Steward and Bailiff of the Chiltern Hundreds or Crown Steward and Bailiff of the Manor of Northstead?

Some cushy ambassadorship with zero responsibility. Luxembourg or something.

[Aurelius]

I don't know why anyone would want to work in academia these days. I can't imagine a more miserable, tedious, thankless job. But to be fair he is coming from the absolute nightmare from hell that is the US Senate so I can't blame him for wanting out of there.

His salary will skyrocket at this post, that's for sure. 

Sure, but he could do as well or better elsewhere.

I'd much rather have him do this than have yet another senator join the Congress-to-lobbyist revolving door.