Who is this man?

And why am I spending four days in Nebraska to help him?

This is Pete Ricketts, heir to the Ameritrade fortune and a candidate for the U.S. Senate in Nebraska. He's challenging popular Democrat incumbent Ben Nelson. Probably his most intelligent move of the campaign to date was hiring my close friends, Josh and Nikki Shasserre, to work on his campaign staff.

Josh is in charge of lawyerly stuff and asked for my help on election day and in the days leading up to it. I like Pete Ricketts politics and I really like Josh and Nikki, so I jumped at the chance to help out. Not to mention I'll be meeting up with a few law school friends who have also donated their services. One friend, Mike Bryan, has been partying in Key West for so long I can't remember when he left.

I'm really looking forward to seeing these guys, working hard for Pete and, just maybe, striking a blow for justice. I'll keep you guys updated as the week goes by.