Although not an Alabamian, I’ve always liked Sessions too. I regarded him as the most honorable man of the Senate.
An honorable solon of the Senate is to be admired, but when you become part of an administration you work for a team. Sessions chose virtue over vocation. His job was to protect the president he chose to work for unless evidence proved the president’s malfeasance. Instead of being a wing-man he fled. Sometimes you have to get smudged up a bit.
Strangely, I think I would still vote for Sessions for senator. There were a lot of factors that led to the Mueller investigation.
Trump did himself no favors by firing Flynn. With Flynn on board Trump would have had a valuable ally infiltrating the corrupt Obama intelligence services despite Session’s recusal.
I disagree with you on that last point. Trump did himself no favors by HIRING Flynn in the first place. In retrospect, Flynn was a very compromised man who brought a lot of his troubles on himself — and undermines Trump in the process. To be frank, the guy gives me the impression that he’s not terribly bright.