Two articles explain why Session's appt as AG is bad for Alabama, too ...

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Basically, his replacement in the Senate agreed to a Faustian bargain.

Robert Bentley and Luther Strange blew their one shot at redemption

By John Archibald | [e-mail]
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on February 10, 2017 at 5:57 PM, updated February 11, 2017 at 7:02 AM
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And what do you do when you're staring down the barrel of impeachment and indictment because of your own lack of self control?

If you're Gov. Bentley you take a long hard look at yourself, examine your integrity and ethics and find - surprise, surprise - you have none.

You have nothing left to lose. So you don't care how it looks. You don't care about right or wrong. You do what you can to save your own lascivious hide.

You promote the attorney general, the guy who opened a special grand jury to determine whether you are indicted or not, to the job he always wanted: United States senator.
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more: http://www.al.com/opinion/index.ssf/2017/02/robert_bentley_and_luther_stra.html

Defeat from the jaws of victory: How could AG Luther Strange be this dumb?

By Kyle Whitmire | [e-mail]
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on January 18, 2017 at 11:52 AM, updated January 18, 2017 at 11:57 AM

I want you to imagine the most absurdly easy variation of Monty Hall's "Let's Make a Deal," where our contestant today is none other than Alabama Attorney General Luther Strange.

This game is easy for two reasons. The first is that our doors are made of glass. There's no mystery what's on the other side.

Behind Door No. 1 is what's good for the people of Alabama -- in this case, a chance to clean up Montgomery and give our state more honest, trustworthy government.

Behind Door No. 2 is what's good for Strange -- a path to a higher office of his choosing, either Alabama governor or the United States Senate.

Behind Door No. 3 is a goat.
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But instead, he picked the damn goat.
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more: http://www.al.com/opinion/index.ssf/2017/01/defeat_from_the_jaws_of_victor.html

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1. Pay to play

just a different way...