You're better off on the outs, Jeff Sessions.

Use it.

Embrace it.

Work it.

You grabbed the brass ring and wore it awhile, even if you had to bend down and kiss another ring to do it. You gave it your best shot. You became attorney general. Of America.

Which is a long way from Camden. And still a little hard to fathom.

But -- in comparison to the president of the United States -- you appear at the moment to be the more righteous guy. Sure, it was touch and go for a while. I guess it's hard to remember every Russian you ever met, especially when you're under oath. And sure, former FBI Director Jim Comey testified today about classified information that would make your part in the Russia probe "problematic," but Alabama doesn't care.

You recused and you refused and now you can claim plausible deniability. You can claim to be the more honorable one.

Hell, Luther Strange does it.

So call it a win and get back to doing that thing you know how to do best. Run for senate. Quick.

There's still time. I know qualifying for the GOP primary ended a couple of weeks ago, but that doesn't matter. All you have to do is gather 35,000 signatures before August 15 - this according to the secretary of state himself - and you can climb on the ballot as an independent. That's just 500 signatures a day. You can do that in your sleep, and surely you have friends who will help. I can see the signatures now.

Olga from Mulga.

Alexei from Alex City.

Sergei from Sulligent.

Vladimir from ... somewhere around here.

Kidding.

Jeff Sessions

But you can do this, Mr. Sessions. You can hold on to yourself, salvage your dignity and independence and cling to your own moral high ground. Before it crumbles around you.

And think of the freedom of serving in the U.S. Senate as an Independent.

Maybe you could take part in hearings. You could question your boss about his conversations. With you. You could question yourself and take the Fifth at the same time, if you want to. It would be unprecedented. Not just unpresidential.

And think of your state. Right now Alabamians are preparing to choose your replacement in the senate. And somehow - somehow - all the choices make you look...

Qualified.

And reasonable.

And dignified.

You can challenge Strange, who is both two of you and half of you - twice as tall and half the stature. You can challenge Roy Moore, who is more - it's true America - divisive than you are. Compared to Mo Brooks you are a portrait of restraint and respectability.

Think of Alabama. You are - and I'm being serious here -- better than the other choices.

Sure, it's true that your entry into the senate race could actually split the vote and give a Democrat the only chance a Democrat has to win the senate in Alabama, but that's still a long, long shot. Like - I don't know - you being U.S. attorney general in the first place.

In the end you have little choice. The writing's on the wall as surely as if Donald Trump tweeted it to his 32 million followers. You have lost his confidence. You have ceased to be of use to him. You are expendable and the only thing keeping you in your job is the Russia investigation and your boss's fear that he won't be able to get an acceptable replacement through a congressional hearing in a reasonable time.

Dare defend your righteousness, Jeff Sessions.

You're better off on the outs.