He would have been a better fit over at ICE as an administrator. His forte has always been illegal aliens. I think he’s in over his head too—he’s no Rudy G., and Rudy only had one city—and Sessions is tasked with getting all the problem cities. LA, Detroit, Chicongo and the rest: hives of scum and villainy (in City Hall and on the streets) to step up.
We need an ambitious guy in his 40s willing to go bareknuckles with cities who still think the solution is more gun control. He’s right: we need gang control.
But does he have the mojo? As you say, he hasn’t show it yet.
Aristotle talked about this in his Nicomachean Ethics: the problem with older guys is we tend to be more cautious, mebbe too careful. We need a crime crusader willing to put good guys on the street with guns to clean up streets run by drug dealing thugs. Not more empty platitudes about “Just say no”.
He could address the drug problem better in the DHS by shutting down the Mexican cartels from running their poison to these hives.
I always liked Sessions but I’m beginning to agree with you, he would be better at ICE because that seems to be his only game.