The field is probably formulated for our 2020 Senate race. A Republican will be heavily favored to capture the seat currently held by Democratic Sen. Doug Jones. Alabama is one of — if not the — most Republican states in the nation. It is quite an anomaly a liberal Democrat has sat in that seat for more than a year.

Recently I got a very nice letter from a lady who reads my column regularly. She kindly told me she has read my column religiously for over decade and she trusts my analysis of Alabama politics. She however said, “Mr. Flowers, I notice how you are always sounding the opinion Doug Jones will most surely be defeated in 2020. You also take that position regarding all Democrats on your television interviews. You may well be right in predicting that since the state is so blindly in love with (Donald) Trump.