legislation. it seems it could be the republican party s lead attack dog in congress is starting to worry about maintaining the senate majority and might be preparing his team to operate from the minority again. we saw a thing that could make that a possibility more likely. there was already a senate seat up in georgia with first-term republican incumbent david purdue up for re-election in 2020. on wednesday all of a sudden boom, two seats are open in georgia. three-term republican senator johnny isakson announced he will retire because of health challenges. this means his seat will be up in a special election next november, meaning georgia will have two senate races on the ballot. with the combination of republicans seeming to retire all over the place and mitch mcconnell s uncharacteristic lack of overconfidence, it s looking like maybe democrats really do have a shot at flipping the senate in 2020. democrats have to defend their share of seats too. perhaps especially the ones they h
having the second seat may help. one of the things that could happen is you could end up there are no african-americans running for david purdue s seat. but you may have a couple of african-americans who get into the johnny isakson seat. if that happens, then you have an african-american on the ballot in november of 2020 while the presidential race is going on, and you might have a surge in turnout that could bring one of those senators over the finish line. let s be clear that one of those african-americans will not be stacey abrams? she s made that very clear that she s not going to do it. there are other names out there. michael thurman who s been a long-time, statewide elected in the state. a few people out there. rafael warnock, pastor at ebenezer baptist church. there are a few people who might do it. let s talk big picture. say democrats could get one of the two. they need net four. say alabama is a tough race to win a second time, as trump is probably going to clear tha
turn out that could bring one of those senators over the line. and one of those african-americans will not be stacey abrams. she s made it clear she s not going to do it. there are a few people who are out there. the pastor at ebenezer baptist church sorry, my earpiece keeps coming out. there are a few people who might do it. let s talk big picture. let s say alabama is a tough race to win a second time but trump is probably going to clear that state by like 12 points or so. besides georgia you ve got north carolina, you ve got arizona which they managed to win statewide, the other sen seat. you have got texas where beto o rourke came within 3 points. you ve got colorado where the republican looks doomed and you ve got maine where the republican looks doomed. if you think back, this is the senate election that has all those seats from 2014 when the republicans did so well when they were running while barack obama was president. so all those republican senators
jamal, thanks for being here tonight. you know a few things about georgia having worked with a certain senator there. how likely is it that democrats can pick up one or even two seats when both are up? i mean, everybody needs to sober up just a little bit. this is still georgia. but georgia is now at a tipping point. i mean you saw the stacey abrams race where i mean frankly i think she won that race. i think she won that race, but the current governor probably did a few things that kept him in the hunt lunger than he should have been. having a second seat may help. here s why. i was talking to a couple of friends down there today. one of the things that could happen is you could end up there are no african-americans running for david purdue s seat. but you could have a couple of african-americans who get into the johnny isaacson seat, and if that happens then you have an african-american on the ballot in november of 2020 while the presidential race is going on, and you could have
there are no african-americans running for david purdue s seat. but you could have a couple of african-americans who get into the johnny isaacson seat, and if that happens then you have an african-american on the ballot in november of 2020 while the presidential race is going on, and you could have a surge in turn out that could bring one of those senators over the line. and one of those african-americans will not be stacey r stacey abrams. she s made it clear she s not going to do it. there are a few people who are out there. the pastor at ebenezer baptist church sorry, my earpiece keeps coming out. there are a few people who might do it. let s talk big picture. let s say alabama is a tough race to win a second time but trump is probably going to clear that state by like 12 points or so. besides georgia you ve got north carolina, you ve got arizona