word count in today s hearing soup to nuts. so it s no surprise that he was the favorite among trump s allies to fill georgia senator johnny isakson s seat when the senator steps down at the end of the year. warrant warrant reports, trump has privately told georgia governor brian kemp that he favors collins for the seat. but kemp had other plans, instead apoijting businesswoman and long-time gop donor kelly loeffler. as politico put it today, the new georgia senator is about to step into a gop firestorm. back for the double jeopardy round, eugene robinson and mike murphy. mike, what is the back story here? i have to say guys like hannity have been lobbying for collins, talking to the president right through the television camera on fox news to name collins. he did not. what s the back story? what do we need to know? well, i m buying popcorn for this one because it s really good. so you ve got brian kemp, the
word count in today s hearing soup to nuts. so it s no surprise that he was the favorite among trump s allies to fill georgia senator johnny isakson s seat when the senator steps down at the end of the year. the washington post reports, quote, trump has privately told georgia governor brian kemp that he favors collins for the seat, but kemp had other plans. instead appointing businesswoman and longtime gop donor kelly loeffler. as politico put it today, the new georgia senator is about to step into a gop firestorm. back for the double jeopardy round, eugene robinson and mike murphy. mike, what is the back story here? i have to say guys like hannity have been lobbying for collins, talking to the president right through the television camera on fox news to name collins. he did not. what s the back story? what do we need to know? well, i m buying popcorn for this one because it s really good. so you ve got brian kemp, the new governor, who was elected as
and long-time gop donor kelly loeffler. as politico put it today, the new georgia senator is about to step into a gop firestorm. back for the double jeopardy round, eugene robinson and mike murphy. mike, what is the back story here? i have to say guys like hannity have been lobbying for collins, talking to the president right through the television camera on fox news to name collins. he did not. what s the back story? what do we need to know? well, i m buying popcorn for this one because it s really good. so you ve got brian kemp, the new governor, who was elected as kind of a trumpian knuckle dragger but once he s in office he s proving to be a pretty astute politician. georgia s changing in the demographics. it s becoming a little bit more reachable for the democrats. kemp had a tight race. so he s picked kelly loeffler from metro atlanta who looks like what the future of the republican party ought to be if it wants to win. but trump has made it clear he prefers doug collins, who s