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