BREAKING: Rethug US Senator To Resign At Year’s End

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Johnny Isaakson, citing Parkinson’s.  This almost certainly means that both Georgia US Senate seats will be on the line in 2020. The D’s chances of picking up the Senate just improved exponentially:

https://www.ajc.com/blog/politics/breaking-georgia-isakson-resign-from-senate/enj87JHOCYzQmQu0Pj3cnK/

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  1. donviti says:
    August 28, 2019 at 11:34 am

    God gave him parkinson’s so’d he’d resign.

  2. El Somnambulo says:
    August 28, 2019 at 11:36 am

    Assuming that Stacey Abrams doesn’t run, she has to be the odds-on favorite for the Veep post, regardless of whether the nominee is Biden, Warren or Sanders. Two senate seats in the balance? Yes, please.

    I just hope that Schumer doesn’t trot out Sam Nunn’s daughter again. She had about as much appeal to Georgians as Herman the Lesser had to people in the 2nd SD. Besides, her old man sucked.

  3. bamboozer says:
    August 28, 2019 at 12:15 pm

    A good indicator of the fear the Republicans have of defeat in 2020, strongly suspect he’d tough it out if he thought Trump was a sure thing.

    • El Somnambulo says:
      August 28, 2019 at 12:31 pm

      Not in this case. He had been hospitalized for a fall due to his Parkinson’s, and has a litany of other health problems.

  4. jason330 says:
    August 28, 2019 at 1:06 pm

    If Georgia is a pick-up, Maine gets rid of thier Tom Carper, we hold in Alabama, we’ll still need Colorado and Arizona.

    https://www.270towin.com/2020-senate-election/

  5. El Somnambulo says:
    August 28, 2019 at 3:01 pm

    If Trump loses by 10 nationally, both Joni Ernst in Iowa and Thom Tillis in NC are likely gone as well.

  6. mediawatch says:
    August 28, 2019 at 3:46 pm

    If, if, if, if, if …
    Slow down.
    You’re counting chickens faster than Frank Perdue could chop off their necks.

    • El Somnambulo says:
      August 28, 2019 at 4:23 pm

      Just pointing out that, as someone who has been on both sides of politically-disastrous election days, the carnage on the losing side is always much deeper than expected.

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