{"id":25788,"date":"2019-08-30T15:23:57","date_gmt":"2019-08-30T20:23:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/?p=25788"},"modified":"2019-08-30T15:23:57","modified_gmt":"2019-08-30T20:23:57","slug":"the-next-measuring-stick-ctd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/2019\/08\/30\/the-next-measuring-stick-ctd\/","title":{"rendered":"The Next Measuring Stick, Ctd"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Just for completeness concerning Senator Isakson&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/2019\/08\/28\/the-next-measuring-stick\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">retirement<\/a>, it appears that Governor Kemp will <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/story\/2019\/08\/29\/doug-collins-johnny-isakson-senate-georgia-1477696\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">appoint a replacement until a special election in 2020<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>And, in the category of Really Trying Hard To Be Appointed, Rep Doug Collins (R-GA), auditioning &#8211; or perhaps leaping onto the metaphorical casting couch &#8211; for the role of temporary Senator, had this to say:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Collins on Thursday called Isakson \u201ca mentor\u201d whom he has \u201cfollowed \u2026 for years\u201d and said \u201cGeorgia has suffered an amazing loss.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJohnny Isakson is a man of stature. He is one of the politicians that have come forward and shown what leadership and statesmanship is like,\u201d Collins said, adding: \u201cWe in Georgia stand on his shoulders because he has provided Republican leadership for so long.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I can&#8217;t even say I&#8217;ve heard of Senator Isakson until he announced his sudden retirement. I do hope Collins didn&#8217;t hurt himself with that little trifling of praise.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just for completeness concerning Senator Isakson&#8217;s retirement, it appears that Governor Kemp will appoint a replacement until a special election in 2020. And, in the category of Really Trying Hard To Be Appointed, Rep Doug Collins (R-GA), auditioning &#8211; or perhaps leaping onto the metaphorical casting couch &#8211; for the \u2026 <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/2019\/08\/30\/the-next-measuring-stick-ctd\/\"> Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr; <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25788","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25788","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25788"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25788\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25789,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25788\/revisions\/25789"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25788"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25788"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25788"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}