again in 2012, of course, she was the top republican target, and she went up against congressman todd akin, who famously talked about legitimate rape and his campaign crashed and burned after that. but claire mccaskill looking to defy the odds once again. the closing message for mccaskill is she's not one of those crazy democrats. that's what we heard from her in a radio ad with her campaign. josh hawley saying she is one of those crazy democrats. here's some literature for the national republican senatorial campaign committee picturing claire mccaskill with hillary clinton. hali mentioned hillary clinton in his closing stump speech as well, saying that claire mccaskill is just like hillary, jim. >> rebecca berg in those republican races that can be radioactive. thanks very much. joining me to talk about these elections and what they mean for this president, for the congress, susan page, david gergen, symone sanders, and rob estarenose. we're going to start with you