Much stronger candidate, mump more disciplined. one of the the polls had mccaskill up. there s others that had her tied. claire mccaskill voting no on the brett kavanaugh nomination. if there was this republican surge and energy we have been talking about, if there s this republican surge and energy, are we going to start to see polls in this race that move a bit more in hollie s favor. is that going to be a factor going forward or maybe it won t be. maybe it will be forgotten in a few weeks like everything else that is in the trump era.