Mrs. Wagner was and is not the pick of Conservatives/Tea Partiers, Trump Supporters, or the Old-Guard of the GOP.  Josh Hawley was the favorite of Conservatives/Tea Partiers and the Old-Guard.  A Trump-like candidate may now emerge.  The reporter gets this wrong in saying that the GOP is upset about losing a potentially good candidate.  This is a boon for the MO GOP since it could stop another divisive primary campaign.  Claire McCaskill is as good as any fake moderate the Democrats have and she is a great campaigner.  She is chameleon like in her deceptiveness.  She takes on meaningless conservative or moderate stances but votes with the hard left every time it matters.