Judge was the democrats star recruit back when they believed people actually cared about the Garland confirmation. Grassley is very popular and she was never able to become more than a generic D
Judge was never a star recruit. She was a non-no name; there's a big difference.
I mean, she was far better than the some dude-level candidates who were running. And again, saying "if things go well, Judge *might* have a chance of making this competitive, but Grassley is heavily favored" is very different than "holy sh!t, Bob Casey just jumped into the PA Senate race; Santorum is gonna get proto-Blanched!"
