IA-SEN 2020: Ernst megathread

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Joni "profile in courage" Ernst.

https://twitter.com/costareports/status/1177295177771343877

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I think part of this also boils down to the DSCC's focus on promoting female candidates. I think that's a reasonable idea but something that leads to weaker candidates. Sometimes I wonder how John Fetterman would have done in 2016 against Toomey, as opposed to Katie McGinty.

Fetterman was a small town mayor running as an anti-establishment candidate. There was no way in hell DSCC would endorse him. What would really would have helped him would be a Sanders endorsement, which never came despite the fact that Fetterman actively sought it.

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Mauro released an internal poll by RABA Research which shows him tied with Ernst at 42% apiece.

https://www.thegazette.com/subject/news/senate-race-polll-iowa-eddie-mauro-theresa-greenfield-michael-franken-joni-ernst-20200514

Also:

Specifically, the pollster asked about Greenfield’s U.S. House bid in 2018. She failed to get on the ballot because her campaign manager was charged with felony election misconduct. Voters also were asked whether general election voters might have a problem supporting Michael Franken, who has voted in Iowa only twice in 30 years and has a million-dollar home in Virginia.

In both cases, more than half of those polled said that information gave them doubts.

In Greenfield’s case, 44 percent had “serious doubts” and 23 percent had “some doubts.”

On the question of Franken’s residency, the results were 68 percent “serious” and 10 percent “some” doubts.

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Franken is getting the Joe Sestak treatment, even getting attacked by EMILY's List. Just hope Greenfield doesn't end up as another McGinty, but both have similar profiles.

It's not a wholly fair comparison, as PA was a lot more winnable to begin with.

And Greenfield is running against another woman.

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https://twitter.com/justinbaragona/status/1279773169281372166?ref_src=twsrc%5Etf...

Let's hope this is her Ayotte "Trump is a role model for my kids" moment.

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Galaxy Brain Joni.

https://twitter.com/KCCINews/status/1281579698028519425

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Genius Joni has finally found the attack that will sink her opponent's campaign.

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Ernst continues to prove that 2014 was truly a one-off. She's just so bad

https://twitter.com/PoliticusSarah/status/1298804709374001153?ref_src=twsrc%5Etf...

She is creepy.

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Ernst continues to prove that 2014 was truly a one-off. She's just so bad

https://twitter.com/PoliticusSarah/status/1298804709374001153?ref_src=twsrc%5Etf...

She is creepy.

She reminds me of my weirdo conservative aunt from Switzerland who brings random points in an arguments, when I counter those she starts with complete bullsh*t and then she says I am a triggered liberal.
Joni Ernst should get to know her.

Is your aunt castrating pigs too?

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All signs point to Ernst being in more danger than Trump this year and this might just be a Senate tipping point.

I don’t see how this race is a tipping point -- if she loses, the Democrats have already flipped the Senate. Wbrocks constantly searching Twitter/Google/etc. for random stories about Ernst which few people have heard about and/or which will only sway a handful of voters and/or which only people who were never going to vote for Ernst in the first place care about isn’t going to change this.

The story might seem random on a national level but it actually made waves locally, which is the reason why Ernst was forced to take back her wild accusations.

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https://twitter.com/IAStartingLine/status/1314143887552917505

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Iowa Farm Bureau rescinds its endorsement of Ernst.

https://twitter.com/JulieGammack/status/1317898034378903552