Joni Ernst will make Democrats squeal?
Via
The Hill:
Will Iowa be Dems’ Waterloo?
Iowa was never supposed to be a Senate battleground for Democrats.
Following
two cycles where it was GOP missteps and subpar candidates who cost
them winnable races, the tables have turned and it’s now Democrats who
are scrambling to right Rep. Bruce Braley’s flagging campaign before
it’s too late.
Recent polls find a coin-flip race between Braley and Iowa state Sen.
Joni Ernst(R), and but the national party increasingly worries it could
be the tipping point for Senate control.
“If the Democrats lose Iowa,
of course it becomes much harder to keep the majority,” said one
national Democratic strategist. “The race could very much go either way.
We feel like the worst is behind us and it's moving back towards Bruce
Braley. But we know we don't have this wrapped up.”
Braley’s
biggest gaffe took place months ago, when video surfaced of the former
trial lawyer criticizing Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) as a “a farmer
from Iowa who never went to law school.” Read it all...
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