Posted on 10/24/2014 2:00:06 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Early voting is looking good for Iowa Republican Joni Ernst. In fact, it’s looking better than usual.
Kirsten Hunter of the Washington Free Beacon reports that even CNN is acknowledging the trend:
CNN: Iowa Early Vote Data Shows Unprecedented Republican Numbers
Elated Republicans are celebrating the unprecedented success of U.S. Senate candidate Joni Ernst (R) in Iowa’s early voting.
Iowa Republicans banked a surge of early voters this week, a practice usually dominated by Democrats in the state.
Ernst’s unprecedented success is also the result of her opponent, Rep. Bruce Braley’s, failure to mobilize Iowa Democrats despite receiving support from high-profile figures including the Clintons and the seat’s current holder, Sen. Tom Harkin (D., Iowa).
“Braley hasn’t run a great campaign,” said CNN reporter Peter Hamby. “Look at the early vote numbers in that state. Democrats in the last two or three cycles have really done well by running up the early vote number.”
Hamby elaborated that Republicans are at a “parity” with Democrats after assessing this week’s early Republican votes.
This “has never happened before,” Hamby said. “Braley wants that number to be higher.”
Here’s the video segment:
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This surge may explain why liberal news sites are attacking Joni Ernst for expressing her completely Constitutional views on the Second Amendment.
Sam Levine of the Huffington Post is just horrified by something Ms. Ernst said in 2012:
Joni Ernst: My Gun Will Defend Me If Government Decides ‘My Rights Are No Longer Important’
Joni Ernst, the Republican candidate for U.S. Senate in Iowa, said during an NRA event in 2012 that she would use a gun to defend herself from the government.
“I have a beautiful little Smith & Wesson, 9 millimeter, and it goes with me virtually everywhere,” Ernst said at the NRA and Iowa Firearms Coalition Second Amendment Rally in Searsboro, Iowa. “But I do believe in the right to carry, and I believe in the right to defend myself and my family — whether it’s from an intruder, or whether it’s from the government, should they decide that my rights are no longer important.”
And the problem with that comment is… what again?
But you stay with your negative thoughts, no matter what positive reports keep popping up.
You guys act like we never win elections!
We did win a big on in 2010, or did you forget that as well?
Amazing how you guys just look at one part of the equation!
A 6th year of a election cycle for a sitting President is historically a bad one for the Party in the WH!
Obama has lower numbers than Bush had in his 6th year and yet, you cling to every hope that the GOP will lose and Obama will win!
The predictable Eeyores show up to poo-poo any positive election news. I pity their families. Imagine waking up to that doom and gloom each day.
There are certainly plenty of Sad Sacks 'round these parts as of late.
I'm thinking a lot of them are sleepers from DU. They're trying to demoralize conservatives and sadly, it appears to be working better than it should be.
Laz is currently dogging one of the journeymen, RIghtward HO.
We act like we’re NOT represented!
Joni Ernst is NOT a typical R though. However, the rest of the paRty SUCKS! So there is no difference.
I’m with u up to your closing sentence.
I see, read and receive a lot of intelligent and well thought out posts/comments, like yours.
Of course there are indeed too many that make you want to cry in despair. But, on balance I think Free Republic is a good thing.
Voter fraud on a significant scale would be easy to spot in Iowa. Pretty much only possible on Iowa’s east coast and in college towns (as usual).
Just statistical variation. Not voter fraud. /S
The early voting process in Iowa is fairly transparent. Paper ballot and such. Much more comfortable than the darn electronic machines.
That’s good.
What??? You mean the Pubbies have finally got off their asses and developed an Ground Game and GOTV Machine that is equal to, or surpasses, the DemocRATS? HALLELUJAH!!! About freakin’ time. GO JONI..... GO!
That’s not good. It indicates to the RATs how many votes they have to manufacture, and gives them more time to do so.
when do the buses start bringing dems in from Minneapolis?
This election is not about the GOP, it is about Obama.
I agree. Find a positive article about us winning, read the article, skip the comments as you know word-for-repeated-word what comprise them from the vote suppressors.
+1
Perfect!
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