DANGER . . . DANGER . . . She’s been endorsed by Mitt Romney.
From ConservativeHQ: Ernst is a typical creature of state house and county court house politics who is perfectly happy to see spending and taxes go up and freedom erode as long as taxpayers don’t fight back. This is exactly t.he problem conservatives see with the present attitude of the establishment Republicans on Capitol Hill, and especially in the US Senate, and it won’t be fixed by handing Iowa’s Republican Senate nomination to a big government professional politician like Joni Ernst
http://www.conservativehq.com/article/16626-romney-strikes-iowa-gop-senate-race
I tend to agree about Ernst. She isn’t strong in opposition to amnesty and open borders, and that’s a deal breaker. ‘Conservatives’ who favor amnesty know they’ll never have to deliver on conservative promises as millions of new Democrat voters will reduce conservatives to an even smaller minority.
She is, however, a very attractive candidate and person and she certainly seems electable. I’d guess it will come down to her and self-financed Mark Jacobs.