Squeaaaaal!

You've seen the ad, right?  You haven't?  Well check this out:



Joni Ernst, for those of you not in the know like me is a Republican State Senator running for the GOP's Senatorial nomination and the right to take on Bruce Braley for the seat vacated by the retiring Tom Harkin in the fall.  She picked up an endorsement from Mittens a few weeks ago and now, with this ad, she has (in my opinion, anyway) leapt to the front of the GOPer pack. (She's also picked up another big endorsement from Sarah Palin and Bruce Braley had his first whoopsy-doodle of the race as well.)

The GOPers were getting themselves into a bit of a mess with the Senate race.  Seemed like everyone with a pulse was running for the nomination- or at least thinking about it.  Ernst's ad may not be everybody's cup of tea, but then again, it's not supposed to be.  This was aimed squarely at GOPer primary voters and checked all the boxes they'd want to hear about (balanced budgets, cutting pork, repealing Obamacare, etc) but now that it's gone viral, it's also upped her name recognition in a major, major way.  If you had no idea who Joni Ernst was, you do know.

Whether it vaults her ahead of the pack and starts clearing the field a little bit, I don't know- but if she was looking to get some buzz and attract some attention, well, then, mission accomplished.  (Lol.  Speaking of name recognition:  looked up that ad and realized that her name was JONI not Jodi.  My bad.)