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Five years and not win this thing. >> i dont think its just the ads. when you look at the field of candidates, they have all come out of nowhere. there wasnt a single person in the republican race that -- i had heard of them, but most of the people in iowa hadnt heard of these people a year ago. this kind of ad introduces joni in a aleway that was attractive to the tea party, very attractive to the base of the republican party, which is who she needs to convince in this primary. joni stands to b...

And 2012 where the gop ends up with a candidate thats so far out that there costs them their opportunity to take back the senate. with us we have a political columnist with the des moines register. i dont know about you. im having flashbacks to an earlier time of my life of mitt romney in iowa. but let me ask you this. im going to say something here that im going to make any political media consultant happy. were hearing about the media constaultants in campaigns. they make a fortune off the per...

For decades. it swung hard to the gop in the 2010 midterms when terry branstad. the magic number for republicans is six nationally, thats the number of democratic seeds they need to pick up. if they pick off this iowa race, their path is going to become a lot easier. but will nominating joni make it harder? well take a look at this. >> joni will take aim at was wasteful spending and once she sets her sights on obamacare shes going to unload. >> that follow-up ad to the hog castration ad is the k...

Spring and is done? >> no, its absolutely going to keep haunting bruce in the fall. he has apologized for that and said that he and chuck grassley have a great relationship and he really didnt mean to disparage farmers. there was another problem that it highlighted his trial lawyer background and also it showed him kind of snickering to special interests behind the backs of iowans who sent him to washington. so he has -- he recognizes that was a really bad image for him and he has apologized for...

But that is a perfect demonstration. that back and forth of how democrats hope to cast their race this fall. she has unlikely allies on the republican side. the chamber of commerce is behind her. she has the packing of not just sarah palin but also mitt romney. yet we were able to get a producer to ask mitt romney why he thinks joni has been able to get sarah palin, the tea party and republican establishment all on the same side. >> we republicans are all the challengers, if you will, and we hav...