Mark Jacobs is weaselly?

[Skidmore]

I've been tracking on his ads. First, he never audibly or visually indicates that he is running as a Republican. Second, there is not a single bit of information about his political stand on issues in those commercials. They are full of fluff and platitudes. Ernst seems to go after him a bit but not much. I have a feeling that Jacobs thinks he has the R ticket place already.

[IADEMO2004]

1. Billionaire funding seems to trump self funding. PPP results from Daily Kos

IA-Sen, -Gov: PPP's new Iowa poll finds state Sen. Joni Ernst clearing out some space in the GOP primary with a 34-18 lead over businessman Mark Jacobs, while radio host Sam Clovis takes 14 and former U.S. Attorney Matt Whitaker brings up the rear with 6. In February, PPP had Jacobs up 20-13, but Ernst has received a bunch of attention for her quirky TV ads and she's also consolidated a lot of establishment support. Most importantly, she's just shy of clearing the 35 percent mark necessary to avoid a nominating convention. If current trends hold, the GOP will likely avoid this worst-case scenario.
In the general election, though, Democratic Rep. Bruce Braley leads Ernst 45-39, which is the same margin as his 41-35 spread last time. That still favors Braley, though, as it means there are fewer undecided voters for Ernst to target in this light-blue state. For what it's worth, Braley also beats Jacobs 42-36, Clovis 43-34, and Whitaker 43-36. The fact that Ernst pushes Braley to his highest vote share may reflect that while she's gotten better known, she also has the highest negatives in the GOP field, with 32 percent saying they have an unfavorable view of her versus 27 percent who see her favorably. (That's a reversal from her 16-7 mark in February.)
Meanwhile, in the governors race, the brief tightening that a few pollsters had seen, including PPP, seems to have slackened. GOP Gov. Terry Branstad leads Democratic state Sen. Jack Hatch 48-40, a recovery from a much uglier 43-38 reading in April. You can see Branstad's dip and rise in HuffPo Pollster's chart.


http://kos.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=ZpYii4EzPdylHyDP3L%2BAw6xdgp0hvSVq

http://www.publicpolicypolling.com/main/2014/05/ernst-leads-gop-field-braley-still-up-in-general.html

http://elections.huffingtonpost.com/pollster/2014-iowa-governor-branstad-vs-hatch

Joni is a total puppet without a single original thought or position on any issue.

[Itchinjim]

2. Joni is a corn fed Sarah Palin/Michelle Bachmann

Iowa as a whole will reject this loon.

[rurallib]

3. I hear a lot of anti-Jacobs ads on MSNBC

We seldom watch local stations except PBS.
I was quite surprised hearing these anti-Jacobs commercials. Figure they must be from Ernst.

Whoever is their nominee, there will be a boatload of money to take Braley down.

I agree that Ernst is way out of the mainstream, but she will in no way expose her extreme views.

[Skidmore]

4. Channel 9 (ABC) Cedar Rapids has them on, usually

around the news hours. Ernst and Jacobs mostly. Some Dandekar ads too.

We will need to expose Ernst if she gets the nomination.

[IADEMO2004]

5. In Red Oak Mediacom is the campaign money winner

Broadcast TV ads for Omaha market are expensive to buy and wasted on Nebraska viewers. In this area Iowa campaigns buy cable time. When I am in town and see the GOP cable ads my blood pressure spikes. Grassley's son still with Mediacom?