[Zhang Fei]

Want to know why Ernst is still in doubt? All those ads and soundbites that made her a rising star are from the primary. Her campaign in the general has been lackluster and emphasized her moderate bona fides.

If Iowans were very conservative, Tom Harkin - a far left-winger - would not have been the state's junior senator for decades.

[jjotto]

So, is the real Joni the conservative appealing to primary voters or the moderate appealing to general election voters?