But would she have gotten the nomination if she had portrayed herself as a moderate in the primary?
Liberals want liberals. Despite GOP liberal claims that they actually want conservatism to win, they applaud liberals who lie and claim they’re conservatives. Why would they do that?
By definition. Liberals want liberals, moderates want moderates and conservatives want conservatives. Nobody knows where Ernst truly stands on the issues, except the people she's known all her life. And even then, people have been known to mask their true beliefs so as to get ahead in politics. Case in point - Marco Rubio re immigration. We'll find out what she really thinks if she wins.