<blockquote>As Patrick Caldwell of <em>Mother Jones</em> <a href="http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2014/10/joni-ernst-iraq-war-bruce-braley-iowa-senate" target="_blank">has highlighted</a>, Ernst has made Braley's promises to defund the Iraq War a major point in her campaign.</blockquote>
via <a href="http://theweek.com/article/index/271203/the-rise-of-joni-ernst--and-the-return-of-the-bush-era-gop">The rise of Joni Ernst — and the return of the Bush-era GOP - The Week</a>.
<blockquote>If you believed, as I once did, that the Iraq War and the last years of the Bush presidency would change the GOP for decades to come, a Joni Ernst victory will highlight just how naive it was to think so.</blockquote>