. >>> i'm joni ernst.rating hogs on an iowa farm. >> that's joni ernst, a republican running for united states senate in iowa. and that is the single best opening line of a campaign commercial this year. if you want the attention of comedians. >> i'm joni ernst. i grew up castrating hogs on an iowa farm. >> stop. stop. stop. >> whoa. whoa! >> stop. i don't know what she's running for, but just give her the job. can we see that one more time? >> i'm joni ernst. >> yeah. >> i grew up castrating hogs on an iowa farm. >> all right. hi, i'm joni ernst. i grew up throwing battery acid in people's face. what did you say? >> joni, you had me at castration. folks, it does not matter what else she stands for. i am going for her whole hog, or whatever is left of the hog when she's done with it. i believe that america demands senators with balls. and i'm guessing joni's got a dumpster full of them. >> let's see the rest of what joni ernst has to say. >> i'm joni ernst. i grew up castrating hogs on an iowa farm. so whe

and that is joni ernst for the united states senate.ating hogs and she will know just how to make the big spending piggies there squeal. she is not one who will be told to sit down, and shut up, and sit in the corner and let the good old boys do what they have been doing in the recent years. >> let's go to casey who was there in the haul when this endorsement happened. and so go behind the scenes and tell us how the crowd reacted to the former vice presidential candidate. >> well sh, i have spent time w palin and seen her there for half a dozen years and this is one of the stronger crowds, and the people there, they were excited to see her, and people stopped to say, hey, we want autographs, but on the whole, it was not the level of excitement that we are used to seeing with sarah palin in iowa, but she came to endorse senator joni ernst who is moving to the top of the pack of a crowded primary, and palin said she sees her as a kindred spirit who is charging ahead, around ernst ha been calling herself the pistol-packing joni and the pig

and this time she's backing joni ernst. ♪ >> watch out, washington. against the russian bear. >> sarah palin is back in iowa. >> gloves are off. that's what we need. time is short. >> it's not a presidential race, but the strengths are still high. >> well, i would just give anything to be there when joni runs into somebody like harry reid for the first time in the senate dining room. >> palin endorsed senate candidate joni ernst after she promised to make washington squeal. >> i grew up castrating hogs on an iowa farm, so when i get to washington, i'll know how to cut pork. >> what does castrating hogs involve? >> a very delicate hand, let's put it like that. >> ernst is just one candidate in a crowded republican primary. and she's struggled to raise money, but she's assembled a broad coalition. mitt romney also endorsed her and so did the senate conservatives fund. >> so it's not just one or the other. i'm showing a wide variety of different types of conservatives stepping up saying this is the right candidate. >> critics say she's too conservative t

joni ernst has a slight edge on mark jacobs. 25% to 23%. 's a good one. >> i'm joni ernest. i grew up castrating hogs on an iowa farm, so when i get to washington, i'll know how to cut pork. >> isn't even the most shocking ad in the race. now bob quaist is turning heads with an ad of his own. >> hi. i'm bob. i am running. running for iowa's open seat in the u.s. senate. term limits for congress need to become the 28th amendment to the u.s. constitution. i believe in every aspect of our constitution which even a baby knows includes the second amendment. if you are the sexual predator who murdered my sister lynnette and you come to my front door to do harm to my girls, i'm going to use my glock to blow your balls off. now please do not confuse me with iowa's republican candidate for u.s. senate. >> okay, chuck. well, iowa nice out the window. >> look at chuck. >> well, i don't even know where to begin. other than i think he's alienating the iowa state fans. he was wearing a university of iowa sweatshirt, to make that clear. obviously we should

i'm joni ernst and i approve this message.e them squeal. >> palin naturally had some pig puns of her own at the ready. >> she, won who grew up castrating hogs, she will know just how to make the big spending piggies there squeal. d.c. knows pork products but never seen anything like joni ernst. >> oh, boy, joining me now are two reporters who covered this event, casey hunt and robert costa. you have interesting reporting about how exactly how palin came to endorse her if the first pla place. >> there's a lot of mystery to decide who she's going to endorse. they met some years ago and joni said she had been impressed by sarah palin and they reached out to palin's team and asked for the endorsement. palin has made a significant difference in republican primaries and has a fairly good track record of picking especially women candidates, backed up fisher in nebraska and nikki haley in south carolina. didn't hear much of anything until they released the ard you just showed. very quickly after that sarah palin's team loved the ad an

the field includes of course republican candidate joni ernst and democratic congressman bruce bailey.known for her advertisement she cites her experience castrating pigs as her main credential for cutting pork in washington. and bailey had video that showed him, but the icing on the proverbial cake is a new online video released by bob quast, the independent, you've got to see to the believe it. >> hi, i'm bob. i am running. running for iowa's open seat in the senate. term limits need to become the 28th amendment to our u.s. constitution. i believe in every aspects of our constitution which even a baby knows includes the second amendment. if you are the sexual predator and sociopath who murdered my sister you come to my door to do harm to my girls i'm going to use my glock. to blow your balls off. now please do not confuse me with iowa's republican candidate for u.s. senate. i'm bob quast, just a simple problem-solver from iowa who never went to law school but i did create and approve this video. >> what do you make of that. that's "hardball." coming up next, your business with jj ram