stars to watch. among them, iowa's joni ernst, collapse corey guard next, and character arc -- arkansas' tom cotton. three states that represent three important new constituentses for the g.o.p., wouldn't you say? >> joni ernst came out as a star in the republican party. she was a long shot. she ran this early ad about cast straighting hogs. -- castrating hogs. >> yes. gwen: and immediately then went on her national guard deployment. >> and back to 2016, markoff rubio, the florida senator we think may run, he was in early for joni ernst. speaking of collecting chits as maybe hillary clinton did, and chris christy, i think marco rubio did. gwen: tom cotton in arkansas knocked off a household name. >> he did.