Republicans say they are hungry to dethrone Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, and the words "coin toss" keep being mentioned as a description for the GOP primary between George Eichhorn, Steve Rathje and Christopher Reed.

"Between the three of them, no one has been able to raise a ton of money," a Republican insider said. "There may not even be a winner after tonight, which would make it all the more difficult to get people excited about one of them well in advance of the general election.  They all want to take Harkin down, but none of them have been able to convince a wide enough audience that they can do it - at least not yet."

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