It's very dissimilar to a Southern red state.

He personifies the conservatism of the Midwest ... and those qualities are the qualities that harm him in the Democratic race for president.

Southerners focus on the social hot-button issues, like abortion and gay marriage. But Indiana, like Iowa or Wisconsin or Ohio, is more interested in the traditional Republican issues - balancing the budget, integrity in government. It's a much more humble kind of state.

We just didn't make the play or the pitch we needed to win the game. You're not a human being if that doesn't sting.

Joe has tremendous upside. We feel we have one of the best up-and-coming rosters in the league.

I tend to get comfortable with the dialogue and find out who the person is in the script and try to hit that. People are sort of independent of their occupations and their pastimes. You don't play a politician or a fireman or a cowboy - you just play a person.