The phrase “New York values” plays really well in Peoria (and almost everywhere else in flyover country), as there is a deep and abiding suspicion that Noo Yorik Siddy is not, really and at the heart of things, truly “American”.
Rush Limbaugh warned Romney in 2011 that if he forgoes the flyover country base it might win him the nomination but would cost him the general election.
Frankly I see a replay on steroids.