They've got heartland values, middle-class values and even conservative values, according to themselves.

They constantly overcompensate in trying to parrot what they think are heartland American values.

And Heartland Value set a closing date of July 1 or sooner if too much money comes into the fund before that.

And a fifth fund, Heartland Value plans to reopen in November.

Writing about this, he noted: "Who'd have thought a tribute to heartland values would turn out to be the most avant-garde show on TV?

William J. Nasgovitz, manager of Heartland Value, says he has seen bad situations before.

(At Heartland Value, the turnover rate was a very low 4 percent a year during the 1990's, according to Morningstar.)

Mr. Nasgovitz at Heartland Value has been buying stocks.

What better way to convey a politician of mainstream, heartland values than to put him aboard the Mark Twain decorated with red, white and blue bunting?