"Sometimes what it takes is an outsider trying to make a difference."

And the outsiders are trying to pull in locals as new members.

"As an outsider trying to break in, it's the equivalent of a glass ceiling," she said.

"So he's an outsider, is what you're saying, trying to become an insider."

They're the classic outsiders trying to break into the Congressional system and make it work.

He was an outsider trying to do something that hadn't been done in Vail.

Furthermore, the outsider cannot just try to count the inside votes as political observers do.

"I thought it was a cheap-enough stock because there had been a lot of turmoil over outsiders' trying to get on the board."

The outsiders are trying to prove crucial in settling House control and so compound their influence.

Cochran is the latest "outsider" to try to crack the sports code.