But outsiders seeking to find clear villains and victims in this conflict quickly run into a moral quagmire.
They ask that the outsiders run their races, spend their money, leave the state and leave them happily lonesome.
New York State and its citizens have set up a system by which an outsider can run for Senate.
"I don't like outsiders to run our neighborhood," he said.
Sir George, the stockholders don't like letting outsiders run our lives.
"They identified the hotel market as attractive and underpriced, but outsiders run their properties."
Had the outsiders run out of patience?
"You begin to get the sense that Kabila himself is not altogether in charge, and that outsiders are still really running the show here."
Still, there is a restive air in politics, and last week's elections showed that outsiders can run at incumbents from the left or the right.
Management Fees Expected The outsiders will run the Polish funds but will not own them.