“I hear people all the time saying, ‘You wouldn’t play well in the South’, or, ‘You wouldn’t play well in Iowa’ — it’s all garbage,” the Republican governor and speculated candidate for 2016 said Monday on SportsRadio 94WIP Philadelphia.

He continued, “People are people and yeah, there are some regional differences in our country, but in the end people like people who are genuine and who are real. Whether that’s in the media, whether that’s in sports, whether it’s in business or politics.”

“I would rather lose than try to pretend to be somebody else,” he said, adding that people who are are, “do well.”