1 00:00:05,439 --> 00:00:07,075 SAM: I did something last week. 2 00:00:07,141 --> 00:00:08,809 I went to see a guy named Will Bailey. 3 00:00:08,876 --> 00:00:11,645 He ran Horton Wilde's campaign in Orange County. 4 00:00:11,712 --> 00:00:13,281 His widow wanted to know 5 00:00:13,347 --> 00:00:14,448 what Democrat was going to stand in 6 00:00:14,515 --> 00:00:15,549 for her husband, should he win 7 00:00:15,616 --> 00:00:17,285 and I said... You're kidding. 8 00:00:17,351 --> 00:00:19,220 Something weird's going on. We're winning. 9 00:00:19,287 --> 00:00:20,554 C.J.: We've got some news. 10 00:00:20,621 --> 00:00:22,656 What? You're going to win New Hampshire. 11 00:00:22,723 --> 00:00:26,327 REPORTER: CBS is ready to declare Delaware... 12 00:00:26,394 --> 00:00:28,996 ( staff cheering and whistling ) 13 00:00:29,063 --> 00:00:31,332 JOSH: Horton Wilde, who's dead 14 00:00:31,399 --> 00:00:33,234 is losing by 88 votes. 15 00:00:33,301 --> 00:00:34,768 TOBY: Plus, there was an actual storm. 16 00:00:34,835 --> 00:00:36,970 Anyway, we're going to be up all night with these. 17 00:00:37,037 --> 00:00:37,971 It's going to be fun! 18 00:00:38,038 --> 00:00:38,939 God bless you all! 19 00:00:39,006 --> 00:00:40,007 God bless the United 20 00:00:40,074 --> 00:00:41,842 States of America! 21 00:00:41,909 --> 00:00:44,478 ( supporters cheering wildly) 22 00:00:46,614 --> 00:00:48,949 ( lively indistinct conversation, music playing ) 23 00:00:49,016 --> 00:00:52,120 WOMAN ( on TV ): ...and we still have-- I want to remind our viewers-- 24 00:00:52,186 --> 00:00:54,155 we still have three House races undecided 25 00:00:54,222 --> 00:00:55,589 as we've been reporting. 26 00:00:55,656 --> 00:00:58,926 Those would be Tennessee second, the New York 22nd 27 00:00:58,992 --> 00:01:02,630 and the race that's been dubbed Lazarus 47 in some circles 28 00:01:02,696 --> 00:01:05,399 the race for California's 47th Congressional District 29 00:01:05,466 --> 00:01:07,335 between the six-term incumbent 30 00:01:07,401 --> 00:01:09,937 Republican Chuck Webb and Democrat Horton Wilde 31 00:01:10,003 --> 00:01:11,972 who passed away some three weeks ago 32 00:01:12,039 --> 00:01:13,807 but whose name remains on the ballot. 33 00:01:13,874 --> 00:01:16,477 George, which is stranger? 34 00:01:16,544 --> 00:01:19,313 That a Democrat is competitive in Orange County 35 00:01:19,380 --> 00:01:21,682 or that the Democrat in question is...? 36 00:01:21,749 --> 00:01:24,218 I don't mean to make light of this, of course 37 00:01:24,285 --> 00:01:26,320 but the candidate passed away. 38 00:01:26,387 --> 00:01:28,389 They're both pretty strange, Julie 39 00:01:28,456 --> 00:01:30,624 but for a Democrat to win in the 47th 40 00:01:30,691 --> 00:01:33,727 he's going to have to have something going for him 41 00:01:33,794 --> 00:01:35,363 and this was it. 42 00:01:35,429 --> 00:01:36,930 JULIE: Martin, how important 43 00:01:36,997 --> 00:01:39,900 were the candidates' performances in the debate? 44 00:01:39,967 --> 00:01:41,135 I'll tell you how important. 45 00:01:41,202 --> 00:01:42,570 On the day before the debate 46 00:01:42,636 --> 00:01:44,738 the President held a three-point lead in most polls 47 00:01:44,805 --> 00:01:46,774 and that's within the margin of error-- 48 00:01:46,840 --> 00:01:48,108 a statistical tie. 49 00:01:48,176 --> 00:01:50,578 Among those who said they were undecided 50 00:01:50,644 --> 00:01:53,681 73% said they made up their mind based on the debates 51 00:01:53,747 --> 00:01:57,017 and 69% of that population went for the President. 52 00:01:57,084 --> 00:01:58,186 And that's how... 53 00:01:58,252 --> 00:01:59,387 That's how the President won. 54 00:01:59,453 --> 00:02:01,322 Absolutely. ( chuckling ) 55 00:02:01,389 --> 00:02:02,790 JULIE: What is Governor Ritchie thinking...? 56 00:02:02,856 --> 00:02:05,459 SAM: He said... what he said was this-- 57 00:02:05,526 --> 00:02:07,695 he said, "A probable impossibility 58 00:02:07,761 --> 00:02:10,598 is preferable to an improbable possibility." 59 00:02:10,664 --> 00:02:13,201 The impossible is preferable to the improbable. 60 00:02:13,267 --> 00:02:14,702 What did he mean? 61 00:02:14,768 --> 00:02:16,637 He meant it's okay to have a broomstick sing and dance 62 00:02:16,704 --> 00:02:18,306 but you shouldn't turn on the radio 63 00:02:18,372 --> 00:02:20,140 and hear the news report you need to hear. 64 00:02:20,208 --> 00:02:21,809 You want some cake? 65 00:02:21,875 --> 00:02:23,010 No. 66 00:02:23,076 --> 00:02:24,011 You sure? 67 00:02:24,077 --> 00:02:25,012 What kind? 68 00:02:25,078 --> 00:02:27,014 Cake. 69 00:02:27,080 --> 00:02:27,848 They have flavors. 70 00:02:27,915 --> 00:02:29,283 I don't know. 71 00:02:29,350 --> 00:02:31,719 It was a confluence of events that I'm saying 72 00:02:31,785 --> 00:02:34,255 if you pitched it to a Hollywood movie producer 73 00:02:34,322 --> 00:02:36,123 they'd tell you that Aristotle says 74 00:02:36,190 --> 00:02:37,491 a probable impossibility 75 00:02:37,558 --> 00:02:39,092 is preferable to an improbable possibility. 76 00:02:39,159 --> 00:02:40,228 It doesn't quite sound like them 77 00:02:40,294 --> 00:02:41,562 but I understand your point. 78 00:02:41,629 --> 00:02:45,933 The Midwest, the RNC exits, a dead candidate 79 00:02:45,999 --> 00:02:47,468 a rainstorm...? 80 00:02:47,535 --> 00:02:49,069 It's Aristotle all over the place. 81 00:02:49,136 --> 00:02:50,471 I'm going to turn these off. 82 00:02:50,538 --> 00:02:52,273 Why don't you head out into the party? 83 00:02:52,340 --> 00:02:53,607 Everyone's asking for you. 84 00:02:53,674 --> 00:02:55,075 You really don't know what kind...? 85 00:02:55,142 --> 00:02:56,944 It's cake. 86 00:02:57,010 --> 00:02:58,546 It's cake. 87 00:02:59,880 --> 00:03:01,882 I talked to the woman. 88 00:03:01,949 --> 00:03:03,851 She had tears in her voice. 89 00:03:03,917 --> 00:03:06,119 Her husband loved the President 90 00:03:06,186 --> 00:03:07,688 admired his integrity. 91 00:03:07,755 --> 00:03:09,923 Yes, we're big on integrity. 92 00:03:09,990 --> 00:03:12,293 By the way, when I said I'd run in his place 93 00:03:12,360 --> 00:03:13,894 it's not like I meant it. 94 00:03:13,961 --> 00:03:15,396 Let's go to the party. 95 00:03:15,463 --> 00:03:16,830 There are televisions everywhere. 96 00:03:16,897 --> 00:03:18,432 You'll know as soon as they're ready 97 00:03:18,499 --> 00:03:20,167 to report something from the 47th. 98 00:03:20,234 --> 00:03:21,134 You're right. 99 00:03:21,201 --> 00:03:22,636 You're right! 100 00:03:22,703 --> 00:03:24,872 JULIE: And we're ready to report some news 101 00:03:24,938 --> 00:03:27,575 from the House race in the California 47th 102 00:03:27,641 --> 00:03:30,344 where the impossible seems to be happening 103 00:03:30,411 --> 00:03:31,679 and we send it to Gail Mackee 104 00:03:31,745 --> 00:03:32,980 who's standing by in Newport Beach. 105 00:03:33,046 --> 00:03:34,848 Gail? 106 00:03:34,915 --> 00:03:37,217 GAIL ( speaking loudly): Julie, I'm at the Hyatt in Newport Beach 107 00:03:37,285 --> 00:03:39,520 with the Horton Wilde campaign 108 00:03:39,587 --> 00:03:42,690 and the place is going absolutely berserk. 109 00:03:42,756 --> 00:03:44,024 Kay Wilde, the widow... Bonnie, Ginger 110 00:03:44,091 --> 00:03:45,259 get me Will Bailey. 111 00:03:45,326 --> 00:03:46,994 Get me Kay Wilde very quickly, please. 112 00:03:47,060 --> 00:03:48,896 ...of the Democratic challenger just received a phone call 113 00:03:48,962 --> 00:03:50,331 from Congressman Chuck Webb. 114 00:03:50,398 --> 00:03:53,100 He's conceding the election, thanking Mrs. Wilde 115 00:03:53,166 --> 00:03:54,402 for a well-fought campaign... Get me Will Bailey, please. 116 00:03:54,468 --> 00:03:55,736 Got to get him! 117 00:03:55,803 --> 00:03:58,439 ...and looking forward, he says he looks forward 118 00:03:58,506 --> 00:04:00,841 to running in a special election. 119 00:04:00,908 --> 00:04:04,177 Gail, is there any word on who the Democrats might run 120 00:04:04,244 --> 00:04:05,713 in the special election? 121 00:04:05,779 --> 00:04:07,548 Get him. Got to get him. 122 00:04:07,615 --> 00:04:09,182 GAIL: No, there isn't. Not yet. 123 00:04:09,249 --> 00:04:10,518 But I can report a rumor 124 00:04:10,584 --> 00:04:13,053 that's been making its way around... 125 00:04:13,120 --> 00:04:14,288 Of course you can. Why not? 126 00:04:14,355 --> 00:04:15,856 ...that former Orange County resident 127 00:04:15,923 --> 00:04:19,860 and current White House Senior Advisor Sam Seaborn 128 00:04:19,927 --> 00:04:22,396 will seek the seat. 129 00:04:22,463 --> 00:04:23,497 BERNIE: And the plot thickens. 130 00:04:23,564 --> 00:04:25,766 JULIE: Sam Seaborn, of course 131 00:04:25,833 --> 00:04:28,302 an architect of the President's first victory 132 00:04:28,369 --> 00:04:29,803 as well as his-- 133 00:04:29,870 --> 00:04:32,706 I think we have to start calling it a landslide-- tonight. 134 00:04:32,773 --> 00:04:34,942 They're talking about someone else. 135 00:04:35,008 --> 00:04:36,377 I'm told that we've got a picture 136 00:04:36,444 --> 00:04:37,578 we're going to throw up on the screen. 137 00:04:37,645 --> 00:04:39,380 BERNIE: Julie, I have to interrupt. 138 00:04:39,447 --> 00:04:43,884 I just have to say that if this rumor is true... Yeah, okay. 139 00:04:43,951 --> 00:04:45,419 They're over in the thing. 140 00:04:45,486 --> 00:04:46,854 ...view the California 47th the same way 141 00:04:46,920 --> 00:04:50,057 the Democrats view the New York 16th. 142 00:04:50,123 --> 00:04:51,992 They see it as unlosable. 143 00:04:52,059 --> 00:04:53,260 Hi. 144 00:04:53,327 --> 00:04:54,895 I mean, the Democrats have not only 145 00:04:54,962 --> 00:04:58,298 never won the 47th, they've never even been a factor. 146 00:04:58,366 --> 00:05:01,034 JULIE: So, who is this Sam Seaborn? 147 00:05:01,101 --> 00:05:03,003 He has been an integral part of the President's 148 00:05:03,070 --> 00:05:05,105 inner circle since joining the Bartlet campaign 149 00:05:05,172 --> 00:05:07,375 after several years at a New York law firm 150 00:05:07,441 --> 00:05:08,342 Gage Whitney Pace. 151 00:05:08,409 --> 00:05:09,377 He is a graduate... 152 00:05:09,443 --> 00:05:10,911 Josh, Sam Donaldson 153 00:05:10,978 --> 00:05:12,312 from the ABC Nightly Newsprogram's 154 00:05:12,380 --> 00:05:14,047 on the phone. 155 00:05:14,114 --> 00:05:16,917 He'd like to know if the President is endorsing Sam. 156 00:05:16,984 --> 00:05:19,219 Toby, is the President endorsing Sam? Hmm? 157 00:05:19,286 --> 00:05:20,988 Is the President endorsing Sam? 158 00:05:21,054 --> 00:05:22,390 I don't know. 159 00:05:22,456 --> 00:05:25,359 He's asleep, but let's go ask him. 160 00:05:26,794 --> 00:05:27,761 All right. 161 00:06:20,180 --> 00:06:24,485 All right, look, this is extremely easy to explain. 162 00:06:24,552 --> 00:06:25,986 First of all... okay... 163 00:06:26,053 --> 00:06:29,322 How familiar are the three of you with Aristotle? 164 00:06:29,389 --> 00:06:31,425 You agreed to run?! Sam, what the hell...? 165 00:06:31,492 --> 00:06:33,293 I said it for the widow. 166 00:06:33,360 --> 00:06:34,294 She wanted a name for election night 167 00:06:34,361 --> 00:06:35,796 and I said, "Use my name" 168 00:06:35,863 --> 00:06:37,665 not thinking for a second it was ever going to be 169 00:06:37,731 --> 00:06:39,332 a practical option. 170 00:06:39,399 --> 00:06:41,669 Can I ask, is your office now the House of the Rising Sun? 171 00:06:41,735 --> 00:06:42,503 Yes. 172 00:06:42,570 --> 00:06:44,505 You did it for the widow. 173 00:06:44,572 --> 00:06:46,874 Yes. And for a guy I met named Will Bailey 174 00:06:46,940 --> 00:06:48,408 who was running the campaign 175 00:06:48,476 --> 00:06:49,510 and worked his ass off 176 00:06:49,577 --> 00:06:50,878 and never backed off 177 00:06:50,944 --> 00:06:52,680 and by the way, navigated a dead liberal 178 00:06:52,746 --> 00:06:54,515 Democrat to a win against Chuck Webb. 179 00:06:54,582 --> 00:06:56,517 500 races tonight. 180 00:06:56,584 --> 00:06:58,018 That was pretty impressive 181 00:06:58,085 --> 00:07:00,454 though it was an Aristotelian confluence of events 182 00:07:00,521 --> 00:07:02,122 that could only happen to me. 183 00:07:02,189 --> 00:07:03,123 ( Sam sighing ) 184 00:07:03,190 --> 00:07:04,558 I have to talk to the widow. 185 00:07:04,625 --> 00:07:05,759 I would actually talk to the President first. 186 00:07:05,826 --> 00:07:07,194 Really? 187 00:07:07,260 --> 00:07:08,395 He's going to get it first thing in the morning 188 00:07:08,462 --> 00:07:09,530 There's a seat in play. 189 00:07:09,597 --> 00:07:10,831 He's going to be asked about it 190 00:07:10,898 --> 00:07:12,232 and he can't say, you know 191 00:07:12,299 --> 00:07:13,734 "My God, I have no earthly idea 192 00:07:13,801 --> 00:07:15,168 what you're talking about." 193 00:07:15,235 --> 00:07:17,938 Okay. Yeah, all right. 194 00:07:23,210 --> 00:07:26,046 * Love me, my love 195 00:07:26,113 --> 00:07:29,149 * And say you're mine * 196 00:07:29,216 --> 00:07:31,384 * Ooh-ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh * 197 00:07:31,451 --> 00:07:32,953 * Kiss me and hold me tight... 198 00:07:33,020 --> 00:07:34,788 PRESIDENT: I don't want to intimidate you 199 00:07:34,855 --> 00:07:36,389 but it turns out I'm the first Democrat 200 00:07:36,456 --> 00:07:39,827 in 20 years to make a clean sweep of the Plains states 201 00:07:39,893 --> 00:07:42,563 and I'm not just talking about Iowa and Nebraska. 202 00:07:42,630 --> 00:07:44,431 ABBEY: Are you trying to turn me on now? 203 00:07:44,498 --> 00:07:45,799 Yeah. 204 00:07:45,866 --> 00:07:48,268 All right. 205 00:07:48,335 --> 00:07:49,469 I won the Dakotas. 206 00:07:49,537 --> 00:07:50,470 The Badlands. 207 00:07:50,538 --> 00:07:51,972 The Black Hills. 208 00:07:52,039 --> 00:07:54,942 But let's go down, way down, to the deep South 209 00:07:55,008 --> 00:07:56,810 and the humid bayou of Louisiana 210 00:07:56,877 --> 00:07:58,946 and its nine electoral votes. 211 00:07:59,012 --> 00:08:02,082 What manner of man it must take to win the state 212 00:08:02,149 --> 00:08:05,018 which, by the way, is the only one operating 213 00:08:05,085 --> 00:08:07,287 under the Napoleonic Code of France 214 00:08:07,354 --> 00:08:09,422 and I still don't know what that's all about. 215 00:08:09,489 --> 00:08:10,658 But back to me... 216 00:08:10,724 --> 00:08:13,360 Hon, this is, like, nerd hot talk? 217 00:08:13,426 --> 00:08:16,263 Who's your Commander in Chief? 218 00:08:16,329 --> 00:08:17,931 You are. 219 00:08:17,998 --> 00:08:18,732 Yes. 220 00:08:18,799 --> 00:08:20,400 And do the ladies like him? 221 00:08:20,467 --> 00:08:21,735 Oh, yes. 222 00:08:21,802 --> 00:08:25,072 To the tune of 58%. 223 00:08:25,138 --> 00:08:26,540 ( knocking ) 224 00:08:26,607 --> 00:08:27,541 Yeah? 225 00:08:27,608 --> 00:08:29,442 I'm sorry, sir. 226 00:08:29,509 --> 00:08:30,611 I thought we had 227 00:08:30,678 --> 00:08:32,846 an understanding with regard 228 00:08:32,913 --> 00:08:34,615 to tonight and interruptions, Charlie. 229 00:08:34,682 --> 00:08:35,749 I thought we were men. 230 00:08:35,816 --> 00:08:37,417 Yes. I'm sorry, but Sam said... 231 00:08:37,484 --> 00:08:39,186 Sam needs to see me? Yes, sir. 232 00:08:39,252 --> 00:08:39,987 It's, like, what 233 00:08:40,053 --> 00:08:40,888 1:00 in the morning? 234 00:08:40,954 --> 00:08:41,689 Yes, sir. 235 00:08:41,755 --> 00:08:46,226 Well, let's send him in. 236 00:08:46,293 --> 00:08:47,394 Good evening, Mr. President. 237 00:08:47,460 --> 00:08:48,562 Good to see you. 238 00:08:48,629 --> 00:08:50,063 I hope I'm not here at a bad time. 239 00:08:50,130 --> 00:08:52,332 No. What would make you say that? 240 00:08:52,399 --> 00:08:54,668 Actually, it looks as if I couldn't have picked 241 00:08:54,735 --> 00:08:56,536 a worse time. 242 00:08:56,604 --> 00:08:58,505 No, no, you could have, and I'm not going to take any chances 243 00:08:58,572 --> 00:08:59,840 so let's do it now. 244 00:08:59,907 --> 00:09:01,174 Horton Wilde won in the 47th. 245 00:09:01,241 --> 00:09:02,242 I know. 246 00:09:02,309 --> 00:09:03,844 There's going to be a special election. 247 00:09:03,911 --> 00:09:05,012 Yeah. And, uh, to make 248 00:09:05,078 --> 00:09:05,979 a long story short 249 00:09:06,046 --> 00:09:08,448 you might be asked first thing tomorrow 250 00:09:08,515 --> 00:09:09,917 if you're endorsing me. 251 00:09:09,983 --> 00:09:10,751 Am I? 252 00:09:10,818 --> 00:09:12,385 Well, I'm not really running. 253 00:09:12,452 --> 00:09:13,486 Then I'm behind you 100%. 254 00:09:13,553 --> 00:09:14,622 Look... 255 00:09:14,688 --> 00:09:16,023 Man, is everything all right? 256 00:09:16,089 --> 00:09:20,293 Yeah. I made a promise to a widow in a moment of... 257 00:09:20,360 --> 00:09:22,730 Hello, Mr. President. 258 00:09:22,796 --> 00:09:24,264 Hey, Mrs. Bartlet. 259 00:09:24,331 --> 00:09:25,265 Oh, my God. 260 00:09:25,332 --> 00:09:26,333 PRESIDENT: Yeah, look, honey 261 00:09:26,399 --> 00:09:27,601 Sam stopped by. 262 00:09:27,668 --> 00:09:28,769 Hi, Sam. 263 00:09:28,836 --> 00:09:29,603 Hi. 264 00:09:29,670 --> 00:09:30,904 Eyes front, mister. 265 00:09:30,971 --> 00:09:32,505 You know, sir, I'll have this taken care of 266 00:09:32,572 --> 00:09:33,741 in the next few hours anyway. 267 00:09:33,807 --> 00:09:34,908 You don't even need to worry about it. 268 00:09:34,975 --> 00:09:36,810 You sure you're okay? Yes, sir. 269 00:09:36,877 --> 00:09:37,377 Okay. 270 00:09:37,444 --> 00:09:38,178 This Dean Martin? 271 00:09:38,245 --> 00:09:39,012 Yeah. Good. 272 00:09:39,079 --> 00:09:41,248 Thank you. 273 00:09:41,314 --> 00:09:43,684 Thank you, Mr. President. 274 00:09:45,318 --> 00:09:47,420 Could you keep trying Will Bailey, please? 275 00:09:47,487 --> 00:09:49,289 Yeah. 276 00:09:49,356 --> 00:09:51,124 * It's a shame... * 277 00:09:56,263 --> 00:09:57,097 TOM: Congratulations! 278 00:09:57,164 --> 00:09:58,799 TOBY: Hey, you, too, Tom. 279 00:09:58,866 --> 00:10:02,402 And congratulations on the other thing there, Papa. 280 00:10:02,469 --> 00:10:04,204 Yeah. Any idea where Mama is? 281 00:10:04,271 --> 00:10:05,806 Uh, right over there. 282 00:10:05,873 --> 00:10:07,875 ANDY: The Great State of Maryland! 283 00:10:07,941 --> 00:10:09,376 ALL ( shouting ): Maryland! 284 00:10:09,442 --> 00:10:10,744 ( crowd cheering ) 285 00:10:10,811 --> 00:10:12,079 Andy! Andy, don't drink that... 286 00:10:12,145 --> 00:10:13,914 Mmm! It's ginger ale, crazy boy. 287 00:10:13,981 --> 00:10:15,783 Yeah, okay. Ginger ale can be bad 288 00:10:15,849 --> 00:10:17,685 according to the latest studies. 289 00:10:17,751 --> 00:10:18,919 It can be very... 290 00:10:18,986 --> 00:10:22,255 My man got the President reelected tonight! 291 00:10:22,322 --> 00:10:24,557 ( all cheering ) 292 00:10:24,624 --> 00:10:26,393 That was very pleasant. 293 00:10:26,459 --> 00:10:27,795 ( Andy chuckles ) 294 00:10:27,861 --> 00:10:29,029 Can I talk to you a second? 295 00:10:29,096 --> 00:10:30,263 Yeah. 296 00:10:33,500 --> 00:10:36,837 You won by 85% of the vote. 297 00:10:36,904 --> 00:10:38,939 I don't really understand the 15%, but what the hell. 298 00:10:39,006 --> 00:10:40,708 Yeah, well, as long as you scraped by with a win. 299 00:10:40,774 --> 00:10:41,508 ( chuckles ) 300 00:10:41,574 --> 00:10:43,977 Look, a-a statement. 301 00:10:44,044 --> 00:10:44,945 We've already been through this. 302 00:10:45,012 --> 00:10:46,246 Roll Call has it. 303 00:10:46,313 --> 00:10:47,347 That's what we have to deal with. 304 00:10:47,414 --> 00:10:48,515 I don't. 305 00:10:48,581 --> 00:10:50,250 Congresswoman Wyatt, are you pregnant? 306 00:10:50,317 --> 00:10:51,451 None of your business. 307 00:10:51,518 --> 00:10:53,887 You can't withhold that from your constituents. 308 00:10:53,954 --> 00:10:55,689 there was a congressional investigation, and it 309 00:10:55,756 --> 00:10:57,357 almost detonated his presidency? 310 00:10:57,424 --> 00:10:58,726 You're worried about me? 311 00:10:58,792 --> 00:11:00,327 I just won by 85%. 312 00:11:00,393 --> 00:11:01,995 I'm not worried about you. 313 00:11:02,062 --> 00:11:03,196 I know. 314 00:11:03,263 --> 00:11:05,132 You're worried about a senior counselor 315 00:11:05,198 --> 00:11:06,666 fathering kids out of wedlock. 316 00:11:06,734 --> 00:11:08,001 Yeah. You know what? 317 00:11:08,068 --> 00:11:09,336 Single moms are a lot more sympathetic 318 00:11:09,402 --> 00:11:10,938 than deadbeat dads, so I wouldn't gallivant. 319 00:11:11,004 --> 00:11:12,405 You're not a deadbeat dad. 320 00:11:12,472 --> 00:11:13,640 I know that, and you know that 321 00:11:13,707 --> 00:11:15,075 but if I can't protect my kids 322 00:11:15,142 --> 00:11:17,477 their mom and the President all at the same time 323 00:11:17,544 --> 00:11:20,180 then I've got to quit my job, so can you help me out? 324 00:11:20,247 --> 00:11:22,015 Yes. 325 00:11:22,082 --> 00:11:23,516 You'll make a statement? 326 00:11:23,583 --> 00:11:24,818 No, but when they ask me 327 00:11:24,885 --> 00:11:26,053 who the father is 328 00:11:26,119 --> 00:11:27,420 I won't tell them that either. 329 00:11:27,487 --> 00:11:29,189 I'm the father! 330 00:11:29,256 --> 00:11:30,924 And of course you're at leisure to tell them that. 331 00:11:30,991 --> 00:11:36,629 85% of what kind of backward population votes for this woman? 332 00:11:36,696 --> 00:11:38,231 The good people of Maryland. 333 00:11:38,298 --> 00:11:40,567 Maryland! 334 00:11:40,633 --> 00:11:43,236 ALL: Maryland! 335 00:11:43,303 --> 00:11:45,072 ( chuckling ) 336 00:11:45,138 --> 00:11:49,777 * There's a somebody I'm longing to see... * 337 00:11:49,843 --> 00:11:53,881 LEO: Women? Yes, indeed, ma'am. 58%. 338 00:11:53,947 --> 00:11:58,819 But let's take a trip down Louisiana way, huh? 339 00:11:58,886 --> 00:12:02,990 Where we find it's nine electoral votes go to... 340 00:12:03,056 --> 00:12:03,991 Leo? 341 00:12:04,057 --> 00:12:05,125 Yeah? 342 00:12:05,192 --> 00:12:07,727 If you walk me through every demographic 343 00:12:07,795 --> 00:12:10,130 I think the night's not going to have 344 00:12:10,197 --> 00:12:12,465 the kind of happy ending you're hoping for. 345 00:12:14,367 --> 00:12:15,502 Got it. 346 00:12:15,568 --> 00:12:17,137 ( chuckles ) 347 00:12:17,204 --> 00:12:19,339 Good tip. 348 00:12:19,406 --> 00:12:20,473 Keep 'em coming. 349 00:12:20,540 --> 00:12:23,010 ( giggling ) 350 00:12:23,076 --> 00:12:24,311 Colonel. 351 00:12:24,377 --> 00:12:25,478 Yes, ma'am. 352 00:12:25,545 --> 00:12:27,647 ( chuckling ): No. 353 00:12:27,714 --> 00:12:28,816 WHITCOMB: Hey. 354 00:12:28,882 --> 00:12:29,883 How you doing? 355 00:12:29,950 --> 00:12:31,651 Pretty good. You got a second? 356 00:12:31,718 --> 00:12:33,653 Yeah. 357 00:12:33,720 --> 00:12:37,090 * Someone to watch... 358 00:12:37,157 --> 00:12:40,727 There's gunfire in Caracas and Merida and Valencia. 359 00:12:40,794 --> 00:12:42,996 There's movement in the Acuellar 360 00:12:43,063 --> 00:12:46,566 Coroico, Ciudad Alto and Parador Negro bases. 361 00:12:46,633 --> 00:12:47,734 What about GV? 362 00:12:47,801 --> 00:12:49,903 They stopped broadcasting. 363 00:12:49,970 --> 00:12:52,405 Are you ready to brief? 364 00:12:52,472 --> 00:12:53,506 15 minutes? 365 00:12:53,573 --> 00:12:54,774 Yeah. 366 00:13:00,413 --> 00:13:01,982 Can you hang around for a minute? 367 00:13:02,049 --> 00:13:04,484 There's about to be a coup in Venezuela. 368 00:13:04,551 --> 00:13:07,454 Yeah. 369 00:13:07,520 --> 00:13:09,189 Thanks. 370 00:13:09,256 --> 00:13:14,027 * Won't you tell her please to put on some speed... * 371 00:13:26,073 --> 00:13:32,612 * And, God, I know I'm one * 372 00:13:32,679 --> 00:13:34,214 * There is... Shh! 373 00:13:34,281 --> 00:13:37,918 Hey, hey, hey, with the singing of the song! 374 00:13:37,985 --> 00:13:41,021 JULIE ( on TV ): Walk us through, if you can, the tea leaves. 375 00:13:41,088 --> 00:13:42,489 What were the indicators for you? 376 00:13:42,555 --> 00:13:45,358 High gas prices, and instability in the Gulf region 377 00:13:45,425 --> 00:13:47,594 and so, we recommended to the President 378 00:13:47,660 --> 00:13:50,097 that he make energy a hot topic for the campaign. 379 00:13:50,163 --> 00:13:52,065 JULIE: And obviously, a winning strategy. 380 00:13:52,132 --> 00:13:54,201 A lot of people say this is a President 381 00:13:54,267 --> 00:13:56,937 who, more than anyone since Truman maybe, ran his own campaign. 382 00:13:57,004 --> 00:13:58,105 Is that true? 383 00:13:58,171 --> 00:13:59,839 Yeah. We all give advice 384 00:13:59,907 --> 00:14:02,742 but, uh, this President calls his own shots. 385 00:14:02,809 --> 00:14:04,011 Does anyone know who this is? 386 00:14:04,077 --> 00:14:06,813 I don't... I think he won the election. 387 00:14:06,880 --> 00:14:08,916 ( laughter ) It sounds like he did very well. 388 00:14:08,982 --> 00:14:10,017 I think that's Chris Whitaker. 389 00:14:10,083 --> 00:14:11,584 It is. He's a pollster. 390 00:14:11,651 --> 00:14:15,688 He's a pollster that Bruno contracted out of Illinois. 391 00:14:15,755 --> 00:14:17,424 JULIE: ...enjoy that Jed Bartlet packs a strong... 392 00:14:17,490 --> 00:14:18,791 Excuse me. 393 00:14:18,858 --> 00:14:21,428 Don't break things. 394 00:14:21,494 --> 00:14:25,732 Do you realize, you won all the Plains states but the Dakotas? 395 00:14:25,798 --> 00:14:27,867 BRUNO: Hmm. We won the Dakotas. 396 00:14:27,935 --> 00:14:30,003 I didn't even realize that. 397 00:14:30,070 --> 00:14:33,173 Yep, we won the Dakotas tonight, the Badlands. 398 00:14:33,240 --> 00:14:35,675 Bruno? Sitting Bull is buried up there. 399 00:14:35,742 --> 00:14:38,178 Hello. ( clears throat ): Excuse me. 400 00:14:38,245 --> 00:14:40,147 Th... uh, this is, uh, Ashley 401 00:14:40,213 --> 00:14:42,349 assistant to, uh, Jane Zalaznick 402 00:14:42,415 --> 00:14:44,851 at the Women's Leadership Coalition. 403 00:14:44,918 --> 00:14:46,486 C.J. Nice to meet you. 404 00:14:46,553 --> 00:14:47,487 You got a second? 405 00:14:47,554 --> 00:14:48,922 Yeah. 406 00:14:48,989 --> 00:14:52,092 ( mid-tempo jazz plays ) 407 00:14:52,159 --> 00:14:53,393 Carloads of partygoers 408 00:14:53,460 --> 00:14:55,795 from the Women's Leadership Coalition 409 00:14:55,862 --> 00:14:57,330 and the Women's Action Network 410 00:14:57,397 --> 00:15:00,267 are unloading at the Northwest Executive Entrance. 411 00:15:00,333 --> 00:15:03,971 It is time for watermelon. 412 00:15:04,037 --> 00:15:05,838 You know a guy named Chris Whitaker? 413 00:15:05,905 --> 00:15:06,839 Widdle? 414 00:15:06,906 --> 00:15:07,907 Whitaker. 415 00:15:07,975 --> 00:15:09,642 Whitkenstein? 416 00:15:09,709 --> 00:15:10,877 Are you drunk? 417 00:15:10,944 --> 00:15:11,611 A little bit. 418 00:15:11,678 --> 00:15:13,013 Chris Whitaker. 419 00:15:13,080 --> 00:15:14,247 Is a pollster 420 00:15:14,314 --> 00:15:16,016 I contracted for Cook County. 421 00:15:16,083 --> 00:15:18,218 He was just on TV claiming credit 422 00:15:18,285 --> 00:15:20,287 for your energy strategy. 423 00:15:21,188 --> 00:15:22,289 Huh? 424 00:15:22,355 --> 00:15:24,691 He's claiming credit for the energy strategy 425 00:15:24,757 --> 00:15:26,059 and who knows what else. 426 00:15:26,126 --> 00:15:27,060 Witkenstein? Bruno... 427 00:15:27,127 --> 00:15:28,328 What do I care? 428 00:15:28,395 --> 00:15:30,130 I think you should talk to some reporters. 429 00:15:30,197 --> 00:15:31,864 Nah. You are entitled to the status you've earned. 430 00:15:31,931 --> 00:15:34,701 The only thing I need status for... 431 00:15:34,767 --> 00:15:36,103 I'm doing right now. 432 00:15:36,169 --> 00:15:37,770 I'm going to be watching this guy. 433 00:15:37,837 --> 00:15:39,739 No, you don't have to watch him... We owe you, Bruno. 434 00:15:39,806 --> 00:15:41,374 No, I got paid. But thanks. 435 00:15:41,441 --> 00:15:44,411 ( whispering ): I'm going to talk to Ashley now. 436 00:15:44,477 --> 00:15:45,778 I'm going to be watching this guy. 437 00:15:45,845 --> 00:15:47,914 I'm going to be talking to Ashley. 438 00:15:47,981 --> 00:15:49,716 Okay. 439 00:15:54,887 --> 00:15:56,423 Donna. Yeah. 440 00:15:56,489 --> 00:15:59,892 You might want to tell Josh that a few carloads of women... 441 00:15:59,959 --> 00:16:00,893 Yeah, he knows. Okay. 442 00:16:00,960 --> 00:16:02,429 WOMAN: Josh... 443 00:16:02,495 --> 00:16:05,098 Hang on. A couple people from the Women's Leadership 444 00:16:05,165 --> 00:16:06,599 Coalition just... 445 00:16:06,666 --> 00:16:08,435 Yes. Hello. 446 00:16:08,501 --> 00:16:09,436 Hello. 447 00:16:09,502 --> 00:16:11,071 It's a target-rich environment 448 00:16:11,138 --> 00:16:12,672 and I don't want to cramp your style. 449 00:16:12,739 --> 00:16:14,774 I just wanted to stash my coat in your office. 450 00:16:14,841 --> 00:16:15,775 Sure. 451 00:16:15,842 --> 00:16:17,510 Come here. 452 00:16:17,577 --> 00:16:18,311 Congratulations. 453 00:16:18,378 --> 00:16:19,346 Thanks. 454 00:16:19,412 --> 00:16:22,082 You owe me ten dollars on the Delaware 1st 455 00:16:22,149 --> 00:16:23,316 ten dollars on Iowa 5th. 456 00:16:23,383 --> 00:16:25,152 We pushed across the Mountain states 457 00:16:25,218 --> 00:16:27,554 and I lost Arkansas and the Georgia Legislature 458 00:16:27,620 --> 00:16:29,889 but you went 20 on the Michigan gubernatorial. 459 00:16:29,956 --> 00:16:31,258 How you doing on the night? 460 00:16:31,324 --> 00:16:33,726 Right now, I'm only up 90 461 00:16:33,793 --> 00:16:34,827 but there's a waste disposal 462 00:16:34,894 --> 00:16:36,496 bond issue in Jasper, Alabama 463 00:16:36,563 --> 00:16:38,031 that's going to put me in a new pair of Manolo's 464 00:16:38,098 --> 00:16:39,566 if it breaks my way. 465 00:16:39,632 --> 00:16:40,900 So the guys at Lexington and Concord 466 00:16:40,967 --> 00:16:42,569 they didn't die in vain. 467 00:16:42,635 --> 00:16:43,770 Yeah, no way. 468 00:16:43,836 --> 00:16:45,172 Want to hear the funniest thing? 469 00:16:45,238 --> 00:16:47,540 A week ago, Sam told Horton Wilde's widow 470 00:16:47,607 --> 00:16:50,043 that he'd run in his place. I know. 471 00:16:50,110 --> 00:16:51,111 You heard? Yeah. 472 00:16:51,178 --> 00:16:53,780 All these events conspired to... 473 00:16:53,846 --> 00:16:55,848 like the DNC gave up on the race 474 00:16:55,915 --> 00:16:57,950 so the RNC left town, leaving no one 475 00:16:58,017 --> 00:16:58,985 to read the exits... 476 00:16:59,052 --> 00:17:00,553 You want me to open your door? 477 00:17:00,620 --> 00:17:01,388 I can do it. 478 00:17:01,454 --> 00:17:02,955 The President won the Midwest 479 00:17:03,022 --> 00:17:06,126 and there was depressed Republican turnout in the district 480 00:17:06,193 --> 00:17:07,760 'cause it was never a race... 481 00:17:07,827 --> 00:17:08,861 Will Bailey also. 482 00:17:08,928 --> 00:17:10,497 I keep hearing that name. 483 00:17:10,563 --> 00:17:12,432 I've helped him raise money. 484 00:17:12,499 --> 00:17:15,368 For a dead candidate, of course you did. 485 00:17:15,435 --> 00:17:17,437 Anyway, Sam's desperately trying to get ahold of the widow 486 00:17:17,504 --> 00:17:19,106 so he can have the worst conversation of his life. 487 00:17:19,172 --> 00:17:20,807 He's... just going to have to say... 488 00:17:20,873 --> 00:17:23,009 He should do it; that's actually what I came here to tell you. 489 00:17:23,076 --> 00:17:25,078 What do you mean? He should run. 490 00:17:25,145 --> 00:17:26,813 He'll get killed. 491 00:17:26,879 --> 00:17:28,581 Yeah, but tomorrow morning, you're going to face 492 00:17:28,648 --> 00:17:31,218 a very angry minority who don't feel the President 493 00:17:31,284 --> 00:17:32,852 did enough to make them the majority. 494 00:17:32,919 --> 00:17:35,188 Angry House Democrats. I'm shivering, hold my hand. 495 00:17:35,255 --> 00:17:37,324 I'm saying... You know what, the President's coattails 496 00:17:37,390 --> 00:17:40,026 were long enough to elect a Democrat out of Orange County 497 00:17:40,093 --> 00:17:41,161 with literally no pulse. 498 00:17:41,228 --> 00:17:42,562 Any congressman complaining... 499 00:17:42,629 --> 00:17:44,597 Will be smoothed over... Who has to... 500 00:17:44,664 --> 00:17:47,234 Will be smoothed over if the President sends a top lieutenant 501 00:17:47,300 --> 00:17:49,636 still shining from victory on a suicide mission 502 00:17:49,702 --> 00:17:51,338 to Disney's California Adventure. 503 00:17:51,404 --> 00:17:53,506 You're ahead 90 bucks? 504 00:17:53,573 --> 00:17:55,375 And it's still very early. 505 00:17:55,442 --> 00:17:59,112 All right, give me your coat. 506 00:18:06,419 --> 00:18:08,255 What? 507 00:18:09,156 --> 00:18:10,990 I didn't say anything. 508 00:18:11,057 --> 00:18:12,459 Okay, your coat will be here. 509 00:18:12,525 --> 00:18:14,361 I'm going to go collect money. 510 00:18:14,427 --> 00:18:15,395 Enjoy. 511 00:18:26,038 --> 00:18:28,841 ( muttering ) 512 00:18:33,913 --> 00:18:35,282 ( muttering ) 513 00:18:36,716 --> 00:18:39,252 Donna! 514 00:18:40,187 --> 00:18:41,888 How'd you know I was out there? 515 00:18:41,954 --> 00:18:43,356 I felt you lurking. 516 00:18:43,423 --> 00:18:46,326 I want to try to find a guy named Will Bailey 517 00:18:46,393 --> 00:18:48,828 with the Wilde campaign in Newport Beach. 518 00:18:48,895 --> 00:18:51,464 Yeah. 519 00:18:54,066 --> 00:18:55,702 Congratulations. Way to go, Will. 520 00:18:55,768 --> 00:18:57,504 Thanks. Thanks for your hard work. 521 00:18:57,570 --> 00:18:59,472 Don't know who you are. 522 00:18:59,539 --> 00:19:00,373 Will! 523 00:19:00,440 --> 00:19:02,975 I'm going to sleep. 524 00:19:03,042 --> 00:19:03,876 Come back to the party! 525 00:19:03,943 --> 00:19:04,877 I'm going to sleep. 526 00:19:04,944 --> 00:19:06,213 Now? Any second? 527 00:19:06,279 --> 00:19:07,880 It's the greatest night of your life 528 00:19:07,947 --> 00:19:08,815 and you're going to sleep? 529 00:19:08,881 --> 00:19:10,049 Special reward. 530 00:19:10,116 --> 00:19:11,218 It's the shank of the evening 531 00:19:11,284 --> 00:19:12,419 and there are all kinds of volunteers 532 00:19:12,485 --> 00:19:13,420 that want to dance with you 533 00:19:13,486 --> 00:19:14,654 and you know what that means. 534 00:19:14,721 --> 00:19:16,289 Dance? I think I do. 535 00:19:16,356 --> 00:19:17,690 Are you ever going to enjoy yourself? 536 00:19:17,757 --> 00:19:20,227 I just beat Chuck Webb, that was a pretty good time. 537 00:19:20,293 --> 00:19:21,728 Yes, you did. 538 00:19:21,794 --> 00:19:23,963 I'm so proud that you're my brother. 539 00:19:24,030 --> 00:19:25,732 Me, too. I mean, me too. 540 00:19:25,798 --> 00:19:28,668 You know what I mean. 541 00:19:28,735 --> 00:19:31,538 You sure you don't want to come back for a little bit? 542 00:19:31,604 --> 00:19:32,939 I can't stand up anymore. 543 00:19:33,005 --> 00:19:33,973 Okay. 544 00:19:34,040 --> 00:19:35,442 Sleep well. 545 00:19:35,508 --> 00:19:36,609 Thanks. 546 00:19:36,676 --> 00:19:39,879 Don't be wearing that dress all in front of... 547 00:19:39,946 --> 00:19:41,681 Ah, never mind. 548 00:19:53,593 --> 00:19:56,529 ( phone ringing ) 549 00:19:59,466 --> 00:20:01,701 ( ringing ) 550 00:20:02,435 --> 00:20:05,772 ( ringing ) 551 00:20:05,838 --> 00:20:06,939 Congratulations. 552 00:20:07,006 --> 00:20:07,574 You too, Mr. Lyman. 553 00:20:07,640 --> 00:20:08,441 Yeah. 554 00:20:08,508 --> 00:20:09,542 It's a great night for you. 555 00:20:10,677 --> 00:20:13,746 I want to talk to you for a minute about Sam. 556 00:20:13,813 --> 00:20:14,847 Uh, sure. 557 00:20:14,914 --> 00:20:16,416 I wonder, though, is there any chance 558 00:20:16,483 --> 00:20:17,717 we could talk first thing in the morning? 559 00:20:17,784 --> 00:20:20,320 It's been a pretty long few months. 560 00:20:20,387 --> 00:20:20,953 I-I understand completely, Will. 561 00:20:21,020 --> 00:20:21,921 Thanks. 562 00:20:21,988 --> 00:20:23,456 Let me just ask you this: 563 00:20:23,523 --> 00:20:25,792 What are the President's unfavorables in the 47th? 564 00:20:25,858 --> 00:20:26,959 I'm sorry? 565 00:20:27,026 --> 00:20:29,696 I'm trying to get a sense of what happens 566 00:20:29,762 --> 00:20:31,964 when Sam gets tagged with Bartlet fatigue. 567 00:20:32,031 --> 00:20:33,366 No, I understand. 568 00:20:33,433 --> 00:20:34,667 I just don't have the facts and figures. 569 00:20:34,734 --> 00:20:35,935 Sure. 570 00:20:36,002 --> 00:20:37,670 I can call you in the morning from the office... 571 00:20:37,737 --> 00:20:39,539 I just assumed 'cause most operatives can recite 572 00:20:39,606 --> 00:20:41,741 that kind of thing, you know, at the upper levels. 573 00:20:41,808 --> 00:20:47,113 The President has a 48/42 favorable/unfavorable 574 00:20:47,179 --> 00:20:49,716 "Handling of Economy," 41/51. 575 00:20:49,782 --> 00:20:50,550 "Strong Leader"? 576 00:20:50,617 --> 00:20:51,117 37/44. 577 00:20:51,183 --> 00:20:52,352 Thank you. 578 00:21:02,962 --> 00:21:04,196 Can you find Leo for me? 579 00:21:04,263 --> 00:21:05,932 Yeah. 580 00:21:09,669 --> 00:21:11,604 It's Donna. I have Josh looking for him. 581 00:21:15,241 --> 00:21:16,876 Thanks. 582 00:21:22,782 --> 00:21:25,184 You lost? 583 00:21:25,251 --> 00:21:26,653 Hey, I know you. 584 00:21:26,719 --> 00:21:27,253 Yeah. 585 00:21:27,320 --> 00:21:27,820 You work here? 586 00:21:27,887 --> 00:21:28,655 Yeah. 587 00:21:28,721 --> 00:21:29,489 You didn't tell me that. 588 00:21:29,556 --> 00:21:30,990 Let me see your slip. 589 00:21:31,057 --> 00:21:33,526 I'm sure you're over in Dr. McNally's wing. 590 00:21:33,593 --> 00:21:36,028 Navigation was never my strong area in school. 591 00:21:36,095 --> 00:21:37,196 You had to study it? 592 00:21:37,263 --> 00:21:38,398 Yeah, a lot. 593 00:21:38,465 --> 00:21:39,466 Where'd you go to school? 594 00:21:39,532 --> 00:21:40,500 Annapolis, Maryland. 595 00:21:40,567 --> 00:21:41,701 Of course, I'm sorry. 596 00:21:41,768 --> 00:21:43,269 It's this way. I'll take you. 597 00:21:43,336 --> 00:21:44,537 Thanks. 598 00:21:45,938 --> 00:21:48,608 Why don't you give me a carton? 599 00:21:48,675 --> 00:21:50,309 No, no. 600 00:21:50,377 --> 00:21:51,744 So you guys having a party or something? 601 00:21:51,811 --> 00:21:53,012 Uh-huh, yeah. We won an election. 602 00:21:53,079 --> 00:21:55,515 I heard. Congratulations. 603 00:21:55,582 --> 00:21:56,616 Isn't this a strange time 604 00:21:56,683 --> 00:21:58,351 to be moving into your office? 605 00:21:58,418 --> 00:22:01,153 I'm the 2 a.m. Watch Commander in the Situation Room tonight. 606 00:22:01,220 --> 00:22:03,956 Why didn't you tell me you worked for the White House? 607 00:22:04,023 --> 00:22:06,593 I didn't want you to feel awkward about voting for Ritchie. 608 00:22:06,659 --> 00:22:08,260 I didn't vote for Ritchie. 609 00:22:08,327 --> 00:22:09,696 'Cause you traded with me 610 00:22:09,762 --> 00:22:11,831 but your intent was to vote for Ritchie. 611 00:22:11,898 --> 00:22:13,032 Yes. 612 00:22:13,099 --> 00:22:15,201 And I didn't want you to feel awkward about it. 613 00:22:15,267 --> 00:22:16,569 I appreciate that. 614 00:22:16,636 --> 00:22:19,238 So why the hell were you going to vote for Ritchie? 615 00:22:19,305 --> 00:22:20,773 My role here isn't political. 616 00:22:20,840 --> 00:22:23,342 Is that what they told you to say if somebody asked? 617 00:22:23,410 --> 00:22:24,844 Well, people usually don't ask. 618 00:22:24,911 --> 00:22:25,878 That's true. 619 00:22:25,945 --> 00:22:27,647 So why were you going to vote for Ritchie? 620 00:22:27,714 --> 00:22:29,181 I think this is my door, right here. 621 00:22:29,248 --> 00:22:30,917 It is. 622 00:22:32,385 --> 00:22:33,319 ( sighs ) 623 00:22:33,386 --> 00:22:34,320 ( sighs ) 624 00:22:34,387 --> 00:22:35,254 Uh, would you mind? 625 00:22:35,321 --> 00:22:36,489 Oh. 626 00:22:40,192 --> 00:22:41,127 Okay. 627 00:22:41,193 --> 00:22:43,129 It's freezing in here. 628 00:22:45,498 --> 00:22:47,066 I appreciate your help. 629 00:22:47,133 --> 00:22:48,200 Thanks a lot. 630 00:22:48,267 --> 00:22:49,936 You bet. 631 00:22:51,471 --> 00:22:54,206 So, why were you vo... 632 00:22:54,273 --> 00:22:54,907 Pentagon procurement. 633 00:22:54,974 --> 00:22:56,142 What about it? 634 00:22:56,208 --> 00:22:58,878 The President campaigned saying he'd roll it back. 635 00:22:58,945 --> 00:23:01,247 He wasn't talking about your job, or weapons. 636 00:23:01,313 --> 00:23:02,582 He was talking about... 637 00:23:02,649 --> 00:23:04,383 $500 screwdrivers. ( phone ringing ) 638 00:23:04,451 --> 00:23:05,818 Excuse me. 639 00:23:05,885 --> 00:23:07,554 Lieutenant Commander Reese. 640 00:23:07,620 --> 00:23:08,855 I'm just asking out of curiosity. 641 00:23:08,921 --> 00:23:11,791 I mean, you're not in favor of... 642 00:23:11,858 --> 00:23:13,726 Thank you. 643 00:23:13,793 --> 00:23:14,927 They're calling me to work early. 644 00:23:14,994 --> 00:23:15,962 What's going on? 645 00:23:16,028 --> 00:23:17,396 I don't know. Sounds like there's 646 00:23:17,464 --> 00:23:18,865 about to be a coup d'etat in Venezuela. 647 00:23:18,931 --> 00:23:20,166 Well, you should go do that then. 648 00:23:20,232 --> 00:23:22,835 Yeah. 649 00:23:23,603 --> 00:23:24,937 Yeah, be careful. 650 00:23:25,004 --> 00:23:27,840 Uh, thanks, but I'm just going downstairs. 651 00:23:27,907 --> 00:23:29,008 Still. 652 00:23:29,075 --> 00:23:31,811 Okay. 653 00:23:41,353 --> 00:23:42,354 There's a cable intercept 654 00:23:42,421 --> 00:23:43,856 out of Punto Fijo to Miraflores. 655 00:23:43,923 --> 00:23:46,025 A request to speak to Ignacio? 656 00:23:46,092 --> 00:23:48,227 Yeah, and there's a cellular intercept 657 00:23:48,294 --> 00:23:49,662 has General Martinez at the palace 658 00:23:49,729 --> 00:23:52,131 calling General Reyes at the refinery. And? 659 00:23:52,198 --> 00:23:53,500 The request was denied. 660 00:23:53,566 --> 00:23:54,667 Yeah, that wasn't really 661 00:23:54,734 --> 00:23:56,402 a high percentage phone call, was it? 662 00:23:56,469 --> 00:23:58,070 No. 663 00:24:01,974 --> 00:24:04,677 Leo, this is Lieutenant Commander Jack Reese. 664 00:24:04,744 --> 00:24:06,946 He's Nancy McNally's new man in uniform. 665 00:24:07,013 --> 00:24:08,047 Welcome, Commander. 666 00:24:08,114 --> 00:24:09,516 When did you start? 667 00:24:09,582 --> 00:24:11,383 He started about ten seconds ago, Leo. 668 00:24:11,450 --> 00:24:12,619 This is his first night. 669 00:24:12,685 --> 00:24:14,153 All right, let me say first 670 00:24:14,220 --> 00:24:15,054 this is not a drill. 671 00:24:15,121 --> 00:24:16,255 Yes, sir. 672 00:24:16,322 --> 00:24:17,957 Major Carson from SOUTHCOM 673 00:24:18,024 --> 00:24:20,192 Adam Hallridge, CIA Venezuela Desk 674 00:24:20,259 --> 00:24:23,730 Troop, Assistant Secretary for Latin American Affairs 675 00:24:23,796 --> 00:24:25,264 and some other people. 676 00:24:25,331 --> 00:24:28,768 Ignacio's two top generals-- Martinez and Rojas-- 677 00:24:28,835 --> 00:24:32,338 threw their support behind Luna and Martinez placed Ignacio 678 00:24:32,404 --> 00:24:34,206 and his vice president under arrest. 679 00:24:34,273 --> 00:24:36,442 Does their control extend beyond Caracas? 680 00:24:36,509 --> 00:24:38,110 No. 681 00:24:38,177 --> 00:24:41,047 Ignacio's got the PDVSA refinery at Punto Fijo. 682 00:24:41,113 --> 00:24:43,115 LEO: There's 63 Americans in the refinery. 683 00:24:43,182 --> 00:24:45,618 WHITCOMB: Mr. McGarry needs you to cull 684 00:24:45,685 --> 00:24:47,053 the pertinent intelligence data 685 00:24:47,119 --> 00:24:48,621 and put together a two-page briefing 686 00:24:48,688 --> 00:24:49,756 he can give the President. 687 00:24:49,822 --> 00:24:51,123 So, how much time do you need? 688 00:24:51,190 --> 00:24:52,458 Um... 689 00:24:52,525 --> 00:24:54,093 three hours? 690 00:24:54,160 --> 00:24:55,595 ( laughing ) 691 00:24:56,996 --> 00:24:59,866 20 minutes, son. 692 00:25:01,167 --> 00:25:02,869 ( sighs ) 693 00:25:05,371 --> 00:25:09,241 TOBY: "My ex-husband, Toby Ziegler, and I 694 00:25:09,308 --> 00:25:10,677 "are expecting twins in May. 695 00:25:10,743 --> 00:25:12,211 "We thank you for your good wishes 696 00:25:12,278 --> 00:25:18,150 and ask for privacy while we consider... reconciliation." 697 00:25:18,217 --> 00:25:21,220 Two sentences. 698 00:25:21,287 --> 00:25:23,089 Actually, that's good. 699 00:25:23,155 --> 00:25:24,323 Yeah. It is. 700 00:25:24,390 --> 00:25:25,191 Harmless. 701 00:25:25,257 --> 00:25:26,125 Yes. 702 00:25:26,192 --> 00:25:27,526 I'll tell you what. 703 00:25:27,594 --> 00:25:30,029 I'll issue that statement and that'll be that. 704 00:25:30,096 --> 00:25:32,431 Thank you. 705 00:25:32,498 --> 00:25:34,066 Okay. 706 00:25:35,167 --> 00:25:36,669 Toby, wake up. 707 00:25:36,736 --> 00:25:37,737 Wake up, time to go to school. 708 00:25:37,804 --> 00:25:38,938 Oh, what is the problem? 709 00:25:39,005 --> 00:25:40,472 You raise your voice to a pregnant woman? 710 00:25:40,539 --> 00:25:41,507 I didn't raise my voice. 711 00:25:41,574 --> 00:25:42,341 It was in your inflection. 712 00:25:42,408 --> 00:25:43,175 Was it? 713 00:25:43,242 --> 00:25:44,343 It is not a matter 714 00:25:44,410 --> 00:25:47,046 of national security that the public know. 715 00:25:47,113 --> 00:25:48,480 I do not waive my Fourteenth Amendment rights. 716 00:25:48,547 --> 00:25:49,782 Fourteenth Amendment 717 00:25:49,849 --> 00:25:51,984 protects you from State action, not the media 718 00:25:52,051 --> 00:25:54,186 who, by the way, have their own amendment. 719 00:25:54,253 --> 00:25:56,155 There are two dozen members of Congress over the age of 80. 720 00:25:56,222 --> 00:25:58,490 They work on Tuesdays, and no one tonight 721 00:25:58,557 --> 00:25:59,926 is questioning their job performance. 722 00:25:59,992 --> 00:26:01,594 First of all, three of those guys 723 00:26:01,661 --> 00:26:03,195 are outstanding Congressmen. 724 00:26:03,262 --> 00:26:04,631 Second of all, their constituents knew they were 80 725 00:26:04,697 --> 00:26:05,898 when they voted for them. 726 00:26:05,965 --> 00:26:07,266 You think I wouldn't have been elected 727 00:26:07,333 --> 00:26:09,101 if the Maryland Fifth knew I was pregnant? 728 00:26:09,168 --> 00:26:10,402 The people who elected you aren't the ones 729 00:26:10,469 --> 00:26:11,638 who are going to throw the picnic. 730 00:26:11,704 --> 00:26:13,873 I know. Then what's the problem? 731 00:26:13,940 --> 00:26:15,708 I can't stand the ones who are. 732 00:26:15,775 --> 00:26:18,110 You know I'm going to get sued. 733 00:26:18,177 --> 00:26:19,846 I mean, you know it. 734 00:26:19,912 --> 00:26:24,050 The... Citizens League for a Rooty-Tooty Freedom Liberty. 735 00:26:24,116 --> 00:26:27,019 They'll work out of a strip mall in Sarasota 736 00:26:27,086 --> 00:26:28,888 but they'll be curiously well-funded. 737 00:26:28,955 --> 00:26:31,791 ( chuckles lightly ) 738 00:26:31,858 --> 00:26:34,193 You're not trying to avoid a fight. Nope. 739 00:26:34,260 --> 00:26:36,228 You're for Yeah. one.looking 740 00:26:36,295 --> 00:26:37,529 You're sniffing around 741 00:26:37,596 --> 00:26:39,165 for a fight. 742 00:26:39,231 --> 00:26:41,668 Yes. Not sniffing around for one 743 00:26:41,734 --> 00:26:43,736 as much as... trying to create one. 744 00:26:43,803 --> 00:26:45,604 Trying to create trouble 745 00:26:45,672 --> 00:26:48,407 where none existed. 746 00:26:48,474 --> 00:26:49,776 Yes. 747 00:26:49,842 --> 00:26:53,680 Well... I can admire that. 748 00:26:57,750 --> 00:26:59,418 Honey, have you told the Bartlets? 749 00:26:59,485 --> 00:27:00,019 No. 750 00:27:00,086 --> 00:27:01,888 Why not? 751 00:27:03,389 --> 00:27:05,091 ( inhales ) 752 00:27:05,157 --> 00:27:07,526 ( sighs ): I came up with a plan to tell them apart 753 00:27:07,593 --> 00:27:08,961 in the initial months. 754 00:27:09,028 --> 00:27:12,398 I think I'll probably dress them differently. 755 00:27:12,464 --> 00:27:14,266 Oh, okay. 756 00:27:14,333 --> 00:27:17,236 I was going to hang little signs around their necks. 757 00:27:17,303 --> 00:27:18,470 ( chuckling ) 758 00:27:18,537 --> 00:27:20,372 Why haven't you told them? 759 00:27:21,473 --> 00:27:24,276 I don't know. 760 00:27:26,178 --> 00:27:29,982 WOMAN: There's a thing, "The biggest lies 761 00:27:30,049 --> 00:27:33,953 are told after sex, before..." something. 762 00:27:34,020 --> 00:27:39,258 Well, I think it's helpful if lies come before sex. 763 00:27:39,325 --> 00:27:41,894 But... "The biggest lies 764 00:27:41,961 --> 00:27:44,330 "come after the hunt, before marriage 765 00:27:44,396 --> 00:27:46,065 and during elections." 766 00:27:46,132 --> 00:27:47,166 Mark Twain? 767 00:27:47,233 --> 00:27:48,134 Nice to meet you 768 00:27:48,200 --> 00:27:50,102 Bruno Gianelli. 769 00:27:50,169 --> 00:27:51,337 ( laughing ): You're funny. 770 00:27:51,403 --> 00:27:52,471 Yeah. 771 00:27:52,538 --> 00:27:53,740 Does winning make you funny? 772 00:27:53,806 --> 00:27:55,374 Losing makes you funny. 773 00:27:55,441 --> 00:27:57,209 Winning makes you handsome. 774 00:27:57,276 --> 00:27:59,746 Well, you must win an awful lot. 775 00:27:59,812 --> 00:28:01,814 Bruno? 776 00:28:03,549 --> 00:28:05,684 Excuse me. 777 00:28:10,256 --> 00:28:11,991 I am, uh... 778 00:28:12,058 --> 00:28:14,226 I'm just going to kill you. 779 00:28:14,293 --> 00:28:15,327 She seems nice. 780 00:28:15,394 --> 00:28:16,796 That's "The Brunette Named Annette." 781 00:28:16,863 --> 00:28:18,064 Wouldn't you just 782 00:28:18,130 --> 00:28:19,665 give anything if she was from Tibet? 783 00:28:19,732 --> 00:28:21,100 I'm actually fine with her being 784 00:28:21,167 --> 00:28:22,668 from Philadelphia, so please state your business. 785 00:28:22,735 --> 00:28:24,003 Witkenstein. 786 00:28:24,070 --> 00:28:24,971 I don't believe this. It's going to be 787 00:28:25,037 --> 00:28:25,905 the start of a press tour. 788 00:28:25,972 --> 00:28:27,039 Don't you want to enjoy 789 00:28:27,106 --> 00:28:28,207 the party? I'm going to leak 790 00:28:28,274 --> 00:28:29,776 some internal campaign memos. 791 00:28:29,842 --> 00:28:32,011 Listen, I think it's good this guy is talking. 792 00:28:32,078 --> 00:28:33,479 He doesn't know anything. The process story 793 00:28:33,545 --> 00:28:35,748 won't last as long. I don't care. We can... 794 00:28:35,815 --> 00:28:36,883 C.J. I know how to do this. 795 00:28:36,949 --> 00:28:38,217 I can end a process story 796 00:28:38,284 --> 00:28:39,952 and correct the record at the same time. 797 00:28:40,019 --> 00:28:42,321 Look at me. What? 798 00:28:42,388 --> 00:28:44,723 We won. It's over. 799 00:28:51,163 --> 00:28:54,834 In a poll taken three days after the MS announcement 800 00:28:54,901 --> 00:28:57,703 the President lost to Ritchie by nine points. 801 00:28:57,770 --> 00:28:59,772 He won by 11. 802 00:28:59,839 --> 00:29:01,774 You did it. 803 00:29:01,841 --> 00:29:04,844 It helps when you cook with the right food. 804 00:29:05,744 --> 00:29:06,979 But at midnight 805 00:29:07,046 --> 00:29:09,916 my contract with "Bartlet for America" expired. 806 00:29:09,982 --> 00:29:12,384 I'm a taxpayer now, and I'm telling you 807 00:29:12,451 --> 00:29:14,987 I've got bigger problems than who gets credit for a win. 808 00:29:15,054 --> 00:29:19,258 And I'd rather the White House not spend time on it. 809 00:29:19,325 --> 00:29:20,726 ( sighs ) 810 00:29:20,793 --> 00:29:23,395 Okay. 811 00:29:23,462 --> 00:29:26,899 Hey... if you want to come back to my office 812 00:29:26,966 --> 00:29:28,334 there's an actual still. I heard. 813 00:29:28,400 --> 00:29:29,568 I'll be there. 814 00:29:29,635 --> 00:29:30,569 Okay. 815 00:29:30,636 --> 00:29:31,737 Hey, speaking of credit: 816 00:29:31,804 --> 00:29:32,771 Yeah. 817 00:29:32,839 --> 00:29:34,773 Nice win. 818 00:29:40,813 --> 00:29:42,281 C.J., can I talk to you for a minute? 819 00:29:42,348 --> 00:29:44,550 Yeah. 820 00:29:44,616 --> 00:29:45,651 When the dust settles 821 00:29:45,717 --> 00:29:46,919 what's the story going to be? 822 00:29:46,986 --> 00:29:48,087 That we didn't take back the House. 823 00:29:48,154 --> 00:29:49,188 Yeah, like that was our fault. 824 00:29:49,255 --> 00:29:50,756 These people make me crazy. 825 00:29:50,823 --> 00:29:53,192 "He-he didn't do enough down-ticket campaigning." 826 00:29:53,259 --> 00:29:54,660 You have any idea how much gumbo 827 00:29:54,726 --> 00:29:55,727 that man ate? 828 00:29:55,794 --> 00:29:57,196 This is what you do, you bounce 829 00:29:57,263 --> 00:29:58,597 off the subject. 830 00:29:58,664 --> 00:30:00,699 Oh, shrimp. 831 00:30:00,766 --> 00:30:02,801 I don't think running for Congress is the thing you do 832 00:30:02,869 --> 00:30:04,136 to change the story. 833 00:30:04,203 --> 00:30:06,105 I know, but there are real reasons. 834 00:30:06,172 --> 00:30:09,375 We give Democrats in the 47th something to get excited about. 835 00:30:10,676 --> 00:30:12,544 You think he should run? 836 00:30:12,611 --> 00:30:13,745 I do. 837 00:30:13,812 --> 00:30:15,814 This shrimp is incredibly good. 838 00:30:15,882 --> 00:30:17,816 What are you doing here? 839 00:30:17,884 --> 00:30:19,118 I'm your wingman. 840 00:30:19,185 --> 00:30:20,686 Okay. 841 00:30:20,752 --> 00:30:22,088 Hello. Hey. 842 00:30:22,154 --> 00:30:23,089 AMY: Toby, I'm afraid you didn't have 843 00:30:23,155 --> 00:30:24,690 a very good night. 844 00:30:24,756 --> 00:30:27,359 I bet against a Puerto Rican for Bronx Borough President. 845 00:30:27,426 --> 00:30:28,327 I deserve to lose. 846 00:30:28,394 --> 00:30:30,462 And you took a hit, ironically 847 00:30:30,529 --> 00:30:33,399 on a Wisconsin referendum to legalize gambling. 848 00:30:33,465 --> 00:30:35,034 But you did win 849 00:30:35,101 --> 00:30:36,735 four Omaha steaks on the over-under 850 00:30:36,802 --> 00:30:39,205 in the Texas Farm Commissioner race. 851 00:30:39,271 --> 00:30:40,739 Does the U.S. Attorney's office know about you? 852 00:30:40,806 --> 00:30:41,941 Yeah, they have me on file. 853 00:30:42,008 --> 00:30:43,075 Can we talk to you for a minute? 854 00:30:43,142 --> 00:30:44,510 Actually, I'm going to, uh 855 00:30:44,576 --> 00:30:46,879 talk to the President and First Lady. Can it wait? 856 00:30:46,946 --> 00:30:48,214 You going to tell them? 857 00:30:48,280 --> 00:30:49,949 Yeah. 858 00:30:50,016 --> 00:30:51,117 Can we come? No. 859 00:30:51,183 --> 00:30:52,784 They're still up, right? 860 00:30:52,851 --> 00:30:54,353 Yeah. 861 00:30:56,355 --> 00:30:58,590 Jimmy Fitzsimmons won the Boston Mayor's race 862 00:30:58,657 --> 00:30:59,959 by 51 points 863 00:31:00,026 --> 00:31:02,261 and believe it or not, did not beat the spread. 864 00:31:04,530 --> 00:31:07,433 I think he should do it. 865 00:31:10,036 --> 00:31:10,903 ( grunting ) 866 00:31:10,970 --> 00:31:14,140 ( metal clattering ) 867 00:31:14,206 --> 00:31:16,208 Hey. 868 00:31:17,309 --> 00:31:18,410 Hi. 869 00:31:18,477 --> 00:31:20,980 Uh, do you work on the maintenance staff? 870 00:31:21,047 --> 00:31:22,481 No, I'm senior assistant 871 00:31:22,548 --> 00:31:25,384 to Josh Lyman, he's the Deputy Chief of Staff. 872 00:31:25,451 --> 00:31:28,020 I noticed that the room was cold before 873 00:31:28,087 --> 00:31:30,289 so I loosened up the radiator, but... 874 00:31:30,356 --> 00:31:32,959 then, well, I guess you could say I broke it. 875 00:31:33,025 --> 00:31:34,393 But it's fine now. 876 00:31:34,460 --> 00:31:35,661 It should be fine. 877 00:31:35,727 --> 00:31:37,563 Well, I doubt it. 878 00:31:37,629 --> 00:31:41,100 The building has maintenance, though, doesn't it? 879 00:31:41,167 --> 00:31:42,434 They're having fun at the party. 880 00:31:42,501 --> 00:31:43,335 Oh. 881 00:31:43,402 --> 00:31:44,236 So... 882 00:31:44,303 --> 00:31:46,905 everyone's safe in Venezuela? 883 00:31:46,973 --> 00:31:48,640 ( sighs ) 884 00:31:48,707 --> 00:31:50,642 Yeah. 885 00:31:53,179 --> 00:31:54,947 $500 screwdrivers is why you didn't vote 886 00:31:55,014 --> 00:31:56,348 for the President? 887 00:31:56,415 --> 00:31:58,017 I work for the President. That's a lot. 888 00:31:58,084 --> 00:31:59,151 It's wasteful spending. 889 00:31:59,218 --> 00:32:00,652 No, it's not. 890 00:32:00,719 --> 00:32:01,988 A $400 ashtray? 891 00:32:02,054 --> 00:32:04,056 ( sighs ) 892 00:32:07,893 --> 00:32:09,161 What was that? 893 00:32:09,228 --> 00:32:10,462 A $400 ashtray. 894 00:32:10,529 --> 00:32:12,364 It's off the USS Greenville 895 00:32:12,431 --> 00:32:14,866 a nuclear attack submarine and a likely target for a torpedo. 896 00:32:14,933 --> 00:32:17,403 When you get hit with one, you've got enough problems 897 00:32:17,469 --> 00:32:19,238 without glass flying into the eyes of the navigator 898 00:32:19,305 --> 00:32:20,739 and the Officer of the Deck. 899 00:32:20,806 --> 00:32:24,110 This one's built to break into three dull pieces. 900 00:32:24,176 --> 00:32:25,978 We lead a slightly different life out there 901 00:32:26,045 --> 00:32:28,447 and it costs a little more money. 902 00:32:28,514 --> 00:32:31,150 I can't believe you broke a $400 ashtray. 903 00:32:31,217 --> 00:32:32,518 Yeah, I wish I hadn't done that. 904 00:32:32,584 --> 00:32:35,187 It's... 'cause you're blonde. 905 00:32:35,254 --> 00:32:37,656 How'd it go in the Sit Room? 906 00:32:37,723 --> 00:32:39,825 Not my finest hour. 907 00:32:39,891 --> 00:32:43,729 You want to go to the party? 908 00:32:43,795 --> 00:32:45,364 I still got the watch. 909 00:32:45,431 --> 00:32:46,398 Okay. 910 00:32:47,499 --> 00:32:49,501 Can you glue that thing back together? 911 00:32:49,568 --> 00:32:50,969 No. 912 00:32:55,141 --> 00:32:56,908 They'll page me up at the party, right? 913 00:32:56,975 --> 00:32:58,044 Yeah. 914 00:32:58,110 --> 00:32:59,878 ( tosses item on shelf ) 915 00:32:59,945 --> 00:33:01,280 Okay. 916 00:33:14,293 --> 00:33:15,727 ( soft music plays ) 917 00:33:15,794 --> 00:33:19,865 As you can see, we've moved on to the caviar course. 918 00:33:19,931 --> 00:33:22,668 I love caviar. 919 00:33:22,734 --> 00:33:24,403 I know how you do. 920 00:33:24,470 --> 00:33:27,606 Stoli Cristall, the most elegant of vodkas. 921 00:33:27,673 --> 00:33:28,640 ( clinking ) 922 00:33:30,976 --> 00:33:32,144 The caviar itself 923 00:33:32,211 --> 00:33:33,812 is a product of my advice 924 00:33:33,879 --> 00:33:35,214 at the convention 925 00:33:35,281 --> 00:33:37,883 on International Trade in Endangered Species. 926 00:33:37,949 --> 00:33:42,788 We passed a much more stringent bill against the poaching 927 00:33:42,854 --> 00:33:44,956 of Caspian Sea sturgeons. 928 00:33:45,023 --> 00:33:46,758 This is Oklahoma caviar? 929 00:33:46,825 --> 00:33:49,528 California white sturgeon 930 00:33:49,595 --> 00:33:52,164 from the Stillman Sea Farm in Elverta. 931 00:33:52,231 --> 00:33:53,799 Only the best. 932 00:33:53,865 --> 00:33:56,402 Stop, it's getting hot in here. 933 00:33:56,468 --> 00:33:57,636 Oh, I think you're going to find... 934 00:33:57,703 --> 00:33:59,105 ( knocking ) 935 00:33:59,171 --> 00:34:00,506 Excuse me. 936 00:34:05,111 --> 00:34:05,944 Good evening, Mr. President. 937 00:34:06,011 --> 00:34:07,113 How you doing? 938 00:34:07,179 --> 00:34:08,447 I'm fine, thank you, sir. 939 00:34:08,514 --> 00:34:09,915 I'm sorry, but Leo needs to see you. 940 00:34:09,981 --> 00:34:11,817 Okay. Anyone else? 941 00:34:11,883 --> 00:34:12,918 Yes, sir. Then Toby. 942 00:34:12,984 --> 00:34:13,819 Yeah. 943 00:34:13,885 --> 00:34:15,121 You're young, Charlie. 944 00:34:15,187 --> 00:34:16,488 Don't you want to be having fun right now? 945 00:34:16,555 --> 00:34:18,190 Yes, sir, but I work for you. 946 00:34:18,257 --> 00:34:20,526 I get that a lot. Leo. 947 00:34:22,161 --> 00:34:22,894 Good evening, sir. 948 00:34:22,961 --> 00:34:24,096 Yes? 949 00:34:24,163 --> 00:34:24,930 You look sharp. Thank you. 950 00:34:24,996 --> 00:34:25,931 Hey, Abbey. 951 00:34:25,997 --> 00:34:27,466 Hi, Leo. 952 00:34:27,533 --> 00:34:28,767 What happened? 953 00:34:28,834 --> 00:34:32,404 It sounds like Commando Especial units under Luna 954 00:34:32,471 --> 00:34:35,073 broke into the refinery and took control. 955 00:34:35,141 --> 00:34:36,542 The Americans? 956 00:34:36,608 --> 00:34:37,676 They're safe. 957 00:34:37,743 --> 00:34:39,811 It's over. 958 00:34:39,878 --> 00:34:41,647 Yeah. 959 00:34:41,713 --> 00:34:43,882 Well, we kind of knew it was going to be like this. 960 00:34:43,949 --> 00:34:44,883 Yes, sir. 961 00:34:44,950 --> 00:34:46,017 Jordan still here? Yeah. 962 00:34:46,084 --> 00:34:47,419 All right, have a good night. 963 00:34:47,486 --> 00:34:49,788 You know Toby's lurking out here, right? 964 00:34:49,855 --> 00:34:51,190 Yeah. Toby. 965 00:34:51,257 --> 00:34:52,591 Thank you, Mr. President. 966 00:34:55,093 --> 00:34:55,861 TOBY: Good evening, sir. 967 00:34:55,927 --> 00:34:56,895 Hi. 968 00:34:56,962 --> 00:34:58,330 Good evening, Mrs. Bartlet. 969 00:34:58,397 --> 00:34:59,898 That's a lovely housecoat you're wearing. 970 00:34:59,965 --> 00:35:01,333 Thank you. 971 00:35:01,400 --> 00:35:03,369 Listen, I'm kind of in the middle of something. 972 00:35:03,435 --> 00:35:06,305 Is this anything that could possibly wait until tomorrow? 973 00:35:06,372 --> 00:35:07,773 Of course it is, Mr. President. I'm sorry. 974 00:35:07,839 --> 00:35:09,941 Really, I stopped by 'cause I hadn't told you 975 00:35:10,008 --> 00:35:11,710 that Andy's pregnant. 976 00:35:11,777 --> 00:35:15,414 It's twins and, of course, I'm the father. 977 00:35:15,481 --> 00:35:17,216 Well, that's great. 978 00:35:17,283 --> 00:35:18,950 Well done. See you tomorrow. 979 00:35:19,017 --> 00:35:20,152 Yeah. 980 00:35:20,219 --> 00:35:21,253 Jed. 981 00:35:21,320 --> 00:35:22,621 ( grunts ) 982 00:35:22,688 --> 00:35:24,223 Toby! 983 00:35:24,290 --> 00:35:25,557 Get in here. 984 00:35:29,328 --> 00:35:30,829 I was this close. 985 00:35:32,097 --> 00:35:33,299 Andy's pregnant? 986 00:35:33,365 --> 00:35:35,000 Yeah. It's, uh, twins. 987 00:35:35,066 --> 00:35:36,067 A boy and a, um 988 00:35:36,134 --> 00:35:38,237 uh, a girl. 989 00:35:38,304 --> 00:35:40,806 That is the most wonderful news. 990 00:35:40,872 --> 00:35:41,973 I'm going to cry. 991 00:35:42,040 --> 00:35:43,275 You should marry that girl, Toby. 992 00:35:43,342 --> 00:35:44,310 I'm doing my best, sir. 993 00:35:44,376 --> 00:35:46,878 How far along is she? 994 00:35:46,945 --> 00:35:48,046 End of May. 995 00:35:48,113 --> 00:35:49,715 I have a picture. Wait a second. 996 00:35:49,781 --> 00:35:51,250 End of May? Oh, boy. 997 00:35:51,317 --> 00:35:52,584 This is going to... oh... 998 00:35:52,651 --> 00:35:54,620 Hang on, I'm doing math in my head. 999 00:35:54,686 --> 00:35:55,587 Yeah, end of May? 1000 00:35:55,654 --> 00:35:57,523 Why didn't you tell us until now? 1001 00:35:57,589 --> 00:35:58,790 Jed, he doesn't need a reason. 1002 00:35:58,857 --> 00:36:00,226 Yeah, but he's got one. 1003 00:36:00,292 --> 00:36:02,461 The truth is, I don't, sir. 1004 00:36:02,528 --> 00:36:04,363 At least not a good one. 1005 00:36:04,430 --> 00:36:07,165 I was intimidated by your Catholicism. 1006 00:36:07,233 --> 00:36:08,967 Really? 1007 00:36:09,034 --> 00:36:10,336 Yeah. 1008 00:36:10,402 --> 00:36:11,937 It's my Catholicism, Toby. 1009 00:36:12,003 --> 00:36:13,004 It works for me. 1010 00:36:13,071 --> 00:36:14,273 And me. And her. 1011 00:36:14,340 --> 00:36:16,141 Did you break any laws? 1012 00:36:16,208 --> 00:36:17,509 No, sir. 1013 00:36:17,576 --> 00:36:19,044 Then a blessing on your house, young man. 1014 00:36:19,110 --> 00:36:20,145 Mazel Tov. 1015 00:36:20,212 --> 00:36:22,147 Thank you, sir. 1016 00:36:22,214 --> 00:36:23,982 Thank you, ma'am. 1017 00:36:24,049 --> 00:36:26,184 Okay. 1018 00:36:26,252 --> 00:36:28,754 Is that caviar there? 1019 00:36:28,820 --> 00:36:29,655 Not really, no. 1020 00:36:29,721 --> 00:36:30,856 Let's go. 1021 00:36:37,229 --> 00:36:38,697 WHITAKER: I told Leo McGarry that. 1022 00:36:38,764 --> 00:36:40,999 I said education is the silver bullet. 1023 00:36:41,066 --> 00:36:42,834 That's what this election's about. 1024 00:36:42,901 --> 00:36:45,170 We went in the field, we came up with 1025 00:36:45,237 --> 00:36:46,972 the middle class tax cut that made sense 1026 00:36:47,038 --> 00:36:49,040 plus the 100% tax deductible tuition... 1027 00:36:49,107 --> 00:36:50,108 Excuse me. 1028 00:36:50,175 --> 00:36:52,744 Chris Whitaker, right? 1029 00:36:52,811 --> 00:36:54,613 Yeah, yeah. 1030 00:36:54,680 --> 00:36:55,981 Thank you. 1031 00:36:56,047 --> 00:36:58,116 Thank you, thank you, thank you. 1032 00:36:58,183 --> 00:36:59,251 Well, thank you. 1033 00:36:59,318 --> 00:37:00,686 No, please. 1034 00:37:00,752 --> 00:37:03,088 We're all impressed with how influential you were 1035 00:37:03,154 --> 00:37:04,490 particularly when you consider 1036 00:37:04,556 --> 00:37:06,057 that most of us have never met you. 1037 00:37:06,124 --> 00:37:07,192 ( laughing ) 1038 00:37:07,259 --> 00:37:08,159 But what I'm most grateful for 1039 00:37:08,226 --> 00:37:09,795 is the process story 1040 00:37:09,861 --> 00:37:11,597 which takes attention from the debate 1041 00:37:11,663 --> 00:37:12,898 and focuses it where it belongs 1042 00:37:12,964 --> 00:37:14,232 which is the contest. 1043 00:37:14,300 --> 00:37:16,368 This is the story everyone will be clamoring for 1044 00:37:16,435 --> 00:37:17,903 and I like that you're filling that need. 1045 00:37:17,969 --> 00:37:19,538 And to show my gratitude 1046 00:37:19,605 --> 00:37:21,940 I'm calling all the major news outlets 1047 00:37:22,007 --> 00:37:24,209 and letting them know that I'll be forwarding 1048 00:37:24,276 --> 00:37:26,278 all your confidential memos to the President 1049 00:37:26,345 --> 00:37:28,647 logs of all your calls with him 1050 00:37:28,714 --> 00:37:31,317 Secret Service logs of your meetings inside the White House. 1051 00:37:31,383 --> 00:37:33,952 I really pissed you off, huh? 1052 00:37:34,019 --> 00:37:38,290 Don't disrespect Leo McGarry and Bruno Gianelli. 1053 00:37:43,061 --> 00:37:44,195 Sam. 1054 00:37:44,262 --> 00:37:45,331 I was just on my way. 1055 00:37:45,397 --> 00:37:46,365 What do you guys need? 1056 00:37:46,432 --> 00:37:47,699 We need to talk to you. 1057 00:37:55,774 --> 00:37:58,076 Talk to me about what? 1058 00:37:58,143 --> 00:38:00,346 We think you should run. 1059 00:38:00,412 --> 00:38:03,315 Why? Why would you think something like that? 1060 00:38:03,382 --> 00:38:04,916 Well, it was Josh's idea. 1061 00:38:04,983 --> 00:38:05,917 Actually 1062 00:38:05,984 --> 00:38:07,519 it was Amy's. 1063 00:38:08,687 --> 00:38:09,788 Why? 1064 00:38:09,855 --> 00:38:11,523 Well, I picked a trifecta with the California 47th 1065 00:38:11,590 --> 00:38:12,691 the sheriff's race 1066 00:38:12,758 --> 00:38:14,059 in Arizona and the Tulsa Family Court. 1067 00:38:14,125 --> 00:38:15,160 Well, can I 1068 00:38:15,226 --> 00:38:16,428 just give you the money and not... 1069 00:38:16,495 --> 00:38:17,763 I also think you'd be a home run choice. 1070 00:38:17,829 --> 00:38:19,831 You're going to raise a lot of money. 1071 00:38:19,898 --> 00:38:21,600 I'm going to help you and I have a hunch the President 1072 00:38:21,667 --> 00:38:22,768 who just won a landslide 1073 00:38:22,834 --> 00:38:24,470 will be making some visits as well. 1074 00:38:24,536 --> 00:38:28,106 You'll be the best funded Democrat ever to run in 47. 1075 00:38:28,173 --> 00:38:30,942 You're not going to win, so you can't lose. 1076 00:38:35,113 --> 00:38:38,750 I think you'd energize the state party. 1077 00:38:38,817 --> 00:38:41,687 We're not going to let you look like a fool. 1078 00:38:41,753 --> 00:38:43,422 We won't allow it. 1079 00:38:43,489 --> 00:38:45,323 What do you think? 1080 00:38:48,694 --> 00:38:50,462 I don't think you should do it. 1081 00:38:50,529 --> 00:38:52,364 Energizing the state party's good. 1082 00:38:52,431 --> 00:38:54,600 A well-funded airing of the issues is good. 1083 00:38:54,666 --> 00:38:56,635 So is mollifying House Democrats 1084 00:38:56,702 --> 00:38:58,604 but you have to ask yourself, is it worth it? 1085 00:38:58,670 --> 00:39:00,506 You're going to lose. 1086 00:39:00,572 --> 00:39:03,942 A Democrat's always going to lose in the 47th. 1087 00:39:04,009 --> 00:39:05,276 Can't just pick up and try someplace else. 1088 00:39:05,343 --> 00:39:07,178 They have a name for that. 1089 00:39:07,245 --> 00:39:10,215 I don't know. 1090 00:39:10,281 --> 00:39:12,818 I don't know. 1091 00:39:12,884 --> 00:39:14,886 I worked in a State Assembly race in Manhattan 1092 00:39:14,953 --> 00:39:16,321 in a district where Democrats 1093 00:39:16,388 --> 00:39:18,490 outnumbered Republicans 16 to one. 1094 00:39:18,557 --> 00:39:20,025 But everywhere we went 1095 00:39:20,091 --> 00:39:22,494 there'd be one lone poster of a right-wing nutbar 1096 00:39:22,561 --> 00:39:24,463 who wanted to eliminate the income tax. 1097 00:39:24,530 --> 00:39:26,698 And he was holding up signs 1098 00:39:26,765 --> 00:39:28,233 and canvassing everywhere 1099 00:39:28,299 --> 00:39:29,267 and bugging the local reporters 1100 00:39:29,334 --> 00:39:32,003 until we had to comment on it. 1101 00:39:32,070 --> 00:39:34,105 So I introduced myself to his campaign manager 1102 00:39:34,172 --> 00:39:36,642 and I said, "What are you doing? 1103 00:39:36,708 --> 00:39:39,244 "Your candidate doesn't have a chance 1104 00:39:39,310 --> 00:39:42,147 and neither do your issues." 1105 00:39:42,213 --> 00:39:43,849 He said, "This is what I believe. 1106 00:39:43,915 --> 00:39:45,050 "And no candidate 1107 00:39:45,116 --> 00:39:46,585 "gets to run in my district 1108 00:39:46,652 --> 00:39:49,320 without speaking to my issues." 1109 00:39:49,387 --> 00:39:52,090 I came this close to voting for him. 1110 00:39:52,157 --> 00:39:54,660 So... 1111 00:39:54,726 --> 00:39:57,729 I don't know about what you just said. 1112 00:40:00,398 --> 00:40:01,900 Then I think you should win. 1113 00:40:04,402 --> 00:40:05,437 ( knocking ) 1114 00:40:05,504 --> 00:40:06,772 I'm sorry. 1115 00:40:06,838 --> 00:40:08,607 I finally got Mrs. Wilde on the phone. 1116 00:40:10,108 --> 00:40:11,109 All right. 1117 00:40:13,211 --> 00:40:14,212 "All right," what? 1118 00:40:14,279 --> 00:40:15,881 All right. 1119 00:40:15,947 --> 00:40:17,749 And get me Will Bailey on the phone, too. 1120 00:40:17,816 --> 00:40:19,050 You think he's still up? 1121 00:40:19,117 --> 00:40:20,118 Oh, yeah. No problem. 1122 00:40:21,853 --> 00:40:24,456 I'm going to take this call. 1123 00:40:24,523 --> 00:40:25,991 We'll go with you. 1124 00:40:55,353 --> 00:40:56,688 Boy, you're in the Air Force 1125 00:40:56,755 --> 00:40:58,657 the private sector, the Labor Department 1126 00:40:58,724 --> 00:41:00,025 two presidential campaigns 1127 00:41:00,091 --> 00:41:02,894 and rehab and you think you've seen it all 1128 00:41:02,961 --> 00:41:05,030 but it turns out you haven't 1129 00:41:05,096 --> 00:41:06,698 'cause Sam Seaborn is going to be 1130 00:41:06,765 --> 00:41:08,534 the Democratic Candidate for Congress 1131 00:41:08,600 --> 00:41:10,035 in Orange County. 1132 00:41:10,101 --> 00:41:11,703 I know. I think it's terrific. 1133 00:41:11,770 --> 00:41:14,105 But I would've thought you'd be unhappy. 1134 00:41:14,172 --> 00:41:14,940 Why? 1135 00:41:15,006 --> 00:41:16,508 He's going to get crushed 1136 00:41:16,575 --> 00:41:17,776 and I wouldn't think 1137 00:41:17,843 --> 00:41:19,344 it would reflect well on your boss. 1138 00:41:19,410 --> 00:41:24,983 Well, let me tell you something about process, Dr. Kendall 1139 00:41:25,050 --> 00:41:30,522 and I'll do so while tuning this radio to WNKW 1140 00:41:30,589 --> 00:41:32,558 "The Music of Your Life..." 1141 00:41:32,624 --> 00:41:34,793 ( soft music plays ) 1142 00:41:34,860 --> 00:41:36,695 ...and begging the sun for one more 1143 00:41:36,762 --> 00:41:39,397 moment of moonlight. 1144 00:41:39,464 --> 00:41:42,601 Speaking of the moon. 1145 00:41:42,668 --> 00:41:44,770 Luna took power tonight. 1146 00:41:44,836 --> 00:41:47,573 About three dozen people are dead 1147 00:41:47,639 --> 00:41:50,275 and Ignacio's under arrest. 1148 00:41:50,341 --> 00:41:51,977 He'll be dead soon. 1149 00:41:52,043 --> 00:41:56,548 Well... 1150 00:41:56,615 --> 00:41:58,183 Luna's who you wanted. 1151 00:42:00,619 --> 00:42:03,288 The process matters more than the outcome 1152 00:42:03,354 --> 00:42:07,993 and that's what we wanted. 1153 00:42:08,059 --> 00:42:12,230 And therein endeth the lesson. 1154 00:42:17,435 --> 00:42:19,037 Will you dance with me? 1155 00:42:20,038 --> 00:42:21,907 Yes.