1 00:00:05,005 --> 00:00:06,907 Previously on The West Wing: 2 00:00:06,974 --> 00:00:08,542 Andy's pregnant, it's twins 3 00:00:08,609 --> 00:00:10,711 and, of course, I'm the father. 4 00:00:10,778 --> 00:00:12,313 You know I'm going to get sued. 5 00:00:12,380 --> 00:00:13,647 I work for Senator Hoynes. 6 00:00:13,714 --> 00:00:15,116 Yeah. 7 00:00:15,183 --> 00:00:17,751 Sometimes I wonder if I'd listened to you two years ago 8 00:00:17,818 --> 00:00:19,253 would I be President right now? 9 00:00:19,320 --> 00:00:20,388 You did it for the widow. 10 00:00:20,454 --> 00:00:22,323 SAM: And for Will Bailey 11 00:00:22,390 --> 00:00:25,059 who was running the campaign and worked his ass off. 12 00:00:25,126 --> 00:00:28,462 You might be asked first thing tomorrow if you're endorsing me. 13 00:00:28,529 --> 00:00:29,830 Am I? 14 00:00:29,897 --> 00:00:31,732 Toby, is the President endorsing Sam? 15 00:00:31,799 --> 00:00:32,966 We think you should run. 16 00:00:33,033 --> 00:00:33,901 What do you think? 17 00:00:33,967 --> 00:00:35,136 I think you should win. 18 00:00:38,005 --> 00:00:39,407 C.J.: Mr. President, how do you 19 00:00:39,473 --> 00:00:41,175 interpret the margin of victory? 20 00:00:41,242 --> 00:00:43,010 PRESIDENT: Well, the votes have been counted 21 00:00:43,077 --> 00:00:45,813 and the people have spoken, and it's clear that their will 22 00:00:45,879 --> 00:00:48,316 is for me to be able to do and have anything I want. 23 00:00:48,382 --> 00:00:50,318 Mr. President, Arnold White, Associated Press: 24 00:00:50,384 --> 00:00:52,553 What's the first legislative priority for your second term? 25 00:00:52,620 --> 00:00:54,155 There's a new guy from AP? 26 00:00:54,222 --> 00:00:55,989 Yeah, what's your legislative priority? 27 00:00:56,056 --> 00:00:57,758 Well the President of Turkmenistan 28 00:00:57,825 --> 00:01:00,328 just officially extended the date of adolescence to 25. 29 00:01:00,394 --> 00:01:01,995 So, things like that. 30 00:01:02,062 --> 00:01:04,898 LEO: I think he also renamed the month of January after himself. 31 00:01:04,965 --> 00:01:05,866 That's just greedy. 32 00:01:05,933 --> 00:01:07,235 Real power is knowing when 33 00:01:07,301 --> 00:01:09,103 to leave a little something on the table. 34 00:01:09,170 --> 00:01:10,571 C.J.: Sir, what legislative... 35 00:01:10,638 --> 00:01:12,773 Patients' Bill of Rights, prescription drugs 36 00:01:12,840 --> 00:01:14,942 keeping the economy growing, find a surplus again 37 00:01:15,008 --> 00:01:16,544 keep the surplus growing 38 00:01:16,610 --> 00:01:20,047 use the surplus to build schools worthy of defending the military 39 00:01:20,114 --> 00:01:21,882 that Fitz and Hutchinson are gonna build 40 00:01:21,949 --> 00:01:24,552 to fight urban wars, then pay the teachers some money. 41 00:01:24,618 --> 00:01:26,120 Okay, sir, I asked you for 42 00:01:26,187 --> 00:01:28,021 a legislative priority, you gave me nine. 43 00:01:28,088 --> 00:01:29,323 It's a big country, Arnold. 44 00:01:29,390 --> 00:01:31,325 Debbie! Where the hell, first of all 45 00:01:31,392 --> 00:01:32,593 are you and where are my... 46 00:01:32,660 --> 00:01:35,496 You left your glasses in the mansion... 47 00:01:35,563 --> 00:01:37,498 and the Ipswich clams in Chesapeake Bay 48 00:01:37,565 --> 00:01:39,200 can hear you bellowing right now. 49 00:01:39,267 --> 00:01:41,669 Ipswich clams don't come from Chesapeake Bay. 50 00:01:41,735 --> 00:01:42,670 They come from Ipswich. 51 00:01:42,736 --> 00:01:43,637 Not anymore. 52 00:01:43,704 --> 00:01:44,905 Have her beheaded for my birthday. 53 00:01:44,972 --> 00:01:46,106 Good morning, sir. Good morning. 54 00:01:46,174 --> 00:01:47,741 They'll ask you how you feel 55 00:01:47,808 --> 00:01:49,710 about housing starts going down. I don't care. 56 00:01:49,777 --> 00:01:51,245 C.J.: Sir... Long as I'm keeping this one. 57 00:01:51,312 --> 00:01:52,112 GDP growth is strong. 58 00:01:52,180 --> 00:01:53,581 You bet your ass it is. 59 00:01:53,647 --> 00:01:56,350 Which, by the way, I can pat anytime I want now. 60 00:01:56,417 --> 00:01:57,585 The voters have spoken. 61 00:01:57,651 --> 00:01:59,353 Lowest inflation in 20 years. 62 00:01:59,420 --> 00:02:01,522 Housing starts are cyclical, which is the thing. 63 00:02:01,589 --> 00:02:02,690 What do you got? 64 00:02:02,756 --> 00:02:04,858 There's gonna be a lot of flooding in Missouri. 65 00:02:04,925 --> 00:02:05,826 FEMA's on the ground? 66 00:02:05,893 --> 00:02:06,894 Yeah. All right. 67 00:02:06,960 --> 00:02:08,196 I've got the Swiss Ambassador 68 00:02:08,262 --> 00:02:09,597 in my office, I don't know why. 69 00:02:09,663 --> 00:02:11,299 Sir, you and I enjoy your funny jokes 70 00:02:11,365 --> 00:02:13,000 but Idaho, you know, not so much. 71 00:02:13,066 --> 00:02:13,901 You'll take it easy in there? 72 00:02:13,967 --> 00:02:15,669 I know my people. 73 00:02:15,736 --> 00:02:18,038 Yeah, sometimes it's hard to believe I'm one of 'em. 74 00:02:18,105 --> 00:02:19,307 Good luck. Thank you. 75 00:02:30,384 --> 00:02:32,019 Ambassador Von Rutte. 76 00:02:32,085 --> 00:02:33,354 Okay. 77 00:02:33,421 --> 00:02:35,923 Thank you for seeing me without an appointment. 78 00:02:35,989 --> 00:02:36,924 What's going on? 79 00:02:36,990 --> 00:02:38,926 A communication from Teheran. 80 00:02:38,992 --> 00:02:40,894 You understand our mission is the only one... 81 00:02:40,961 --> 00:02:44,365 The President appreciates it. 82 00:02:44,432 --> 00:02:48,836 The ayatollah's son has a congenital heart condition 83 00:02:48,902 --> 00:02:50,671 Eisenmenger's Syndrome. 84 00:02:50,738 --> 00:02:54,775 His best chance is a simultaneous heart and lung transplant. 85 00:02:54,842 --> 00:02:56,109 They ask Japan? 86 00:02:56,176 --> 00:02:57,578 Their procedure's different. 87 00:02:57,645 --> 00:02:58,446 They want yours. 88 00:02:58,512 --> 00:02:59,813 What's wrong with Japan's? 89 00:02:59,880 --> 00:03:03,251 Well, I don't know how to, um... 90 00:03:03,317 --> 00:03:04,418 No one's... 91 00:03:04,485 --> 00:03:05,719 It hasn't been successful? No. 92 00:03:05,786 --> 00:03:07,355 Not once? No. 93 00:03:07,421 --> 00:03:08,822 Okay, then ours is better. 94 00:03:08,889 --> 00:03:10,023 Anybody else do this? 95 00:03:10,090 --> 00:03:11,525 Just the U.S. and Japan. 96 00:03:11,592 --> 00:03:13,294 No, Japan doesn't do it yet. 97 00:03:13,361 --> 00:03:14,928 Coming close doesn't matter on this. 98 00:03:14,995 --> 00:03:17,097 It's not the Gemini missions. 99 00:03:17,164 --> 00:03:20,133 I'm gonna talk to the President, Chris, but if it means 100 00:03:20,200 --> 00:03:22,470 bumping an American off the donor lists... 101 00:03:22,536 --> 00:03:24,805 Iran has a donor. 102 00:03:24,872 --> 00:03:27,308 A donor or a dissenter? 103 00:03:27,375 --> 00:03:29,310 This is from Doctors Without Borders. 104 00:03:29,377 --> 00:03:31,144 It wasn't directly from the ayatollah? 105 00:03:31,211 --> 00:03:33,881 They were approached by the ayatollah's brother-in-law. 106 00:03:33,947 --> 00:03:37,084 This is coming through you, through an NGO 107 00:03:37,150 --> 00:03:39,086 through the brother-in-law. 108 00:03:39,152 --> 00:03:42,556 Guy's gonna put his son's life in the hands of the infidels 109 00:03:42,623 --> 00:03:44,492 but he'll keep his distance, huh? 110 00:03:44,558 --> 00:03:46,294 The hard-liners control the Majlis. 111 00:03:46,360 --> 00:03:49,430 Things are difficult for him with the Shehab missile tests. 112 00:03:49,497 --> 00:03:51,865 He cannot have a problem with his right flank. 113 00:03:51,932 --> 00:03:54,802 No, much better we should have a problem with ours. 114 00:03:58,138 --> 00:03:59,340 I'll talk to him. 115 00:03:59,407 --> 00:04:00,374 The President? 116 00:04:00,441 --> 00:04:02,109 Don't get me wrong, Mark. 117 00:04:02,175 --> 00:04:04,278 I think January is a good month. 118 00:04:04,345 --> 00:04:07,348 Yeah, the President, Generalissimo... 119 00:04:07,415 --> 00:04:09,783 whatever he comes back as. 120 00:05:02,135 --> 00:05:03,103 ( groans ) 121 00:05:03,170 --> 00:05:04,104 Messages. 122 00:05:04,171 --> 00:05:05,172 Goodwin at AP. 123 00:05:05,238 --> 00:05:06,807 What else? 124 00:05:06,874 --> 00:05:08,742 Judy Vanderbass, who's the wife of our Ambassador to Vietnam. 125 00:05:08,809 --> 00:05:10,478 You've been to her house for dinner. 126 00:05:10,544 --> 00:05:13,614 Yeah I'm pretty sure I ate a Springer Spaniel. 127 00:05:13,681 --> 00:05:15,115 Why's AP on my phone sheet? 128 00:05:15,182 --> 00:05:16,784 'Cause Triplehorn told him you are the reason 129 00:05:16,850 --> 00:05:18,919 there won't be a deal on prescription drugs. 130 00:05:18,986 --> 00:05:19,720 I'm the reason? 131 00:05:19,787 --> 00:05:20,921 "With Lyman negotiating..." 132 00:05:20,988 --> 00:05:22,089 ( slams folder on desk ) 133 00:05:22,155 --> 00:05:23,290 Yeah. I'm starting to feel 134 00:05:23,357 --> 00:05:25,058 ill-will toward the minority leader. 135 00:05:25,125 --> 00:05:27,495 And I've had it up to here with the Welsh. I'm not kidding. 136 00:05:27,561 --> 00:05:30,464 He was campaigning with us, like, a half-hour ago. 137 00:05:30,531 --> 00:05:32,099 School's back. Go see him. 138 00:05:32,165 --> 00:05:33,166 Let's call that Plan A. 139 00:05:33,233 --> 00:05:34,067 Plan B is you go see him. 140 00:05:34,134 --> 00:05:35,335 Karen Kroft. 141 00:05:35,403 --> 00:05:36,737 And National Parks screw me up again. 142 00:05:36,804 --> 00:05:37,971 Yeah. 143 00:05:38,038 --> 00:05:39,507 ( groans ) 144 00:05:39,573 --> 00:05:43,176 I'm going to head up to the Leader's Office. 145 00:05:43,243 --> 00:05:45,413 See if you can get me the first three minutes he has. 146 00:05:45,479 --> 00:05:46,947 And Judy Vanderbass? 147 00:05:47,014 --> 00:05:50,484 Let's do this: find out what her problem is, solve it 148 00:05:50,551 --> 00:05:52,586 and then, I don't know, do something else. 149 00:05:52,653 --> 00:05:54,054 You're the reason there are term limits. 150 00:05:54,121 --> 00:05:56,957 Yeah? You're the reason... 151 00:05:58,626 --> 00:06:01,629 Nothing, nothing's happening, nothing's there. 152 00:06:13,807 --> 00:06:14,875 ( sighs ) 153 00:06:22,816 --> 00:06:26,520 The view from the canvas, it's educational, you know. 154 00:06:26,587 --> 00:06:29,222 Yeah, I've had extensive education. 155 00:06:29,289 --> 00:06:31,091 ( sighs ) 156 00:06:31,158 --> 00:06:34,828 What was the final... margin? 157 00:06:34,895 --> 00:06:37,731 127 votes. 158 00:06:37,798 --> 00:06:39,366 A hundred and twenty-seven. 159 00:06:39,433 --> 00:06:41,469 That's about 12 lawn signs. 160 00:06:41,535 --> 00:06:42,903 Wasn't your last election also... 161 00:06:42,970 --> 00:06:44,672 82 votes. 162 00:06:44,738 --> 00:06:51,579 The President says all you need is one, the rest is for ego. 163 00:06:51,645 --> 00:06:54,515 Uh-huh, and how many did the President win by? 164 00:06:54,582 --> 00:06:55,849 About 31/////2 million. 165 00:06:55,916 --> 00:06:57,017 Yeah. 166 00:06:57,084 --> 00:06:59,019 He's got a pretty healthy ego, though. 167 00:06:59,086 --> 00:07:00,087 I don't know. 168 00:07:00,153 --> 00:07:02,055 Maybe the job wasn't for me. 169 00:07:02,122 --> 00:07:03,624 I like land, I like dirt... 170 00:07:03,691 --> 00:07:07,394 I like things that live on land and dirt. 171 00:07:07,461 --> 00:07:08,462 I like hotels. 172 00:07:08,529 --> 00:07:10,297 I like a good concierge. 173 00:07:10,363 --> 00:07:13,233 Could you be a little more sympathetic? 174 00:07:13,300 --> 00:07:14,602 I'm a loser. 175 00:07:14,668 --> 00:07:16,136 Not a big one. 176 00:07:16,203 --> 00:07:19,640 Okay. 177 00:07:19,707 --> 00:07:22,610 The President thinks there's a place for you. 178 00:07:22,676 --> 00:07:24,444 That's nice of you guys. 179 00:07:24,512 --> 00:07:26,980 It really is... but I was thinking about.... 180 00:07:27,047 --> 00:07:30,518 I don't know, I was thinking about maybe trying for a job 181 00:07:30,584 --> 00:07:32,586 with the National Park Service. 182 00:07:32,653 --> 00:07:35,789 Huh. We were thinking the same thing. 183 00:07:35,856 --> 00:07:37,825 A job with the National Park Service? 184 00:07:37,891 --> 00:07:38,992 Yeah. 185 00:07:39,059 --> 00:07:40,594 As what? 186 00:07:40,661 --> 00:07:43,130 The Director of the National Park Service. 187 00:07:43,196 --> 00:07:45,098 Are you kidding me? 188 00:07:45,165 --> 00:07:46,266 No. 189 00:07:46,333 --> 00:07:47,801 You're not kidding? 190 00:07:47,868 --> 00:07:49,603 No. 191 00:07:49,670 --> 00:07:51,505 Is this just because... 192 00:07:51,572 --> 00:07:53,440 Do you want it? Yes. 193 00:07:53,507 --> 00:07:55,509 Yes. 194 00:07:55,576 --> 00:07:57,578 Then get yourself a big hat 195 00:07:57,645 --> 00:08:00,714 and Leo's gonna call you in a couple of hours. 196 00:08:05,018 --> 00:08:07,688 Susan, Karnow and Duffy are the first three for tea. 197 00:08:07,755 --> 00:08:09,089 Okay. All's well that ends well. 198 00:08:09,156 --> 00:08:10,090 Karen Kroft? Yes. 199 00:08:10,157 --> 00:08:11,559 National Parks Chairman? Yes. 200 00:08:11,625 --> 00:08:13,326 Nice. She was very happy. 201 00:08:13,393 --> 00:08:15,863 I think Andy's about to get sued for election fraud. 202 00:08:15,929 --> 00:08:17,631 Andy was trying to get sued for election fraud. 203 00:08:17,698 --> 00:08:19,867 Really? Yeah, she's a pistol. 204 00:08:28,008 --> 00:08:30,010 C.J.: Before I forget, Susan, Karnow and Duffy 205 00:08:30,077 --> 00:08:31,679 are the first three for tea with the President 206 00:08:31,745 --> 00:08:33,246 at 3:00 p.m. in the Map Room. 207 00:08:33,313 --> 00:08:34,715 Susan, Karnow and Duffy. 208 00:08:34,782 --> 00:08:36,817 Next week it's Mark, Leslie and Eric. 209 00:08:36,884 --> 00:08:38,418 MARK: Who's running Sam's campaign? 210 00:08:38,485 --> 00:08:39,920 Sam's putting his team together 211 00:08:39,987 --> 00:08:42,022 and I'm gonna start referring those questions 212 00:08:42,089 --> 00:08:43,523 to the campaign's press office. 213 00:08:43,591 --> 00:08:45,125 Let's start with John, then Katie. 214 00:08:48,629 --> 00:08:51,832 REPORTER: Mr. Seaborn, how does it feel to have the nomination? 215 00:08:51,899 --> 00:08:54,034 SAM: There is no nomination, there's a primary 216 00:08:54,101 --> 00:08:56,837 and if someone gets 50% of the vote, there's no general. 217 00:08:56,904 --> 00:08:58,806 But there are no other Democrats running 218 00:08:58,872 --> 00:09:00,407 and the party's endorsing you. 219 00:09:00,473 --> 00:09:02,542 Yes. So wouldn't you say you're the nominee? 220 00:09:02,610 --> 00:09:03,844 I suppose you'd have to, yes. 221 00:09:03,911 --> 00:09:05,412 Have you staffed the key positions yet? 222 00:09:05,478 --> 00:09:08,515 I'm gonna let Will Bailey answer those questions. 223 00:09:08,582 --> 00:09:09,983 Yeah, the Campaign Manager is Scott Holcomb 224 00:09:10,050 --> 00:09:11,885 Finance Director is Betsy Wadkins 225 00:09:11,952 --> 00:09:14,087 Communications Director is Mark Stearns... 226 00:09:14,154 --> 00:09:15,789 Excuse me for a second. Can I talk to you? 227 00:09:15,856 --> 00:09:17,858 Yes, sir. Political Director is Tom Baker 228 00:09:17,925 --> 00:09:20,427 and the Volunteer Coordinator is Paula Montgomery. 229 00:09:20,493 --> 00:09:21,595 Over here, please. 230 00:09:21,662 --> 00:09:22,930 Thank you. 231 00:09:31,872 --> 00:09:32,539 Hi. 232 00:09:32,606 --> 00:09:33,674 Hi. 233 00:09:33,741 --> 00:09:34,608 Scott's campaign manager? Yes. 234 00:09:34,675 --> 00:09:35,743 What's your title? 235 00:09:35,809 --> 00:09:36,844 Citizen Bailey. I'm not kidding. 236 00:09:36,910 --> 00:09:38,646 I'm the Chancellor of Germany. 237 00:09:38,712 --> 00:09:40,914 Not the Chancellor per se... Will, what the hell is going on? 238 00:09:40,981 --> 00:09:42,750 Yeah. Your team's in the field. 239 00:09:42,816 --> 00:09:44,084 What are you talking about? Yeah, Will. 240 00:09:44,151 --> 00:09:45,719 Okay, you and I had this conversation 241 00:09:45,786 --> 00:09:47,855 for two hours yesterday. What are you doing? 242 00:09:47,921 --> 00:09:48,889 I don't think you should go. 243 00:09:48,956 --> 00:09:50,624 You made that clear yesterday. 244 00:09:50,691 --> 00:09:51,692 And I'm doing this now. 245 00:09:51,759 --> 00:09:52,926 SAM: Will... Listen to me. 246 00:09:52,993 --> 00:09:54,527 There are too many chiefs around here. 247 00:09:54,594 --> 00:09:56,797 Well, I'll get rid of some of them. No, you want them. 248 00:09:56,864 --> 00:09:59,599 Scott Holcomb and Betsy, these guys are the best. 249 00:09:59,667 --> 00:10:01,769 We just went from 435 House races to one. 250 00:10:01,835 --> 00:10:03,170 You get the all-star team. 251 00:10:03,236 --> 00:10:05,372 He doesn't want the best, he wants you. 252 00:10:05,438 --> 00:10:08,441 Yes, but the Republicans are starting their starters 253 00:10:08,508 --> 00:10:09,843 so you got to match up. 254 00:10:09,910 --> 00:10:12,846 We match up fine, and you got me into this. 255 00:10:12,913 --> 00:10:14,114 Well, you got you into this 256 00:10:14,181 --> 00:10:16,449 but I owe you the best possible chance to win 257 00:10:16,516 --> 00:10:18,051 and I owe that to Mr. Wilde. 258 00:10:18,118 --> 00:10:20,353 That's ridiculous. Tell him that's ridiculous. 259 00:10:20,420 --> 00:10:21,889 I took the race to show the DNC 260 00:10:21,955 --> 00:10:23,857 that no district should be ignored. 261 00:10:23,924 --> 00:10:25,959 What are you gonna do? 262 00:10:26,026 --> 00:10:27,194 I'm gonna stick around here 263 00:10:27,260 --> 00:10:29,096 for a week and help and thank some people 264 00:10:29,162 --> 00:10:30,197 and then I'm gonna take a vacation. 265 00:10:30,263 --> 00:10:31,064 Where? 266 00:10:31,131 --> 00:10:33,133 I don't know-- France, Italy 267 00:10:33,200 --> 00:10:34,902 Wales... maybe EPCOT. 268 00:10:36,169 --> 00:10:37,204 All right. 269 00:10:37,270 --> 00:10:39,539 All right, I got to head back to Washington. 270 00:10:39,606 --> 00:10:41,108 I'll see you day after tomorrow. 271 00:10:41,174 --> 00:10:42,009 Have a good flight. 272 00:10:42,075 --> 00:10:43,543 Thank you. Have a good flight, Sam. 273 00:10:43,610 --> 00:10:44,544 Thank you. 274 00:10:44,611 --> 00:10:45,746 EPCOT? 275 00:10:45,813 --> 00:10:46,747 I was kidding. 276 00:10:46,814 --> 00:10:48,081 Ah. Didn't know. Yeah. 277 00:10:56,489 --> 00:10:57,791 Sir? 278 00:10:57,858 --> 00:11:00,828 Yeah. It's called penmanship, Watson. 279 00:11:00,894 --> 00:11:02,796 Something your generation wouldn't know about 280 00:11:02,863 --> 00:11:04,631 because of the computers. 281 00:11:04,698 --> 00:11:07,300 How many of these things am I doing? 282 00:11:07,367 --> 00:11:08,335 Sixty. 283 00:11:08,401 --> 00:11:09,636 How many have I done? 284 00:11:09,703 --> 00:11:10,838 Three. Three? 285 00:11:10,904 --> 00:11:12,740 Yeah, this is what I'm talking about. 286 00:11:12,806 --> 00:11:14,307 Your system's slowing me down. 287 00:11:14,374 --> 00:11:15,408 I don't have a system. 288 00:11:15,475 --> 00:11:17,210 You're kidding! 289 00:11:17,277 --> 00:11:18,311 You ready? 290 00:11:18,378 --> 00:11:19,980 Hey, can't we have color codings 291 00:11:20,047 --> 00:11:21,348 and stickers priority lists? 292 00:11:21,414 --> 00:11:23,683 Can I get A little bureaucracy going here? 293 00:11:23,751 --> 00:11:25,218 What are you doing? 294 00:11:25,285 --> 00:11:27,420 I'm doing basically what the President does. 295 00:11:27,487 --> 00:11:30,423 Ask people for things, then thank them for things. 296 00:11:30,490 --> 00:11:31,759 Let's go. 297 00:11:31,825 --> 00:11:33,626 Take the calls to the Mansion. 298 00:11:33,693 --> 00:11:35,595 I'll meet you there after this. 299 00:11:35,662 --> 00:11:36,830 Yes, sir. 300 00:11:36,897 --> 00:11:38,365 ( electronic beep ) 301 00:11:40,100 --> 00:11:41,701 We had a couple of cats 302 00:11:41,769 --> 00:11:44,905 when the kids were kids named Mr. Finch and Mrs. Wilburforce 303 00:11:44,972 --> 00:11:47,040 or something-- I can't remember-- but... 304 00:11:47,107 --> 00:11:49,442 You know I've never really liked human names for animals. 305 00:11:49,509 --> 00:11:51,111 Really? Yeah. 306 00:11:51,178 --> 00:11:54,347 Okay, well, I can't believe my kids didn't think to ask you 307 00:11:54,414 --> 00:11:57,117 what to name the cats, but they used to bring mice 308 00:11:57,184 --> 00:11:58,718 into the house and show 'em to me. 309 00:11:58,786 --> 00:12:01,554 Yeah? This is how I'm starting to feel about the Swiss. 310 00:12:01,621 --> 00:12:02,522 Yeah. 311 00:12:02,589 --> 00:12:03,757 Good morning. 312 00:12:03,824 --> 00:12:04,925 Good morning, sir. Morning, Mr. President. 313 00:12:04,992 --> 00:12:06,526 Tell me about the boy. 314 00:12:06,593 --> 00:12:09,196 He and a guardian have crossed the border into Kandahar. 315 00:12:09,262 --> 00:12:11,064 A U.N. cargo plane is on the ground. 316 00:12:11,131 --> 00:12:12,900 It's gonna leave at 11:45 Zulu 317 00:12:12,966 --> 00:12:14,267 if you say okay. 318 00:12:14,334 --> 00:12:15,769 11:45? Yes, sir. 319 00:12:15,836 --> 00:12:17,137 That's eleven minutes from now. 320 00:12:17,204 --> 00:12:18,438 Yes, sir. 321 00:12:18,505 --> 00:12:19,907 This meeting's a little premature, isn't it? 322 00:12:19,973 --> 00:12:23,110 We should wait ten minutes. Yes, sir. 323 00:12:23,176 --> 00:12:25,478 This meeting doesn't go in the sit room anymore, okay. 324 00:12:25,545 --> 00:12:26,980 I don't know why the hell it's here. 325 00:12:27,047 --> 00:12:28,748 This isn't a military operation. 326 00:12:28,816 --> 00:12:30,117 It's a secure room. 327 00:12:30,183 --> 00:12:32,820 My office is a secure room, too, isn't it? 328 00:12:32,886 --> 00:12:34,654 Please, somebody tell me it is 329 00:12:34,721 --> 00:12:36,356 or I got to go pack some stuff. 330 00:12:36,423 --> 00:12:36,990 You see my point? 331 00:12:37,057 --> 00:12:38,491 What about the organs? 332 00:12:38,558 --> 00:12:41,128 The organs are in Zurich. ( President laughs ) 333 00:12:41,194 --> 00:12:43,163 I'm sorry, that sounded funny to me. 334 00:12:43,230 --> 00:12:45,732 I'm the kid in bio who laughed all the time. 335 00:12:45,799 --> 00:12:48,301 Then on to Paris on Swissair. 336 00:12:48,368 --> 00:12:49,702 Coach? 337 00:12:49,769 --> 00:12:50,403 I don't... 338 00:12:50,470 --> 00:12:50,904 Then New York? 339 00:12:50,971 --> 00:12:52,072 Yes, sir. 340 00:12:52,139 --> 00:12:53,807 So the heart and lungs get here first. 341 00:12:53,874 --> 00:12:57,410 They can last about 40 hours; the flight from Tehran's 15. 342 00:12:57,477 --> 00:13:00,413 Now what's left is to line up a doctor and get the funding. 343 00:13:00,480 --> 00:13:01,281 Go around the room. 344 00:13:01,348 --> 00:13:02,983 If it leaks, you got the clerics. 345 00:13:03,050 --> 00:13:04,985 But it sends a message to the reformists. 346 00:13:05,052 --> 00:13:07,687 Thank you, at a time when they're breaking 70% in local elections. 347 00:13:07,754 --> 00:13:09,356 If you're looking for ways 348 00:13:09,422 --> 00:13:12,125 to temper support for the Shi'ites, I don't recommend... 349 00:13:12,192 --> 00:13:14,928 A benevolent power must... Please, this is not the time 350 00:13:14,995 --> 00:13:16,329 And let's not forget about the Shehab program 351 00:13:16,396 --> 00:13:20,367 and what's-his-name and the transport corridors 352 00:13:20,433 --> 00:13:23,270 The Shi'ites, Manny, that's what you want me 353 00:13:23,336 --> 00:13:26,373 to take back to my thoracic surgeon wife? 354 00:13:26,439 --> 00:13:29,109 Get this boy in preop. 355 00:13:29,176 --> 00:13:31,078 Somebody tell the Swiss to stop standing 356 00:13:31,144 --> 00:13:33,613 in the damn doorway with a mouse in their mouth. 357 00:13:33,680 --> 00:13:35,148 If they're coming in, come in. 358 00:13:35,215 --> 00:13:37,951 You won't regret it, sir. It won't leak. 359 00:13:38,018 --> 00:13:39,719 No, 'cause we were all in a secure room 360 00:13:39,786 --> 00:13:42,555 except for the ayatollah's staff, a Swissair pilot 361 00:13:42,622 --> 00:13:43,790 and 400 other people. 362 00:13:43,857 --> 00:13:45,458 Laney, is this gonna leak? 363 00:13:45,525 --> 00:13:46,759 Well... 364 00:13:46,826 --> 00:13:48,195 I feel better already. 365 00:13:50,630 --> 00:13:52,933 Mr. Finch and Mrs. Wilburforce. 366 00:13:53,000 --> 00:13:55,302 There's nothing wrong with my memory. 367 00:13:55,368 --> 00:13:57,204 Though those are stupid names 368 00:13:57,270 --> 00:14:00,007 and there's something wrong with my kids. 369 00:14:20,527 --> 00:14:21,861 Come on, Josh. 370 00:14:26,066 --> 00:14:27,867 You know, the Senate's out of session. 371 00:14:27,935 --> 00:14:29,602 You ought to think about putting 372 00:14:29,669 --> 00:14:31,138 a Ping-Pong table out here. 373 00:14:31,204 --> 00:14:33,006 I don't think that would be such a good idea. 374 00:14:33,073 --> 00:14:33,974 A couple of quick rounds 375 00:14:34,041 --> 00:14:35,042 between cloture motions. 376 00:14:35,108 --> 00:14:35,909 Just because the Senate's 377 00:14:35,976 --> 00:14:36,876 not in session... 378 00:14:36,944 --> 00:14:38,111 I'm kidding, Senator. 379 00:14:38,178 --> 00:14:39,412 You've be surprised what people think. 380 00:14:39,479 --> 00:14:41,214 Just from reading the AP wire. 381 00:14:41,281 --> 00:14:42,782 I think you know what that's about. 382 00:14:42,849 --> 00:14:44,651 Yeah, you're running for President. 383 00:14:44,717 --> 00:14:46,486 We hold elections in this country 384 00:14:46,553 --> 00:14:47,620 not coronations. 385 00:14:47,687 --> 00:14:48,989 I'm not saying any different. 386 00:14:49,056 --> 00:14:50,257 Than why is every... 387 00:14:50,323 --> 00:14:52,325 I must've-- I've talked to two dozen 388 00:14:52,392 --> 00:14:54,361 of your precinct captains in Iowa and New Hampshire. 389 00:14:54,427 --> 00:14:55,828 Nearly every one of them's locked up. 390 00:14:55,895 --> 00:14:57,030 They're locked...? 391 00:14:57,097 --> 00:14:59,967 You're recruiting precinct captains 392 00:15:00,033 --> 00:15:01,534 48 months before the next presidential election? 393 00:15:01,601 --> 00:15:03,703 John Hoynes is using the White House to lock up 394 00:15:03,770 --> 00:15:05,438 the Democratic primaries. 395 00:15:05,505 --> 00:15:08,241 If you're saying there's a full-blown nomination fight... 396 00:15:08,308 --> 00:15:09,742 Hoynes doesn't inherit this. 397 00:15:09,809 --> 00:15:12,045 I'm not going to see the party dragged to the middle. 398 00:15:12,112 --> 00:15:15,382 Nothing's being dragged anywhere. 399 00:15:15,448 --> 00:15:17,985 You were with us just days ago. 400 00:15:18,051 --> 00:15:19,286 This is about the future of the party. 401 00:15:19,352 --> 00:15:20,620 Yeah, how about we enjoy 402 00:15:20,687 --> 00:15:22,055 the present for a few hours? 403 00:15:22,122 --> 00:15:23,890 You agree with Hoynes on guns? 404 00:15:23,957 --> 00:15:25,692 On trade? On school choice? 405 00:15:25,758 --> 00:15:27,060 Look, Hoynes is... 406 00:15:27,127 --> 00:15:29,162 Did I just fall asleep for three and a half years? 407 00:15:29,229 --> 00:15:31,264 Do you think a minority leader is irrelevant? 408 00:15:31,331 --> 00:15:33,533 Do you think I can't affect the President's agenda? 409 00:15:33,600 --> 00:15:34,867 I know you can. 410 00:15:34,934 --> 00:15:37,570 I'd like you to be for me, Josh. 411 00:15:37,637 --> 00:15:39,906 Not because you're good at what you do 412 00:15:39,973 --> 00:15:41,841 because of your beliefs. 413 00:15:41,908 --> 00:15:44,311 Okay, I'm not for anyone. 414 00:15:44,377 --> 00:15:46,379 I barely unpacked from the last campaign. 415 00:15:46,446 --> 00:15:47,280 Well. 416 00:15:47,347 --> 00:15:48,548 Hoynes is going to have to release 417 00:15:48,615 --> 00:15:52,019 those precinct captains or we're, uh... 418 00:15:53,686 --> 00:15:55,622 It keeps getting earlier, doesn't it? 419 00:15:56,689 --> 00:16:00,427 Yes. 420 00:16:00,493 --> 00:16:02,129 MARGARET: And they're asking for you 421 00:16:02,195 --> 00:16:04,631 in the HHS meeting and the 5:15's new. 422 00:16:04,697 --> 00:16:06,399 The CEA? 423 00:16:06,466 --> 00:16:09,702 That's ways to fight a possible recession. 424 00:16:09,769 --> 00:16:11,604 What did we say? 425 00:16:11,671 --> 00:16:13,040 Don't say recession in this building. 426 00:16:13,106 --> 00:16:14,507 You just did it again! 427 00:16:14,574 --> 00:16:16,309 What am I supposed to call the meeting? 428 00:16:16,376 --> 00:16:19,712 The robust economy meeting. 429 00:16:20,980 --> 00:16:22,515 Josh is patching it up with Triplehorn. 430 00:16:22,582 --> 00:16:23,483 Good. 431 00:16:23,550 --> 00:16:25,618 And Karen Kroft wants National Parks. 432 00:16:25,685 --> 00:16:27,954 She can't have it. 433 00:16:28,021 --> 00:16:28,721 What are you talking about? 434 00:16:28,788 --> 00:16:30,023 She can't. 435 00:16:30,090 --> 00:16:31,458 We talked about it in the appointments meeting. 436 00:16:31,524 --> 00:16:33,093 The President signed the parks bill. 437 00:16:33,160 --> 00:16:34,894 The job just became Senate-confirmable. 438 00:16:34,961 --> 00:16:36,363 Yeah, that was for next fiscal year. 439 00:16:36,429 --> 00:16:38,031 Turns out it's retroactive. 440 00:16:38,098 --> 00:16:39,699 I just saw the final language. 441 00:16:39,766 --> 00:16:40,700 Thanks. 442 00:16:40,767 --> 00:16:41,901 Whose idea? 443 00:16:41,968 --> 00:16:44,204 How did we miss this? 444 00:16:44,271 --> 00:16:46,373 There are 90 amendments in the bill. 445 00:16:46,439 --> 00:16:47,840 Maybe we put her up, anyway. 446 00:16:47,907 --> 00:16:48,908 No. 447 00:16:48,975 --> 00:16:50,110 We asked her to do it. 448 00:16:50,177 --> 00:16:51,711 She led the charge for a higher gas tax. 449 00:16:51,778 --> 00:16:53,113 We asked her to do it. 450 00:16:53,180 --> 00:16:55,748 I understand, but the U.S. Senate isn't going to 451 00:16:55,815 --> 00:16:58,418 plus the minority leader is already pissed at us 452 00:17:02,155 --> 00:17:03,456 Okay. Thanks. 453 00:17:05,825 --> 00:17:06,559 Ginger! 454 00:17:06,626 --> 00:17:09,262 Yeah. Don't. 455 00:17:09,329 --> 00:17:11,331 Would you... I need a list of sub-cabinet vacancies 456 00:17:11,398 --> 00:17:13,633 that aren't Senate-confirmable. 457 00:17:13,700 --> 00:17:15,568 Mine's not. 458 00:17:15,635 --> 00:17:16,769 A little less 459 00:17:16,836 --> 00:17:18,205 sub-cabinet than that. 460 00:17:19,106 --> 00:17:20,340 No kidding, you want to crash 461 00:17:20,407 --> 00:17:21,374 a space probe into Neptune. 462 00:17:21,441 --> 00:17:22,842 That's fine with me. 463 00:17:22,909 --> 00:17:26,313 I think we've crashed into most of the other planets 464 00:17:26,379 --> 00:17:27,714 but $2.5 billion, okay? 465 00:17:27,780 --> 00:17:29,249 Yes, sir. 466 00:17:29,316 --> 00:17:31,084 We're going to fail, I want to do it on budget. 467 00:17:31,151 --> 00:17:32,652 Thank you, Mr. President. 468 00:17:35,822 --> 00:17:36,956 More thank-you notes? 469 00:17:37,023 --> 00:17:38,024 You know what? 470 00:17:38,091 --> 00:17:39,025 Why don't you tell Debbie 471 00:17:39,092 --> 00:17:39,892 we're going to do calls. 472 00:17:39,959 --> 00:17:41,060 Calls. 473 00:17:41,128 --> 00:17:42,495 Yes, calls. 474 00:17:42,562 --> 00:17:46,633 Calls. Mr. Sarcasm with your dry... "Calls." 475 00:17:46,699 --> 00:17:48,201 I was this close 476 00:17:48,268 --> 00:17:50,403 to renaming one of the oceans after you 477 00:17:50,470 --> 00:17:51,871 but no way. 478 00:17:51,938 --> 00:17:56,176 Maybe... Maybe, one of the species of fish, like trout. 479 00:17:56,243 --> 00:17:57,544 "Trout" is now "charlie." 480 00:17:57,610 --> 00:17:58,311 Went up to the lake 481 00:17:58,378 --> 00:17:59,112 pulled out a couple of nice 482 00:17:59,179 --> 00:17:59,912 charlie for dinner. 483 00:17:59,979 --> 00:18:01,248 Anything else, sir? 484 00:18:01,314 --> 00:18:03,950 Look at the size of that charlie on your wall. 485 00:18:04,016 --> 00:18:05,552 Thank you, sir. 486 00:18:06,753 --> 00:18:07,854 What have you got? 487 00:18:07,920 --> 00:18:08,888 Yeah, we've got a situation. 488 00:18:08,955 --> 00:18:10,157 Yeah? 489 00:18:10,223 --> 00:18:11,724 Reuters has the ayatollah's youngest son 490 00:18:11,791 --> 00:18:12,625 just left Afghanistan 491 00:18:12,692 --> 00:18:13,660 on a C-130. 492 00:18:13,726 --> 00:18:15,762 Is he coming here for a heart transplant? 493 00:18:15,828 --> 00:18:16,996 Heart and lung. 494 00:18:17,063 --> 00:18:19,031 I'm assuming we knew about this. 495 00:18:19,098 --> 00:18:20,667 Knew about it? We did it. 496 00:18:20,733 --> 00:18:22,735 The ayatollah's issued a statement. 497 00:18:22,802 --> 00:18:24,204 What kind? Denouncing it. 498 00:18:24,271 --> 00:18:26,273 Bitterly denouncing it, sir. 499 00:18:26,339 --> 00:18:28,441 "Our nation can take care of its own. 500 00:18:28,508 --> 00:18:31,478 Interference from the West is an affront to Islam." 501 00:18:54,167 --> 00:18:55,368 What's the room saying? 502 00:18:55,435 --> 00:18:56,636 They think we're hiding 503 00:18:56,703 --> 00:18:58,638 Leo's meeting with the Swiss. 504 00:18:58,705 --> 00:19:01,007 So, you know, the press coffee... 505 00:19:01,073 --> 00:19:02,309 Can't do it now. 506 00:19:02,375 --> 00:19:03,710 Yes. You're right. 507 00:19:03,776 --> 00:19:06,179 I need you to step out just a moment. 508 00:19:06,246 --> 00:19:07,514 Sure. Thank you, Mr. President. 509 00:19:07,580 --> 00:19:08,548 We're not going to not do it. 510 00:19:08,615 --> 00:19:09,382 I'm saying right now. 511 00:19:09,449 --> 00:19:10,650 I'm with you. 512 00:19:12,952 --> 00:19:17,524 ( exhales ) 513 00:19:17,590 --> 00:19:18,325 Hi. 514 00:19:18,391 --> 00:19:19,792 Before you say anything 515 00:19:19,859 --> 00:19:20,660 here's my idea. 516 00:19:20,727 --> 00:19:22,862 The kid needs lungs and a heart. 517 00:19:22,929 --> 00:19:24,397 Let's use the ayatollah's. 518 00:19:24,464 --> 00:19:26,132 What are you smiling at? 519 00:19:26,199 --> 00:19:28,368 I'm sorry, it's... I'm sorry, sir. 520 00:19:28,435 --> 00:19:31,338 It's the little note Margaret just passed me. 521 00:19:33,606 --> 00:19:35,875 "The Iranians, they've taken to the streets." 522 00:19:35,942 --> 00:19:37,009 Perfect. 523 00:19:37,076 --> 00:19:39,279 That goes to the Margaret Museum. 524 00:19:39,346 --> 00:19:41,147 Please don't forget, all politics are local. 525 00:19:41,214 --> 00:19:42,249 Ah, bite me. 526 00:19:42,315 --> 00:19:43,182 He's got to say something... 527 00:19:43,250 --> 00:19:44,251 Please. 528 00:19:44,317 --> 00:19:45,252 He's got to say something 529 00:19:45,318 --> 00:19:46,486 to his hard-liners. 530 00:19:46,553 --> 00:19:48,988 He didn't want to try, "My son is dying 531 00:19:49,055 --> 00:19:50,957 "and these guys maybe can fix him 532 00:19:51,023 --> 00:19:52,259 "and maybe if our citizens 533 00:19:52,325 --> 00:19:54,294 "didn't spend quite so much energy 534 00:19:54,361 --> 00:19:55,762 "denouncing the infidels 535 00:19:55,828 --> 00:19:58,164 they'd have time to build a damn medical school!" 536 00:19:58,231 --> 00:20:00,032 The Swiss talked to the NGO 537 00:20:00,099 --> 00:20:02,235 who talked to the brother-in-law 538 00:20:02,302 --> 00:20:04,136 who speaks for the ayatollah. 539 00:20:04,203 --> 00:20:06,038 Okay. But just tell me that they weren't 540 00:20:06,105 --> 00:20:07,407 using cellular technology 541 00:20:07,474 --> 00:20:09,376 'cause I don't care what anybody says 542 00:20:09,442 --> 00:20:11,578 it doesn't work yet. 543 00:20:11,644 --> 00:20:14,581 Think about linking it to the missile tests. 544 00:20:15,315 --> 00:20:16,383 What do you mean? 545 00:20:16,449 --> 00:20:18,518 Send a communiqué through the Swiss. 546 00:20:18,585 --> 00:20:21,153 The ayatollah's got to honor Bahrain. 547 00:20:21,220 --> 00:20:23,790 Stop all tests of the Shehab-3. 548 00:20:23,856 --> 00:20:25,492 He's going to say no. 549 00:20:25,558 --> 00:20:27,460 Then you tell him you'll turn the plane around. 550 00:20:27,527 --> 00:20:28,761 No. 551 00:20:28,828 --> 00:20:30,630 I said you threaten to turn the plane around. 552 00:20:30,697 --> 00:20:31,598 No. Come on! 553 00:20:31,664 --> 00:20:33,132 That's a 15-year- old noncombatant 554 00:20:33,199 --> 00:20:34,401 on his way to a hospital. 555 00:20:34,467 --> 00:20:36,202 I want you to pretend that plane's got 556 00:20:36,269 --> 00:20:37,304 a big red cross on it. 557 00:20:37,370 --> 00:20:39,205 They perfect medium-range missiles. 558 00:20:39,272 --> 00:20:40,440 I understand. 559 00:20:40,507 --> 00:20:41,641 What's that do for hearts and lungs? 560 00:20:41,708 --> 00:20:43,276 Send the communiqué, absolutely. 561 00:20:43,343 --> 00:20:44,411 There's a Bahrain agreement 562 00:20:44,477 --> 00:20:45,678 that says send it. 563 00:20:45,745 --> 00:20:47,747 Tell them to stop. Don't even come close. 564 00:20:47,814 --> 00:20:51,250 I don't even want a scent of linkage to it. 565 00:20:51,318 --> 00:20:53,720 A big damn red cross right on that plane. 566 00:21:20,380 --> 00:21:21,381 I have this problem I'm trying 567 00:21:21,448 --> 00:21:22,315 to put in perspective. 568 00:21:22,382 --> 00:21:23,783 What's the problem? 569 00:21:23,850 --> 00:21:26,886 Triplehorn thinks I'm a secret operative for Hoynes. 570 00:21:26,953 --> 00:21:27,587 Are you? 571 00:21:27,654 --> 00:21:29,088 I don't believe I am. 572 00:21:29,155 --> 00:21:29,789 This ought to help. 573 00:21:29,856 --> 00:21:30,957 What? 574 00:21:31,023 --> 00:21:32,792 Judy Vanderbass didn't invite you to dinner. 575 00:21:32,859 --> 00:21:33,860 Thank merciful God. 576 00:21:33,926 --> 00:21:36,396 Turns out Tish Rackley, wife of your protégé 577 00:21:36,463 --> 00:21:39,065 she had a problem on the CoDel to Southeast Asia. 578 00:21:39,131 --> 00:21:41,334 The rice? 579 00:21:41,401 --> 00:21:42,902 No, really, the whole continent 580 00:21:42,969 --> 00:21:44,003 loves the stereotype. 581 00:21:44,070 --> 00:21:45,137 They eat a lot of rice, Donna. 582 00:21:45,204 --> 00:21:46,138 Mrs. Rackley borrowed 583 00:21:46,205 --> 00:21:48,575 $1,500 from Judy Vanderbass 584 00:21:48,641 --> 00:21:51,277 to buy a hand-carved teak bed frame for $2,000 585 00:21:51,344 --> 00:21:52,579 which is a good price. 586 00:21:52,645 --> 00:21:53,480 And? 587 00:21:53,546 --> 00:21:55,515 Mrs. Rackley's check bounced. 588 00:21:55,582 --> 00:21:57,249 Making it a great price. 589 00:21:57,316 --> 00:21:59,486 The Rackleys are stiffing her, Josh. 590 00:21:59,552 --> 00:22:01,120 What do you mean, "Josh"? 591 00:22:01,187 --> 00:22:02,355 You put him on the delegation. 592 00:22:02,422 --> 00:22:03,322 And I told the State Department 593 00:22:03,390 --> 00:22:04,591 to look after him. 594 00:22:04,657 --> 00:22:06,292 I didn't want him to get in any trouble. 595 00:22:06,359 --> 00:22:08,561 Job well done. Phil Rackley's office won't return her calls. 596 00:22:08,628 --> 00:22:10,797 See if they'll return yours. 597 00:22:18,004 --> 00:22:19,138 Toby. 598 00:22:19,205 --> 00:22:21,273 Triplehorn's on fire. 599 00:22:21,340 --> 00:22:22,875 He needs to build a case against our... 600 00:22:22,942 --> 00:22:24,243 Hoynes is lining up precinct captains 601 00:22:24,310 --> 00:22:26,045 in Iowa and New Hampshire. 602 00:22:26,112 --> 00:22:27,547 This is like ten minutes 603 00:22:27,614 --> 00:22:29,549 after the polls close in California. 604 00:22:29,616 --> 00:22:30,683 And Winnick just called. 605 00:22:30,750 --> 00:22:32,719 It's probably the same thing. 606 00:22:32,785 --> 00:22:34,120 Half the Senate's going to be running. 607 00:22:34,186 --> 00:22:35,287 If it looks like 608 00:22:35,354 --> 00:22:37,056 we're giving Hoynes the keys... 609 00:22:37,123 --> 00:22:38,958 Yeah. We got to back him off. 610 00:22:40,359 --> 00:22:42,495 Okay, devil's advocate. 611 00:22:42,562 --> 00:22:44,163 Isn't Hoynes entitled? 612 00:22:44,230 --> 00:22:45,898 Yeah, but not yet. 613 00:22:45,965 --> 00:22:46,933 We got him on the ticket 614 00:22:46,999 --> 00:22:48,701 by convincing him it wasn't his turn. 615 00:22:48,768 --> 00:22:50,503 We kept him out of the center ring 616 00:22:50,570 --> 00:22:52,304 'cause it wasn't his turn, and now... 617 00:22:52,371 --> 00:22:53,840 There aren't any turns. 618 00:23:16,863 --> 00:23:17,930 Hey. 619 00:23:17,997 --> 00:23:19,065 So... 620 00:23:19,131 --> 00:23:22,034 these two people rob a Starbucks near Seattle 621 00:23:22,101 --> 00:23:24,871 half an hour they serve coffee to make more money. 622 00:23:24,937 --> 00:23:26,739 Know when they make their getaway? 623 00:23:26,806 --> 00:23:27,907 When business slows down. 624 00:23:27,974 --> 00:23:28,875 Beat that. 625 00:23:28,941 --> 00:23:31,177 When's Josh meeting with Hoynes? 626 00:23:31,243 --> 00:23:32,411 Soon. 627 00:23:32,479 --> 00:23:33,446 What do you need? 628 00:23:33,513 --> 00:23:36,683 Alternate Federal Co-Chair 629 00:23:36,749 --> 00:23:38,918 of the Appalachian Regional Commission. 630 00:23:38,985 --> 00:23:47,627 What about it? It's Senate- confirmable. 631 00:23:47,694 --> 00:23:50,196 Inspector General of the Railroad Retirement Board 632 00:23:50,262 --> 00:23:53,032 Director of the Institute of Museum Studies... 633 00:23:53,099 --> 00:23:54,266 My job's not. 634 00:23:54,333 --> 00:23:55,635 Ginger beat you to that joke 635 00:23:55,702 --> 00:23:57,403 and Karen lost her seat because of us. 636 00:23:57,470 --> 00:23:58,938 What do you want me to do? 637 00:23:59,005 --> 00:24:01,708 Start getting used to the fact that we won in a landslide. 638 00:24:01,774 --> 00:24:03,275 We can show some fight on this. 639 00:24:03,342 --> 00:24:04,544 Ernest went down for the gun ban 640 00:24:04,611 --> 00:24:05,978 Janice for taxes... 641 00:24:06,045 --> 00:24:07,246 This is different. 642 00:24:07,313 --> 00:24:09,415 We asked her to introduce the bill. And she knew that. 643 00:24:09,482 --> 00:24:10,750 It's called a trial balloon. 644 00:24:10,817 --> 00:24:13,820 Yeah, but it's also called a recorded vote. 645 00:24:13,886 --> 00:24:15,855 She did that kind of thing for us. 646 00:24:15,922 --> 00:24:18,791 She was our gal on the back bench. 647 00:24:18,858 --> 00:24:20,593 She did everything short of pouring lighter fluid 648 00:24:20,660 --> 00:24:21,761 on the Republican leadership. 649 00:24:21,828 --> 00:24:23,062 They're not going to confirm her. 650 00:24:23,129 --> 00:24:25,197 They're going to make us look bad doing it 651 00:24:25,264 --> 00:24:27,767 and we still got half a new Cabinet to confirm. 652 00:24:27,834 --> 00:24:30,369 They're starting. 653 00:24:30,436 --> 00:24:31,738 Thanks. 654 00:24:38,778 --> 00:24:40,813 The Hopi Relocation guy? 655 00:24:40,880 --> 00:24:43,149 Yeah. 656 00:24:51,223 --> 00:24:53,660 Laney says the plane's still six hours out. 657 00:24:53,726 --> 00:24:55,762 With a headwind, that could buy us another hour. 658 00:24:55,828 --> 00:24:57,263 The problem is... What? 659 00:24:57,329 --> 00:24:58,865 We don't have a doctor. What are you talking about? 660 00:24:58,931 --> 00:25:00,066 What are you talking about? 661 00:25:00,132 --> 00:25:01,934 There are only three who can do this. 662 00:25:02,001 --> 00:25:04,436 Jorrey, who's in the middle of a heart-valve replacement 663 00:25:04,503 --> 00:25:05,237 and Weingarten. 664 00:25:05,304 --> 00:25:06,438 Where's he? 665 00:25:06,505 --> 00:25:08,541 Rappelling the north face of K-2. 666 00:25:08,608 --> 00:25:11,010 Rappelling up or rappelling down? 667 00:25:11,077 --> 00:25:12,779 It's in Pakistan. What does it matter? 668 00:25:12,845 --> 00:25:14,647 It's not in Pakistan, you only think it is. 669 00:25:14,714 --> 00:25:17,116 Okay, but if I need a life-saving procedure 670 00:25:17,183 --> 00:25:18,651 can you make sure the surgeon's suffering 671 00:25:18,718 --> 00:25:20,486 from massive oxygen deprivation? 672 00:25:20,553 --> 00:25:21,588 Who's the third? 673 00:25:21,654 --> 00:25:24,490 Dr. Ehsan Mohebi at Smith-Lansing. 674 00:25:24,557 --> 00:25:25,692 Oh, don't tell me. 675 00:25:25,758 --> 00:25:27,193 Yeah, he fled Iran in 1980 676 00:25:27,259 --> 00:25:29,796 after fundamentalists tortured and killed his father. 677 00:25:29,862 --> 00:25:31,330 The one guy who can save his son 678 00:25:31,397 --> 00:25:32,531 and he tortured his father. 679 00:25:32,599 --> 00:25:33,966 That's just bad staff work. 680 00:25:34,033 --> 00:25:35,401 Charlie! Are we sure about Japan? 681 00:25:35,467 --> 00:25:36,836 I mean, one of these days 682 00:25:36,903 --> 00:25:37,837 they're going to find the fairway, right? 683 00:25:37,904 --> 00:25:39,338 Yes, sir. Would you pull 684 00:25:39,405 --> 00:25:41,774 the First Lady out of whatever she's in right now? 685 00:25:41,841 --> 00:25:42,809 She's with the Women's Caucus. 686 00:25:42,875 --> 00:25:44,043 Well, put on a helmet and pads 687 00:25:44,110 --> 00:25:45,244 and get in there. 688 00:25:45,311 --> 00:25:46,946 Make sure Mohebi's sitting by a phone. 689 00:25:47,013 --> 00:25:49,381 He takes an elevator, we know the number. 690 00:25:49,448 --> 00:25:50,850 That's it. 691 00:25:50,917 --> 00:25:52,318 Yes, sir. Thank you, Mr. President. 692 00:25:58,257 --> 00:25:59,592 The National Committee's got a list 693 00:25:59,659 --> 00:26:01,093 of the State Party conventions 694 00:26:01,160 --> 00:26:03,229 where we asked the Vice President to take our slot. 695 00:26:03,295 --> 00:26:04,296 Could you get that for me? 696 00:26:04,363 --> 00:26:05,998 Yeah. And the DPC 697 00:26:06,065 --> 00:26:07,867 sent me this list of his budget roll-outs 698 00:26:07,934 --> 00:26:10,202 and it's for last year. 699 00:26:10,269 --> 00:26:11,203 I need all four. 700 00:26:11,270 --> 00:26:12,304 Okay. 701 00:26:14,573 --> 00:26:16,275 What? 702 00:26:16,342 --> 00:26:17,509 The Deadbeat Rackleys. 703 00:26:17,576 --> 00:26:18,811 I can't... Come on. 704 00:26:18,878 --> 00:26:19,746 You just called them deadbeat. 705 00:26:19,812 --> 00:26:20,847 For the sake of humor. 706 00:26:20,913 --> 00:26:22,181 Well, good one, Gracie. 707 00:26:22,248 --> 00:26:23,382 Who hasn't bounced a check? 708 00:26:23,449 --> 00:26:24,851 Me. 709 00:26:24,917 --> 00:26:26,619 Yes, Mr. I Balance My Checkbook Every Month 710 00:26:26,686 --> 00:26:28,821 and Pay My Bills On Time and Don't Ever Bounce Checks. 711 00:26:28,888 --> 00:26:30,589 Everything you just said in there was a good thing 712 00:26:30,657 --> 00:26:34,160 and just by saying it like Ethel Mertz doesn't make it... 713 00:26:34,226 --> 00:26:35,728 Do you even know what a Congressman makes? 714 00:26:35,795 --> 00:26:38,130 A buck and a half, $161,200 for the Leadership. 715 00:26:38,197 --> 00:26:40,099 To maintain two residences, fly your kids... 716 00:26:40,166 --> 00:26:41,600 Okay... 717 00:26:41,668 --> 00:26:43,202 I know you like to hit with me 718 00:26:43,269 --> 00:26:45,471 but you've got to go sit in the back of class 719 00:26:45,537 --> 00:26:48,207 'cause you just suggested that making only $150,000 a year 720 00:26:48,274 --> 00:26:51,844 was reasonable justification for committing a felony. 721 00:26:51,911 --> 00:26:53,512 Which is what it is, Lulu. 722 00:26:53,579 --> 00:26:55,848 The hell is Lulu? 723 00:26:55,915 --> 00:26:57,684 It's To Sir With Love. 724 00:26:57,750 --> 00:27:01,153 Thank you. ABBEY: I'm going to need the lists. 725 00:27:01,220 --> 00:27:02,354 I have the lists. 726 00:27:02,421 --> 00:27:03,690 I know, that's why I'm asking you for them. 727 00:27:03,756 --> 00:27:05,024 Did you want them? Yes. 728 00:27:05,091 --> 00:27:06,826 I'm sorry, we're talking about the lists? 729 00:27:06,893 --> 00:27:08,594 And your having them and my wanting them. 730 00:27:08,661 --> 00:27:09,762 Yes, ma'am. 731 00:27:09,829 --> 00:27:11,330 Hey, Terry. Bobby, sir. 732 00:27:11,397 --> 00:27:13,165 Yeah. 733 00:27:13,232 --> 00:27:15,601 You pulled me out of the Women's Caucus. 734 00:27:15,668 --> 00:27:18,705 No need to thank me. 735 00:27:18,771 --> 00:27:22,008 Whatever happened to Mrs. Wilburforce? 736 00:27:22,074 --> 00:27:24,510 She moved to Miami and took up massage. 737 00:27:24,576 --> 00:27:25,444 Really? 738 00:27:25,511 --> 00:27:26,713 Last I heard. 739 00:27:26,779 --> 00:27:28,080 What the hell are you talking about? 740 00:27:28,147 --> 00:27:29,615 You're the one who asked me... 741 00:27:29,682 --> 00:27:31,317 Wasn't Mrs. Wilburforce our cat? 742 00:27:31,383 --> 00:27:33,052 She was our housekeeper. 743 00:27:33,119 --> 00:27:34,586 Really. 744 00:27:34,653 --> 00:27:38,124 All right. Eisenmenger's Syndrome. 745 00:27:38,190 --> 00:27:40,927 It's a cyanotic heart condition. 746 00:27:40,993 --> 00:27:43,896 There's something called a ventricular-septal defect... 747 00:27:43,963 --> 00:27:46,465 The ayatollah's son has it. 748 00:27:46,532 --> 00:27:48,034 Am I dreaming 749 00:27:48,100 --> 00:27:50,803 or are you talking to me about foreign policy? 750 00:27:50,870 --> 00:27:52,271 You're not worried the sky will fall down? 751 00:27:52,338 --> 00:27:54,974 No, but I'm concerned about spousal abuse. 752 00:27:55,041 --> 00:27:56,475 What's the problem, Jed? 753 00:27:56,542 --> 00:27:58,444 Don't tell me there's a problem with State... 754 00:27:58,510 --> 00:28:00,012 The only doctor available won't do it. 755 00:28:00,079 --> 00:28:01,814 He's Jewish? Persian. 756 00:28:01,881 --> 00:28:03,015 He doesn't have a choice. 757 00:28:03,082 --> 00:28:04,951 Abbey... He doesn't. 758 00:28:05,017 --> 00:28:06,552 Doctors aren't instruments of the state 759 00:28:06,618 --> 00:28:08,721 and they're not allowed to choose patients on spec. 760 00:28:08,788 --> 00:28:09,789 I can't order him to do it. 761 00:28:09,856 --> 00:28:11,290 Yes, you can. 762 00:28:11,357 --> 00:28:13,826 Through the power vested in me by you? 763 00:28:13,893 --> 00:28:16,095 Samuel Mudd set Booth's leg after he shot Lincoln. 764 00:28:16,162 --> 00:28:19,165 Doctors are liable in this country 765 00:28:19,231 --> 00:28:20,466 if they don't treat the patient right in front of them. 766 00:28:20,532 --> 00:28:22,001 Just for the record 767 00:28:22,068 --> 00:28:23,569 this is why we don't talk about foreign policy. 768 00:28:23,635 --> 00:28:25,537 Which we do, and you don't think we do it enough. 769 00:28:25,604 --> 00:28:27,039 Why? 770 00:28:27,106 --> 00:28:29,341 'Cause Samuel Mudd was tried and convicted of treason 771 00:28:29,408 --> 00:28:30,676 for setting that leg. 772 00:28:30,743 --> 00:28:31,610 So? 773 00:28:31,677 --> 00:28:32,912 What so? 774 00:28:32,979 --> 00:28:35,848 So that's the way it goes, you set the leg. 775 00:28:35,915 --> 00:28:38,684 The patient right in front of them? 776 00:28:38,751 --> 00:28:40,219 Yes. 777 00:28:42,654 --> 00:28:46,158 All right, go back to the sewing thing. 778 00:28:46,225 --> 00:28:50,462 It's the Women's... 779 00:28:50,529 --> 00:28:52,131 never mind. 780 00:28:53,732 --> 00:28:55,902 HOYNES: Couldn't tell you the last time I took 781 00:28:55,968 --> 00:28:57,203 a whole week away, Josh. 782 00:28:57,269 --> 00:28:58,570 You ought to take a vacation yourself. 783 00:28:58,637 --> 00:28:59,972 Yeah, I don't get Hawaii. 784 00:29:00,039 --> 00:29:02,875 Great weather, great beaches, universal health care 785 00:29:02,942 --> 00:29:04,710 I'm waiting for the other shoe to drop. 786 00:29:04,777 --> 00:29:08,180 Remember Neil Spencer, the Rep from Honolulu 787 00:29:08,247 --> 00:29:10,049 who helped us on the ag bill? Sure. 788 00:29:10,116 --> 00:29:12,351 Spent all his time tanning on the Capitol balcony. 789 00:29:12,418 --> 00:29:14,153 'Cause if he went home without a tan... 790 00:29:14,220 --> 00:29:16,522 They'd know he'd gone Washington. 791 00:29:16,588 --> 00:29:17,556 We got to talk politics. 792 00:29:17,623 --> 00:29:20,960 I'd like to. 793 00:29:21,027 --> 00:29:24,897 I'm glad we had that little talk on Air Force Two. 794 00:29:24,964 --> 00:29:26,765 I think from time to time... We need you 795 00:29:26,833 --> 00:29:28,700 to stop shopping for precinct captains. 796 00:29:28,767 --> 00:29:30,569 Excuse me? 797 00:29:30,636 --> 00:29:33,072 We're days after an election, we got to govern. 798 00:29:33,139 --> 00:29:35,341 It's too early... Is that what this is all about? 799 00:29:35,407 --> 00:29:36,708 Triplehorn alone can tie us in knots. 800 00:29:36,775 --> 00:29:38,077 Well, good for Triplehorn. 801 00:29:38,144 --> 00:29:39,778 I've got an obligation to myself here. 802 00:29:39,846 --> 00:29:42,614 You've got a Constitutional obligation, that comes first. 803 00:29:42,681 --> 00:29:44,083 Last time I checked 804 00:29:44,150 --> 00:29:47,319 my Constitutional obligation was to have a pulse. 805 00:29:47,386 --> 00:29:51,190 We need these two years. 806 00:29:51,257 --> 00:29:53,659 It's our last chance to govern, John... 807 00:29:53,725 --> 00:29:56,462 Mr. Vice President. 808 00:29:56,528 --> 00:30:01,233 There are going to be lots of ways... 809 00:30:01,300 --> 00:30:03,970 No zealot like a convert, Josh. 810 00:30:08,240 --> 00:30:09,876 What's that supposed to mean? 811 00:30:12,611 --> 00:30:15,447 It means you'd have been great at Leo's job. 812 00:30:18,784 --> 00:30:22,955 Half this town's going to be running. 813 00:30:23,022 --> 00:30:25,257 I do the President's politics. 814 00:30:25,324 --> 00:30:26,859 He can't govern if I'm seen as... 815 00:30:26,926 --> 00:30:29,028 Being for me? 816 00:30:31,330 --> 00:30:33,565 I don't think there's much risk of that. 817 00:30:41,073 --> 00:30:42,408 You were wrong. 818 00:30:42,474 --> 00:30:45,511 I never went to Hawaii. 819 00:30:45,577 --> 00:30:46,578 What? 820 00:30:46,645 --> 00:30:49,481 We skipped Hawaii. 821 00:30:49,548 --> 00:30:52,985 We went rafting on the Flathead River instead. 822 00:31:06,598 --> 00:31:10,169 Uh-uh. Don't touch that. 823 00:31:10,236 --> 00:31:11,870 Or that. 824 00:31:22,281 --> 00:31:24,616 "The boy's on the plane. 825 00:31:24,683 --> 00:31:27,319 "He's experiencing pulmonary hypertension. 826 00:31:27,386 --> 00:31:29,521 "That's elevated pressure in the lungs, I think. 827 00:31:29,588 --> 00:31:31,823 That could lead to what?" 828 00:31:31,890 --> 00:31:33,525 Doctor, that could lead to what? 829 00:31:33,592 --> 00:31:34,793 I'm sorry. I... 830 00:31:34,860 --> 00:31:36,395 That could lead to what? 831 00:31:36,462 --> 00:31:38,197 Sudden heart failure. 832 00:31:38,264 --> 00:31:39,831 That's what it says here. Follow me. 833 00:31:39,898 --> 00:31:42,068 "His right ventricular pressure has risen 834 00:31:42,134 --> 00:31:45,304 to 102 millimeters Mercury." 835 00:31:45,371 --> 00:31:47,339 Low-oxygen blood's beginning to bypass the lungs. 836 00:31:47,406 --> 00:31:48,607 That's right, and he has something 837 00:31:48,674 --> 00:31:50,576 called "in situ thrombi." 838 00:31:50,642 --> 00:31:53,245 His arteries have lost their anticoagulant properties 839 00:31:53,312 --> 00:31:55,114 and Mr. President, I resent this. 840 00:31:55,181 --> 00:31:56,448 Dr. Mohebi, I don't care. 841 00:31:56,515 --> 00:31:59,318 Why aren't you scrubbing up? 842 00:31:59,385 --> 00:32:02,088 People are taken from their homes in the dead of night 843 00:32:02,154 --> 00:32:04,490 and jailed and tortured for months at a time. 844 00:32:04,556 --> 00:32:06,558 And public executions... Doctor... 845 00:32:06,625 --> 00:32:07,693 Political opponents 846 00:32:07,759 --> 00:32:09,695 dragged outside state borders... I know this. 847 00:32:09,761 --> 00:32:10,762 Don't you think I know. 848 00:32:10,829 --> 00:32:11,964 I won't aid the enemy. 849 00:32:12,031 --> 00:32:13,465 I'll let you know who the enemy is. 850 00:32:13,532 --> 00:32:14,433 That's my job. 851 00:32:14,500 --> 00:32:16,969 It's not a 15-year-old boy. 852 00:32:19,905 --> 00:32:22,841 How do I know these organs were donated voluntarily? 853 00:32:22,908 --> 00:32:24,310 Doctors Without Borders. 854 00:32:24,376 --> 00:32:26,312 You don't know these people, Mr. President. 855 00:32:26,378 --> 00:32:27,679 I do know these people. 856 00:32:27,746 --> 00:32:29,681 You're crazy if you don't think I do. 857 00:32:29,748 --> 00:32:31,383 And I don't need to be told who the enemy is. 858 00:32:31,450 --> 00:32:32,551 Doctor... 859 00:32:32,618 --> 00:32:34,920 It's not your family that's still there. 860 00:32:34,987 --> 00:32:36,122 My family's there. 861 00:32:36,188 --> 00:32:37,990 If the procedure isn't successful... 862 00:32:38,057 --> 00:32:40,859 Nothing will happen to them. 863 00:32:40,926 --> 00:32:41,793 Sir... 864 00:32:41,860 --> 00:32:43,262 Nothing will happen to them. 865 00:32:43,329 --> 00:32:45,297 Who's making that guarantee? 866 00:32:45,364 --> 00:32:46,765 Well, the Swiss, I guess. 867 00:32:46,832 --> 00:32:51,537 Look, I'll use every power of the office 868 00:32:51,603 --> 00:32:53,805 to protect you and your family, of course I will. 869 00:32:53,872 --> 00:32:55,307 But can I just say that this is how 870 00:32:55,374 --> 00:32:57,176 things change for the better. 871 00:32:57,243 --> 00:33:00,179 A world-class surgeon or a school teacher in Afjah 872 00:33:00,246 --> 00:33:03,982 who questions the ayatollah's divine power. 873 00:33:04,050 --> 00:33:05,251 Do me a favor, Doctor. 874 00:33:05,317 --> 00:33:07,119 Go back to Smith-Lansing and look at the kid 875 00:33:07,186 --> 00:33:08,387 'cause I think when you do 876 00:33:08,454 --> 00:33:12,824 you're going to scrub up. 877 00:33:12,891 --> 00:33:14,560 Yeah. 878 00:33:17,063 --> 00:33:19,665 What was your father's name? 879 00:33:19,731 --> 00:33:20,532 Raji. 880 00:33:20,599 --> 00:33:21,967 What'd he teach? 881 00:33:22,034 --> 00:33:23,835 Science. 882 00:33:23,902 --> 00:33:25,604 Thank you. 883 00:33:25,671 --> 00:33:27,739 Get him to Baltimore. 884 00:33:44,856 --> 00:33:46,192 You think cell phones, maybe? 885 00:33:46,258 --> 00:33:47,659 Not white-water rafting. 886 00:33:47,726 --> 00:33:49,395 And staff can't make those calls. 887 00:33:49,461 --> 00:33:52,331 They're top tier Iowa people and New Hampshire. 888 00:33:52,398 --> 00:33:55,301 40, 50 calls from the Flathead River? 889 00:33:55,367 --> 00:33:57,403 That really doesn't seem possible. 890 00:33:59,638 --> 00:34:01,006 Unless... 891 00:34:01,073 --> 00:34:02,774 That's what I'm saying. 892 00:34:02,841 --> 00:34:03,775 All right. 893 00:34:03,842 --> 00:34:04,776 I'll take it. 894 00:34:04,843 --> 00:34:06,245 CEQ. 895 00:34:07,313 --> 00:34:09,315 What do I tell Triplehorn? 896 00:34:09,381 --> 00:34:10,582 Tell him it's done. 897 00:34:13,085 --> 00:34:14,586 You're sure? 898 00:34:14,653 --> 00:34:16,188 Thank you, no. I... 899 00:34:16,255 --> 00:34:17,456 They're playing the Eagles. 900 00:34:17,523 --> 00:34:20,326 We're talking 50-yard line. 901 00:34:20,392 --> 00:34:23,162 Toby... 902 00:34:23,229 --> 00:34:24,796 You can't have the job. 903 00:34:26,965 --> 00:34:29,135 Okay. 904 00:34:29,201 --> 00:34:30,536 The parks bill... 905 00:34:30,602 --> 00:34:33,172 we made it Senate- confirmable. 906 00:34:33,239 --> 00:34:35,374 That's the first I've heard... 907 00:34:35,441 --> 00:34:37,943 They added it in conference. 908 00:34:38,009 --> 00:34:39,311 We'll find something. 909 00:34:39,378 --> 00:34:40,712 I don't know what. 910 00:34:40,779 --> 00:34:42,114 You don't have to do that. 911 00:34:42,181 --> 00:34:43,649 Can't be Museum Studies. 912 00:34:43,715 --> 00:34:46,685 God forbid the Senate falls out of the mix on that. 913 00:34:46,752 --> 00:34:49,655 I've made a lot of enemies on the Hill. 914 00:34:49,721 --> 00:34:50,722 You don't owe me. 915 00:34:50,789 --> 00:34:55,527 We asked you to fight a losing... 916 00:34:55,594 --> 00:34:57,296 Yes, we owe you. 917 00:34:57,363 --> 00:35:01,267 This is... when the President calls a play... 918 00:35:01,333 --> 00:35:02,868 I called the play. 919 00:35:02,934 --> 00:35:06,071 I called it. 920 00:35:06,138 --> 00:35:08,707 Raising the gas tax. 921 00:35:08,774 --> 00:35:14,413 It was a loser and I pushed to have you introduce it anyway. 922 00:35:14,480 --> 00:35:16,848 That doesn't make any difference. 923 00:35:18,484 --> 00:35:20,886 Well, look, let's just... 924 00:35:20,952 --> 00:35:22,921 I came out for a gas tax 925 00:35:22,988 --> 00:35:25,357 because someone from Michigan had to. 926 00:35:25,424 --> 00:35:28,494 Gas prices are too low. 927 00:35:28,560 --> 00:35:30,562 It's why the air's polluted. 928 00:35:30,629 --> 00:35:33,499 It's why no one wants alternative fuels. 929 00:35:33,565 --> 00:35:38,304 And, clearly, that argument took the nation by storm. 930 00:35:38,370 --> 00:35:39,838 ( chuckling ) 931 00:35:39,905 --> 00:35:42,608 In my religion... 932 00:35:42,674 --> 00:35:45,611 the whole symbol of the religion ended 933 00:35:45,677 --> 00:35:48,180 in crucifixion and condemnation. 934 00:35:48,247 --> 00:35:52,851 That wasn't a measure of the experience. 935 00:35:52,918 --> 00:35:55,921 It's just the way it ended. 936 00:35:57,523 --> 00:35:59,425 Yeah, but I'm the Romans. 937 00:35:59,491 --> 00:36:02,361 It's in the living. 938 00:36:02,428 --> 00:36:07,333 It's in the campaigning that you make your mark. 939 00:36:07,399 --> 00:36:10,168 Sometimes you win and sometimes you lose. 940 00:36:12,938 --> 00:36:14,340 You have until 941 00:36:14,406 --> 00:36:19,345 the end of the day on those tickets, by the way. 942 00:36:32,658 --> 00:36:33,925 Welcome back. 943 00:36:33,992 --> 00:36:34,726 Thank you. 944 00:36:34,793 --> 00:36:35,527 And congratulations. 945 00:36:35,594 --> 00:36:37,229 ( chuckling ): Okay. 946 00:36:37,296 --> 00:36:39,631 Do you happen to know if the President's still in the office? 947 00:36:39,698 --> 00:36:40,198 He is. 948 00:36:40,266 --> 00:36:42,834 Thanks. 949 00:37:11,397 --> 00:37:13,332 ( knocking ) 950 00:37:13,399 --> 00:37:15,166 Mr. President. 951 00:37:15,233 --> 00:37:16,201 Can you see Sam? 952 00:37:16,268 --> 00:37:18,103 Sure. 953 00:37:18,169 --> 00:37:19,438 Good evening, sir. 954 00:37:19,505 --> 00:37:21,373 You're the nominee. 955 00:37:21,440 --> 00:37:22,641 There's no nominee. 956 00:37:22,708 --> 00:37:23,609 Everyone's on the ballot. 957 00:37:23,675 --> 00:37:24,943 Is there another Democrat? 958 00:37:25,010 --> 00:37:25,811 No. 959 00:37:25,877 --> 00:37:27,679 You're the nominee. 960 00:37:27,746 --> 00:37:28,414 Yeah. 961 00:37:28,480 --> 00:37:30,482 And I know how you feel. 962 00:37:30,549 --> 00:37:32,183 You like Scott Holcomb? 963 00:37:32,250 --> 00:37:33,319 I don't know him well. 964 00:37:33,385 --> 00:37:34,686 He's terrific. 965 00:37:34,753 --> 00:37:37,122 There's a good guy out there named Will Bailey 966 00:37:37,188 --> 00:37:39,891 if he should come across your radar. 967 00:37:39,958 --> 00:37:41,727 You going to campaign on prescription drugs? 968 00:37:41,793 --> 00:37:43,429 Our prescription drug bill-- yes, sir-- 969 00:37:43,495 --> 00:37:46,432 and our Medicare reforms and the Bartlet Energy Plan. 970 00:37:46,498 --> 00:37:47,666 Sam. Yes, sir? 971 00:37:47,733 --> 00:37:49,401 It's okay to run away from me 972 00:37:49,468 --> 00:37:50,602 when you need to. 973 00:37:50,669 --> 00:37:52,938 I would never, Mr. President. 974 00:37:53,004 --> 00:37:54,506 I simply would never do that. 975 00:37:54,573 --> 00:37:55,341 That's not how I'm getting votes. 976 00:37:55,407 --> 00:37:56,742 I appreciate that 977 00:37:56,808 --> 00:37:59,711 but that's not what I'm talking about. 978 00:37:59,778 --> 00:38:01,613 you disagreed with me on Medicare. 979 00:38:01,680 --> 00:38:03,515 I remember the meeting right here. 980 00:38:03,582 --> 00:38:06,117 Then you wrote a five-page memo. 981 00:38:06,184 --> 00:38:07,619 Run towards yourself. 982 00:38:07,686 --> 00:38:09,187 I'm wrong about that. Walk. 983 00:38:09,254 --> 00:38:12,023 You're not going to be used to your surroundings. 984 00:38:12,090 --> 00:38:12,958 Yes, sir. 985 00:38:13,024 --> 00:38:14,292 If you lose, you lose 986 00:38:14,360 --> 00:38:16,027 but if you waste this, I'll kill you. 987 00:38:16,094 --> 00:38:17,195 I'll just kill you, Sam. 988 00:38:17,262 --> 00:38:18,397 Yes, sir. 989 00:38:18,464 --> 00:38:19,565 Anything else? 990 00:38:19,631 --> 00:38:21,600 Thank you, Mr. President. 991 00:38:32,511 --> 00:38:34,746 ( knocking ) 992 00:38:39,718 --> 00:38:41,252 Good evening, Mr. President. 993 00:38:41,319 --> 00:38:43,254 Hey. 994 00:38:43,321 --> 00:38:45,156 Thank-you notes? 995 00:38:45,223 --> 00:38:46,692 Yeah. 996 00:38:48,627 --> 00:38:50,562 I'm going to bed. 997 00:38:50,629 --> 00:38:54,332 You don't really like making thank-you calls, do you? 998 00:38:57,436 --> 00:38:59,671 Spill it. 999 00:38:59,738 --> 00:39:02,240 How many precinct captains did you line up for Hoynes? 1000 00:39:02,307 --> 00:39:03,341 I didn't line up... 1001 00:39:03,409 --> 00:39:04,743 Forty-seven. 1002 00:39:04,810 --> 00:39:06,445 Charlie showed me the call sheets. 1003 00:39:06,512 --> 00:39:08,346 I said thanks on behalf of the ticket. 1004 00:39:08,414 --> 00:39:11,082 I can't help it if... Yeah. 1005 00:39:11,149 --> 00:39:13,084 They'll think whatever they want. 1006 00:39:13,151 --> 00:39:15,220 Well, they think you're freezing the race for Hoynes. 1007 00:39:15,286 --> 00:39:16,221 I'm freezing it for us. 1008 00:39:16,287 --> 00:39:17,856 We just won four more years. 1009 00:39:17,923 --> 00:39:19,725 It's not time for a free-for-all. 1010 00:39:19,791 --> 00:39:22,093 This shouldn't be what you do anymore. 1011 00:39:28,734 --> 00:39:30,736 Do I call them all back? 1012 00:39:30,802 --> 00:39:32,938 We'll take care of it. 1013 00:39:35,340 --> 00:39:36,608 All right. 1014 00:39:44,382 --> 00:39:46,251 Tehran's going to accelerate 1015 00:39:46,317 --> 00:39:48,620 medium-range missile tests by two weeks. 1016 00:39:48,687 --> 00:39:50,456 Yeah. 1017 00:39:50,522 --> 00:39:52,323 We'll gather the NSC principals in the morning. 1018 00:39:52,390 --> 00:39:53,291 All right. 1019 00:39:53,358 --> 00:39:54,860 Anything else? 1020 00:39:54,926 --> 00:40:00,699 Salmon Afkham was wheeled into surgery 15 minutes ago. 1021 00:40:02,534 --> 00:40:04,736 Well, Mohebi's day just started. 1022 00:40:08,239 --> 00:40:11,643 Well, I suppose there are worse ways for ours to end. 1023 00:40:13,311 --> 00:40:15,881 Yeah, that's right.