1 00:00:04,805 --> 00:00:06,240 Previously on The West Wing: 2 00:00:06,307 --> 00:00:08,042 The position of White House Chief of Staff 3 00:00:08,109 --> 00:00:11,445 will be filled by Claudia Jean Cregg. 4 00:00:11,512 --> 00:00:12,946 The President can always send C.J. Cregg 5 00:00:13,013 --> 00:00:16,484 to Ramallah to swat at suicide bombers with her purse. 6 00:00:18,952 --> 00:00:20,421 C.J.: My purse! 7 00:00:20,488 --> 00:00:22,090 Page Carol! Get him the hell out of there! 8 00:00:22,156 --> 00:00:23,491 Can I apologize again? 9 00:00:23,557 --> 00:00:25,093 No, but let's move finding my replacement 10 00:00:25,159 --> 00:00:26,727 from priority three to priority one. 11 00:00:26,794 --> 00:00:28,829 CHARLIE: The President made me promise that 12 00:00:28,896 --> 00:00:30,798 when I got the degree, I'd leave this job. He doesn't want 13 00:00:30,864 --> 00:00:32,933 me holding his jacket for the rest of my life. 14 00:00:33,000 --> 00:00:34,535 You don't want a new press secretary. 15 00:00:34,602 --> 00:00:38,272 Then who exactly do you think is going to brief the press? 16 00:00:38,339 --> 00:00:39,307 You. 17 00:00:48,782 --> 00:00:51,051 MAN: Great car. 18 00:00:51,119 --> 00:00:53,254 Hybrid-- wave of the future. 19 00:00:53,321 --> 00:00:54,755 The future's here. 20 00:00:54,822 --> 00:00:55,756 There's a waiting list. 21 00:00:55,823 --> 00:00:56,757 60 miles a gallon? 22 00:00:56,824 --> 00:00:57,791 In the city. 23 00:00:57,858 --> 00:00:58,892 51 highway. 24 00:00:58,959 --> 00:00:59,827 Isn't that...? 25 00:00:59,893 --> 00:01:01,429 Backwards, yeah. 26 00:01:01,495 --> 00:01:03,897 Electrical battery recharges every time you hit the brake. 27 00:01:03,964 --> 00:01:04,965 Perfect for D.C. 28 00:01:05,032 --> 00:01:06,834 The car that loves gridlock. 29 00:01:06,900 --> 00:01:08,068 Like Congress. 30 00:01:08,136 --> 00:01:10,238 And with gas prices at an all-time high... 31 00:01:10,304 --> 00:01:12,906 They're not, actually. 32 00:01:12,973 --> 00:01:14,875 The record high was in '81. 33 00:01:14,942 --> 00:01:16,210 Adjusted for inflation, 34 00:01:16,277 --> 00:01:19,913 gas was $2.80 a gallon in today's money. 35 00:01:19,980 --> 00:01:21,315 Okay. ( chuckles ) 36 00:01:21,382 --> 00:01:23,317 In the '50s, prices were equivalent 37 00:01:23,384 --> 00:01:24,218 to what they are now. 38 00:01:24,285 --> 00:01:25,486 A little more, even, 39 00:01:25,553 --> 00:01:29,022 but per capita real income was less than half 40 00:01:29,089 --> 00:01:30,424 what it is today. 41 00:01:30,491 --> 00:01:32,660 Cost your parents twice as much at the pump 42 00:01:32,726 --> 00:01:34,762 as what you pay. 43 00:01:34,828 --> 00:01:37,097 Grandparents, in your case. 44 00:01:37,165 --> 00:01:38,799 You're really up on your, uh... 45 00:01:38,866 --> 00:01:40,434 I work at the White House. 46 00:01:40,501 --> 00:01:42,403 A great statement for a government official: 47 00:01:42,470 --> 00:01:45,139 "Drive the car that reduces our dependence on OPEC." 48 00:01:45,206 --> 00:01:46,340 Yeah, it's foreign made. 49 00:01:46,407 --> 00:01:48,976 The symbolism's kind of a wash. 50 00:01:49,042 --> 00:01:50,344 $3,500 over sticker? 51 00:01:50,411 --> 00:01:52,380 Some dealers getting $10,000 over. 52 00:01:52,446 --> 00:01:55,115 So, I should just be happy you're gouging me less? 53 00:01:55,183 --> 00:01:56,784 It's a popular package. 54 00:01:56,850 --> 00:01:58,519 How many on your waiting list? 55 00:01:58,586 --> 00:01:59,687 Uh, 700. 56 00:01:59,753 --> 00:02:01,422 Whoa! Hmm. 57 00:02:01,489 --> 00:02:02,223 How long? 58 00:02:02,290 --> 00:02:05,159 Eight months. 59 00:02:05,226 --> 00:02:07,761 Want to take a test drive? 60 00:02:07,828 --> 00:02:09,463 No, I'm just... 61 00:02:09,530 --> 00:02:10,698 you know... 62 00:02:13,867 --> 00:02:16,136 Can I drive that? 63 00:02:16,204 --> 00:02:18,672 ( engine starts ) 64 00:02:26,314 --> 00:02:27,648 Congratulations. 65 00:02:27,715 --> 00:02:28,882 Thanks. 66 00:02:28,949 --> 00:02:30,017 It's a long wait, huh? 67 00:02:30,083 --> 00:02:31,219 Oh, worth it. 68 00:02:31,285 --> 00:02:33,521 Individuals need to take responsibility. 69 00:02:33,587 --> 00:02:35,122 The government won't do anything 70 00:02:35,189 --> 00:02:36,824 about improving mileage. 71 00:02:36,890 --> 00:02:39,193 It's so deep in the pockets of the oil and car companies. 72 00:02:39,260 --> 00:02:41,495 Yeah, Congress is a nightmare. 73 00:02:41,562 --> 00:02:43,264 Bartlet's done squat. 74 00:02:43,331 --> 00:02:45,566 SALESMAN: Mr. Lyman! 75 00:02:45,633 --> 00:02:47,335 All set. 76 00:02:51,772 --> 00:02:53,274 All right. 77 00:02:54,308 --> 00:02:55,843 Thank you. 78 00:03:00,013 --> 00:03:01,882 I know I sound like a dork, 79 00:03:01,949 --> 00:03:04,151 but this is way cool. 80 00:03:04,218 --> 00:03:06,487 Yeah, it's a lot of machine. 81 00:03:06,554 --> 00:03:08,188 ( engine starts ) All right. 82 00:03:08,256 --> 00:03:09,523 So, uh, easy out of the lot. 83 00:03:09,590 --> 00:03:11,292 Not like I'm off-roading in Baja? 84 00:03:11,359 --> 00:03:12,393 Not on the lot. 85 00:03:12,460 --> 00:03:14,495 ( tires squeal ) Whoa! 86 00:03:14,562 --> 00:03:17,565 ( phone rings ) It's a lot of machine. 87 00:03:19,032 --> 00:03:20,934 DONNA: Hey. Yeah? 88 00:03:21,001 --> 00:03:22,803 McNaughton at the D triple C needs you right away. 89 00:03:22,870 --> 00:03:24,672 You should see this thing I'm driving. 90 00:03:24,738 --> 00:03:25,906 It's a monster. 91 00:03:25,973 --> 00:03:26,974 What? 92 00:03:27,040 --> 00:03:29,042 My testosterone is flying. 93 00:03:29,109 --> 00:03:30,578 Try not to get any on anyone. 94 00:03:30,644 --> 00:03:31,512 Uh... 95 00:03:31,579 --> 00:03:34,682 I'll put my hands-free thing in. 96 00:03:34,748 --> 00:03:35,649 What? 97 00:03:35,716 --> 00:03:36,684 Hang on. 98 00:03:36,750 --> 00:03:38,686 Look out! Whoa! 99 00:03:40,087 --> 00:03:42,022 ( car alarm wailing ) 100 00:03:42,089 --> 00:03:43,457 Josh? 101 00:03:43,524 --> 00:03:44,792 Are you all right? 102 00:03:45,826 --> 00:03:48,529 Tell McNaughton I may be a while. 103 00:04:37,745 --> 00:04:39,980 Thank you again. 104 00:04:44,284 --> 00:04:45,218 Good morning. 105 00:04:45,285 --> 00:04:46,186 Hey. How was your weekend? 106 00:04:46,253 --> 00:04:47,254 What weekend? 107 00:04:47,321 --> 00:04:48,556 Oh, you mean that two-day period 108 00:04:48,622 --> 00:04:50,358 with a giant mountain of briefing material 109 00:04:50,424 --> 00:04:52,059 invade your domicile instead of your office, 110 00:04:52,125 --> 00:04:53,293 finally and completely obliterating 111 00:04:53,361 --> 00:04:55,028 whatever desperate and pathetic distinction 112 00:04:55,095 --> 00:04:57,297 you've labored mightily and yet foolishly to try and maintain? 113 00:04:57,365 --> 00:04:58,799 At least you could do it in your jammies. 114 00:04:58,866 --> 00:05:00,334 You're picturing that, aren't you? 115 00:05:00,401 --> 00:05:02,202 A little bit. And you? 116 00:05:02,269 --> 00:05:03,404 I don't wear jammies. 117 00:05:03,471 --> 00:05:04,405 Your weekend. 118 00:05:04,472 --> 00:05:06,106 You know, boring. 119 00:05:06,173 --> 00:05:07,174 You got nothing to report, 120 00:05:07,240 --> 00:05:09,242 nothing adventurous or illicit? 121 00:05:09,309 --> 00:05:10,844 Boring. Dull, even. 122 00:05:10,911 --> 00:05:11,879 In your non-jammies? 123 00:05:11,945 --> 00:05:13,013 You're picturing that, aren't you? 124 00:05:13,080 --> 00:05:14,715 Trying furiously not to. 125 00:05:14,782 --> 00:05:16,350 You seen Toby? 126 00:05:16,417 --> 00:05:19,086 He's briefing, isn't he? 127 00:05:19,152 --> 00:05:20,621 Okay, then. 128 00:05:20,688 --> 00:05:22,089 Yeah. 129 00:05:22,155 --> 00:05:23,123 I have no information 130 00:05:23,190 --> 00:05:25,593 on that at this time. Yeah? 131 00:05:25,659 --> 00:05:26,894 The CAFE standards amendment 132 00:05:26,960 --> 00:05:29,062 raising auto fuel efficiency requirements 133 00:05:29,129 --> 00:05:30,698 comes up for House vote today. 134 00:05:30,764 --> 00:05:33,401 Will the President sign the Omnibus Transportation Bill 135 00:05:33,467 --> 00:05:34,568 without that provision? 136 00:05:34,635 --> 00:05:36,370 I can't speculate on an amendment 137 00:05:36,437 --> 00:05:38,939 that hasn't been voted for on a bill that hasn't passed. 138 00:05:39,006 --> 00:05:40,641 Does anybody know where your esteemed 139 00:05:40,708 --> 00:05:42,776 confreres might be? 140 00:05:42,843 --> 00:05:45,446 Is it a press holiday of some kind? 141 00:05:45,513 --> 00:05:47,815 H.L. Mencken's birthday? 142 00:05:47,881 --> 00:05:49,983 Anniversary of the expense account? 143 00:05:52,319 --> 00:05:54,187 ( clamoring voices ) 144 00:05:54,254 --> 00:05:55,188 Get out! 145 00:05:55,255 --> 00:05:56,424 REPORTERS: C.J.! 146 00:05:56,490 --> 00:05:58,592 All of you! You cannot be in here! 147 00:05:58,659 --> 00:05:59,660 Why couldn't you...? 148 00:05:59,727 --> 00:06:01,161 A human wave. I was overwhelmed. 149 00:06:01,228 --> 00:06:02,095 Toby is killing us. 150 00:06:02,162 --> 00:06:02,996 He won't engage. 151 00:06:03,063 --> 00:06:04,231 We do not do this anymore. 152 00:06:04,297 --> 00:06:05,232 You really have to leave. 153 00:06:05,298 --> 00:06:06,333 We get nothing to file. 154 00:06:06,400 --> 00:06:07,768 We're all going to get fired. 155 00:06:07,835 --> 00:06:09,002 That's not going to be the best argument 156 00:06:09,069 --> 00:06:10,504 to make to him or to me at the moment. 157 00:06:10,571 --> 00:06:12,305 You got to help us. I'll talk to him. 158 00:06:12,372 --> 00:06:14,174 Now-- and I say this with love-- 159 00:06:14,241 --> 00:06:15,809 get the hell out of my office! 160 00:06:18,512 --> 00:06:20,414 Have the rules of engagement been finalized 161 00:06:20,481 --> 00:06:21,715 for the Mideast peacekeepers...? 162 00:06:21,782 --> 00:06:24,618 I'm looking for something to hurl at you. 163 00:06:26,520 --> 00:06:27,921 JOSH: Mine-sniffing rats? 164 00:06:27,988 --> 00:06:29,523 KATE: The Gambian giant pouched rat. 165 00:06:29,590 --> 00:06:30,958 You hit a Prius with an SUV? 166 00:06:31,024 --> 00:06:34,094 Connecting my cell phone's hands-free device. 167 00:06:34,161 --> 00:06:35,262 The ironies abound. 168 00:06:35,328 --> 00:06:36,329 Yeah, verily. 169 00:06:36,396 --> 00:06:37,531 What happened to training dogs? 170 00:06:37,598 --> 00:06:38,599 Dogs get bored. 171 00:06:38,666 --> 00:06:40,333 Sniffing for land mines? 172 00:06:40,400 --> 00:06:42,069 These are some jaded pooches. 173 00:06:42,135 --> 00:06:43,236 What kind of SUV? 174 00:06:43,303 --> 00:06:44,705 A humongous one. Excursion, Expedition, 175 00:06:44,772 --> 00:06:46,507 Escalade, what? I don't know. One of those. 176 00:06:46,574 --> 00:06:48,976 I just wanted to drive it. Like a Hummer. 177 00:06:49,042 --> 00:06:50,744 Wouldn't you want to experience that once? 178 00:06:50,811 --> 00:06:51,979 Yeah, I've had the pleasure. 179 00:06:52,045 --> 00:06:52,980 It's less of a giggle 180 00:06:53,046 --> 00:06:54,582 when your taking automatic weapons fire. 181 00:06:54,648 --> 00:06:56,116 I don't know how we get funding 182 00:06:56,183 --> 00:06:57,685 for giant, mine-sniffing rats. 183 00:06:57,751 --> 00:06:59,453 Three of them found 20 live mines 184 00:06:59,520 --> 00:07:00,521 in a test in Mozambique. 185 00:07:00,588 --> 00:07:01,955 Was the Prius just totaled? 186 00:07:02,022 --> 00:07:02,990 Pretty much. 187 00:07:03,056 --> 00:07:04,324 Isn't there, like, a big waiting list? 188 00:07:04,391 --> 00:07:05,559 Just got longer. 189 00:07:05,626 --> 00:07:07,360 This is hilarious, but not actually funny. 190 00:07:07,427 --> 00:07:10,197 See, and I'd say since it's mostly expensive and embarrassing, 191 00:07:10,263 --> 00:07:12,533 it's funny, but not actually hilarious. 192 00:07:12,600 --> 00:07:14,234 You ever hear of the Hubbert Peak? 193 00:07:14,301 --> 00:07:16,537 Does it have to do with gradations of mirth, 194 00:07:16,604 --> 00:07:19,439 or are we back on rats of an unusual size? 195 00:07:19,507 --> 00:07:21,041 Hubbert was a geologist who predicted-- 196 00:07:21,108 --> 00:07:22,710 pretty much right on the money-- 197 00:07:22,776 --> 00:07:25,112 when U.S. oil production would peak and then decline. 198 00:07:25,178 --> 00:07:26,547 Did he win something? 199 00:07:26,614 --> 00:07:29,517 Weekend in Shreveport? Year's supply of Vaseline? 200 00:07:29,583 --> 00:07:30,551 Oil supply's a bell curve. 201 00:07:30,618 --> 00:07:31,585 The worldwide Hubbert Peak 202 00:07:31,652 --> 00:07:33,020 may have already hit, 203 00:07:33,086 --> 00:07:35,122 but no one thinks it's more than 20-30 years off. 204 00:07:35,188 --> 00:07:36,790 Meaning, within the lifetime of kids today 205 00:07:36,857 --> 00:07:38,391 oil production will plummet. 206 00:07:38,458 --> 00:07:39,693 I just wanted to drive a Hummer once. 207 00:07:39,760 --> 00:07:40,961 And that's only half the story. 208 00:07:41,028 --> 00:07:42,496 I mean, what's going to happen 209 00:07:42,563 --> 00:07:43,931 when everyone in the developing world has a car? 210 00:07:43,997 --> 00:07:46,066 Be a good time to be in the insurance business. 211 00:07:46,133 --> 00:07:47,167 Glass houses. 212 00:07:47,234 --> 00:07:48,368 Yeah. Point taken. 213 00:07:48,435 --> 00:07:50,070 Exploding demand meets plummeting supply. 214 00:07:50,137 --> 00:07:52,405 Whether we've ever fought one over it up till now, 215 00:07:52,472 --> 00:07:54,307 the next war will be about oil. 216 00:07:54,374 --> 00:07:56,176 See ya. 217 00:07:56,243 --> 00:07:58,011 ( knocking ) C.J.: If you're coming in here with 218 00:07:58,078 --> 00:08:00,548 one more thing to read, I will strangle you with my bare hands 219 00:08:00,614 --> 00:08:03,183 and enjoy it. Will's here. 220 00:08:03,250 --> 00:08:04,417 I can scrag him, too. 221 00:08:04,484 --> 00:08:05,686 I don't doubt it. 222 00:08:05,753 --> 00:08:06,920 So I'm thinking briefing books on tape 223 00:08:06,987 --> 00:08:08,756 for in the car, while you're jogging. 224 00:08:08,822 --> 00:08:09,957 You jog? Not anymore. 225 00:08:10,023 --> 00:08:11,992 The President would like the VP to meet 226 00:08:12,059 --> 00:08:14,795 with the NSC on the new nuclear fallout analysis they're coordinating. 227 00:08:14,862 --> 00:08:17,030 Absolutely. The focus is evacuation? 228 00:08:17,097 --> 00:08:18,899 Attribution, post-event forensics. 229 00:08:18,966 --> 00:08:20,634 If terrorists know a detonation can be traced, 230 00:08:20,701 --> 00:08:21,869 they'll be less likely to attempt it. 231 00:08:21,935 --> 00:08:23,904 Terrorists being notably responsive 232 00:08:23,971 --> 00:08:25,906 to logic and self-interest. 233 00:08:25,973 --> 00:08:27,875 Almost sounded important there for a minute. 234 00:08:27,941 --> 00:08:29,977 The House just defeated the CAFE standards amendment. 235 00:08:30,043 --> 00:08:32,445 Already? They limited floor debate to 20 minutes. 236 00:08:32,512 --> 00:08:35,148 So the car companies won't have to raise miles per gallon from 237 00:08:35,215 --> 00:08:38,586 venti to grande. Actually, it's the other way around, but something like that. 238 00:08:38,652 --> 00:08:39,486 Not unexpected. 239 00:08:39,553 --> 00:08:40,588 Or entirely unwelcome. 240 00:08:40,654 --> 00:08:41,889 Hey, hey, that's the spirit. 241 00:08:41,955 --> 00:08:43,857 Dems get credit with enviros for favoring it, 242 00:08:43,924 --> 00:08:45,458 but the Vice President doesn't have to defend it 243 00:08:45,525 --> 00:08:46,794 with voters in Michigan. 244 00:08:46,860 --> 00:08:48,662 Politics being more important than principle. 245 00:08:48,729 --> 00:08:49,963 This administration's had seven years 246 00:08:50,030 --> 00:08:51,665 to make better fuel efficiency a priority. 247 00:08:51,732 --> 00:08:53,033 Seven years... Don't take your guilt out on me. 248 00:08:53,100 --> 00:08:54,534 Seven years of a hostile Congress. 249 00:08:54,602 --> 00:08:56,670 And a public busy singing "I Want My SUV." 250 00:08:56,737 --> 00:08:57,938 That's regret, not guilt. 251 00:08:58,005 --> 00:08:59,139 You don't have the votes, you don't 252 00:08:59,206 --> 00:09:00,473 have the votes. The art of the possible. 253 00:09:00,540 --> 00:09:01,642 Exactly what Leo'd say. 254 00:09:01,709 --> 00:09:02,776 I'd spend the rest of the week 255 00:09:02,843 --> 00:09:04,211 trying to decide if sounding like 256 00:09:04,277 --> 00:09:06,346 a dyspeptic 60-year-old is an actual compliment. 257 00:09:06,413 --> 00:09:09,449 You wanted to see me? Where are we on finding a new press secretary? 258 00:09:09,516 --> 00:09:10,684 Getting up to speed. 259 00:09:10,751 --> 00:09:12,052 Time for a turbo boost. 260 00:09:12,119 --> 00:09:14,121 No one-- and I don't mean this unkindly-- 261 00:09:14,187 --> 00:09:15,723 no one is anxious to have you keep briefing. 262 00:09:15,789 --> 00:09:17,725 Just curious, but how'd you have put it 263 00:09:17,791 --> 00:09:19,627 had you meant it unkindly? 264 00:09:21,128 --> 00:09:22,529 ( knocking ) 265 00:09:22,596 --> 00:09:24,765 PRESIDENT: You're hovering. 266 00:09:24,832 --> 00:09:26,166 He's hovering. 267 00:09:26,233 --> 00:09:27,234 Verging on looming. 268 00:09:27,300 --> 00:09:28,068 And he's stalling. 269 00:09:28,135 --> 00:09:28,836 I'm crafting. 270 00:09:28,902 --> 00:09:30,470 They're just remarks. 271 00:09:30,537 --> 00:09:32,339 People listening won't know they're just remarks. 272 00:09:32,405 --> 00:09:35,442 To them, it'll sound uncannily like a speech. 273 00:09:35,508 --> 00:09:36,810 A short speech. 274 00:09:36,877 --> 00:09:38,445 The prompter guy needed this half an hour ago. 275 00:09:38,511 --> 00:09:39,947 You're on your own. I am the leader 276 00:09:40,013 --> 00:09:42,182 of the free world. People pay attention when I speak. 277 00:09:42,249 --> 00:09:44,251 The job's not all waving from the chopper. 278 00:09:44,317 --> 00:09:47,254 Not as good as it might be. It's all your fault. 279 00:09:47,320 --> 00:09:49,056 I'm prepared to live with the verdict of history. 280 00:09:49,122 --> 00:09:50,523 Thank you, sir. Charlie, one sec? 281 00:09:50,590 --> 00:09:51,792 Mr. President, I wanted to remind you 282 00:09:51,859 --> 00:09:53,460 about the reception in the East Room today. 283 00:09:53,526 --> 00:09:54,795 What? 284 00:09:54,862 --> 00:09:57,230 The girls' National Field Hockey champions. 285 00:09:57,297 --> 00:09:59,366 Sir, you have to be there. 286 00:09:59,432 --> 00:10:00,600 Charlie? 287 00:10:00,668 --> 00:10:01,969 I'll get him there. Thank you. 288 00:10:02,035 --> 00:10:04,872 I'm noticing a distinct slackening of awe, 289 00:10:04,938 --> 00:10:06,974 a certain lack of trembling in my presence. 290 00:10:07,040 --> 00:10:08,842 Yes, Mr. President. Yes, sir. 291 00:10:09,677 --> 00:10:10,978 DONNA: Josh? 292 00:10:11,044 --> 00:10:12,479 What is it? 293 00:10:12,545 --> 00:10:14,748 That gossip blog, District Scene. 294 00:10:18,351 --> 00:10:19,519 How did she get this? 295 00:10:19,586 --> 00:10:20,954 Someone at the dealer, I guess. 296 00:10:21,021 --> 00:10:22,422 It's not the end of the world. 297 00:10:22,489 --> 00:10:23,891 It's a web log. 298 00:10:23,957 --> 00:10:24,758 It's not The Washington Post. 299 00:10:24,825 --> 00:10:25,826 ( phone rings ) 300 00:10:25,893 --> 00:10:27,060 Josh Lyman's office. 301 00:10:27,127 --> 00:10:29,296 Yeah. 302 00:10:29,362 --> 00:10:31,298 C.J.'s office... now. 303 00:10:31,364 --> 00:10:32,733 TOBY: You didn't think it was a story? 304 00:10:32,800 --> 00:10:34,167 It's obviously a story. 305 00:10:34,234 --> 00:10:35,669 I just didn't think it'd become a ... 306 00:10:35,736 --> 00:10:37,337 Every news organization in this country 307 00:10:37,404 --> 00:10:38,271 surfs these blogs now. 308 00:10:38,338 --> 00:10:39,840 This'll be everywhere. 309 00:10:39,907 --> 00:10:41,141 C.J.: What possessed you? 310 00:10:41,208 --> 00:10:42,009 I don't know. 311 00:10:42,075 --> 00:10:43,877 I saw it and was taken over 312 00:10:43,944 --> 00:10:45,245 by my reptilian brain stem. 313 00:10:45,312 --> 00:10:46,980 The press is going to have a party with this. 314 00:10:47,047 --> 00:10:48,849 Conga lines, piñatas... 315 00:10:48,916 --> 00:10:50,250 They'll have fun and be done in a day. 316 00:10:50,317 --> 00:10:52,185 Not the week raising CAFE standards 317 00:10:52,252 --> 00:10:55,222 goes down in the House with us having barely put up a fight? 318 00:10:55,288 --> 00:10:56,323 I just got a phone call 319 00:10:56,389 --> 00:10:57,758 from the Alternative Energy Resources Council 320 00:10:57,825 --> 00:10:59,292 threatening to hold a press conference 321 00:10:59,359 --> 00:11:00,928 trashing our commitment to conservation 322 00:11:00,994 --> 00:11:02,696 citing your little demolition derby as Exhibit "A." 323 00:11:02,763 --> 00:11:03,731 I'll call 'em. 324 00:11:03,797 --> 00:11:04,664 You'll do better than that. 325 00:11:04,732 --> 00:11:05,999 You're going to head up 326 00:11:06,066 --> 00:11:07,234 the White House Task Force on Alternative Energy. 327 00:11:07,300 --> 00:11:08,435 What White House...? 328 00:11:08,501 --> 00:11:09,703 The one I promised to get them to hold off. 329 00:11:09,770 --> 00:11:10,871 I want a meeting today 330 00:11:10,938 --> 00:11:12,072 that ends with something announceable. 331 00:11:12,139 --> 00:11:13,540 You standing with people in Birkenstocks 332 00:11:13,606 --> 00:11:14,942 in front of the press. Birkenstocks... 333 00:11:15,008 --> 00:11:17,144 And bicycle clips. 334 00:11:17,210 --> 00:11:19,146 Yeah. 335 00:11:21,181 --> 00:11:22,582 Bicycle clips? 336 00:11:22,649 --> 00:11:25,118 For your pants. 337 00:11:25,185 --> 00:11:27,187 You got a...? 338 00:11:27,254 --> 00:11:28,121 Yeah. 339 00:11:28,188 --> 00:11:30,257 Not counting today-- today was, uh... 340 00:11:30,323 --> 00:11:32,592 I don't know what today was-- but the briefings? 341 00:11:32,659 --> 00:11:33,927 Yeah, they're getting better. 342 00:11:33,994 --> 00:11:35,963 Good. On a scale of one to ten-- 343 00:11:36,029 --> 00:11:38,198 ten being C.J. and one being a chimp throwing feces-- 344 00:11:38,265 --> 00:11:39,666 where do I rank? 345 00:11:39,733 --> 00:11:41,634 They're getting better. 346 00:11:41,701 --> 00:11:43,603 I gotta go get my ass kicked. 347 00:11:43,670 --> 00:11:44,972 Yeah, me, too. 348 00:11:46,706 --> 00:11:48,441 Congressmen... woman. 349 00:11:48,508 --> 00:11:51,678 Does this President believe fuel efficiency standards should be raised? 350 00:11:51,745 --> 00:11:53,146 We're dispensing with the small talk. 351 00:11:53,213 --> 00:11:54,547 LACKEY: Answer the question. 352 00:11:54,614 --> 00:11:56,116 It's a shame, 'cause I'd been hoarding 353 00:11:56,183 --> 00:11:58,518 amusing anecdotes, mordant observations... 354 00:11:58,585 --> 00:12:00,387 GLEESON: This administration's environmental record 355 00:12:00,453 --> 00:12:02,756 is an embarrassment to its party and a betrayal 356 00:12:02,823 --> 00:12:04,691 of its supporters. 357 00:12:04,758 --> 00:12:05,893 Mordant enough for you? 358 00:12:05,959 --> 00:12:07,260 "Betrayal, embarrassment," 359 00:12:07,327 --> 00:12:09,029 it's that kind of temperate rhetoric 360 00:12:09,096 --> 00:12:11,498 that so endears the green movement to the electorate. 361 00:12:11,564 --> 00:12:12,766 You rolled over. 362 00:12:12,833 --> 00:12:13,867 JOSH: We did the arithmetic! 363 00:12:13,934 --> 00:12:14,868 Any increase in CAFE standards 364 00:12:14,935 --> 00:12:15,702 wasn't going to happen. 365 00:12:15,769 --> 00:12:16,536 Josh, 366 00:12:16,603 --> 00:12:17,637 you rolled over. 367 00:12:17,704 --> 00:12:18,839 An eight-year-old can count heads. 368 00:12:18,906 --> 00:12:19,940 This is supposed to be about leadership. 369 00:12:20,007 --> 00:12:21,842 Leaders avoid losing battles. 370 00:12:21,909 --> 00:12:23,376 You live to fight another day. 371 00:12:23,443 --> 00:12:25,212 LACKEY: You're missing the point, Josh. 372 00:12:25,278 --> 00:12:26,847 Nobody thought we were going to win this one. 373 00:12:26,914 --> 00:12:28,415 But you've made it easy for them. 374 00:12:28,481 --> 00:12:30,483 AUREN: Seat belts, air bags, the first 375 00:12:30,550 --> 00:12:31,985 fuel economy standards-- 376 00:12:32,052 --> 00:12:33,921 the auto industry had to be dragged kicking 377 00:12:33,987 --> 00:12:35,222 and screaming into all of them. 378 00:12:35,288 --> 00:12:36,289 GLEESON: They didn't go out of business. 379 00:12:36,356 --> 00:12:37,424 They figured it out. 380 00:12:37,490 --> 00:12:38,591 LACKEY: When the White House doesn't lead 381 00:12:38,658 --> 00:12:39,993 on fuel mileage, 382 00:12:40,060 --> 00:12:42,629 opponents get to cast their vote at no cost. 383 00:12:42,695 --> 00:12:43,864 We don't just lose a vote, 384 00:12:43,931 --> 00:12:45,632 we lose out on a national debate. 385 00:12:45,698 --> 00:12:48,168 LACKEY: Making it that much harder to win the next vote. 386 00:12:48,235 --> 00:12:49,937 This isn't a poli-sci seminar! 387 00:12:50,003 --> 00:12:52,772 We didn't have the votes! 388 00:12:52,840 --> 00:12:53,640 Thank you 389 00:12:53,706 --> 00:12:54,975 all for your time. 390 00:12:57,177 --> 00:12:58,611 Well? 391 00:12:58,678 --> 00:12:59,813 And a pleasant good morning to you. 392 00:12:59,880 --> 00:13:01,214 You find someone? 393 00:13:01,281 --> 00:13:03,350 Slept extremely well, thank you so much for asking. 394 00:13:03,416 --> 00:13:05,853 Well, sleep less and get us a new press secretary, will you? 395 00:13:05,919 --> 00:13:06,987 I'm sorry. 396 00:13:07,054 --> 00:13:08,488 When you asked me to do this, 397 00:13:08,555 --> 00:13:10,190 I didn't realize you expected me to find someone 398 00:13:10,257 --> 00:13:11,758 by the first hour of the first morning of my first day. 399 00:13:11,825 --> 00:13:12,993 The sooner you get someone, 400 00:13:13,060 --> 00:13:14,594 the sooner I can stop doing briefings. 401 00:13:14,661 --> 00:13:16,997 I told you, your doing them for a while is a good thing. 402 00:13:17,064 --> 00:13:18,231 Well, I'm glad someone doesn't think 403 00:13:18,298 --> 00:13:19,732 they're a total train wreck. 404 00:13:19,799 --> 00:13:22,202 Oh, no, they're horrible. But I can help you. 405 00:13:22,269 --> 00:13:24,704 Help me by doing the job you were hired for, 406 00:13:24,771 --> 00:13:27,841 and find us a new press secretary. 407 00:13:28,675 --> 00:13:30,010 Settling in just fine. 408 00:13:30,077 --> 00:13:31,711 But the muffin basket, the flowers... 409 00:13:31,778 --> 00:13:32,846 it's too much. 410 00:13:32,913 --> 00:13:34,314 JOSH: Donna! 411 00:13:34,381 --> 00:13:35,815 Get some alternative energy spokespeople in here 412 00:13:35,883 --> 00:13:37,717 for a meeting right away. You mean... 413 00:13:37,784 --> 00:13:41,588 Wind, solar, hamsters in wheels, whatever's out there-- today. 414 00:13:41,654 --> 00:13:42,622 You have that... 415 00:13:42,689 --> 00:13:45,525 Cancel it. This takes priority. 416 00:13:45,592 --> 00:13:46,659 Hey, Donna. 417 00:13:46,726 --> 00:13:48,228 Hey. Was Josh expecting you? 418 00:13:48,295 --> 00:13:50,330 Actually, I came by to see you. 419 00:13:50,397 --> 00:13:51,564 How you doing? 420 00:13:51,631 --> 00:13:52,832 Good. I'm good. 421 00:13:52,900 --> 00:13:54,601 How soon before you're out of that cast? 422 00:13:54,667 --> 00:13:56,303 Soon. I can't wait. I bet. 423 00:13:58,238 --> 00:14:00,607 Look, we don't know each other that well, 424 00:14:00,673 --> 00:14:02,542 but if you ever want to talk... 425 00:14:02,609 --> 00:14:03,810 Thanks, but I... 426 00:14:03,877 --> 00:14:06,046 I'm sure you've spoken to somebody, 427 00:14:06,113 --> 00:14:08,048 but I just thought, if you ever wanted someone... 428 00:14:08,115 --> 00:14:09,917 another woman... I don't know. 429 00:14:09,983 --> 00:14:12,953 Is this completely inappropriate? 430 00:14:13,020 --> 00:14:14,754 No, no, it's fine. 431 00:14:14,821 --> 00:14:16,789 It's just, I've been around the sort of thing you went through. 432 00:14:16,856 --> 00:14:18,191 I appreciate your concern. 433 00:14:18,258 --> 00:14:19,526 Okay. 434 00:14:19,592 --> 00:14:22,195 Well, if you ever want to. 435 00:14:22,262 --> 00:14:23,931 I should really get back to... 436 00:14:23,997 --> 00:14:26,199 Okay. 437 00:14:33,406 --> 00:14:34,474 He's sure he's up to it? 438 00:14:34,541 --> 00:14:35,308 Said so. 439 00:14:35,375 --> 00:14:36,243 He's not just being polite? 440 00:14:36,309 --> 00:14:37,577 I'm sorry-- Leo...? 441 00:14:37,644 --> 00:14:38,578 He has a courtly side. 442 00:14:38,645 --> 00:14:39,679 Not with me. 443 00:14:39,746 --> 00:14:40,948 Don't want to overtax him. 444 00:14:41,014 --> 00:14:42,215 He would've said. 445 00:14:42,282 --> 00:14:43,750 A car will pick up the food, 446 00:14:43,816 --> 00:14:46,219 then swing by to take you over to his hotel at 1:00. 447 00:14:46,286 --> 00:14:47,020 Great. 448 00:14:47,087 --> 00:14:48,521 He asked if you play chess. 449 00:14:48,588 --> 00:14:50,457 Chess? Not really. 450 00:14:50,523 --> 00:14:52,325 I'll let him know. 451 00:14:53,426 --> 00:14:55,162 JOSH: Get this woman on the phone. 452 00:14:55,228 --> 00:14:56,896 TOBY: You didn't think to mention someone had a camera? 453 00:14:56,964 --> 00:14:57,864 There was no camera. 454 00:14:57,931 --> 00:14:59,399 Well, there's a picture. 455 00:14:59,466 --> 00:15:00,867 Just was a guy, his wife, and his teenage daughter. 456 00:15:00,934 --> 00:15:02,369 That was it. Daughter have a cell phone? 457 00:15:02,435 --> 00:15:04,704 Josh Lyman's office calling, please. 458 00:15:04,771 --> 00:15:05,872 One moment, please. 459 00:15:05,939 --> 00:15:07,807 TOBY: I wouldn't do this. 460 00:15:07,874 --> 00:15:10,677 This is Josh Lyman, and this is off the record. 461 00:15:10,743 --> 00:15:12,212 She's not a... 462 00:15:12,279 --> 00:15:13,680 There may be more disreputable ways to make a living 463 00:15:13,746 --> 00:15:16,183 than trafficking in gossip and clandestine photos, 464 00:15:16,249 --> 00:15:18,151 but none spring to mind. 465 00:15:18,218 --> 00:15:21,488 My and this administration's environmental bona fides 466 00:15:21,554 --> 00:15:22,855 are well established. 467 00:15:22,922 --> 00:15:24,857 To use this incident to imply otherwise 468 00:15:24,924 --> 00:15:26,826 is scurrilous and irresponsible-- 469 00:15:26,893 --> 00:15:29,963 cheap and easy irony from what I can only surmise 470 00:15:30,030 --> 00:15:32,899 is a cheap and shallow person. 471 00:15:32,966 --> 00:15:33,967 WOMAN: How do you spell scurrilous? 472 00:15:34,034 --> 00:15:35,602 I said this was off the record. 473 00:15:35,668 --> 00:15:36,836 She's not a journalist. 474 00:15:36,903 --> 00:15:38,171 You're gonna post this? 475 00:15:39,772 --> 00:15:42,175 She's posting it now. 476 00:15:48,181 --> 00:15:50,050 CHARLIE: He made the sushi...? 477 00:15:50,117 --> 00:15:51,118 PRESIDENT: It's his hobby. 478 00:15:51,184 --> 00:15:52,485 Nothing against the ambassador, 479 00:15:52,552 --> 00:15:53,720 but I don't want my raw fish prepared 480 00:15:53,786 --> 00:15:55,155 by anyone but a professional. 481 00:15:55,222 --> 00:15:57,157 Said you're not supposed to use a lot of wasabi. 482 00:15:57,224 --> 00:15:59,326 Said it's considered disrespectful. 483 00:15:59,392 --> 00:16:00,293 To the fish. 484 00:16:00,360 --> 00:16:01,861 Isn't it pretty much past caring? 485 00:16:01,928 --> 00:16:04,364 And there's such a thing as sushi being too fresh. 486 00:16:04,431 --> 00:16:05,132 Not for me. 487 00:16:05,198 --> 00:16:07,934 You need to age the fish. 488 00:16:08,001 --> 00:16:09,969 So the rigor mortis has time to pass. 489 00:16:10,037 --> 00:16:11,304 I knew you were going to ruin it for me. 490 00:16:11,371 --> 00:16:14,207 ALL: Surprise! 491 00:16:21,148 --> 00:16:22,515 A little bird told me. 492 00:16:22,582 --> 00:16:23,783 ZOEY: Tweet. 493 00:16:23,850 --> 00:16:24,951 Congratulations. 494 00:16:25,018 --> 00:16:25,952 Thank you, Mr. President. 495 00:16:26,019 --> 00:16:27,087 You know what this means, right? 496 00:16:27,154 --> 00:16:27,987 Yes, sir. 497 00:16:28,055 --> 00:16:29,622 Enjoy your party. 498 00:16:29,689 --> 00:16:34,427 I think everyone's blocked off all of eight minutes. 499 00:16:34,494 --> 00:16:36,329 Way to go, Charlie. Congratulations. 500 00:16:36,396 --> 00:16:37,264 Thanks, man. 501 00:16:37,330 --> 00:16:39,099 God, how did you do it? 502 00:16:39,166 --> 00:16:41,368 MARGARET: I don't even have time to learn how to program my TiVo. 503 00:16:41,434 --> 00:16:42,802 When it's the President of the United States 504 00:16:42,869 --> 00:16:45,038 asking if you did your homework, it gets done. 505 00:16:45,105 --> 00:16:46,939 I'm glad you told me. 506 00:16:47,006 --> 00:16:48,875 I just hope he is. 507 00:16:48,941 --> 00:16:50,443 I gotta get back to work. 508 00:16:56,849 --> 00:16:58,951 ...totaled a hybrid with an SUV. 509 00:16:59,018 --> 00:17:00,487 He's like an eco-terrorist in reverse. 510 00:17:00,553 --> 00:17:02,122 We'll be sure to point that out to the press. 511 00:17:02,189 --> 00:17:03,656 What do you need? 512 00:17:03,723 --> 00:17:05,492 Draft a release about the alternative energy summit 513 00:17:05,558 --> 00:17:06,693 Josh is holding this afternoon. 514 00:17:06,759 --> 00:17:07,694 Mm, that's not gonna work. 515 00:17:07,760 --> 00:17:09,329 Which I don't recall asking. 516 00:17:09,396 --> 00:17:11,798 No meeting's gonna counteract the symbolism of that accident. 517 00:17:11,864 --> 00:17:13,100 You need to laugh it off. 518 00:17:13,166 --> 00:17:15,802 Refer questions to the Department of Metaphor. 519 00:17:15,868 --> 00:17:19,239 Put out a statement from the Undersecretary for Whimsy and Caprice. 520 00:17:19,306 --> 00:17:20,807 ( weak laugh ) 521 00:17:20,873 --> 00:17:22,542 Just draft the release. 522 00:17:22,609 --> 00:17:24,177 Will you be briefing? 523 00:17:24,244 --> 00:17:26,379 I imagine. 524 00:17:29,516 --> 00:17:30,150 What? 525 00:17:30,217 --> 00:17:31,017 How do you get women? 526 00:17:31,084 --> 00:17:32,185 Excuse me? 527 00:17:32,252 --> 00:17:33,886 Briefing the press is a seduction. 528 00:17:33,953 --> 00:17:35,155 You've got a hot ex. 529 00:17:35,222 --> 00:17:36,156 How'd you get her? Get out of my office. 530 00:17:36,223 --> 00:17:37,324 Know what she says? 531 00:17:37,390 --> 00:17:38,625 Oh, my God. You called Andy... 532 00:17:38,691 --> 00:17:39,826 Smart and funny. 533 00:17:39,892 --> 00:17:40,560 That's how guys who-- 534 00:17:40,627 --> 00:17:44,197 no offense-- 535 00:17:44,264 --> 00:17:45,665 Are you trying to get fired? 536 00:17:45,732 --> 00:17:46,799 I'm trying to help you. 537 00:17:46,866 --> 00:17:48,568 That Mencken line this morning was funny. 538 00:17:48,635 --> 00:17:50,603 No one laughed 'cause you flung it at them. 539 00:17:50,670 --> 00:17:53,906 Briefing the press isn't a seduction, it's war. 540 00:17:53,973 --> 00:17:57,377 What C.J. did for seven years wasn't combat. 541 00:17:57,444 --> 00:18:00,380 It was charm and disarm. 542 00:18:00,447 --> 00:18:02,315 Just draft the release. 543 00:18:02,382 --> 00:18:04,217 Smart and funny. Seduce them. 544 00:18:04,284 --> 00:18:06,085 Worked on your wife. We're divorced. 545 00:18:06,153 --> 00:18:07,887 Living with you's a whole another ballgame. 546 00:18:07,954 --> 00:18:09,356 I get that already. 547 00:18:09,422 --> 00:18:10,257 C.J.: Charlie. 548 00:18:10,323 --> 00:18:11,858 Thanks, C.J., 549 00:18:11,924 --> 00:18:13,293 for whatever part you played in that back there. 550 00:18:13,360 --> 00:18:15,328 I showed up and ate too many corn chips. 551 00:18:15,395 --> 00:18:16,929 Leo e-mailed me something about 552 00:18:16,996 --> 00:18:18,631 reminding the President to play chess. 553 00:18:18,698 --> 00:18:21,134 He and Leo played weekly chess games. 554 00:18:21,201 --> 00:18:22,802 Okay... 555 00:18:22,869 --> 00:18:23,803 What did Leo say about it? 556 00:18:23,870 --> 00:18:25,138 Just to remind him. 557 00:18:25,205 --> 00:18:27,440 I guess that's just it then. 558 00:18:27,507 --> 00:18:28,841 Yeah. 559 00:18:28,908 --> 00:18:30,143 C.J. 560 00:18:30,210 --> 00:18:31,544 Mr. Vice President. 561 00:18:31,611 --> 00:18:33,012 How are you adjusting to the new job? 562 00:18:33,079 --> 00:18:34,514 It's an adjustment. 563 00:18:34,581 --> 00:18:36,048 I got to admit I was surprised when I first heard-- 564 00:18:36,115 --> 00:18:37,450 we all were-- but, uh, 565 00:18:37,517 --> 00:18:38,785 the more I thought about it, it started making sense. 566 00:18:38,851 --> 00:18:40,019 Thanks. 567 00:18:40,086 --> 00:18:41,921 Leo was Leo, no one expects you to be him. 568 00:18:41,988 --> 00:18:43,156 But you'll find your way. 569 00:18:43,223 --> 00:18:44,891 I'm finding it, actually. 570 00:18:44,957 --> 00:18:46,326 Just want you to know that I'm here to help. 571 00:18:46,393 --> 00:18:47,660 I appreciate that, sir. 572 00:18:47,727 --> 00:18:49,229 I look forward to working more closely with you. 573 00:18:49,296 --> 00:18:51,097 As do I, Mr. Vice President. 574 00:18:51,164 --> 00:18:53,032 I work well with strong women. 575 00:18:53,099 --> 00:18:54,100 Good to know. 576 00:18:54,167 --> 00:18:56,836 My mother... strong woman. 577 00:18:56,903 --> 00:18:58,137 Well, there you go. 578 00:18:58,205 --> 00:19:00,240 If you'll excuse me. 579 00:19:02,074 --> 00:19:03,210 WILL: This where I might find 580 00:19:03,276 --> 00:19:05,178 the "puling poster boy for Bartlet's 581 00:19:05,245 --> 00:19:06,446 indifferent energy policy"? 582 00:19:06,513 --> 00:19:09,015 I was shopping for a Prius. Just performing 583 00:19:09,081 --> 00:19:10,116 your own crash test. 584 00:19:10,183 --> 00:19:11,384 A joke the blogger missed. 585 00:19:11,451 --> 00:19:12,785 Maybe you should shoot her an e-mail. 586 00:19:12,852 --> 00:19:15,722 You just had the quintessential consumer experience. 587 00:19:15,788 --> 00:19:17,957 Your head said hybrid but your heart said SUV. 588 00:19:18,024 --> 00:19:20,126 Reptilian brain's what I've been going with. 589 00:19:20,193 --> 00:19:21,728 It's not like people want them 590 00:19:21,794 --> 00:19:23,830 because they get lousy mileage. That's the argument 591 00:19:23,896 --> 00:19:25,565 for mandating higher mileage standards. 592 00:19:25,632 --> 00:19:27,900 No one's saying it's the wrong argument. 593 00:19:27,967 --> 00:19:29,602 ( heavy sigh ) 594 00:19:29,669 --> 00:19:31,170 You've got a pretty tight relationship 595 00:19:31,238 --> 00:19:33,005 with Michael Hirsch, yes? 596 00:19:33,072 --> 00:19:34,106 People in show business 597 00:19:34,173 --> 00:19:35,775 are charming for a living. 598 00:19:35,842 --> 00:19:39,078 I'm one of his four or five thousand closest buds, yeah. 599 00:19:39,145 --> 00:19:39,946 Close enough to make a call? 600 00:19:40,012 --> 00:19:41,381 For the Vice President? 601 00:19:41,448 --> 00:19:42,849 You're one of the few around here who doesn't 602 00:19:42,915 --> 00:19:44,183 regard him with disdain. 603 00:19:44,251 --> 00:19:45,918 Or at least has the courtesy to hide it. 604 00:19:45,985 --> 00:19:47,420 The Hollywood support's all going to Baker. 605 00:19:47,487 --> 00:19:49,055 He's raised enough money out there 606 00:19:49,121 --> 00:19:50,122 to start green lighting movies. 607 00:19:50,189 --> 00:19:51,791 Governor Baker hasn't declared. 608 00:19:51,858 --> 00:19:53,560 But he's still the front runner-- 609 00:19:53,626 --> 00:19:55,395 I mean, no offense to your guy. 610 00:19:55,462 --> 00:19:57,397 It'd be great if you'd make a call. 611 00:19:58,197 --> 00:19:59,232 Let me get back to you. 612 00:19:59,299 --> 00:20:01,501 Mm-hmm. Sure. 613 00:20:01,568 --> 00:20:03,503 Yeah, Hirsch has a hybrid. 614 00:20:03,570 --> 00:20:05,305 Typical Hollywood-- drives his Prius 615 00:20:05,372 --> 00:20:06,773 right up to his private jet. 616 00:20:08,675 --> 00:20:11,177 PRESIDENT: I'm about to go into a meeting with the Commerce Secretary-- 617 00:20:11,244 --> 00:20:12,845 a man so soporific, 618 00:20:12,912 --> 00:20:16,549 one shouldn't operate heavy machinery in his presence. 619 00:20:16,616 --> 00:20:18,885 A meeting that would feel interminable at three minutes, 620 00:20:18,951 --> 00:20:21,954 is certain to stretch into a soul-annihilating 50 minutes-- 621 00:20:22,021 --> 00:20:24,591 presenting, therefore, a perfect opportunity 622 00:20:24,657 --> 00:20:26,759 for you to get started on the particular errand 623 00:20:26,826 --> 00:20:28,861 pertaining to your post-graduate career. 624 00:20:30,997 --> 00:20:33,132 Fiderer prepared them. I'd check for typos. 625 00:20:33,199 --> 00:20:34,534 Thank you, sir. 626 00:20:34,601 --> 00:20:38,104 Now let's get to work and fatten up that resume. 627 00:20:38,170 --> 00:20:40,373 Yes, Mr. President. 628 00:20:46,346 --> 00:20:47,747 DONNA: Meeting's set. 629 00:20:47,814 --> 00:20:50,182 Representatives from solar, ethanol, hydrogen, and wind. 630 00:20:50,249 --> 00:20:51,718 Copy Toby on the roster. 631 00:20:51,784 --> 00:20:53,185 Did you know, when we run out of oil, 632 00:20:53,252 --> 00:20:55,154 it'll precipitate a global food crisis? 633 00:20:55,221 --> 00:20:56,289 Don't you start. 634 00:20:56,356 --> 00:20:57,324 Fossil fuels are key components 635 00:20:57,390 --> 00:20:58,858 of fertilizers and pesticides, 636 00:20:58,925 --> 00:21:01,127 not to mention the fuel used in farm machinery 637 00:21:01,193 --> 00:21:02,462 and for irrigation. 638 00:21:02,529 --> 00:21:04,631 Said the woman with the electric wheelchair. 639 00:21:04,697 --> 00:21:06,132 I've given it up. You've inspired me 640 00:21:06,198 --> 00:21:08,034 with your profound commitment to renewable energy. 641 00:21:08,100 --> 00:21:10,603 You know, the SUV came through without a scratch. 642 00:21:10,670 --> 00:21:12,038 You're going to hell. 643 00:21:12,104 --> 00:21:13,573 MARGARET: C.J., 644 00:21:13,640 --> 00:21:15,842 this is Gail Addison, from the Office of Administration. 645 00:21:15,908 --> 00:21:16,943 Hello. 646 00:21:17,009 --> 00:21:18,445 She's here about changing over your office. 647 00:21:18,511 --> 00:21:19,679 To a day spa, I hope. 648 00:21:19,746 --> 00:21:20,947 I don't know how you prefer to approach 649 00:21:21,013 --> 00:21:22,749 your space-- if you have a vision or 650 00:21:22,815 --> 00:21:24,451 would like to be provided options. 651 00:21:24,517 --> 00:21:26,886 At the moment, I prefer not to think about it. 652 00:21:26,953 --> 00:21:27,987 Then I'm happy to. 653 00:21:28,054 --> 00:21:29,155 And have you not think about it either. 654 00:21:29,221 --> 00:21:30,557 I'm sorry? 655 00:21:30,623 --> 00:21:31,491 I'll have Margaret call you once I'm 656 00:21:31,558 --> 00:21:34,794 more settled in. Thanks. 657 00:21:34,861 --> 00:21:35,628 JOSH: Hey... 658 00:21:35,695 --> 00:21:36,729 Baker's running, right? 659 00:21:36,796 --> 00:21:37,930 Yeah. 660 00:21:37,997 --> 00:21:40,400 And he'll have it wrapped up by Super Tuesday. 661 00:21:40,467 --> 00:21:43,636 Will asked me to call Mickey Hirsch. 662 00:21:43,703 --> 00:21:45,271 He thinks Baker's not gonna run? 663 00:21:45,338 --> 00:21:47,407 The Vice President'd be out there virtually unopposed. 664 00:21:47,474 --> 00:21:48,875 President Russell. 665 00:21:48,941 --> 00:21:50,943 You worry he'd win. I worry he'd lose. 666 00:21:51,010 --> 00:21:53,646 A Republican administration and a GOP Congress? 667 00:21:53,713 --> 00:21:54,981 They'd dismantle everything 668 00:21:55,047 --> 00:21:56,182 we've accomplished in eight years. 669 00:21:56,248 --> 00:21:57,183 Baker's gonna run. 670 00:21:57,249 --> 00:21:59,085 Yeah. 671 00:21:59,151 --> 00:22:00,653 Hey, how do you get women? 672 00:22:00,720 --> 00:22:01,954 Huh...? 673 00:22:02,021 --> 00:22:03,790 Smart and funny... right? 674 00:22:03,856 --> 00:22:07,527 Plus, I got that, you know, boyish thing. 675 00:22:07,594 --> 00:22:08,995 I don't have that. 676 00:22:09,061 --> 00:22:10,162 Yeah. 677 00:22:10,229 --> 00:22:11,063 ( heavy sigh ) 678 00:22:11,130 --> 00:22:12,432 Okay. 679 00:22:22,975 --> 00:22:25,244 More and more charities playing loosely with contributions. 680 00:22:25,311 --> 00:22:27,547 Blessings for the not-so-unfortunate. 681 00:22:27,614 --> 00:22:28,481 What else? The CAFE standards 682 00:22:28,548 --> 00:22:30,417 amendment went down. 683 00:22:30,483 --> 00:22:34,654 That was fast. 684 00:22:34,721 --> 00:22:37,189 longer than that to decide what to order for takeout. 685 00:22:37,256 --> 00:22:39,559 Quick reconciliation. Bill to sign by Wednesday. 686 00:22:39,626 --> 00:22:42,294 Yeah. Oh, and Josh hit a Prius 687 00:22:42,361 --> 00:22:44,431 with a Land Cruiser or something. 688 00:22:44,497 --> 00:22:46,365 We're handling it. 689 00:22:46,433 --> 00:22:48,134 We done? Yes, sir. Thank you, Mr. President. 690 00:22:50,302 --> 00:22:51,838 Oh, sir, I'm sorry. 691 00:22:51,904 --> 00:22:54,607 Leo mentioned to remind you to play chess. 692 00:22:54,674 --> 00:22:56,609 Please tell Leo, when he's healthy enough 693 00:22:56,676 --> 00:22:58,244 to come back and give me a game, 694 00:22:58,310 --> 00:23:00,847 I'll be glad to school him at chess. 695 00:23:00,913 --> 00:23:03,583 Thank you, sir. 696 00:23:05,518 --> 00:23:07,253 Josh, got a moment? 697 00:23:07,319 --> 00:23:08,621 Sure. 698 00:23:08,688 --> 00:23:10,222 The President and I had an understanding-- 699 00:23:10,289 --> 00:23:11,491 actually, 700 00:23:11,558 --> 00:23:12,859 it was more of an executive order-- 701 00:23:12,925 --> 00:23:15,127 that once I graduated, I'd look for 702 00:23:15,194 --> 00:23:17,664 what he calls a "real" job. 703 00:23:17,730 --> 00:23:19,065 So I'm handing out résumés... 704 00:23:19,131 --> 00:23:21,901 Great. ...that I'd like you to ignore. 705 00:23:21,968 --> 00:23:24,537 Okay. I don't want to leave the President. 706 00:23:24,604 --> 00:23:26,172 Especially now that he's without Leo. 707 00:23:26,238 --> 00:23:27,874 Not that I compare myself to... 708 00:23:27,940 --> 00:23:29,476 I understand. 709 00:23:29,542 --> 00:23:31,778 Here, I'll... 710 00:23:31,844 --> 00:23:35,081 put it in a safe place in case you change your mind. 711 00:23:35,147 --> 00:23:36,683 Thanks. 712 00:23:40,620 --> 00:23:42,789 The Alternative Energy release. 713 00:23:42,855 --> 00:23:44,323 So what else? 714 00:23:44,390 --> 00:23:47,126 Smart and funny, that's the sum total of your vaunted expertise? 715 00:23:47,193 --> 00:23:49,095 You could wear a little makeup. 716 00:23:49,161 --> 00:23:51,397 Oh, geez. That'll happen. You want my help? 717 00:23:51,464 --> 00:23:53,132 Not if it involves makeup, wardrobe 718 00:23:53,199 --> 00:23:56,669 or alternative facial hair strategies. Body language. 719 00:23:56,736 --> 00:24:00,072 What about it? Projecting comfort and command. 720 00:24:00,139 --> 00:24:01,240 I don't do that? 721 00:24:01,307 --> 00:24:03,175 One might say. 722 00:24:08,414 --> 00:24:10,950 So what do I... ! Follow me. 723 00:24:17,056 --> 00:24:19,458 And, personally, the way you trim your beard? 724 00:24:19,526 --> 00:24:21,327 Little fussy. 725 00:24:21,393 --> 00:24:23,663 KATE: I'd be happy to brief the Vice President. 726 00:24:23,730 --> 00:24:26,232 How often? Occasionally-- a continent at a sitting. 727 00:24:26,298 --> 00:24:29,068 I assume he's pretty much got a handle on North America. 728 00:24:29,135 --> 00:24:31,070 There's the odd confusion, that's all. 729 00:24:31,137 --> 00:24:33,640 Sudan and Somalia. Iran, Iraq. 730 00:24:33,706 --> 00:24:35,608 You're kidding. One time. 731 00:24:35,675 --> 00:24:37,076 Actual confusion or slips of the tongue? 732 00:24:37,143 --> 00:24:39,211 Well, we won't presume for these purposes. 733 00:24:39,278 --> 00:24:41,748 He knows Pakistan's the Muslim one and India's Hindu? 734 00:24:41,814 --> 00:24:43,550 Of course. I'm just trying to calibrate. 735 00:24:43,616 --> 00:24:45,718 I wouldn't bet the farm on Bangladesh. 736 00:24:45,785 --> 00:24:47,654 Okay. And he has a little trouble with the whole 737 00:24:47,720 --> 00:24:49,321 Shiite/Sunni thing. 738 00:24:49,388 --> 00:24:51,057 We should start right away. That's what I'm thinking. 739 00:24:51,123 --> 00:24:52,759 I'll come by end of the day. Great. 740 00:24:52,825 --> 00:24:54,861 And bring my flashcards. JOSH: What? 741 00:24:54,927 --> 00:24:55,895 Nothing. 742 00:24:55,962 --> 00:24:57,530 You know why people buy hybrids? 743 00:24:57,597 --> 00:25:00,900 I mean, aside from smugness and moral superiority? 744 00:25:00,967 --> 00:25:03,770 Funny, I was going to say "conscience" and "civic responsibility." 745 00:25:03,836 --> 00:25:05,538 'Cause they think gas prices are too high. 746 00:25:05,605 --> 00:25:06,873 You know why they buy SUVs? 747 00:25:06,939 --> 00:25:08,274 'Cause they're not. 748 00:25:08,340 --> 00:25:11,110 Record high was in '81-- adjusted for inflation, 749 00:25:11,177 --> 00:25:13,412 gas was $2.80 a gallon in today's money. 750 00:25:13,479 --> 00:25:15,582 That's the only way you'll get real conservation. 751 00:25:15,648 --> 00:25:16,816 Hold an economic gun to their heads. 752 00:25:16,883 --> 00:25:17,984 That's why we should slap 753 00:25:18,050 --> 00:25:19,786 a three-bucks-a-gallon tax on gasoline. 754 00:25:19,852 --> 00:25:21,520 Ah, there's a popular position. 755 00:25:21,588 --> 00:25:23,956 Wait till gas lines come back, see how popular that'll be. 756 00:25:24,023 --> 00:25:25,858 I'm about to solve the whole problem. 757 00:25:25,925 --> 00:25:27,493 Your Alternative Energy Summit. 758 00:25:27,560 --> 00:25:30,997 The children of your villages will sing my name. 759 00:25:31,063 --> 00:25:33,900 Hello. Thank you all for coming. 760 00:25:33,966 --> 00:25:35,668 Particularly on such short notice. 761 00:25:35,735 --> 00:25:37,670 I've been waiting to have this meeting 762 00:25:37,737 --> 00:25:39,105 for seven years. Then... 763 00:25:39,171 --> 00:25:40,707 let's get right to making up for lost time. 764 00:25:40,773 --> 00:25:43,142 If we could go around the table. Terry Anders, 765 00:25:43,209 --> 00:25:44,443 the Solar Cell Project. 766 00:25:44,510 --> 00:25:46,178 Riley Sheets, Ethanol Works. 767 00:25:46,245 --> 00:25:47,714 Wind Now, Corinne McKenna. 768 00:25:47,780 --> 00:25:49,716 Paul Tyminski, Hydrogen Caucus. 769 00:25:49,782 --> 00:25:52,351 And I've been waiting a while for this, too. 770 00:25:52,418 --> 00:25:53,953 You guys sound like my mother. 771 00:25:54,020 --> 00:25:55,988 When I call, all she does is complain how I never call. 772 00:25:56,055 --> 00:25:57,790 I'll try to keep everybody straight. 773 00:25:57,857 --> 00:26:00,292 I should've made little symbols-- 774 00:26:00,359 --> 00:26:02,161 picture of the sun, ear of corn, 775 00:26:02,228 --> 00:26:05,064 cloud blowing out its cheeks, and for hydrogen, uh... 776 00:26:05,131 --> 00:26:05,932 The Hindenburg. 777 00:26:05,998 --> 00:26:07,233 Hydrogen didn't cause 778 00:26:07,299 --> 00:26:08,100 the Hindenburg fire. 779 00:26:08,167 --> 00:26:08,901 It was the aluminum 780 00:26:08,968 --> 00:26:10,302 powder coating. Really? 781 00:26:10,369 --> 00:26:12,371 Stuff's used as rocket fuel. But hydrogen is 782 00:26:12,438 --> 00:26:13,606 extremely flammable. 783 00:26:13,673 --> 00:26:14,874 TYMINSKI: So's gasoline. Okay... 784 00:26:14,941 --> 00:26:16,743 Did she say flammable? She meant combustible. 785 00:26:16,809 --> 00:26:18,310 Guys... Hydrogen burns with 786 00:26:18,377 --> 00:26:20,613 a colorless flame-- the Hindenburg burned red. 787 00:26:20,680 --> 00:26:21,580 Where's your humanity? 788 00:26:21,648 --> 00:26:23,082 Okay, then... 789 00:26:23,149 --> 00:26:25,351 ( tapping pen ) 790 00:26:25,417 --> 00:26:27,453 ( smacks lips ) 791 00:26:27,519 --> 00:26:28,788 This is your room. 792 00:26:28,855 --> 00:26:30,690 You're not venturing onto their turf, 793 00:26:30,757 --> 00:26:32,324 they're treading onto yours. 794 00:26:32,391 --> 00:26:33,860 You have to own it. 795 00:26:33,926 --> 00:26:36,028 You didn't really just say "own it." 796 00:26:36,095 --> 00:26:39,531 I'll show you what you look like up here. 797 00:26:39,598 --> 00:26:41,033 Thanks. Helpful. 798 00:26:41,100 --> 00:26:42,702 Smart and funny. 799 00:26:42,769 --> 00:26:44,536 Come here. Come here. 800 00:26:44,603 --> 00:26:46,639 You try it. 801 00:26:52,044 --> 00:26:54,246 ( quietly ): "Good afternoon." 802 00:26:54,313 --> 00:26:55,614 Good afternoon. 803 00:26:55,682 --> 00:26:57,283 "I'll take your questions." 804 00:26:57,349 --> 00:26:58,417 I'll take your questions. 805 00:26:58,484 --> 00:26:59,418 Okay, you look like 806 00:26:59,485 --> 00:27:00,753 you loathe this. 807 00:27:00,820 --> 00:27:02,822 Like you cannot wait to get out the door. 808 00:27:02,889 --> 00:27:05,157 I wonder why. You're literally hunching over. 809 00:27:05,224 --> 00:27:07,093 You need to lean back. 810 00:27:07,159 --> 00:27:09,161 Not too much-- you don't want to look 811 00:27:09,228 --> 00:27:10,262 hostile and pugnacious. 812 00:27:10,329 --> 00:27:13,299 I don't? 'Kay, relax your hands. 813 00:27:13,365 --> 00:27:15,702 Look up. Look up. 814 00:27:15,768 --> 00:27:18,137 Okay, now... 815 00:27:18,204 --> 00:27:18,971 how does that feel? 816 00:27:19,038 --> 00:27:20,472 Like a poodle in a dog show. 817 00:27:20,539 --> 00:27:21,540 Let's try it again. 818 00:27:21,607 --> 00:27:23,609 This time... 819 00:27:23,676 --> 00:27:25,978 with more confidence. 820 00:27:28,147 --> 00:27:29,682 Good afternoon. 821 00:27:29,749 --> 00:27:31,317 ( clears throat ) 822 00:27:31,383 --> 00:27:33,686 I can't do this. 823 00:27:39,258 --> 00:27:42,494 ANDERS: Solar energy is, very simply, the answer. 824 00:27:42,561 --> 00:27:43,863 It's clean, it's accessible, 825 00:27:43,930 --> 00:27:45,664 and we're not running out of it anytime soon. 826 00:27:45,732 --> 00:27:46,799 JOSH: And when we do, 827 00:27:46,866 --> 00:27:48,167 we'll be having bigger problems. 828 00:27:48,234 --> 00:27:49,769 We could replace all the fossil fuels 829 00:27:49,836 --> 00:27:51,170 we're burning today 830 00:27:51,237 --> 00:27:53,806 simply by covering 220,000 square kilometers 831 00:27:53,873 --> 00:27:54,974 with solar cells. 832 00:27:55,041 --> 00:27:56,608 Isn't that a lot? A piece of land 833 00:27:56,675 --> 00:27:57,910 300 miles on each side. 834 00:27:57,977 --> 00:27:59,946 Yeah, see... that's kind of a lot. 835 00:28:00,012 --> 00:28:01,047 This'll give you an idea 836 00:28:01,113 --> 00:28:02,548 of what we're talking about. 837 00:28:02,614 --> 00:28:04,050 ( whispers ) 838 00:28:05,284 --> 00:28:06,685 That's huge. 839 00:28:06,753 --> 00:28:09,856 Drive it. There's 300 days of sunshine and nothing there. 840 00:28:09,922 --> 00:28:11,390 That covers Las Vegas. 841 00:28:11,457 --> 00:28:13,092 ANDERS: Appropriately-- the most wasteful 842 00:28:13,159 --> 00:28:14,994 energy abuser on the planet. 843 00:28:15,061 --> 00:28:16,395 TYMINSKI: Your cells'll look attractive 844 00:28:16,462 --> 00:28:18,164 covering the Grand Canyon. 845 00:28:18,230 --> 00:28:19,231 You adjust this, 846 00:28:19,298 --> 00:28:20,366 obviously. 847 00:28:20,432 --> 00:28:22,234 Finding square footage in the desert West 848 00:28:22,301 --> 00:28:24,403 will not be the problem. What will? 849 00:28:24,470 --> 00:28:26,272 Manufacturing that many solar cells. We'd have to 850 00:28:26,338 --> 00:28:27,306 pick up the pace some. 851 00:28:27,373 --> 00:28:29,041 You might say-- since all the solar cells 852 00:28:29,108 --> 00:28:30,376 ever made up to this point 853 00:28:30,442 --> 00:28:32,711 would barely cover ten square kilometers. 854 00:28:32,779 --> 00:28:34,513 So, just... 855 00:28:34,580 --> 00:28:38,350 219,990 to go. 856 00:28:38,417 --> 00:28:39,986 CHARLIE: I don't want to leave the President, 857 00:28:40,052 --> 00:28:42,254 and I just don't think the time is right. 858 00:28:42,321 --> 00:28:44,523 So if I could leave you my résumé, 859 00:28:44,590 --> 00:28:46,225 then have you ignore it. 860 00:28:46,292 --> 00:28:47,960 Got it. 861 00:28:48,027 --> 00:28:51,030 ( tears paper ) 862 00:28:57,303 --> 00:28:58,771 ( knocking ) 863 00:29:00,306 --> 00:29:01,407 C.J. Cregg. 864 00:29:01,473 --> 00:29:03,675 Please. 865 00:29:03,742 --> 00:29:04,811 Hey, you. 866 00:29:04,877 --> 00:29:08,180 Oh, you are a sight for sore eyes. 867 00:29:08,247 --> 00:29:11,083 And sore legs, sore chest... 868 00:29:11,150 --> 00:29:14,220 You having a lot of pain? The Vicodin helps. 869 00:29:14,286 --> 00:29:15,621 Whatcha got? 870 00:29:15,687 --> 00:29:18,190 Takeout from Terrazzo. 871 00:29:18,257 --> 00:29:19,225 The arugula... 872 00:29:19,291 --> 00:29:22,761 Ooh, with the Pecorino and walnuts. Mm. 873 00:29:22,829 --> 00:29:24,596 And... and gnocchi. 874 00:29:24,663 --> 00:29:26,432 Supposed to be very "gnice." 875 00:29:26,498 --> 00:29:28,467 So much trouble. 876 00:29:28,534 --> 00:29:29,802 If only you were worth it. 877 00:29:29,869 --> 00:29:32,238 I don't have much appetite. 878 00:29:32,304 --> 00:29:33,539 Oh. 879 00:29:33,605 --> 00:29:34,773 He needs to eat. 880 00:29:34,841 --> 00:29:36,575 I'll eat when I'm hungry. 881 00:29:36,642 --> 00:29:37,643 Put it in the fridge. 882 00:29:37,709 --> 00:29:39,211 I'm actually not that... 883 00:29:39,278 --> 00:29:41,013 LEO: No, don't be silly. Go ahead. 884 00:29:41,080 --> 00:29:44,216 I can enjoy it as a spectator sport. 885 00:29:44,283 --> 00:29:46,452 You sure it won't bother you? 886 00:29:46,518 --> 00:29:48,520 It'll be great. 887 00:29:48,587 --> 00:29:50,022 Voyeuristic. 888 00:29:50,089 --> 00:29:52,058 That sounds like the Vicodin talking. 889 00:29:52,124 --> 00:29:53,492 Has its compensations. 890 00:29:53,559 --> 00:29:55,862 ( laughs ) 891 00:29:58,497 --> 00:29:59,999 So, how's it going? 892 00:30:00,066 --> 00:30:01,600 It's overwhelming, 893 00:30:01,667 --> 00:30:03,269 the amount there is to tend to. 894 00:30:03,335 --> 00:30:05,371 I thought I was busy before. 895 00:30:05,437 --> 00:30:07,907 How in the world did you manage it for seven years? 896 00:30:07,974 --> 00:30:09,341 I had a heart attack. 897 00:30:09,408 --> 00:30:11,410 ( laughs ) You remind the President 898 00:30:11,477 --> 00:30:14,113 about playing chess? 899 00:30:14,180 --> 00:30:16,448 He pretty much blew me off. 900 00:30:16,515 --> 00:30:18,584 You need to insist. 901 00:30:18,650 --> 00:30:20,386 I obviously don't know the President 902 00:30:20,452 --> 00:30:22,554 as well as you, but already I can tell 903 00:30:22,621 --> 00:30:24,290 when something's a no go. 904 00:30:26,058 --> 00:30:28,194 You have to insist. 905 00:30:29,661 --> 00:30:30,997 The President gets 906 00:30:31,063 --> 00:30:34,333 regular physicals, and because of the MS, 907 00:30:34,400 --> 00:30:38,337 rather more regular MRIs and neuro-physical tests. 908 00:30:38,404 --> 00:30:41,673 But MS is a disease of the central nervous system. 909 00:30:41,740 --> 00:30:45,211 It can affect cognition: perception, reasoning, judgment. 910 00:30:45,277 --> 00:30:49,615 What the doctors actually term executive function. 911 00:30:51,383 --> 00:30:53,252 As President of the United States, 912 00:30:53,319 --> 00:30:57,023 this needs to be monitored on a weekly basis. 913 00:30:57,089 --> 00:31:00,893 You need to get the President to play chess. 914 00:31:03,930 --> 00:31:05,864 Finish your lunch. 915 00:31:14,640 --> 00:31:17,543 and most important, ethanol's made right here 916 00:31:17,609 --> 00:31:18,810 in the U.S. of A. 917 00:31:18,877 --> 00:31:20,012 TYMINSKI: And is already subsidized 918 00:31:20,079 --> 00:31:21,480 up the ying-yang by 919 00:31:21,547 --> 00:31:24,350 the U.S. of A government. 920 00:31:24,416 --> 00:31:25,484 Hang on. 921 00:31:25,551 --> 00:31:27,619 Some claim it's not all that clean. 922 00:31:27,686 --> 00:31:28,988 SHEETS: The EPA's certified 923 00:31:29,055 --> 00:31:30,322 it reduces carbon dioxide 924 00:31:30,389 --> 00:31:33,159 and hydrocarbon tailpipe emissions by up to 30%. 925 00:31:33,225 --> 00:31:34,660 ANDERS: And releases more nitrogen oxide 926 00:31:34,726 --> 00:31:37,463 and makes the entire fuel mixture evaporate easier 927 00:31:37,529 --> 00:31:39,966 than pure gasoline, causing more smog. 928 00:31:40,032 --> 00:31:41,333 It's climate dependent. 929 00:31:41,400 --> 00:31:42,768 Helps in cold weather, hurts in hot. 930 00:31:42,834 --> 00:31:44,003 It consumes more fossil fuels 931 00:31:44,070 --> 00:31:44,937 to make than it replaces. 932 00:31:45,004 --> 00:31:45,972 We dispute that. 933 00:31:46,038 --> 00:31:46,905 JOSH: It only replaces 934 00:31:46,973 --> 00:31:48,407 ten percent of gasoline. 935 00:31:48,474 --> 00:31:50,542 So at best, it's a stopgap. 936 00:31:50,609 --> 00:31:52,478 It's practical now. 937 00:31:52,544 --> 00:31:54,880 Not pie in the sky, like some people's solutions. 938 00:31:54,947 --> 00:31:56,548 Let's be honest-- all of us 939 00:31:56,615 --> 00:31:58,217 sitting here know exactly what the biggest thing is 940 00:31:58,284 --> 00:31:59,918 that ethanol has in its favor. 941 00:31:59,986 --> 00:32:02,854 The Iowa caucuses. 942 00:32:02,921 --> 00:32:04,023 MARGARET: C.J., Gail's back 943 00:32:04,090 --> 00:32:06,993 with a quick question. Yes? 944 00:32:07,059 --> 00:32:08,594 I know you said you weren't necessarily prepared 945 00:32:08,660 --> 00:32:11,497 to consider redecoration schemes, but I took the liberty 946 00:32:11,563 --> 00:32:13,966 of pulling some pictures of our inventory. 947 00:32:14,033 --> 00:32:15,534 It's just so dark 948 00:32:15,601 --> 00:32:17,103 and masculine in here. 949 00:32:17,169 --> 00:32:18,770 A-And martial. Do you feel it? 950 00:32:18,837 --> 00:32:21,873 It's just militaristic and martial and male. 951 00:32:21,940 --> 00:32:23,409 You said a quick question? 952 00:32:23,475 --> 00:32:24,376 Oh, sorry. 953 00:32:24,443 --> 00:32:25,344 This... 954 00:32:25,411 --> 00:32:27,079 was Dolley Madison's desk. 955 00:32:27,146 --> 00:32:29,681 You know, most people think she spelled her name L-L-Y, 956 00:32:29,748 --> 00:32:30,916 but in actuality it was 957 00:32:30,983 --> 00:32:32,351 L-L-E-Y. MARGARET: Perhaps we should... 958 00:32:32,418 --> 00:32:34,420 But it's lovely and feminine. 959 00:32:34,486 --> 00:32:38,224 Dolley-with-an-e Madison was maybe five-three? 960 00:32:38,290 --> 00:32:39,291 Yes. 961 00:32:43,562 --> 00:32:45,431 Of course. 962 00:32:46,798 --> 00:32:48,500 ANNABETH: Briefing time. 963 00:32:48,567 --> 00:32:50,569 I know. 964 00:32:50,636 --> 00:32:52,304 I won't say a word. 965 00:32:52,371 --> 00:32:54,373 But that tie's going to bleed. 966 00:32:54,440 --> 00:32:56,342 Keep it up, it'll have company. 967 00:32:56,408 --> 00:32:57,709 And don't look at them with veiled contempt. 968 00:32:57,776 --> 00:32:58,910 I don't. 969 00:32:58,977 --> 00:33:00,846 You're right, it's not veiled. 970 00:33:00,912 --> 00:33:03,649 Charm and disarm. 971 00:33:04,750 --> 00:33:07,453 ( indistinct voices ) 972 00:33:09,921 --> 00:33:10,856 Good afternoon. 973 00:33:10,922 --> 00:33:12,024 ALL: Good afternoon. 974 00:33:12,091 --> 00:33:13,192 I'll take your questions. 975 00:33:13,259 --> 00:33:14,626 What's your response to criticism 976 00:33:14,693 --> 00:33:15,794 of the administration's 977 00:33:15,861 --> 00:33:18,430 lukewarm support for higher CAFE standards 978 00:33:18,497 --> 00:33:21,167 as reflected in today's defeat in the House? 979 00:33:21,233 --> 00:33:22,834 Well, what today's vote reflected... 980 00:33:22,901 --> 00:33:25,371 ( clearing throat ) 981 00:33:25,437 --> 00:33:27,539 Between anti-regulatory Republicans 982 00:33:27,606 --> 00:33:30,509 and auto-state Democrats, we were outgunned. 983 00:33:32,010 --> 00:33:33,512 As far as our lukewarm support, 984 00:33:33,579 --> 00:33:36,615 I'd characterize it as more of a parboil, myself. 985 00:33:36,682 --> 00:33:38,184 ( chuckling ) 986 00:33:38,250 --> 00:33:39,851 White House commitment to fuel conservation 987 00:33:39,918 --> 00:33:42,388 can more readily be measured by the Alternative Energy 988 00:33:42,454 --> 00:33:44,923 Task Force meeting currently in progress. 989 00:33:44,990 --> 00:33:47,259 KATIE: Isn't this hastily- convened task force 990 00:33:47,326 --> 00:33:48,960 just an attempt to counteract 991 00:33:49,027 --> 00:33:50,329 the symbolism of a White House 992 00:33:50,396 --> 00:33:52,831 senior staffer totaling a hybrid 993 00:33:52,898 --> 00:33:54,733 while driving one of the most fuel inefficient 994 00:33:54,800 --> 00:33:56,768 passenger vehicles sold in the world? 995 00:33:56,835 --> 00:33:59,405 Questions as to symbolism and the relative meanings thereof 996 00:33:59,471 --> 00:34:01,473 are the purview of the Department of Metaphor. 997 00:34:01,540 --> 00:34:03,142 And I refer you to the Undersecretary 998 00:34:03,209 --> 00:34:05,043 for Whimsy and Caprice for further comment. 999 00:34:05,111 --> 00:34:06,712 ( laughter ) 1000 00:34:06,778 --> 00:34:08,680 MARK: But, really, this Alternative Energy Summit's 1001 00:34:08,747 --> 00:34:09,815 not going to fool anyone. 1002 00:34:09,881 --> 00:34:12,184 Good. Then maybe we can stop thinking of it 1003 00:34:12,251 --> 00:34:13,619 as something intended to fool people, 1004 00:34:13,685 --> 00:34:15,787 and start thinking of it as a way 1005 00:34:15,854 --> 00:34:17,089 to maybe get something done. 1006 00:34:17,156 --> 00:34:19,791 Fuel conservation is a critical issue. 1007 00:34:19,858 --> 00:34:23,329 We were outgunned today in Congress, but not outflanked. 1008 00:34:25,764 --> 00:34:26,865 Yeah. 1009 00:34:26,932 --> 00:34:28,200 So what are the obstacles 1010 00:34:28,267 --> 00:34:29,735 to using hydrogen as a replacement fuel? 1011 00:34:29,801 --> 00:34:31,337 Distribution. 1012 00:34:31,403 --> 00:34:34,506 To transport and then dispense it you'd have to liquefy it. 1013 00:34:34,573 --> 00:34:36,675 JOSH: Is that an issue? You just need to freeze it, 1014 00:34:36,742 --> 00:34:38,244 then open it. At enormous pressure. 1015 00:34:38,310 --> 00:34:39,178 I don't understand. 1016 00:34:39,245 --> 00:34:40,912 What's the problem? 1017 00:34:40,979 --> 00:34:42,848 When you do that, it can... 1018 00:34:42,914 --> 00:34:45,117 Have the tendency to explode. 1019 00:34:45,184 --> 00:34:46,552 Like the Hindenburg. 1020 00:34:48,487 --> 00:34:50,256 So you can just file it or toss it, or... 1021 00:34:50,322 --> 00:34:51,990 The President wants you to quit. 1022 00:34:52,057 --> 00:34:53,959 But like I said, I don't actually... And you promised him 1023 00:34:54,025 --> 00:34:55,394 once you graduated you would. 1024 00:34:55,461 --> 00:34:56,962 It was more of an implied understanding. 1025 00:34:57,028 --> 00:34:58,029 Yes or no, Charlie. 1026 00:34:58,096 --> 00:34:59,331 Yes. I guess. 1027 00:34:59,398 --> 00:35:00,799 It's a dilemma. 1028 00:35:00,866 --> 00:35:01,900 No, all you have to do is... 1029 00:35:01,967 --> 00:35:03,135 Charlie, what's my job? 1030 00:35:03,202 --> 00:35:04,470 Excuse me? 1031 00:35:04,536 --> 00:35:06,372 My job-- it's to serve the President. 1032 00:35:06,438 --> 00:35:09,074 It seems to me the President has expressed a clear wish. 1033 00:35:09,141 --> 00:35:10,509 I don't... If he'd handed me 1034 00:35:10,576 --> 00:35:13,078 your résumé, do you imagine I could ignore it? 1035 00:35:13,145 --> 00:35:14,680 Maybe I should just take this back... 1036 00:35:14,746 --> 00:35:18,417 Yeah, you probably shouldn't have come in here with that... 1037 00:35:18,484 --> 00:35:20,819 Deputy Special Assistant 1038 00:35:20,886 --> 00:35:22,087 to the Chief of Staff. 1039 00:35:22,154 --> 00:35:23,088 Sorry? 1040 00:35:23,155 --> 00:35:24,990 Your new title. 1041 00:35:25,056 --> 00:35:26,658 Come work for me. 1042 00:35:26,725 --> 00:35:28,126 What? 1043 00:35:28,194 --> 00:35:29,395 You're smart, responsible, 1044 00:35:29,461 --> 00:35:30,996 you know the President. 1045 00:35:31,062 --> 00:35:32,398 Why wouldn't I hire you? 1046 00:35:32,464 --> 00:35:34,200 Title's a little gaudy, 1047 00:35:34,266 --> 00:35:36,235 but it mostly means you'll do whatever's needed to be done. 1048 00:35:36,302 --> 00:35:39,037 A catch-all-- but grownup, policy stuff. 1049 00:35:39,104 --> 00:35:40,372 You're serious. 1050 00:35:40,439 --> 00:35:42,107 You'd be a stone's throw from the Oval. 1051 00:35:42,174 --> 00:35:44,743 The President can't miss you if you haven't really gone. 1052 00:35:47,012 --> 00:35:48,880 I don't know what to say. 1053 00:35:48,947 --> 00:35:50,282 Can I think it over? 1054 00:35:50,349 --> 00:35:51,717 Not really. 1055 00:35:53,485 --> 00:35:54,920 ANNABETH: That was... 1056 00:35:54,986 --> 00:35:56,455 Absolute misery. What? 1057 00:35:56,522 --> 00:35:59,024 Lean forward, but not too far, but don't lean back. 1058 00:35:59,090 --> 00:36:01,627 Oh, my bleeding tie's distracting from my fuzzy beard. 1059 00:36:01,693 --> 00:36:04,230 Be funny, be smart, look pleasant. 1060 00:36:04,296 --> 00:36:06,598 I've never been more self-conscious in my life. 1061 00:36:06,665 --> 00:36:08,334 I don't want to be good at this. 1062 00:36:08,400 --> 00:36:11,203 Don't worry. It was better. 1063 00:36:11,270 --> 00:36:13,939 Good's still a ways off. 1064 00:36:14,005 --> 00:36:15,574 You're welcome. 1065 00:36:15,641 --> 00:36:18,744 Wind turbines in California produce enough kilowatt-hours 1066 00:36:18,810 --> 00:36:21,079 of electricity to light San Francisco, 1067 00:36:21,146 --> 00:36:22,581 saving the state the equivalent 1068 00:36:22,648 --> 00:36:24,816 of well over ten million barrels of oil. 1069 00:36:24,883 --> 00:36:30,121 Wind provides 1.27% of California's electricity. 1070 00:36:30,188 --> 00:36:31,657 From 13,000 turbines. 1071 00:36:31,723 --> 00:36:32,591 So, in order to get 1072 00:36:32,658 --> 00:36:33,659 all of its energy from wind, 1073 00:36:33,725 --> 00:36:35,026 California would have to build... 1074 00:36:35,093 --> 00:36:36,728 TYMINSKI: Only one million more. 1075 00:36:36,795 --> 00:36:38,497 And, oh, by the way, they're an eyesore 1076 00:36:38,564 --> 00:36:39,798 and no one wants them. 1077 00:36:39,865 --> 00:36:41,800 What happens when the wind doesn't blow? 1078 00:36:41,867 --> 00:36:43,335 Gee, I don't know. What happens when the sun isn't shining? 1079 00:36:43,402 --> 00:36:44,803 This really isn't helpful. 1080 00:36:44,870 --> 00:36:47,205 Wind is clean, increasingly competitive-- 1081 00:36:47,273 --> 00:36:48,340 the fastest-growing 1082 00:36:48,407 --> 00:36:49,941 energy technology in the world. 1083 00:36:50,008 --> 00:36:53,078 The Bartlet administration could restore U.S. leadership 1084 00:36:53,144 --> 00:36:54,145 in wind power. 1085 00:36:54,212 --> 00:36:55,414 I can see the slogan now: 1086 00:36:55,481 --> 00:36:57,416 "Breaking Wind Together." 1087 00:36:57,483 --> 00:36:59,751 ( chuckling ) 1088 00:37:05,757 --> 00:37:07,359 Hey. 1089 00:37:07,426 --> 00:37:09,328 I only have a minute. 1090 00:37:09,395 --> 00:37:10,429 What'd you want to tell me? 1091 00:37:10,496 --> 00:37:11,730 I got an interesting offer 1092 00:37:11,797 --> 00:37:15,000 that you're pretty much responsible for. 1093 00:37:15,066 --> 00:37:15,901 What? 1094 00:37:15,967 --> 00:37:17,202 In appreciation, 1095 00:37:17,269 --> 00:37:20,071 I'd like to tell you about it over dinner. 1096 00:37:20,138 --> 00:37:22,941 Are you asking me on a date? 1097 00:37:23,008 --> 00:37:24,443 A thank-you dinner. 1098 00:37:24,510 --> 00:37:26,077 It's a date. 1099 00:37:26,144 --> 00:37:27,846 So far, it isn't anything. 1100 00:37:27,913 --> 00:37:30,248 You haven't said that you'll go. 1101 00:37:32,050 --> 00:37:33,985 Sure. 1102 00:37:37,756 --> 00:37:38,690 So? 1103 00:37:38,757 --> 00:37:39,425 What? 1104 00:37:39,491 --> 00:37:40,359 What are we announcing? 1105 00:37:40,426 --> 00:37:41,293 We don't know yet. 1106 00:37:41,360 --> 00:37:42,628 C.J. wants an announcement. 1107 00:37:42,694 --> 00:37:43,829 Yeah, tell her that's not happening. 1108 00:37:43,895 --> 00:37:45,196 Nice try. 1109 00:37:45,263 --> 00:37:46,365 What? 1110 00:37:46,432 --> 00:37:47,899 She's pissed at you, you tell her. 1111 00:37:47,966 --> 00:37:49,568 She wasn't pissed. Nettled, maybe. 1112 00:37:49,635 --> 00:37:51,002 Whatever, you're telling her. 1113 00:37:51,069 --> 00:37:52,438 Really, nothing came out of it? 1114 00:37:52,504 --> 00:37:53,739 Wind power? 1115 00:37:53,805 --> 00:37:55,341 Turns out the churn from the turbines 1116 00:37:55,407 --> 00:37:56,875 changes the weather on the ground. 1117 00:37:56,942 --> 00:37:59,678 Probably not ideal from an environmental standpoint. 1118 00:37:59,745 --> 00:38:01,179 Three hours of stuff like that. 1119 00:38:01,246 --> 00:38:02,614 That you're telling her. 1120 00:38:02,681 --> 00:38:05,150 Yeah. 1121 00:38:05,216 --> 00:38:08,286 ( speaking Chinese ) 1122 00:38:18,397 --> 00:38:22,668 DONNA: I'm not ready. 1123 00:38:22,734 --> 00:38:24,836 I have spoken to experts and they've told me, 1124 00:38:24,903 --> 00:38:27,806 what to look for and I don't have to look very hard. 1125 00:38:27,873 --> 00:38:30,776 I do get angry over everything, cry over nothing, 1126 00:38:30,842 --> 00:38:31,977 right down the list. 1127 00:38:32,043 --> 00:38:34,913 Rejecting offers of help, that's on there, too. 1128 00:38:36,848 --> 00:38:38,784 I'm sure talking to you would be helpful. 1129 00:38:38,850 --> 00:38:41,953 Actually, I'm... I'm not sure of that. 1130 00:38:42,020 --> 00:38:45,023 I'm not sure of much of anything, 1131 00:38:45,090 --> 00:38:47,526 except that I'm not ready. 1132 00:38:47,593 --> 00:38:49,895 I understand. 1133 00:38:49,961 --> 00:38:51,863 Okay. 1134 00:38:57,803 --> 00:38:58,537 Hey. 1135 00:38:58,604 --> 00:39:01,072 How was your energy meeting? 1136 00:39:01,139 --> 00:39:02,674 It was pretty Darwinian. 1137 00:39:02,741 --> 00:39:04,743 They're so great at knocking each other's technology, 1138 00:39:04,810 --> 00:39:07,278 it makes you want to run out and buy stock in Chevron. 1139 00:39:07,345 --> 00:39:09,548 They know we can't fund everything. 1140 00:39:09,615 --> 00:39:11,016 I don't know what we can announce, 1141 00:39:11,082 --> 00:39:13,051 other than the world's running out of oil, 1142 00:39:13,118 --> 00:39:15,220 and in 20 years we're all going to starve to death. 1143 00:39:15,286 --> 00:39:18,023 You know, those that haven't already been wiped out 1144 00:39:18,089 --> 00:39:19,357 in an energy war with China. 1145 00:39:19,425 --> 00:39:20,759 Because the fuel alternatives 1146 00:39:20,826 --> 00:39:23,895 are even less ready than you thought. 1147 00:39:23,962 --> 00:39:26,297 It's all economics. 1148 00:39:26,364 --> 00:39:27,232 Mr. President. 1149 00:39:27,298 --> 00:39:28,700 Sir. 1150 00:39:28,767 --> 00:39:31,069 Why do the Saudis fight to keep oil prices from rising? 1151 00:39:31,136 --> 00:39:32,604 To discourage conservation. 1152 00:39:32,671 --> 00:39:34,640 And the development of alternative fuels. 1153 00:39:34,706 --> 00:39:36,842 And it works-- because we let them. 1154 00:39:36,908 --> 00:39:37,976 Economics. 1155 00:39:38,043 --> 00:39:39,911 So what do we do? 1156 00:39:39,978 --> 00:39:42,781 Veto the omnibus transportation bill. 1157 00:39:42,848 --> 00:39:43,782 Why? 1158 00:39:43,849 --> 00:39:46,151 To demand the higher CAFE standards. 1159 00:39:46,217 --> 00:39:47,085 Because Josh 1160 00:39:47,152 --> 00:39:48,687 demolished a hybrid? 1161 00:39:48,754 --> 00:39:51,122 Because improving fuel economy deserves far more 1162 00:39:51,189 --> 00:39:52,458 than a 20-minute debate. 1163 00:39:52,524 --> 00:39:54,259 Sir, there aren't the votes 1164 00:39:54,325 --> 00:39:55,661 to sustain. They'll just override. 1165 00:39:55,727 --> 00:39:57,295 It pushes the subject out there. 1166 00:39:57,362 --> 00:39:58,830 Jump starts a national debate. 1167 00:39:58,897 --> 00:40:01,900 Hummer sales had their best month ever this year. 1168 00:40:01,967 --> 00:40:05,136 And Prius is expanding its production 50%. 1169 00:40:05,203 --> 00:40:08,273 The market's doing what markets do, sorting itself out. 1170 00:40:08,339 --> 00:40:10,542 Messily and with contradiction. 1171 00:40:10,609 --> 00:40:12,077 Better fuel economy's an idea 1172 00:40:12,143 --> 00:40:14,179 that just has to reach its tipping point. 1173 00:40:14,245 --> 00:40:16,848 A veto maybe nudges it a little closer. 1174 00:40:16,915 --> 00:40:18,550 And keep having those meetings. 1175 00:40:18,617 --> 00:40:20,619 We wait till the alternatives are perfect, 1176 00:40:20,686 --> 00:40:21,853 it's all going to be too late. 1177 00:40:21,920 --> 00:40:24,055 Thank you, Mr. President. 1178 00:40:24,122 --> 00:40:25,691 What was it you wanted? 1179 00:40:25,757 --> 00:40:28,660 Sir, if you'll follow me. 1180 00:40:30,629 --> 00:40:34,566 MAN: Mr. President. 1181 00:40:34,633 --> 00:40:36,234 Sir, this is Roger Quast, from HUD. 1182 00:40:36,301 --> 00:40:37,536 He was on the Stanford chess team. 1183 00:40:37,603 --> 00:40:41,239 He's here to play a game with you. 1184 00:40:41,306 --> 00:40:44,175 Roger, unfortunately, you've been dragged here for nothing. 1185 00:40:44,242 --> 00:40:46,244 Sir, I've cleared your schedule for the hour. 1186 00:40:46,311 --> 00:40:47,679 I spoke with Leo. 1187 00:40:47,746 --> 00:40:51,517 You're going to play chess, Mr. President. 1188 00:40:51,583 --> 00:40:53,885 You heard the lady. 1189 00:40:53,952 --> 00:40:55,654 Where do you think you're going? 1190 00:40:55,721 --> 00:40:56,788 Sir? 1191 00:40:56,855 --> 00:40:57,856 You're going to play me. 1192 00:40:57,923 --> 00:40:59,124 Sir, I don't really... 1193 00:40:59,190 --> 00:41:01,860 Stanford here is going to stay and help you. 1194 00:41:01,927 --> 00:41:03,695 Sit down. 1195 00:41:07,465 --> 00:41:08,433 Chess team, huh? 1196 00:41:08,500 --> 00:41:09,768 Yes, sir. 1197 00:41:09,835 --> 00:41:11,369 I'm just trying to imagine the cheer: 1198 00:41:11,436 --> 00:41:13,572 "Check him to the left, check him to the right, 1199 00:41:13,639 --> 00:41:14,773 stand up, sit down, shh." 1200 00:41:14,840 --> 00:41:16,775 I was on the chess team. 1201 00:41:16,842 --> 00:41:18,109 Right. 1202 00:41:23,582 --> 00:41:24,449 I really have no clue... 1203 00:41:24,516 --> 00:41:25,917 He's going to help you. 1204 00:41:25,984 --> 00:41:28,253 And I'll know if you're holding back, young man. 1205 00:41:28,319 --> 00:41:31,156 You're hereby directed, by presidential fiat, 1206 00:41:31,222 --> 00:41:32,624 to try your damnedest 1207 00:41:32,691 --> 00:41:34,893 to kick your Commander in Chief's ass. 1208 00:41:41,767 --> 00:41:57,716 Move King's pawn up two spaces.