1 00:00:04,238 --> 00:00:06,107 Previously on The West Wing: 2 00:00:06,140 --> 00:00:08,008 LEO: Ever see Arnie Vinick campaign? 3 00:00:08,042 --> 00:00:10,678 He'll go into those high school gymnasiums in Iowa 4 00:00:10,711 --> 00:00:11,679 and blow them all away. 5 00:00:11,712 --> 00:00:13,181 You're right, I let Russell seduce me 6 00:00:13,214 --> 00:00:14,415 with mindless perks like a salary 7 00:00:14,448 --> 00:00:16,884 and actual political support. 8 00:00:16,917 --> 00:00:19,687 And what make-work job do they even have you doing over there? 9 00:00:19,720 --> 00:00:22,356 Media targeting for the Northeast and Pacific Northwest 10 00:00:22,390 --> 00:00:24,192 WILL: You have to care who's going to sit in that chair 11 00:00:24,225 --> 00:00:25,393 after Jed Bartlet is gone. 12 00:00:25,426 --> 00:00:27,528 I do. 13 00:00:27,561 --> 00:00:29,530 That's why I don't want Bob Russell to be President. 14 00:00:29,563 --> 00:00:31,165 I'm going to give the big speeches, 15 00:00:31,199 --> 00:00:32,633 and I'm going to push every limit, 16 00:00:32,666 --> 00:00:34,302 and that's the campaign you get to run. 17 00:00:40,608 --> 00:00:43,077 * I go out walking 18 00:00:43,111 --> 00:00:44,778 * After midnight 19 00:00:44,812 --> 00:00:50,284 * Out in the moonlight, just like we used to do * 20 00:00:50,318 --> 00:00:52,019 * I'm always walking 21 00:00:52,052 --> 00:00:59,627 * After midnight, searching for you... * 22 00:00:59,660 --> 00:01:00,828 TREVOR: You gonna need me in the morning? 23 00:01:00,861 --> 00:01:02,863 DONNA: I'll call Mindy if I do. 24 00:01:02,896 --> 00:01:03,864 Okay. 25 00:01:03,897 --> 00:01:06,534 Thanks. 26 00:01:09,803 --> 00:01:10,771 Hey. 27 00:01:10,804 --> 00:01:13,607 Anything for 412? 28 00:01:13,641 --> 00:01:15,143 ( sighs ) 29 00:01:15,176 --> 00:01:17,311 Mr. Bailey's still in the cafe. 30 00:01:17,345 --> 00:01:18,912 Thanks. 31 00:01:18,946 --> 00:01:20,614 Good night. 32 00:01:20,648 --> 00:01:22,116 5:45 wake-up call? 33 00:01:22,150 --> 00:01:23,917 Yeah, or you could just have someone 34 00:01:23,951 --> 00:01:25,753 come to my room and hit me over the head 35 00:01:25,786 --> 00:01:27,821 with a mallet or something. 36 00:01:27,855 --> 00:01:30,458 WILL: We got a name for the hog roasts yet? 37 00:01:30,491 --> 00:01:32,326 CHRISTINE: Um, pig out with Bob? 38 00:01:32,360 --> 00:01:33,894 ROGER: Hey, how was South Carolina? 39 00:01:33,927 --> 00:01:34,995 Southern. 40 00:01:35,028 --> 00:01:36,830 WILL: How'd the donor conferences go? 41 00:01:36,864 --> 00:01:38,166 Heard a couple hundred ideas 42 00:01:38,199 --> 00:01:39,833 about how Democrats can take back the South 43 00:01:39,867 --> 00:01:41,869 and scooped up the checks. 44 00:01:41,902 --> 00:01:43,137 Don't be a tease... 45 00:01:43,171 --> 00:01:44,205 Half a million. 46 00:01:44,238 --> 00:01:45,406 Wow! Hey. Nice! 47 00:01:45,439 --> 00:01:46,907 DONNA: When's the VP coming in? 48 00:01:46,940 --> 00:01:48,576 Air Force 2 is wheels down at 9:30. 49 00:01:48,609 --> 00:01:50,344 Where do you want me? WILL: We need to pack the stage 50 00:01:50,378 --> 00:01:51,412 for Thursday's Debate with five 51 00:01:51,445 --> 00:01:52,613 or six fringe candidates. 52 00:01:52,646 --> 00:01:53,847 Christine'll help you. 53 00:01:53,881 --> 00:01:56,684 We've got, uh, two recently released federal inmates, 54 00:01:56,717 --> 00:01:59,520 uh, an airline mechanic, two men over the age of 80, 55 00:01:59,553 --> 00:02:01,088 comedian, a nun. 56 00:02:01,121 --> 00:02:02,590 Don't forget Jennifer James. 57 00:02:02,623 --> 00:02:03,891 Porn star. That girl's got talent. 58 00:02:03,924 --> 00:02:05,193 And stamina. One guy's entire platform 59 00:02:05,226 --> 00:02:06,560 is, uh, a tax cut for anyone who 60 00:02:06,594 --> 00:02:07,928 adopts a pet and has them neutered. 61 00:02:07,961 --> 00:02:09,430 And why do we want them in the debates, 62 00:02:09,463 --> 00:02:10,864 aside from, you know, the neutering thing? 63 00:02:10,898 --> 00:02:13,133 WILL: Hoynes was hoping to be alone on that stage with the VP. 64 00:02:13,167 --> 00:02:14,335 The more wackos we put 65 00:02:14,368 --> 00:02:15,369 around him, the more Hoynes looks 66 00:02:15,403 --> 00:02:16,370 like just another clown. 67 00:02:16,404 --> 00:02:18,739 Okay, morning staff at 6:30. 68 00:02:18,772 --> 00:02:21,409 ( "Walking After Midnight" playing ) 69 00:02:21,442 --> 00:02:23,777 ( Will clears throat ) 70 00:02:23,811 --> 00:02:25,112 WILL: How was it? 71 00:02:25,145 --> 00:02:27,781 Good. Pool in Charleston was nice. 72 00:02:27,815 --> 00:02:28,782 You had time to swim? 73 00:02:28,816 --> 00:02:29,783 No, but it looked nice. 74 00:02:29,817 --> 00:02:30,851 We really going to call them 75 00:02:30,884 --> 00:02:32,119 Bob's Boulders? 76 00:02:32,152 --> 00:02:33,521 They keep signing those checks, 77 00:02:33,554 --> 00:02:36,257 I don't care if they call themselves the Flying Wallendas. 78 00:02:36,290 --> 00:02:38,292 Half a million. 79 00:02:38,326 --> 00:02:41,028 Not bad for two days of rolling with the Boulders. 80 00:02:41,061 --> 00:02:43,231 Night. 81 00:02:43,264 --> 00:02:47,935 * The old hometown looks the same * 82 00:02:47,968 --> 00:02:51,905 * As I step down from the train * 83 00:02:51,939 --> 00:02:57,177 * And there to meet me is my mama and my papa... * 84 00:02:57,211 --> 00:02:58,646 ( sighs ) 85 00:02:58,679 --> 00:03:00,681 JOSH: Uh, can you hold the elevator? 86 00:03:00,714 --> 00:03:01,815 I'm sorry, I didn't... 87 00:03:01,849 --> 00:03:02,983 Yeah, uh, if we can't afford 88 00:03:03,016 --> 00:03:04,485 at least 200 points out of Boston, 89 00:03:04,518 --> 00:03:05,886 we got to find another way. 90 00:03:05,919 --> 00:03:07,788 * ...hair of gold and lips like cherries... * 91 00:03:07,821 --> 00:03:11,158 Stuart, will you, uh, call me back in five? 92 00:03:11,191 --> 00:03:13,327 I'm sorry, I couldn't find the button. Right. 93 00:03:13,361 --> 00:03:16,497 No... Uh, will you hit four? 94 00:03:18,599 --> 00:03:22,603 * The old house is still standing * 95 00:03:22,636 --> 00:03:26,307 * Though the paint is cracked and dry * 96 00:03:26,340 --> 00:03:30,143 * And there's that old oak tree that I used... * 97 00:03:30,177 --> 00:03:31,679 Just get back? 98 00:03:31,712 --> 00:03:33,213 Yeah. South Carolina. 99 00:03:34,248 --> 00:03:35,849 How's it going for you guys down there? 100 00:03:35,883 --> 00:03:37,985 We're closing in on Hoynes. 101 00:03:41,054 --> 00:03:42,523 You? 102 00:03:42,556 --> 00:03:45,993 We're focusing on New Hampshire right now. 103 00:03:47,227 --> 00:03:48,696 ( sighs ) 104 00:03:52,400 --> 00:03:53,401 ( elevator dings ) 105 00:03:53,434 --> 00:03:54,835 ( doors opening ) 106 00:03:56,270 --> 00:03:58,739 ( sighs ) 107 00:03:58,772 --> 00:04:01,675 * ...smiling sweetly 108 00:04:01,709 --> 00:04:06,079 * It's good to touch the green, green grass of home... * 109 00:04:06,113 --> 00:04:08,048 So, where did you stay 110 00:04:08,081 --> 00:04:10,351 in South Carolina? 111 00:04:10,384 --> 00:04:12,553 Marriott, Charleston. 112 00:04:12,586 --> 00:04:15,122 Oh, they got that nice looking pool. 113 00:04:15,155 --> 00:04:18,792 * ...four gray walls surround me * 114 00:04:18,826 --> 00:04:21,595 * And then I realize 115 00:04:21,629 --> 00:04:25,232 * I was only dreaming... 116 00:04:25,265 --> 00:04:27,067 ( sighs ) 117 00:04:27,100 --> 00:04:29,202 So... good night. 118 00:04:29,236 --> 00:04:32,373 Yeah. See you. 119 00:04:32,406 --> 00:04:36,276 * ...arm in arm, we'll walk at daybreak * 120 00:04:36,310 --> 00:04:38,412 * Again I'll touch... 121 00:04:38,446 --> 00:04:40,881 You're doing it too fast. 122 00:04:42,115 --> 00:04:44,418 I get... I get frequent flyer miles 123 00:04:44,452 --> 00:04:46,787 every time I swipe it... 124 00:04:50,123 --> 00:04:51,559 Thank you. 125 00:04:51,592 --> 00:04:53,961 So much for the Bermuda trip. 126 00:04:55,162 --> 00:04:59,767 * The green, green grass of home... * 127 00:05:02,770 --> 00:05:05,072 ( groans ) 128 00:05:14,782 --> 00:05:18,285 * ...arm in arm, we walk at daybreak * 129 00:05:18,318 --> 00:05:20,020 ( door closing inside Donna's room ) 130 00:05:20,053 --> 00:05:25,793 * Again, I touch the green, green grass of home * 131 00:05:25,826 --> 00:05:30,798 * Yes, they'll all come to see me * 132 00:05:30,831 --> 00:05:35,035 * In the shade of the old oak tree * 133 00:05:35,068 --> 00:05:42,376 * As they lay me 'neath the green, green grass of home... * 134 00:06:42,536 --> 00:06:44,337 ( groans gently ) 135 00:06:44,371 --> 00:06:45,539 Yeah? 136 00:06:45,573 --> 00:06:49,943 FEMALE VOICE: Good morning. It's 5:45 a.m. 137 00:07:01,722 --> 00:07:04,391 Carlie Farkula, a 22-year-old Turkish woman 138 00:07:04,424 --> 00:07:06,894 who was sexually involved with a coworker 139 00:07:06,927 --> 00:07:09,930 was convicted of adultery this morning. 140 00:07:09,963 --> 00:07:11,565 She's been sentenced to death for her crime. 141 00:07:11,599 --> 00:07:15,435 The conviction of the young woman comes at a precarious time 142 00:07:15,469 --> 00:07:18,138 for Turkey, who has, until recently, enacted reforms 143 00:07:18,171 --> 00:07:23,110 aimed at preparing the country for European Union membership. 144 00:07:23,143 --> 00:07:24,878 However, EU officials say 145 00:07:24,912 --> 00:07:27,615 the execution of Miss Farkula would be 146 00:07:27,648 --> 00:07:31,619 a major obstacle to Turkey's future inclusion in the EU. 147 00:07:31,652 --> 00:07:33,854 Meanwhile, Bartlet Administration officials 148 00:07:33,887 --> 00:07:36,356 stressed that while they're saddened by Turkey's decision 149 00:07:36,389 --> 00:07:38,792 to allow the execution to go forward, 150 00:07:38,826 --> 00:07:41,194 the United States remains committed 151 00:07:41,228 --> 00:07:43,497 to strengthening ties with Turkey. 152 00:07:43,531 --> 00:07:45,699 ROGER: American Legion Pancake breakfast, 153 00:07:45,733 --> 00:07:46,734 followed by brief remarks 154 00:07:46,767 --> 00:07:48,502 at the opening of the new field office 155 00:07:48,536 --> 00:07:49,570 in Des Moines. 156 00:07:49,603 --> 00:07:50,771 It's going to be five degrees 157 00:07:50,804 --> 00:07:52,339 with wind chill. Bus ride to Centerville, 158 00:07:52,372 --> 00:07:54,241 then on to the Iowa Corn Growers speech. 159 00:07:54,274 --> 00:07:56,510 Where are we on the ethanol speech? VP loves ethanol. 160 00:07:56,544 --> 00:07:57,410 Showers in it every morning. 161 00:07:57,444 --> 00:07:58,879 CHRISTINE: Comment on Turkey? 162 00:07:58,912 --> 00:08:00,013 WILL: What's the President saying? 163 00:08:00,047 --> 00:08:02,082 "Saddened. Committed to strengthening ties." 164 00:08:02,115 --> 00:08:03,884 Wile the Vice President... Saddened? They're going to 165 00:08:03,917 --> 00:08:05,519 behead her for sleeping with a coworker. 166 00:08:05,553 --> 00:08:07,220 WILL: Who's got the wonderful world of corn? 167 00:08:07,254 --> 00:08:09,890 That'd be me-- Iowa Corn Growers Expo is a nonpartisan event 168 00:08:09,923 --> 00:08:11,625 sponsored by the Iowa Farm League. Nonpartisan? 169 00:08:11,659 --> 00:08:12,860 What's that? Well, the Expo offers 170 00:08:12,893 --> 00:08:14,695 an excellent opportunity to address farmers, 171 00:08:14,728 --> 00:08:16,697 corn growers, crop consultants 172 00:08:16,730 --> 00:08:18,532 and seed corn reps on a variety of issues, 173 00:08:18,566 --> 00:08:21,234 including the economy, farm subsidies, 174 00:08:21,268 --> 00:08:22,570 trade, biotechnology, 175 00:08:22,603 --> 00:08:23,871 ethanol and an alternative fuel. 176 00:08:23,904 --> 00:08:25,372 Now, we're sure Hoynes is going to flip? 177 00:08:25,405 --> 00:08:26,674 Believe me, Hoynes is taking 178 00:08:26,707 --> 00:08:27,908 the ethanol pledge. 179 00:08:27,941 --> 00:08:29,810 This is a guy who, if he was speaking to a group 180 00:08:29,843 --> 00:08:31,211 of cannibals, would promise 'em missionaries. 181 00:08:31,244 --> 00:08:33,113 ROGER: Think we'll be able to find some corn? 182 00:08:33,146 --> 00:08:34,715 HOWARD: Corn fritters, corn pudding, 183 00:08:34,748 --> 00:08:36,149 corn flambé, corn souffle, 184 00:08:36,183 --> 00:08:38,251 Creole corn, country-fried corn, 185 00:08:38,285 --> 00:08:39,219 peanut butter corn cakes, 186 00:08:39,252 --> 00:08:41,655 and Huitlacoche. 187 00:08:41,689 --> 00:08:43,523 It's like a corn smut. It's a sweet corn fungus. 188 00:08:43,557 --> 00:08:44,758 They give it to pigs in the States. 189 00:08:44,792 --> 00:08:46,393 It's actually a delicacy in South America. 190 00:08:46,426 --> 00:08:47,661 Well, no need to stop 191 00:08:47,695 --> 00:08:50,230 for lunch today-- everybody fill up on corn smut 192 00:08:50,263 --> 00:08:51,599 at the Jefferson Cow Barn. 193 00:08:51,632 --> 00:08:53,266 All right, five days till the Caucuses, 194 00:08:53,300 --> 00:08:54,868 19 days to New Hampshire. 195 00:08:57,470 --> 00:08:59,406 WILL: You two heading out on your, uh, 196 00:08:59,439 --> 00:09:00,641 "Beyond the Fringe" world tour? 197 00:09:00,674 --> 00:09:02,910 First stop, Peter Burton-- he wants the military 198 00:09:02,943 --> 00:09:04,812 to occupy our schools to prevent gun violence. 199 00:09:04,845 --> 00:09:06,446 M-1 Abrahms tank seems like a worthwhile 200 00:09:06,479 --> 00:09:07,615 truancy deterrent. 201 00:09:07,648 --> 00:09:09,783 120-mm cannon'd blow the training wheels 202 00:09:09,817 --> 00:09:11,785 right off any tardy sixth grader's bike. 203 00:09:11,819 --> 00:09:13,420 Tough on cafeteria linoleum. 204 00:09:13,453 --> 00:09:14,788 Hey, swing by the Expo. 205 00:09:14,822 --> 00:09:16,990 Bob'll want to thank you for looking at that pool. 206 00:09:20,327 --> 00:09:21,561 DONNA: We can skip this next one. 207 00:09:21,595 --> 00:09:22,763 He went to a federal prison 208 00:09:22,796 --> 00:09:24,397 for three years for refusing to pay income tax. 209 00:09:24,431 --> 00:09:25,599 You ever been to one 210 00:09:25,633 --> 00:09:26,600 of these crazy caucuses, Trevor? 211 00:09:26,634 --> 00:09:27,868 Yeah, my, uh, grandmother 212 00:09:27,901 --> 00:09:29,870 runs one down at her church every four years. 213 00:09:29,903 --> 00:09:31,538 You don't think it's weird your out-of-the-way, 214 00:09:31,571 --> 00:09:32,539 nickel-and-dime, penny-ante state 215 00:09:32,572 --> 00:09:33,540 gets to go first? 216 00:09:33,573 --> 00:09:35,175 Well, we-we always go first. 217 00:09:35,208 --> 00:09:37,210 Yeah, and why is that? Iowa's first because it's first. 218 00:09:37,244 --> 00:09:38,478 CHRISTINE: Says who? 219 00:09:38,511 --> 00:09:39,579 We should check this Craig guy out. 220 00:09:39,613 --> 00:09:40,881 So, you don't think Californians 221 00:09:40,914 --> 00:09:42,683 should get to meet the candidates down at the Barstow 222 00:09:42,716 --> 00:09:43,817 Dairy Queen? We're not a bunch 223 00:09:43,851 --> 00:09:45,285 of politically spoiled farm hands. 224 00:09:45,318 --> 00:09:46,419 Look, we take the responsibility 225 00:09:46,453 --> 00:09:47,755 of screening the Presidential candidates 226 00:09:47,788 --> 00:09:48,856 for the rest of the nation very seriously. 227 00:09:48,889 --> 00:09:49,990 Guy wins Iowa, all it means 228 00:09:50,023 --> 00:09:51,825 is he's learned how to speak intelligently 229 00:09:51,859 --> 00:09:53,426 about soybeans and farm implements. 230 00:09:53,460 --> 00:09:55,863 ( clears throat ): Here we are; this is the Burtons here. 231 00:10:07,841 --> 00:10:10,243 CHRISTINE: Maybe we should've called first. 232 00:10:11,511 --> 00:10:13,180 WILL: Good flight in? 233 00:10:13,213 --> 00:10:14,147 RUSSELL: Uh, slept. 234 00:10:14,181 --> 00:10:16,049 First stop's a pancake breakfast? 235 00:10:16,083 --> 00:10:17,350 I love pancakes. 236 00:10:17,384 --> 00:10:20,353 WILL: The Sun Times wants a statement on farm subsidies. 237 00:10:20,387 --> 00:10:21,822 RUSSELL: Uh, the family farm 238 00:10:21,855 --> 00:10:23,691 is the backbone of America. 239 00:10:23,724 --> 00:10:25,025 Think they were looking for something 240 00:10:25,058 --> 00:10:26,727 a bit more substantial. Well, what do they expect? 241 00:10:26,760 --> 00:10:28,829 I'm going to come out against farm subsidies in Iowa? 242 00:10:28,862 --> 00:10:31,364 Oppose manhole covers in Manhattan? 243 00:10:31,398 --> 00:10:32,700 WILL: We'll give 'em the boilerplate. 244 00:10:32,733 --> 00:10:34,501 It's a tragedy about that woman in Turkey. 245 00:10:34,534 --> 00:10:35,669 We issue a statement? 246 00:10:35,703 --> 00:10:36,837 WILL: You deplore it. 247 00:10:36,870 --> 00:10:38,038 That's good to know. 248 00:10:38,071 --> 00:10:39,306 And you support President Bartlet's efforts 249 00:10:39,339 --> 00:10:42,375 to strengthen ties with an important regional ally. 250 00:10:42,409 --> 00:10:43,911 This morning's finance report: 251 00:10:43,944 --> 00:10:45,545 $8.2 million, cash in hand. 252 00:10:45,578 --> 00:10:46,814 That ought to buy a few lawn signs. 253 00:10:46,847 --> 00:10:47,881 And the lawns to go with 'em. 254 00:10:47,915 --> 00:10:48,949 ROGER: Got a minute for some donors? 255 00:10:48,982 --> 00:10:50,383 Irwin Drucker and his wife, Eileen 256 00:10:50,417 --> 00:10:51,919 have a daughter, Susan, at LSU. 257 00:10:51,952 --> 00:10:53,721 Peter Mosby-- he's in insurance. 258 00:10:53,754 --> 00:10:55,488 RUSSELL: Uh, sorry I got stuck in the back 259 00:10:55,522 --> 00:10:56,724 talking to the White House. 260 00:10:56,757 --> 00:10:58,692 Irwin, Eileen, how's your daughter, Susan, doing 261 00:10:58,726 --> 00:10:59,860 at, uh, LSU? 262 00:10:59,893 --> 00:11:02,730 DONNA Mr. Edgars, uh, your platform would allow 263 00:11:02,763 --> 00:11:05,098 all citizens to carry a concealed weapon? 264 00:11:05,132 --> 00:11:06,233 Not allow. Require. 265 00:11:06,266 --> 00:11:07,768 And you don't think that might lead to... 266 00:11:07,801 --> 00:11:09,703 well, anarchy? 267 00:11:09,737 --> 00:11:11,772 What we got now is anarchy. 268 00:11:11,805 --> 00:11:14,474 An armed citizenry will take back our cities, 269 00:11:14,507 --> 00:11:16,343 our parks, our schools 270 00:11:16,376 --> 00:11:18,111 and our highways. 271 00:11:18,145 --> 00:11:22,783 * How I been happy lately thinking 'bout days to come * 272 00:11:22,816 --> 00:11:27,187 * And I believe it could be something good has begun * 273 00:11:27,220 --> 00:11:30,758 * Oh, peace train, sounding louder * 274 00:11:30,791 --> 00:11:33,593 * Glide on the peace train 275 00:11:33,626 --> 00:11:35,763 * Peace train will take this country * 276 00:11:35,796 --> 00:11:41,969 * Take me home again. 277 00:11:43,503 --> 00:11:44,637 RUSSELL: You try those 278 00:11:44,671 --> 00:11:45,638 pepper sausages? 279 00:11:45,672 --> 00:11:47,274 Damn, those things were hot. 280 00:11:47,307 --> 00:11:50,477 Somebody get me a quart of milk and a bucket of sand. 281 00:11:50,510 --> 00:11:51,845 Paul Durett and his wife, Mimi; Sam Skok 282 00:11:51,879 --> 00:11:53,113 and his son, David. 283 00:11:53,146 --> 00:11:54,982 Hey, y'all, I'm just going to step back, 284 00:11:55,015 --> 00:11:56,349 take my coat off-- I'll be right back. 285 00:11:56,383 --> 00:11:57,450 Roger, uh, make sure 286 00:11:57,484 --> 00:11:59,252 everybody's got something to drink, all right? 287 00:11:59,286 --> 00:12:00,120 You get a chance to look 288 00:12:00,153 --> 00:12:01,654 at the ethanol speech on the plane? 289 00:12:01,688 --> 00:12:03,190 Yeah, seems fine. Who else is speaking? 290 00:12:03,223 --> 00:12:05,658 Hoynes before you, Clarkson and Santos after you. 291 00:12:05,692 --> 00:12:06,626 The Republicans go tonight. 292 00:12:06,659 --> 00:12:08,328 You think Arnie's going to say 293 00:12:08,361 --> 00:12:10,697 ethanol's a colossal waste of the taxpayers' money? 294 00:12:10,730 --> 00:12:11,799 Thanks, Shelley. 295 00:12:11,832 --> 00:12:13,834 WILL: Vinick'll flip. Has to. 296 00:12:13,867 --> 00:12:15,869 ( sighs ): I was in the Senate 297 00:12:15,903 --> 00:12:17,805 last time he made his anti-ethanol speech. 298 00:12:17,838 --> 00:12:20,040 Whew. Passionate. 299 00:12:20,073 --> 00:12:21,809 Had it been a tie, I'm not sure what I would've done. 300 00:12:21,842 --> 00:12:23,676 Voted "aye", if you ever wanted to run 301 00:12:23,710 --> 00:12:25,512 for national office again. Think ethanol passed 302 00:12:25,545 --> 00:12:26,914 something like 82 to 18. 303 00:12:26,947 --> 00:12:28,515 I'm surprised there were 18 Senators 304 00:12:28,548 --> 00:12:30,017 with no presidential ambitions. 305 00:12:30,050 --> 00:12:32,419 You really think that Vinick can wriggle out 306 00:12:32,452 --> 00:12:34,621 from under his ethanol record? He'll wiggle, he'll squirm, 307 00:12:34,654 --> 00:12:36,523 but he'll say, as Senator, he voted against it, 308 00:12:36,556 --> 00:12:37,858 'cause it wasn't good for California; 309 00:12:37,891 --> 00:12:39,492 as President, he knows it's good for the country. 310 00:12:39,526 --> 00:12:40,627 He'll pull a groin muscle 311 00:12:40,660 --> 00:12:42,162 reaching around behind him to pick up that one. 312 00:12:42,195 --> 00:12:45,165 Majority Whip is positioning on Third Circuit nominees again. 313 00:12:45,198 --> 00:12:47,767 No, Vinick's not wrong about ethanol. 314 00:12:47,801 --> 00:12:49,169 It takes more oil to transport it 315 00:12:49,202 --> 00:12:50,971 and fertilize it than we save using it. 316 00:12:51,004 --> 00:12:53,473 Sir, you're not considering changing the speech... 317 00:12:53,506 --> 00:12:54,707 Was it Paul and Mandy? 318 00:12:54,741 --> 00:12:57,377 Paul and Mimi; son, David. 319 00:12:57,410 --> 00:12:59,479 DONNA: Mr. Johnson, 320 00:12:59,512 --> 00:13:00,680 your platform would include 321 00:13:00,713 --> 00:13:01,982 paying the President, the Cabinet 322 00:13:02,015 --> 00:13:03,650 and all members of Congress a salary 323 00:13:03,683 --> 00:13:04,852 of one dollar a year? 324 00:13:04,885 --> 00:13:06,753 Hell, yeah, make 'em get a real job. 325 00:13:06,786 --> 00:13:09,156 And you want to ban motorcycle helmets, 326 00:13:09,189 --> 00:13:10,623 color television, drop out of the U.N., 327 00:13:10,657 --> 00:13:11,825 abolish Medicare, 328 00:13:11,859 --> 00:13:13,460 and totally privatize Social Security? 329 00:13:13,493 --> 00:13:16,096 We got to get the government out of our damn pockets. 330 00:13:16,129 --> 00:13:19,099 Sir, are you sure you're a Democrat? 331 00:13:30,911 --> 00:13:32,279 We're gonna need some time 332 00:13:32,312 --> 00:13:34,647 after the trip tonight for a debate prep. 333 00:13:34,681 --> 00:13:36,149 The Black and Brown's coming up. 334 00:13:36,183 --> 00:13:37,817 Do I really have to go to that? 335 00:13:37,851 --> 00:13:39,286 It's an Iowa tradition. 336 00:13:39,319 --> 00:13:40,320 It's not a fair fight. 337 00:13:40,353 --> 00:13:41,955 Atkins and Santos get to stand up there 338 00:13:41,989 --> 00:13:44,524 holier than thou, rail against racial injustice 339 00:13:44,557 --> 00:13:46,126 while the rest of us loiter around 340 00:13:46,159 --> 00:13:48,595 looking like those two albino twins from The Matrix. 341 00:13:48,628 --> 00:13:49,829 Sir, Donna Moss is here. 342 00:13:49,863 --> 00:13:50,864 South Carolina fundraising. 343 00:13:50,898 --> 00:13:52,665 Donna, great job on the Carolina trip. 344 00:13:52,699 --> 00:13:53,901 Keep those boulders rolling. 345 00:13:53,934 --> 00:13:55,168 Thank you, sir. 346 00:13:55,202 --> 00:13:56,870 We can't put these fringe candidates 347 00:13:56,904 --> 00:13:58,638 on stage with serious candidates. 348 00:13:58,671 --> 00:14:00,140 We've got a fascist who was arrested 349 00:14:00,173 --> 00:14:02,009 for brandishing a rifle and calling 350 00:14:02,042 --> 00:14:03,443 for the overthrow of the republic... 351 00:14:03,476 --> 00:14:06,046 a delusional preacher, a guy who just needs a job 352 00:14:06,079 --> 00:14:08,448 and a refugee from the New Christy Minstrels. 353 00:14:08,481 --> 00:14:10,817 WILL: Freight train derailed in Baton Route. 354 00:14:10,850 --> 00:14:12,319 Big chemical spill and fire. 355 00:14:12,352 --> 00:14:15,188 They're gonna have to evacuate a 20 square-mile area. 356 00:14:15,222 --> 00:14:16,223 Any fatalities? 357 00:14:16,256 --> 00:14:18,525 Leveled a couple of city blocks. 358 00:14:21,094 --> 00:14:22,329 They're ready for you, sir. 359 00:14:22,362 --> 00:14:23,730 We're set on this ethanol speech? 360 00:14:23,763 --> 00:14:25,365 Don't worry. I'm not suicidal. 361 00:14:25,398 --> 00:14:28,435 I'm gonna take the pledge. 362 00:14:28,468 --> 00:14:30,370 FEMALE ANNOUNCER: Ladies and gentlemen, 363 00:14:30,403 --> 00:14:31,838 the Vice President of the United States. 364 00:14:31,871 --> 00:14:33,140 I was thinking about throwing in a little something 365 00:14:33,173 --> 00:14:36,476 about, uh, drastically reducing sugar subsidies, though. 366 00:14:43,683 --> 00:14:45,585 We can't give these fringe people a megaphone. 367 00:14:45,618 --> 00:14:46,954 They're lunatics. 368 00:14:46,987 --> 00:14:48,388 It'll be a circus without the jugglers. 369 00:14:48,421 --> 00:14:49,822 RUSSELL: Thanks for that welcome. 370 00:14:49,856 --> 00:14:51,691 Now, I'm not saying this just 371 00:14:51,724 --> 00:14:52,960 because I'm in Iowa. 372 00:14:52,993 --> 00:14:54,962 I say this everywhere I go. 373 00:14:54,995 --> 00:14:56,563 We need more ethanol production! 374 00:14:56,596 --> 00:14:57,730 ( applause ) 375 00:14:57,764 --> 00:14:59,132 WILL: It's not already a circus? 376 00:14:59,166 --> 00:15:01,134 When I was in Congress, I voted to subsidize... 377 00:15:07,774 --> 00:15:09,943 ( soft groan ) 378 00:15:12,345 --> 00:15:13,280 Hello. 379 00:15:13,313 --> 00:15:14,514 FEMALE VOICE: Good morning. 380 00:15:14,547 --> 00:15:16,549 It's 5:45 a.m. 381 00:15:17,784 --> 00:15:19,987 Thank you. 382 00:15:25,725 --> 00:15:28,295 ( groans ) 383 00:15:30,330 --> 00:15:33,633 Carlie Farkula, a 22-year-old Turkish woman 384 00:15:33,666 --> 00:15:35,302 who was sexually involved 385 00:15:35,335 --> 00:15:38,205 with a coworker, was convicted of adultery this morning. 386 00:15:38,238 --> 00:15:40,340 She's been sentenced to death for her crime. 387 00:15:40,373 --> 00:15:43,910 In the most recent attempt to revamp Turkey's 388 00:15:43,943 --> 00:15:45,445 78-year-old penal code, 389 00:15:45,478 --> 00:15:48,181 members of the ruling Justice Development Party 390 00:15:48,215 --> 00:15:50,017 approved yesterday a controversial amendment 391 00:15:50,050 --> 00:15:51,184 ( coughs ) 392 00:15:51,218 --> 00:15:52,585 to criminalize adultery. 393 00:15:52,619 --> 00:15:53,987 Yeah. 394 00:15:54,021 --> 00:15:56,789 Leaders are expressing concern that the country's laws 395 00:15:56,823 --> 00:15:58,291 might be moving closer to Islamic law. 396 00:15:58,325 --> 00:15:59,759 Conviction of the young woman comes 397 00:15:59,792 --> 00:16:01,628 at a precarious time for Turkey, 398 00:16:01,661 --> 00:16:04,998 who has until recently enacted reforms aimed 399 00:16:05,032 --> 00:16:08,168 at preparing the country for European Union membership. 400 00:16:08,201 --> 00:16:11,004 EU officials say the execution of Miss Farkula 401 00:16:11,038 --> 00:16:13,006 would be a major obstacle 402 00:16:13,040 --> 00:16:15,008 to Turkey's future inclusion in the EU. 403 00:16:15,042 --> 00:16:17,410 Bartlet Administration officials stressed that 404 00:16:17,444 --> 00:16:19,779 while they're saddened by Turkey's decision 405 00:16:19,812 --> 00:16:23,150 to allow the execution to go forward, the United States 406 00:16:23,183 --> 00:16:24,784 remains committed 407 00:16:24,817 --> 00:16:26,219 to strengthening ties with Turkey. 408 00:16:26,253 --> 00:16:28,155 DAFFY DUCK: Hankering for trouble, eh? 409 00:16:28,188 --> 00:16:29,889 HELEN: Okay, you guys, 410 00:16:29,922 --> 00:16:32,125 I'm just gonna be right next door, all right? 411 00:16:32,159 --> 00:16:34,027 DAFFY DUCK: I would like to introduce myself: 412 00:16:34,061 --> 00:16:35,028 Zip-along Daffy... 413 00:16:35,062 --> 00:16:36,029 RONNA: At 10:00, we tour 414 00:16:36,063 --> 00:16:37,230 the Todd Family Orchard in Ames, 415 00:16:37,264 --> 00:16:38,365 press cider and talk about 416 00:16:38,398 --> 00:16:39,832 agricultural policy with local farmers. 417 00:16:39,866 --> 00:16:40,933 Followed by a photo op in Audubon 418 00:16:40,967 --> 00:16:43,636 with Albert, the world's largest bull... 419 00:16:43,670 --> 00:16:45,105 Campaign's full of metaphors, isn't it? Yeah, Josh Lyman for... 420 00:16:45,138 --> 00:16:46,906 On to the Firefighter's Chili Cook-Off in Davenport. 421 00:16:46,939 --> 00:16:47,974 We discuss volunteer firefighters... 422 00:16:48,007 --> 00:16:49,008 Say Ned, did Andrea send over 423 00:16:49,042 --> 00:16:50,377 the, uh, mark-ups on the dispersal? 424 00:16:50,410 --> 00:16:53,780 Yeah. I want to weigh in on it before it goes to the floor. 425 00:16:53,813 --> 00:16:54,914 Yeah, you read it on the way. 426 00:16:54,947 --> 00:16:56,149 Next stop is the Coffee Bean Caucus 427 00:16:56,183 --> 00:16:57,684 at the Hamburg Inn Number Two. 428 00:16:57,717 --> 00:16:59,086 The what? JOSH: It's a diner. 429 00:16:59,119 --> 00:17:00,420 They line up mason jars 430 00:17:00,453 --> 00:17:02,422 with each candidate's name on it, 431 00:17:02,455 --> 00:17:04,557 and every customer gets a coffee bean to toss 432 00:17:04,591 --> 00:17:05,825 into their favorite's jar. I even have a jar? 433 00:17:05,858 --> 00:17:06,926 We even send a volunteer 434 00:17:06,959 --> 00:17:07,927 in for pie every day for a week. 435 00:17:07,960 --> 00:17:09,062 Oh, you got seven beans, honey. 436 00:17:09,096 --> 00:17:10,197 And a volunteer as big as Albert? 437 00:17:10,230 --> 00:17:11,398 Next is the nation's 438 00:17:11,431 --> 00:17:13,100 oldest Dairy Queen where you try soft serve 439 00:17:13,133 --> 00:17:14,367 and talk about jobs and the economy. 440 00:17:14,401 --> 00:17:15,868 Next, we fly to Iowa Corn Growers 441 00:17:15,902 --> 00:17:17,237 Expo: Watch-as-I-impale-myself... 442 00:17:17,270 --> 00:17:18,805 We got a plane? Sort of. With wings? Small ones. 443 00:17:18,838 --> 00:17:20,607 ...on-the-mighty-sword of-corn-based-fuels speech. 444 00:17:20,640 --> 00:17:21,908 What are you going to say about ethanol? 445 00:17:21,941 --> 00:17:24,277 JOSH: Best thing 446 00:17:24,311 --> 00:17:25,912 since soft serve. HELEN: Ethanol is subsidized 447 00:17:25,945 --> 00:17:27,280 to the tune of what, 448 00:17:27,314 --> 00:17:30,049 a billion dollars a year, Josh? 449 00:17:30,083 --> 00:17:31,751 SANTOS: What's up after the, uh, corn expo? 450 00:17:31,784 --> 00:17:33,019 RONNA: Uh, back here for prep 451 00:17:33,052 --> 00:17:34,354 on the Brown and Black Debate. 452 00:17:34,387 --> 00:17:35,788 All of you are gonna prep me for a debate on race? 453 00:17:35,822 --> 00:17:38,391 JOSH: Yeah, we should at least go over the opposing arguments. 454 00:17:38,425 --> 00:17:39,992 See if we can get after Hoynes 455 00:17:40,026 --> 00:17:40,827 on some of the issues. 456 00:17:40,860 --> 00:17:42,262 I grew up in Houston, Josh. 457 00:17:42,295 --> 00:17:44,131 I lived the opposing arguments. 458 00:17:44,164 --> 00:17:45,998 Okay, that's it. Parking lot, ten minutes. 459 00:17:46,032 --> 00:17:46,966 SANTOS: It's terrible 460 00:17:46,999 --> 00:17:48,335 about this woman in Turkey, huh? 461 00:17:48,368 --> 00:17:50,237 What do you think the President's going to do? 462 00:17:50,270 --> 00:17:52,038 Not much, I guess. I mean, she's a Turkish citizen. 463 00:17:52,071 --> 00:17:53,039 It's their country. 464 00:17:53,072 --> 00:17:54,040 They're executing her because 465 00:17:54,073 --> 00:17:55,242 she slept with her fiancé. 466 00:17:55,275 --> 00:17:57,009 Thank God she didn't cook him breakfast, too. 467 00:17:57,043 --> 00:17:58,478 Hey, we execute minors. 468 00:17:58,511 --> 00:18:01,514 The rest of the world thinks that's barbaric. 469 00:18:01,548 --> 00:18:02,715 I'm with the world. 470 00:18:02,749 --> 00:18:04,050 You joining us this morning? 471 00:18:04,083 --> 00:18:05,485 Uh, no. Peter's got the sniffles. 472 00:18:05,518 --> 00:18:07,454 Think we're gonna stay here for a while. 473 00:18:07,487 --> 00:18:10,623 Honey, a billion dollars a year to make a gasoline additive? 474 00:18:10,657 --> 00:18:11,791 I'm gonna go get my coat. 475 00:18:11,824 --> 00:18:12,759 Kiss the kids good-bye. 476 00:18:12,792 --> 00:18:14,294 Yeah, pictures are better without the coat. 477 00:18:14,327 --> 00:18:16,529 Circulation's better with it. 478 00:18:16,563 --> 00:18:18,097 Register has us at three percent? 479 00:18:18,131 --> 00:18:19,132 Yeah, I saw. 480 00:18:19,166 --> 00:18:20,733 Iowa's Hispanic population 481 00:18:20,767 --> 00:18:22,034 is two point eight percent. 482 00:18:22,068 --> 00:18:23,870 A billion dollars that could be spent 483 00:18:23,903 --> 00:18:25,705 on child healthcare, prenatal care, 484 00:18:25,738 --> 00:18:26,873 Head Start, education. 485 00:18:26,906 --> 00:18:27,840 Catch up with us later? 486 00:18:27,874 --> 00:18:29,409 Yup. 487 00:18:29,442 --> 00:18:31,411 See you. 488 00:18:34,914 --> 00:18:37,284 JOSH: Oh, we wrangled you an invitation 489 00:18:37,317 --> 00:18:39,186 to go pheasant hunting with one 490 00:18:39,219 --> 00:18:41,321 of the Osceola County Supervisors. 491 00:18:41,354 --> 00:18:42,889 Get into camo gear, 492 00:18:42,922 --> 00:18:45,091 swing a 12-gauge over your shoulder, 493 00:18:45,124 --> 00:18:46,426 get a few photos for the AP. 494 00:18:46,459 --> 00:18:47,527 With a gun? 495 00:18:47,560 --> 00:18:48,795 Yeah, you were in the Marines. 496 00:18:48,828 --> 00:18:49,896 You know how to shoot, right? 497 00:18:49,929 --> 00:18:52,098 Yeah, 20mm chain gun, but it might be a little hard 498 00:18:52,131 --> 00:18:54,033 on the pheasant. 499 00:18:54,066 --> 00:18:55,835 You know, Helen's not wrong about ethanol. 500 00:18:55,868 --> 00:18:57,069 No, please. Come on. 501 00:18:57,103 --> 00:18:59,672 SANTOS: Bad for the environment, it's expensive. 502 00:18:59,706 --> 00:19:00,673 Mother of all panders. 503 00:19:00,707 --> 00:19:02,509 After antagonizing New Hampshire voters, 504 00:19:02,542 --> 00:19:04,444 we're gonna march into Iowa, do the same thing? 505 00:19:04,477 --> 00:19:05,912 Transportation is difficult, 506 00:19:05,945 --> 00:19:07,347 storage is a nightmare. What is this, 507 00:19:07,380 --> 00:19:08,781 the insult and injury tour? 508 00:19:08,815 --> 00:19:09,816 We going to North Dakota next, 509 00:19:09,849 --> 00:19:12,819 tell them South Dakota has the cooler-sounding name? 510 00:19:12,852 --> 00:19:15,188 Farm subsidies began as a way 511 00:19:15,222 --> 00:19:16,989 to help farmers in the Depression. 512 00:19:17,023 --> 00:19:17,990 It's decades out-of-date. 513 00:19:18,024 --> 00:19:19,025 It's corporate welfare. 514 00:19:19,058 --> 00:19:20,026 Don't you actually want to get 515 00:19:20,059 --> 00:19:21,761 some votes in one of these states? 516 00:19:23,963 --> 00:19:26,233 SANTOS: 75% of the money goes 517 00:19:26,266 --> 00:19:28,501 to the richest ten percent of American farmers. 518 00:19:28,535 --> 00:19:29,936 You know, we're talking about 519 00:19:29,969 --> 00:19:31,804 writing six figure checks 520 00:19:31,838 --> 00:19:33,039 to Chevron, 521 00:19:33,072 --> 00:19:34,140 the John Hancock Insurance Company, 522 00:19:34,173 --> 00:19:35,742 NBA basketball stars. 523 00:19:35,775 --> 00:19:36,943 Repeat after me: 524 00:19:36,976 --> 00:19:38,345 "Family farming is a precious way 525 00:19:38,378 --> 00:19:39,479 "of life in this country, 526 00:19:39,512 --> 00:19:41,080 "and we're gonna do everything we can 527 00:19:41,113 --> 00:19:43,450 to protect it." Hi, I'm Matt Santos. 528 00:19:43,483 --> 00:19:45,685 I'm running for President. Why don't you come back inside, 529 00:19:45,718 --> 00:19:48,221 we'll talk about how we can make America stronger? 530 00:19:48,255 --> 00:19:49,556 So, I want to take another look 531 00:19:49,589 --> 00:19:50,923 at the ethanol speech when we get... 532 00:19:50,957 --> 00:19:51,924 No. Absolutely not. 533 00:19:51,958 --> 00:19:52,925 As soon as we get back on the bus. 534 00:19:52,959 --> 00:19:53,960 It's not gonna happen. 535 00:19:53,993 --> 00:19:54,894 RONNA: He doing it again? 536 00:19:54,927 --> 00:19:56,229 Yeah. 537 00:20:01,368 --> 00:20:04,170 NED: Maybe we should find some hungrier volunteers. 538 00:20:04,203 --> 00:20:06,005 He's not talking ethanol, is he? 539 00:20:06,038 --> 00:20:07,574 Immigration. 540 00:20:07,607 --> 00:20:09,108 Great, he proposing opening the border 541 00:20:09,141 --> 00:20:10,543 and pelting them with surplus corn? 542 00:20:10,577 --> 00:20:13,546 NED: No, something about foreign nationals serving 543 00:20:13,580 --> 00:20:15,948 in the military without being given citizenship. 544 00:20:15,982 --> 00:20:17,149 SANTOS: Yeah, we let them 545 00:20:17,183 --> 00:20:18,651 defend our country, but we won't let them 546 00:20:18,685 --> 00:20:19,652 be American citizens 547 00:20:19,686 --> 00:20:20,887 until after they're discharged? 548 00:20:20,920 --> 00:20:22,088 You're Hispanic. 549 00:20:22,121 --> 00:20:23,356 You start talking immigration reform, 550 00:20:23,390 --> 00:20:24,357 people are going to think 551 00:20:24,391 --> 00:20:25,358 you want to throw open the borders. 552 00:20:25,392 --> 00:20:26,859 No, no, no. Not throw them open, 553 00:20:26,893 --> 00:20:27,860 but make some kind of sense 554 00:20:27,894 --> 00:20:28,895 out of our immigration laws. 555 00:20:28,928 --> 00:20:31,030 And you know, the ethanol subsidy is a joke. 556 00:20:31,063 --> 00:20:33,032 It's practically in the Oxford English Dictionary 557 00:20:33,065 --> 00:20:34,233 under "pandering." 558 00:20:34,267 --> 00:20:35,902 Maybe the voters will respect us 559 00:20:35,935 --> 00:20:37,169 more for telling them the truth. 560 00:20:37,203 --> 00:20:39,238 What truth? That because ethanol isn't perfect, 561 00:20:39,272 --> 00:20:40,573 they have to send their kids 562 00:20:40,607 --> 00:20:42,041 to community college, and we're gonna 563 00:20:42,074 --> 00:20:43,710 yank millions out of their local economy? 564 00:20:43,743 --> 00:20:45,912 Yeah, but it's up to us to explain to them 565 00:20:45,945 --> 00:20:48,348 that it-it's gonna hurt them, that-that we're essentially 566 00:20:48,381 --> 00:20:49,482 paying for make-work jobs. 567 00:20:49,516 --> 00:20:51,318 I mean, that can't be what they want. 568 00:20:51,351 --> 00:20:52,819 Yeah, well, explain it to 'em after 569 00:20:52,852 --> 00:20:57,256 someone's actually elected us to something, okay? 570 00:20:57,290 --> 00:20:58,358 SANTOS: I am not going 571 00:20:58,391 --> 00:20:59,759 to a Brown and Black debate 572 00:20:59,792 --> 00:21:01,193 and only talk about economic issues. 573 00:21:01,227 --> 00:21:02,194 I'll look ridiculous. 574 00:21:02,228 --> 00:21:03,463 JOSH: Lack of opportunity 575 00:21:03,496 --> 00:21:04,997 is the root of all our divisions. 576 00:21:05,031 --> 00:21:07,700 We need to lower the deficit, lower interest rates, 577 00:21:07,734 --> 00:21:09,602 and create more private sector jobs. 578 00:21:09,636 --> 00:21:11,471 We need to raise educational standards, 579 00:21:11,504 --> 00:21:12,372 and equip all Americans 580 00:21:12,405 --> 00:21:13,640 for the new economy. 581 00:21:13,673 --> 00:21:15,808 That's what Russell and Hoynes will be saying. 582 00:21:15,842 --> 00:21:16,809 You're trying to steer me 583 00:21:16,843 --> 00:21:18,945 towards middle-of-the-road positions that appeal 584 00:21:18,978 --> 00:21:20,046 to C-SPAN viewers. 585 00:21:20,079 --> 00:21:21,614 All six of them 586 00:21:21,648 --> 00:21:23,483 who'll be watching the debate, yeah, God bless 'em. 587 00:21:23,516 --> 00:21:24,484 You really want me to talk 588 00:21:24,517 --> 00:21:25,485 about the economic problems 589 00:21:25,518 --> 00:21:26,686 in the minority communities? 590 00:21:26,719 --> 00:21:28,020 Yeah, I really do. 591 00:21:28,054 --> 00:21:29,389 Okay. How about the fact 592 00:21:29,422 --> 00:21:32,058 that minority kids are five times more likely 593 00:21:32,091 --> 00:21:33,560 to grow up poor and fatherless? 594 00:21:33,593 --> 00:21:34,761 You know you can't go there. 595 00:21:34,794 --> 00:21:36,228 I'm serious. 596 00:21:36,262 --> 00:21:38,130 Kids who grow up fatherless are more likely 597 00:21:38,164 --> 00:21:39,432 to suffer emotional consequences, 598 00:21:39,466 --> 00:21:40,567 and twice as likely 599 00:21:40,600 --> 00:21:42,535 to engage in criminal activities. 600 00:21:42,569 --> 00:21:44,404 We need to be challenging Hoynes, not 601 00:21:44,437 --> 00:21:45,805 fringe candidates like Atkins. 602 00:21:45,838 --> 00:21:48,107 We reformed welfare to require women to work-- 603 00:21:48,140 --> 00:21:49,509 that is, when they can find a job-- 604 00:21:49,542 --> 00:21:51,010 but we haven't done half as much 605 00:21:51,043 --> 00:21:53,212 to force deadbeat dads to pay for child support. 606 00:21:53,245 --> 00:21:54,414 You know damn well 607 00:21:54,447 --> 00:21:55,648 less than a quarter of Latino kids 608 00:21:55,682 --> 00:21:57,283 grow up without their fathers. 609 00:21:57,316 --> 00:21:59,452 It's nearly half of African-American children. 610 00:21:59,486 --> 00:22:01,287 I don't care if it's three Bosnians, 611 00:22:01,320 --> 00:22:04,190 an Armenian and a bus full of party clowns, 612 00:22:04,223 --> 00:22:06,258 it's a huge economic problem, Josh. 613 00:22:06,292 --> 00:22:07,660 It's gonna look like 614 00:22:07,694 --> 00:22:10,329 you're lecturing African-Americans. 615 00:22:10,363 --> 00:22:11,564 Oh, so, if I'm President, 616 00:22:11,598 --> 00:22:13,533 I can only use the bully pulpit to talk to Latinos? 617 00:22:13,566 --> 00:22:16,503 What, does my State of the Union only run on Telemundo, too? 618 00:22:16,536 --> 00:22:17,670 No, but tell me right now. 619 00:22:17,704 --> 00:22:19,305 What's gonna help everyone broadly, 620 00:22:19,338 --> 00:22:21,207 make a difference across 621 00:22:21,240 --> 00:22:22,642 all the races? 622 00:22:22,675 --> 00:22:24,944 Values issues are important, too, Josh. 623 00:22:24,977 --> 00:22:26,278 And supporting ethanol 624 00:22:26,312 --> 00:22:27,279 is a mistake. 625 00:22:27,313 --> 00:22:29,682 I want to see that speech. 626 00:22:35,187 --> 00:22:37,156 This is a small plane. 627 00:22:37,189 --> 00:22:39,025 You don't like small planes? 628 00:22:39,058 --> 00:22:41,027 Like, Buddy Holly small. 629 00:22:41,060 --> 00:22:42,228 Big Bopper small. 630 00:22:42,261 --> 00:22:44,464 Jiles Perry Richardson. 631 00:22:44,497 --> 00:22:45,865 The Bopper's real name. 632 00:22:45,898 --> 00:22:47,199 Richie Valens, too. 633 00:22:47,233 --> 00:22:49,436 All went down right here in Iowa. 634 00:22:55,174 --> 00:22:56,443 ( sighs ) 635 00:22:56,476 --> 00:22:58,077 ( plane engine whirring ) 636 00:22:58,110 --> 00:22:59,812 Where's the Congressman? 637 00:22:59,846 --> 00:23:01,380 RONNA: Up front. 638 00:23:01,414 --> 00:23:02,615 Up front? 639 00:23:02,649 --> 00:23:04,784 Well, he can't exactly fly it from back here. 640 00:23:04,817 --> 00:23:07,520 Everybody set? 641 00:23:07,554 --> 00:23:09,422 You might want to buckle up, Josh. 642 00:23:09,456 --> 00:23:12,959 Don't think I'll ever get tired of doing barrel rolls. 643 00:23:26,939 --> 00:23:29,275 SANTOS: "Ethanol is good for our economy, 644 00:23:29,308 --> 00:23:30,677 "good for our environment, 645 00:23:30,710 --> 00:23:33,345 and should be at the heart of our energy strategy." 646 00:23:33,379 --> 00:23:35,615 We've lost 850,000 jobs to foreign oil. 647 00:23:35,648 --> 00:23:36,583 Hmm. 648 00:23:36,616 --> 00:23:38,350 Ethanol's created 150,000. 649 00:23:38,384 --> 00:23:40,587 Think of it as a Midwestern jobs program. 650 00:23:40,620 --> 00:23:41,788 SANTOS: "As President, 651 00:23:41,821 --> 00:23:44,056 "I will ensure that by the year 2020, 652 00:23:44,090 --> 00:23:46,693 "ten percent of all motor fuels will come 653 00:23:46,726 --> 00:23:48,327 from renewable sources like ethanol..." 654 00:23:48,360 --> 00:23:49,896 Four lines at the top of the speech. 655 00:23:49,929 --> 00:23:52,331 Think of it as a quick trip to the dentist. 656 00:23:52,364 --> 00:23:53,800 Yeah, I'm a pretty good flosser. 657 00:23:53,833 --> 00:23:55,401 Hey, honey. How was your day today? 658 00:23:55,434 --> 00:23:57,369 Good. Peter's feeling better. Great. 659 00:23:57,403 --> 00:23:59,105 Ronna, do we know who's been here already? 660 00:23:59,138 --> 00:24:01,440 Uh, Hoynes this morning, Russell about an hour ago. 661 00:24:02,942 --> 00:24:03,876 All right, you know, 662 00:24:03,910 --> 00:24:05,478 I'm-I'm not gonna do this, any of it. 663 00:24:05,512 --> 00:24:06,646 I'm gonna go in there, 664 00:24:06,679 --> 00:24:08,314 and I'm gonna tell these people the truth. 665 00:24:08,347 --> 00:24:10,149 We have to help farmers in the tough years, 666 00:24:10,182 --> 00:24:11,584 and then reform the system 667 00:24:11,618 --> 00:24:13,152 so that we can target those who really need it, 668 00:24:13,185 --> 00:24:15,354 not these agri-businesses and multimillionaires. 669 00:24:15,387 --> 00:24:16,422 Ready, Congressman? ! Yeah. 670 00:24:16,455 --> 00:24:17,790 You walk out there on that stage, 671 00:24:17,824 --> 00:24:19,992 and you come out against ethanol, you are dead meat. 672 00:24:20,026 --> 00:24:21,193 Bambi'd have a better shot 673 00:24:21,227 --> 00:24:23,763 getting elected President of the NRA than you will have 674 00:24:23,796 --> 00:24:25,264 of getting a single vote in this Caucus. 675 00:24:25,297 --> 00:24:27,466 Let him say what he wants to say, Josh. He's right. 676 00:24:27,500 --> 00:24:28,635 No, he's not. 677 00:24:28,668 --> 00:24:29,802 Look, you want me 678 00:24:29,836 --> 00:24:31,504 to support something I know to be 679 00:24:31,538 --> 00:24:33,205 lousy policy and a colossal waste 680 00:24:33,239 --> 00:24:35,775 of taxpayers' money to round up a couple of votes 681 00:24:35,808 --> 00:24:37,343 for a Caucus I can't possibly win. 682 00:24:37,376 --> 00:24:39,846 I want you to support a policy that helps a lot of people, 683 00:24:39,879 --> 00:24:42,615 so that a year from now when you are sworn in 684 00:24:42,649 --> 00:24:44,350 as President, you can make the changes 685 00:24:44,383 --> 00:24:50,389 we both know need to be made. 686 00:24:50,422 --> 00:24:52,158 I'm ready. 687 00:24:53,425 --> 00:24:55,161 Matt? 688 00:24:56,596 --> 00:24:58,531 Take the oath. 689 00:24:58,565 --> 00:24:59,799 MALE ANNOUNCER Ladies and gentlemen. 690 00:24:59,832 --> 00:25:02,602 Congressmen Mathew Santos. 691 00:25:02,635 --> 00:25:04,136 ( applause continues ) 692 00:25:12,344 --> 00:25:13,512 Oh, thank you. 693 00:25:13,546 --> 00:25:16,115 Thank you very much for that warm welcome. 694 00:25:24,156 --> 00:25:25,558 ( clears throat ) 695 00:25:27,326 --> 00:25:30,396 Ethanol... 696 00:25:30,429 --> 00:25:32,765 is good for our economy, 697 00:25:32,799 --> 00:25:36,703 good for our environment, and should be at the heart 698 00:25:36,736 --> 00:25:38,537 of our energy strategy. 699 00:25:38,571 --> 00:25:40,372 ( applause ) 700 00:25:40,406 --> 00:25:42,308 As President, I will ensure 701 00:25:42,341 --> 00:25:43,876 that by the year 2020, 702 00:25:43,910 --> 00:25:47,079 ten percent of all motor fuels 703 00:25:47,113 --> 00:25:50,683 come from renewable resources like ethanol. 704 00:25:50,717 --> 00:25:53,019 ( whistling ) 705 00:25:53,052 --> 00:25:53,920 ( applause ) 706 00:25:53,953 --> 00:25:55,922 Ladies and gentlemen, I'm here to talk 707 00:25:55,955 --> 00:25:57,957 about the dramatic steps that we must take... 708 00:26:00,159 --> 00:26:03,963 ( phone ringing ) 709 00:26:07,834 --> 00:26:09,568 Yeah? 710 00:26:09,602 --> 00:26:12,038 Great. Okay. Thank you. 711 00:26:24,016 --> 00:26:26,786 Carlie Farkula, a 22-year-old Turkish woman 712 00:26:26,819 --> 00:26:29,588 who was sexually involved with a co-worker 713 00:26:29,622 --> 00:26:32,224 was convicted of adultery this morning. 714 00:26:32,258 --> 00:26:35,461 Leaders are expressing concern that the country's laws 715 00:26:35,494 --> 00:26:37,897 might be moving closer to Islamic law. 716 00:26:37,930 --> 00:26:39,866 Meanwhile, Bartlet Administration officials 717 00:26:39,899 --> 00:26:42,234 stressed that while they're saddened 718 00:26:42,268 --> 00:26:45,838 by Turkey's decision to allow the execution to go forward... 719 00:26:45,872 --> 00:26:48,574 SHEILA: Speech on tax reform at General Mills plant, 720 00:26:48,607 --> 00:26:50,542 then a meet-and-greet with the managers, 721 00:26:50,576 --> 00:26:52,812 talk about improving the business climate. 722 00:26:52,845 --> 00:26:55,047 VINICK: We have talking points on the tax plan? 723 00:26:55,081 --> 00:26:56,348 SHEILA: Okay, 11:00 724 00:26:56,382 --> 00:26:57,750 rally at the Mid-America Center 725 00:26:57,784 --> 00:26:59,786 followed by fundraising lunch for John Schofield. 726 00:26:59,819 --> 00:27:00,987 Thought we said no to that. 727 00:27:01,020 --> 00:27:02,722 MAYER: Party's getting behind him. 728 00:27:02,755 --> 00:27:03,890 They're trying to unseat Lockman. 729 00:27:03,923 --> 00:27:05,825 All right, we have a couple of house stops, 730 00:27:05,858 --> 00:27:07,159 and then on to Hamburg Inn Number Two. 731 00:27:07,193 --> 00:27:09,195 SEAN: That the place with the beans? 732 00:27:09,228 --> 00:27:10,196 Great pie, too. 733 00:27:10,229 --> 00:27:10,997 Finally, tonight, 734 00:27:11,030 --> 00:27:14,200 the Iowa Corn Growers Association. 735 00:27:16,769 --> 00:27:19,305 Did it suddenly get quiet in here? 736 00:27:19,338 --> 00:27:20,172 ( clearing throat ) 737 00:27:20,206 --> 00:27:21,674 Do we have that new direct mail piece? 738 00:27:21,708 --> 00:27:24,777 Yeah, I took out about 17 exclamation points. Here. 739 00:27:24,811 --> 00:27:25,978 Fewer words, more pictures. Thank you. 740 00:27:26,012 --> 00:27:27,079 SHEILA: Can we get any mileage 741 00:27:27,113 --> 00:27:28,647 out of Bartlet and this Turkey thing? 742 00:27:28,681 --> 00:27:30,249 VINICK: I don't see how. 743 00:27:30,282 --> 00:27:32,919 He criticized the decision while reaffirming our commitment 744 00:27:32,952 --> 00:27:35,287 to regional autonomy. Yeah, but if we can find an angle, 745 00:27:35,321 --> 00:27:37,356 it might be a good way to remind caucus-goers of your 746 00:27:37,389 --> 00:27:40,259 foreign policy experience. We want to remind them of my foreign 747 00:27:40,292 --> 00:27:42,628 policy experience? Might get their minds off ethanol and abortion. 748 00:27:42,661 --> 00:27:44,463 Bringing them with me to a DMZ 749 00:27:44,496 --> 00:27:46,966 wouldn't take their minds off ethanol and abortion. 750 00:27:46,999 --> 00:27:48,234 Cancel it. Okay, everybody, that's it. 751 00:27:48,267 --> 00:27:49,201 No, we're done there. 752 00:27:51,203 --> 00:27:52,404 Got the new 753 00:27:52,438 --> 00:27:53,605 financial report. 754 00:27:53,639 --> 00:27:55,674 We're up six million six. 755 00:27:55,708 --> 00:27:56,776 That's a lot of money. 756 00:27:56,809 --> 00:27:58,677 Now all we need are a few people 757 00:27:58,711 --> 00:27:59,779 willing to vote for you. 758 00:27:59,812 --> 00:28:01,814 Bob, you got crumbs all over... oh, great. 759 00:28:01,848 --> 00:28:03,015 Now, if I want a snack, 760 00:28:03,049 --> 00:28:04,283 I just have to reach down into the carpet. 761 00:28:04,316 --> 00:28:05,752 You tell him? Tell me what? 762 00:28:05,785 --> 00:28:07,286 Got the new field poll. 763 00:28:07,319 --> 00:28:08,654 You're at five percent. 764 00:28:08,687 --> 00:28:09,922 So, I'm up a little. 765 00:28:09,956 --> 00:28:11,623 Half a point; dumped two million bucks 766 00:28:11,657 --> 00:28:13,559 into Iowa, and you are up a half? 767 00:28:13,592 --> 00:28:14,626 Ten million more, 768 00:28:14,660 --> 00:28:15,862 I can get you into double digits. 769 00:28:15,895 --> 00:28:17,029 No. You're gonna have to do it. 770 00:28:17,063 --> 00:28:18,330 I'm not having this conversation. 771 00:28:18,364 --> 00:28:19,531 MAYER: Sheila, tell him. 772 00:28:19,565 --> 00:28:20,833 VINICK: Stop it. 773 00:28:20,867 --> 00:28:23,302 She's been doing all her own talking 774 00:28:23,335 --> 00:28:25,404 since she turned 35. Why don't we talk about this in the car? 775 00:28:27,339 --> 00:28:28,707 VINICK: I never thought we should 776 00:28:28,741 --> 00:28:30,109 commit resources here in the first place. 777 00:28:30,142 --> 00:28:31,878 SHEILA: We can't just thumb our noses at Iowa. 778 00:28:31,911 --> 00:28:33,012 Let Allard clean up and take 779 00:28:33,045 --> 00:28:34,713 the momentum into New Hampshire...?! 780 00:28:34,747 --> 00:28:37,049 MAYER: This is all about rural voters. 781 00:28:37,083 --> 00:28:38,550 A Republican can't win the White House 782 00:28:38,584 --> 00:28:39,819 without the Farm Belt. 783 00:28:39,852 --> 00:28:41,720 You want me in overalls, spending all day 784 00:28:41,754 --> 00:28:42,588 talking with Whistler's mom 785 00:28:42,621 --> 00:28:43,890 about soybean prices? 786 00:28:43,923 --> 00:28:45,892 You know that's not what we're talking about. 787 00:28:45,925 --> 00:28:48,294 Farmers in America don't want to get paid in the mailbox. 788 00:28:48,327 --> 00:28:50,129 They want to get paid in the marketplace. 789 00:28:50,162 --> 00:28:51,563 That's catchy. Pretty sure I wrote it. 790 00:28:51,597 --> 00:28:53,032 People know where I stand. 791 00:28:53,065 --> 00:28:54,967 They may not like it, but they know I'll stick with it. 792 00:28:55,001 --> 00:28:57,236 This is issue one, two and three here. 793 00:28:57,269 --> 00:28:58,237 I'm not a panderer. 794 00:28:58,270 --> 00:28:59,471 MAYER: It's unavoidable. 795 00:28:59,505 --> 00:29:00,739 It's the non- panderer's pander. 796 00:29:00,773 --> 00:29:02,842 General Patton would have pandered on ethanol. 797 00:29:02,875 --> 00:29:06,478 Et tu, Brute? 798 00:29:06,512 --> 00:29:10,449 VINICK: Bartlet's economic policies simply aren't working. 799 00:29:10,482 --> 00:29:14,286 In small towns and rural communities across America, 800 00:29:14,320 --> 00:29:17,623 our lifestyle and values are under siege. 801 00:29:17,656 --> 00:29:20,459 The trade deficit's at record levels. 802 00:29:20,492 --> 00:29:23,295 Corn is down three cents a bushel. 803 00:29:23,329 --> 00:29:25,431 Soybeans are down 12 cents. 804 00:29:25,464 --> 00:29:26,632 MAN: Isn't the deficit 805 00:29:26,665 --> 00:29:28,500 due to NAFTA as much as anything else? 806 00:29:28,534 --> 00:29:30,002 Trade creates jobs, period. 807 00:29:30,036 --> 00:29:34,673 One-third of Iowa's agricultural product goes overseas. 808 00:29:34,706 --> 00:29:36,208 We need more programs 809 00:29:36,242 --> 00:29:37,810 like the "Freedom to Farm" legislation 810 00:29:37,844 --> 00:29:39,045 that I helped sponsor. 811 00:29:39,078 --> 00:29:40,746 MAN: Around here, we call that 812 00:29:40,779 --> 00:29:41,881 "Freedom to Foreclose." 813 00:29:41,914 --> 00:29:42,882 Well, that's clever, 814 00:29:42,915 --> 00:29:44,216 but it's not very accurate. 815 00:29:44,250 --> 00:29:46,518 I mean, do you think that farmers should decide 816 00:29:46,552 --> 00:29:47,619 what they get to plant, 817 00:29:47,653 --> 00:29:48,855 or should that be left up 818 00:29:48,888 --> 00:29:50,957 to some bureaucrat back in Washington? 819 00:29:50,990 --> 00:29:52,859 You know, too often, you're forced 820 00:29:52,892 --> 00:29:55,361 to "farm the subsidy" instead of the market. 821 00:29:55,394 --> 00:29:58,297 SHEILA: We could use the new study the Ethanol Institute put out. 822 00:29:58,330 --> 00:30:00,599 VINICK: Yeah, I wonder who footed the bill for that research? 823 00:30:00,632 --> 00:30:02,168 MAYER: It says if we put ten percent ethanol 824 00:30:02,201 --> 00:30:03,903 in every gas tank in America, 825 00:30:03,936 --> 00:30:06,005 we can reduce worldwide oil demand by two percent. 826 00:30:06,038 --> 00:30:07,439 VINICK: First, we can't produce 827 00:30:07,473 --> 00:30:08,841 that much ethanol. 828 00:30:08,875 --> 00:30:10,809 Second, using it as an additive 829 00:30:10,843 --> 00:30:13,612 allows the oil companies to pump up octane levels 830 00:30:13,645 --> 00:30:15,514 and sell more premium gas to SUVs. 831 00:30:15,547 --> 00:30:17,116 Senator, we're just trying to... 832 00:30:17,149 --> 00:30:19,385 Two years ago, I called it highway robbery. 833 00:30:19,418 --> 00:30:21,720 Now I'm supposed to hand out ski masks, guns 834 00:30:21,753 --> 00:30:22,788 and brown paper bags? 835 00:30:22,821 --> 00:30:24,023 Forget the subsidy argument. 836 00:30:24,056 --> 00:30:25,524 You've said 100 times 837 00:30:25,557 --> 00:30:27,059 reducing dependence on foreign oil 838 00:30:27,093 --> 00:30:28,527 is a national security issue. 839 00:30:28,560 --> 00:30:30,162 Yeah. We fold ethanol into that. 840 00:30:30,196 --> 00:30:31,998 Yeah. The only problem is it's not true. 841 00:30:32,031 --> 00:30:34,833 Making a gallon of ethanol takes almost a gallon of oil. 842 00:30:34,867 --> 00:30:37,036 That's like saying using tonic water as an additive 843 00:30:37,069 --> 00:30:38,905 reduces our demand for gin. Look... 844 00:30:38,938 --> 00:30:40,839 Listen, I need to catch Valerie after school. 845 00:30:40,873 --> 00:30:42,341 I want to wish her a happy birthday. 846 00:30:42,374 --> 00:30:44,243 Will you at least look at the ethanol report? 847 00:30:44,276 --> 00:30:47,846 It's a classic study of a stupid policy 848 00:30:47,880 --> 00:30:50,116 rammed down our throats by special interests. 849 00:30:50,149 --> 00:30:51,817 Makes about as much sense 850 00:30:51,850 --> 00:30:54,420 as building patio furniture out of corn. 851 00:30:54,453 --> 00:30:56,722 But sure, I'll take a look. 852 00:30:56,755 --> 00:30:58,524 VINICK: We need fewer regulations 853 00:30:58,557 --> 00:30:59,491 on small businesses. 854 00:30:59,525 --> 00:31:01,427 You know, small business is like family farms. 855 00:31:01,460 --> 00:31:04,096 And we have to do something about these frivolous lawsuits 856 00:31:04,130 --> 00:31:06,832 that jack up costs for small businesses, 857 00:31:06,865 --> 00:31:08,267 you know, make it hard for them 858 00:31:08,300 --> 00:31:11,770 to afford to have insurance, capital investment... 859 00:31:11,803 --> 00:31:13,705 Now, I'm for free trade, 860 00:31:13,739 --> 00:31:16,808 but shouldn't it be fair trade? 861 00:31:16,842 --> 00:31:18,010 Can we really compete 862 00:31:18,044 --> 00:31:20,012 with people earning a dollar a day? 863 00:31:20,046 --> 00:31:23,182 Do we really want workers in Malaysia to be earning 864 00:31:23,215 --> 00:31:24,951 our minimum wage? ( cell phone rings ) 865 00:31:24,984 --> 00:31:26,218 I mean, do you have any idea 866 00:31:26,252 --> 00:31:28,254 what real estate costs in Kuala Lumpur? 867 00:31:28,287 --> 00:31:29,855 Trade lowers 868 00:31:29,888 --> 00:31:31,857 prices for Americans. 869 00:31:31,890 --> 00:31:33,525 I mean, how else do you think 870 00:31:33,559 --> 00:31:36,728 that they keep things so cheap over at Walmart, huh? 871 00:31:36,762 --> 00:31:38,430 It's not just ethanol, you know? 872 00:31:38,464 --> 00:31:39,999 These... these subsidies 873 00:31:40,032 --> 00:31:42,134 are what give us the corn glut. 874 00:31:42,168 --> 00:31:44,603 That's why we make 20 million tons 875 00:31:44,636 --> 00:31:47,339 of corn sweetener a year. 876 00:31:47,373 --> 00:31:51,277 Average American eats or drinks 93 pounds of it. 877 00:31:51,310 --> 00:31:55,181 And we wonder why we have an obesity problem with kids. 878 00:31:55,214 --> 00:31:56,915 What would I have to say? 879 00:31:56,949 --> 00:31:58,217 You weren't wrong as Senator. 880 00:31:58,250 --> 00:32:00,386 Ethanol wasn't in the best interests of California. 881 00:32:00,419 --> 00:32:02,521 But as President, you have to do what's right 882 00:32:02,554 --> 00:32:03,489 for the whole country. 883 00:32:03,522 --> 00:32:05,057 What did you expect? 884 00:32:05,091 --> 00:32:08,060 How about, "As Senator, I pandered to Californians, 885 00:32:08,094 --> 00:32:10,729 but as President, I plan to pander 886 00:32:10,762 --> 00:32:14,000 to every special interest group who will get me elected"? 887 00:32:17,003 --> 00:32:18,937 Bob already have a speech drafted? 888 00:32:18,971 --> 00:32:21,640 You want to read it? No, not especially. 889 00:32:21,673 --> 00:32:22,941 You know, if Iowa 890 00:32:22,975 --> 00:32:24,743 weren't first-- if it were third-- 891 00:32:24,776 --> 00:32:26,212 you know what it would be? 892 00:32:26,245 --> 00:32:28,547 The South Dakota primary. 893 00:32:50,002 --> 00:32:51,570 Is he going to do it? 894 00:32:51,603 --> 00:32:52,438 Yeah. Oh. 895 00:32:52,471 --> 00:32:53,805 Hello... 896 00:32:53,839 --> 00:32:54,840 Senator, your granddaughter. 897 00:32:54,873 --> 00:32:57,343 * Happy birthday to you 898 00:32:57,376 --> 00:32:59,911 * Happy birthday to you... * 899 00:32:59,945 --> 00:33:02,048 ( laughing ) 900 00:33:02,081 --> 00:33:06,518 Well... well, Montovani I'm not. 901 00:33:06,552 --> 00:33:08,854 No. 902 00:33:08,887 --> 00:33:11,123 No! Of course I didn't forget. 903 00:33:11,157 --> 00:33:13,859 Well, it's cold. It started snowing. 904 00:33:13,892 --> 00:33:15,427 Okay, you go back to your friends. 905 00:33:15,461 --> 00:33:17,763 I love you, too. 906 00:33:17,796 --> 00:33:19,165 Happy Birthday, pumpkin. 907 00:33:21,300 --> 00:33:24,103 You have that "Profiles in Spinelessness" speech of yours? 908 00:33:24,136 --> 00:33:26,072 It's on the prompters. 909 00:33:26,105 --> 00:33:28,407 You ready, Senator? 910 00:33:28,440 --> 00:33:30,109 Okay. 911 00:33:31,009 --> 00:33:33,345 ( weary sigh ) 912 00:33:33,379 --> 00:33:35,447 Man, I missed so many of my own kids' birthdays; 913 00:33:35,481 --> 00:33:37,516 now I'm doing it with the grandchildren. 914 00:33:37,549 --> 00:33:39,785 ANNOUNCER ( on P.A. ): Ladies and gentlemen, 915 00:33:39,818 --> 00:33:40,852 Senator Arnold Vinick. 916 00:33:40,886 --> 00:33:43,189 ( scattered applause ) 917 00:33:48,560 --> 00:33:50,529 ( man coughs ) 918 00:33:51,697 --> 00:33:55,000 As many of you are aware, 919 00:33:55,033 --> 00:33:57,769 in the past, I haven't been a big supporter 920 00:33:57,803 --> 00:33:59,805 of ethanol subsidies. 921 00:33:59,838 --> 00:34:01,240 ( man clears throat ) 922 00:34:04,176 --> 00:34:06,212 ( people clearing their throats ) 923 00:34:08,714 --> 00:34:10,482 ( man coughs ) 924 00:34:14,186 --> 00:34:16,388 I know what you want to hear. 925 00:34:16,422 --> 00:34:18,490 Telling people what they want to hear 926 00:34:18,524 --> 00:34:20,926 is the easiest thing you can do in politics. 927 00:34:20,959 --> 00:34:23,262 But that's not why I'm here; 928 00:34:23,295 --> 00:34:25,097 that's not why I'm running for president. 929 00:34:25,131 --> 00:34:26,965 Now, I know that the ethanol subsidies 930 00:34:26,998 --> 00:34:28,400 have been good for some of you. 931 00:34:28,434 --> 00:34:33,605 But mostly, it's a windfall for huge conglomerates. 932 00:34:33,639 --> 00:34:34,973 I'm embarrassed by it, 933 00:34:35,006 --> 00:34:37,075 and I think you should be, too. 934 00:34:37,109 --> 00:34:38,744 Look, I know what you're up against. 935 00:34:38,777 --> 00:34:40,146 I grew up in a, in a 936 00:34:40,179 --> 00:34:42,080 citrus farming community in California... 937 00:34:46,118 --> 00:34:49,988 if you elect me president, 938 00:34:50,021 --> 00:34:51,723 ethanol subsidies are not going to be 939 00:34:51,757 --> 00:34:52,958 a part of my agriculture policy. 940 00:34:52,991 --> 00:34:54,726 JOSH: Wow. 941 00:34:54,760 --> 00:34:56,094 HELEN: Yeah, wow. 942 00:34:59,131 --> 00:35:01,300 You and the Congressman finished with dinner? 943 00:35:01,333 --> 00:35:03,034 Yeah. At least one candidate gets to go home 944 00:35:03,068 --> 00:35:04,102 without feeling like he's been mugged. 945 00:35:04,136 --> 00:35:05,371 ( strained laugh ) 946 00:35:05,404 --> 00:35:06,905 Well, he may have his wallet, but he'll be down 947 00:35:06,938 --> 00:35:08,039 four points in the morning. 948 00:35:08,073 --> 00:35:09,841 Ned, would you mind excusing us for a minute? 949 00:35:09,875 --> 00:35:10,809 Thanks. 950 00:35:12,511 --> 00:35:14,813 See ya. 951 00:35:14,846 --> 00:35:16,582 Josh, why are we even in Iowa? 952 00:35:16,615 --> 00:35:19,585 Shouldn't we be focusing on Texas, California, 953 00:35:19,618 --> 00:35:22,154 places where we might actually get some, um... 954 00:35:22,188 --> 00:35:24,590 oh, what do you political professionals call them, 955 00:35:24,623 --> 00:35:26,358 uh... votes? We're letting people know 956 00:35:26,392 --> 00:35:29,261 there's an alternative to Hoynes and Russell. 957 00:35:29,295 --> 00:35:32,698 Matt Santos, making sense, talking about ideas. 958 00:35:32,731 --> 00:35:34,400 Making sense about ethanol? 959 00:35:34,433 --> 00:35:36,202 It makes sense in Iowa, yeah. 960 00:35:36,235 --> 00:35:38,237 Russell's a house of cards. 961 00:35:38,270 --> 00:35:40,005 His support's a mile wide and an inch deep. 962 00:35:40,038 --> 00:35:41,139 We can't compete with him 963 00:35:41,173 --> 00:35:44,075 on endorsements or institutional support. 964 00:35:44,109 --> 00:35:47,012 But we don't have to worry about Russell. 965 00:35:47,045 --> 00:35:48,180 Hoynes'll find a way to take him down. 966 00:35:48,214 --> 00:35:50,148 This the famous Josh Lyman nine-point plan? 967 00:35:50,182 --> 00:35:52,551 Hoynes is smart; he has access to money; 968 00:35:52,584 --> 00:35:55,187 plenty of chits he can call in. 969 00:35:55,221 --> 00:35:57,289 Once Russell crumbles, 970 00:35:57,323 --> 00:35:59,191 his support'll flow to Hoynes, 971 00:35:59,225 --> 00:36:04,530 unless someone has established themself as "Not Hoynes." 972 00:36:04,563 --> 00:36:06,097 "Not Hoynes." 'Cause there are 973 00:36:06,131 --> 00:36:07,799 going to be lots of primary activists 974 00:36:07,833 --> 00:36:08,934 who are very uncomfortable 975 00:36:08,967 --> 00:36:09,935 with an adulterous, moderate, 976 00:36:09,968 --> 00:36:10,936 DLC Democrat. 977 00:36:10,969 --> 00:36:11,970 Oh, my God. You actually 978 00:36:12,003 --> 00:36:13,639 stay up nights thinking this stuff up? 979 00:36:13,672 --> 00:36:15,140 It's a living. 980 00:36:15,173 --> 00:36:19,311 ( sighing ): Hmm... 981 00:36:19,345 --> 00:36:20,512 Well, I'm going to bed. 982 00:36:20,546 --> 00:36:21,947 Please don't keep him up too late. 983 00:36:21,980 --> 00:36:23,582 He's tired. 984 00:36:23,615 --> 00:36:26,485 Good night, Josh. 985 00:36:28,554 --> 00:36:30,322 Hey, still snowing outside? 986 00:36:30,356 --> 00:36:32,224 Uh, yes-- supposed to clear up in a couple hours. 987 00:36:32,258 --> 00:36:33,692 We gonna have to change the schedule tomorrow? 988 00:36:33,725 --> 00:36:35,294 Not yet. 989 00:36:35,327 --> 00:36:36,995 Josh, as I live and barely breath. 990 00:36:37,028 --> 00:36:38,564 Senator, how are you? 991 00:36:38,597 --> 00:36:41,166 VINICK: Well, aside from the dozen Republican farmers 992 00:36:41,199 --> 00:36:43,034 who just tried to show me the business end 993 00:36:43,068 --> 00:36:45,070 of a Mr. Popcorn machine, fine. 994 00:36:45,103 --> 00:36:46,905 You know Sheila, Bob. 995 00:36:46,938 --> 00:36:47,906 Hey. SHEILA: Hey. 996 00:36:47,939 --> 00:36:50,041 You got some... 997 00:36:50,075 --> 00:36:51,743 No, no, that's just Bob's way 998 00:36:51,777 --> 00:36:53,178 of packing a lunch. 999 00:36:53,211 --> 00:36:55,714 Uh, Senator, Congressman Matt Santos. 1000 00:36:55,747 --> 00:36:56,848 Yeah, we've met. 1001 00:36:56,882 --> 00:36:57,816 How are you, Matt? 1002 00:36:57,849 --> 00:36:58,850 I'm good, Arnie. You? 1003 00:36:58,884 --> 00:37:01,853 We co-sponsored a doomed immigration reform package 1004 00:37:01,887 --> 00:37:02,854 a couple years ago. Yeah... 1005 00:37:02,888 --> 00:37:05,023 We fought the good fight, lit the good match. 1006 00:37:05,056 --> 00:37:06,625 Still went down in flames, though. 1007 00:37:06,658 --> 00:37:08,994 We're supposed to be driving back to Des Moines now, 1008 00:37:09,027 --> 00:37:11,162 but... well, you know, with the storm and everything, 1009 00:37:11,196 --> 00:37:12,464 we thought we'd get something to eat 1010 00:37:12,498 --> 00:37:14,232 and see if it clears up. Well, maybe we could see 1011 00:37:14,266 --> 00:37:16,034 if the kitchen's still open. Yeah, I'll check it out. 1012 00:37:16,067 --> 00:37:17,235 SHEILA: I'll get us a table. 1013 00:37:17,269 --> 00:37:18,437 Yeah, sure, I'll-I'll be right there. 1014 00:37:19,505 --> 00:37:21,540 I read about that education plan 1015 00:37:21,573 --> 00:37:23,409 you introduced in New Hampshire. 1016 00:37:23,442 --> 00:37:26,211 That's pretty gutsy stuff, taking on the teachers' unions. 1017 00:37:26,244 --> 00:37:27,479 Well, I don't think that I'll be 1018 00:37:27,513 --> 00:37:30,749 elected President of my PTA right now, but, uh... 1019 00:37:30,782 --> 00:37:31,883 saw the ethanol speech. 1020 00:37:31,917 --> 00:37:35,053 Yeah, well, that wasn't gutsy so much as suicidal, 1021 00:37:35,086 --> 00:37:36,755 or so my staff tells me. 1022 00:37:36,788 --> 00:37:37,689 Mind if I sit? 1023 00:37:37,723 --> 00:37:39,925 No, please. 1024 00:37:39,958 --> 00:37:41,560 Your guys Russell and Hoynes 1025 00:37:41,593 --> 00:37:43,762 have come after me on that already. 1026 00:37:43,795 --> 00:37:45,030 You lining up a shot for tomorrow? 1027 00:37:45,063 --> 00:37:47,499 I think I'll just sit this one out. 1028 00:37:47,533 --> 00:37:49,935 240-day school year, hmm? 1029 00:37:49,968 --> 00:37:51,603 An end to teacher tenure, 1030 00:37:51,637 --> 00:37:53,405 nationalizing the system. 1031 00:37:53,439 --> 00:37:55,273 You want to hop on? I could use the support. 1032 00:37:55,307 --> 00:37:57,443 I'm taking a shellacking from my own side of the aisle. 1033 00:37:57,476 --> 00:37:59,611 I'm with you on the tenure, 1034 00:37:59,645 --> 00:38:02,314 but a longer, federally mandated school year? 1035 00:38:02,348 --> 00:38:04,616 Uh... sounds like another big Washington 1036 00:38:04,650 --> 00:38:06,251 power grab to me. Oh, here we go... 1037 00:38:06,284 --> 00:38:07,453 Well, no. 1038 00:38:07,486 --> 00:38:08,754 Why would we want to wrest control 1039 00:38:08,787 --> 00:38:10,656 from the local school boards and the parents 1040 00:38:10,689 --> 00:38:13,191 who know more about their kids than we do? 1041 00:38:13,224 --> 00:38:14,593 'Cause right now, our local school boards 1042 00:38:14,626 --> 00:38:16,528 and parents aren't making sure that our kids 1043 00:38:16,562 --> 00:38:18,730 could compete in a tougher world marketplace. 1044 00:38:18,764 --> 00:38:21,500 Wouldn't be a Democratic plan if it didn't involve more taxes. 1045 00:38:21,533 --> 00:38:23,268 Maybe we should take apart every public school 1046 00:38:23,301 --> 00:38:25,337 brick by brick, auction 'em off. 1047 00:38:25,371 --> 00:38:27,506 Some things cost money, Arnie. 1048 00:38:27,539 --> 00:38:30,175 Who's going to administer all this? 1049 00:38:30,208 --> 00:38:33,244 Because they did such a great jobent improving education 1050 00:38:33,278 --> 00:38:34,913 in the last four decades? All right, 1051 00:38:34,946 --> 00:38:37,148 are you through embarrassing me in front of my staff here? 1052 00:38:37,182 --> 00:38:38,650 Not even close. 1053 00:38:38,684 --> 00:38:40,986 When are you headed back to New Hampshire? 1054 00:38:41,019 --> 00:38:43,188 Tomorrow. 1055 00:38:43,221 --> 00:38:46,024 What with my ethanol tantrum, I, uh... 1056 00:38:46,057 --> 00:38:48,226 I suspect my work here is done. 1057 00:38:48,259 --> 00:38:50,362 I think I've managed to successfully drag 1058 00:38:50,396 --> 00:38:54,366 my-my-my poll numbers below a pro hockey score. 1059 00:38:54,400 --> 00:38:57,168 Well, at least you've still got a full set of teeth. 1060 00:38:57,202 --> 00:39:00,506 Yeah, my staff is very proud. 1061 00:39:00,539 --> 00:39:04,009 Well, if they weren't, I was. 1062 00:39:05,043 --> 00:39:07,112 You're not an ethanol fan? 1063 00:39:07,145 --> 00:39:10,616 Not until today. 1064 00:39:10,649 --> 00:39:12,618 JOSH: Kitchen's closed, 1065 00:39:12,651 --> 00:39:15,687 but they said they'd whip up a few eggs, some sandwiches. 1066 00:39:15,721 --> 00:39:18,557 Thank you. 1067 00:39:18,590 --> 00:39:21,393 What do you think they're plotting over there? 1068 00:39:21,427 --> 00:39:23,529 Well, if your day's been anything like ours, 1069 00:39:23,562 --> 00:39:25,363 I'd take away the sharp cutlery. 1070 00:39:25,397 --> 00:39:27,766 That was a bold move on the ethanol thing. 1071 00:39:28,834 --> 00:39:30,368 That was all him. 1072 00:39:30,402 --> 00:39:32,170 You'll end up a loser here, 1073 00:39:32,203 --> 00:39:33,505 but you'll mop up with the national press. 1074 00:39:33,539 --> 00:39:35,441 They'll be talking about how courageous your guy is. 1075 00:39:35,474 --> 00:39:38,544 From your lips to God's ears. 1076 00:39:38,577 --> 00:39:40,311 What'd your guy do on ethanol? 1077 00:39:40,345 --> 00:39:41,513 He took the pledge. 1078 00:39:42,514 --> 00:39:44,416 Republican field's wide open. 1079 00:39:44,450 --> 00:39:46,918 We're just trying to find a way to stay in the game. 1080 00:39:46,952 --> 00:39:49,154 Hmm. 1081 00:39:49,187 --> 00:39:51,690 ( acoustic guitar strumming ) 1082 00:39:59,931 --> 00:40:06,572 * Two hearts fading like a flower * 1083 00:40:06,605 --> 00:40:12,811 * And all this waiting for the power * 1084 00:40:12,844 --> 00:40:18,684 * For some answer to this fire * 1085 00:40:18,717 --> 00:40:23,421 * Sinking slowly, the water's higher * 1086 00:40:23,455 --> 00:40:25,090 * Mmm... 1087 00:40:25,123 --> 00:40:28,059 * Desire 1088 00:40:31,429 --> 00:40:33,131 * Desire 1089 00:40:36,835 --> 00:40:43,408 * With no secrets, no obsession * 1090 00:40:43,441 --> 00:40:49,314 * This time I'm speeding with no direction * 1091 00:40:49,347 --> 00:40:55,621 * Without a reason, what is this fire? * 1092 00:40:55,654 --> 00:41:00,959 * Burning slowly, my one and only * 1093 00:41:00,992 --> 00:41:02,761 * Mmm 1094 00:41:02,794 --> 00:41:04,630 * Desire 1095 00:41:05,497 --> 00:41:07,833 * Desire 1096 00:41:08,867 --> 00:41:10,536 * Desire 1097 00:41:11,402 --> 00:41:14,940 * Desire 1098 00:41:20,846 --> 00:41:23,649 Our current force is more than adequate to meet the needs 1099 00:41:23,682 --> 00:41:26,618 of the agreed-upon security arrangements and all parties... 1100 00:41:43,935 --> 00:41:49,240 * You know me, you don't mind waiting * 1101 00:41:49,274 --> 00:41:55,046 * You just can't show me, but God I'm praying * 1102 00:41:55,080 --> 00:42:00,986 * That you'll find me, and that you'll see me * 1103 00:42:01,019 --> 00:42:06,958 * That you'll run and never tire * 1104 00:42:06,992 --> 00:42:08,159 * Mmm... 1105 00:42:08,193 --> 00:42:09,895 * Desire 1106 00:42:11,529 --> 00:42:13,732 * Desire 1107 00:42:30,348 --> 00:42:32,550 * Desire 1108 00:42:33,384 --> 00:42:36,454 * Desire... 1109 00:42:36,487 --> 00:42:38,156 ( phone ringing ) 1110 00:42:38,189 --> 00:42:40,726 JOSH: Hello. 1111 00:42:40,759 --> 00:42:45,030 FEMALE VOICE: Good morning. It's 5:45 a.m. 1112 00:42:45,063 --> 00:42:46,632 Thank you. 1113 00:42:53,538 --> 00:42:56,007 ( Josh sighs groggily )