1 00:00:04,605 --> 00:00:06,174 ANNOUNCER: Previously on The West Wing: 2 00:00:06,240 --> 00:00:08,576 The only thing you can pray for on this job 3 00:00:08,642 --> 00:00:10,978 is the strength to get through the day. 4 00:00:11,045 --> 00:00:12,046 What? 5 00:00:12,113 --> 00:00:13,314 We won California. 6 00:00:13,381 --> 00:00:15,183 How did we end up in a crouch? 7 00:00:15,249 --> 00:00:17,551 I'm not changing my ads because of a stunt. 8 00:00:17,618 --> 00:00:20,254 Eric Baker's live on MSNBC right now. 9 00:00:20,321 --> 00:00:22,656 This is the time that I can keep my commitment Says he's not runnin 10 00:00:22,723 --> 00:00:25,193 to the people of Pennsylvania to be a full-time governor. 11 00:00:25,259 --> 00:00:27,361 Are you asking me on a date? 12 00:00:27,428 --> 00:00:28,596 You haven't said that you'll go. 13 00:00:30,098 --> 00:00:31,732 I don't want to leave you guys 14 00:00:31,799 --> 00:00:34,702 with just a candy-gram and a get-well card. 15 00:00:34,768 --> 00:00:36,570 We'll be fine. 16 00:00:38,839 --> 00:00:40,708 MAN: As most of you know, 17 00:00:40,774 --> 00:00:45,479 President Bartlet won a Nobel Prize years ago... 18 00:00:45,546 --> 00:00:48,382 for economics. ( audience laughs ) 19 00:00:48,449 --> 00:00:50,084 ( knocking ) Yeah. 20 00:00:50,151 --> 00:00:51,852 Mr. Vice President, the governor is here. 21 00:00:51,919 --> 00:00:53,654 Show him in. 22 00:00:55,956 --> 00:00:56,990 Governor. 23 00:00:57,057 --> 00:00:58,426 Mr. Vice President. 24 00:00:58,492 --> 00:01:01,262 What have they been saying? 25 00:01:01,329 --> 00:01:03,297 ( sighs ) Bartlet-bashing mostly. 26 00:01:03,364 --> 00:01:05,466 One advantage of not yet having our nominee. 27 00:01:05,533 --> 00:01:07,468 They could be going after you. 28 00:01:07,535 --> 00:01:09,069 Have a seat. 29 00:01:09,137 --> 00:01:10,338 ( laughter on TV ) 30 00:01:10,404 --> 00:01:12,840 SPEAKER: If you had something of theirs, 31 00:01:12,906 --> 00:01:14,275 they're gonna need it back! 32 00:01:14,342 --> 00:01:16,076 ( turns TV off ) It's good of you to come. 33 00:01:16,144 --> 00:01:18,179 My pleasure. 34 00:01:18,246 --> 00:01:19,447 I don't need to tell you 35 00:01:19,513 --> 00:01:21,682 what a critical time this is for our party. 36 00:01:21,749 --> 00:01:24,352 Brokered convention. It's been a while. 37 00:01:24,418 --> 00:01:27,888 After the first ballot, we need a consensus nominee. 38 00:01:27,955 --> 00:01:29,123 Consensus? 39 00:01:29,190 --> 00:01:31,125 We're Democrats. ( chuckles ) 40 00:01:31,192 --> 00:01:32,793 The right ticket could create one. 41 00:01:32,860 --> 00:01:35,163 There's press speculation 42 00:01:35,229 --> 00:01:37,465 about Matt Santos as VP. 43 00:01:37,531 --> 00:01:38,366 Of course. 44 00:01:38,432 --> 00:01:40,668 But you've got to think seriously 45 00:01:40,734 --> 00:01:42,203 about regional balance. 46 00:01:42,270 --> 00:01:43,571 I think that'd be a must. 47 00:01:43,637 --> 00:01:45,639 Vinick's a moderate. States'll be in play 48 00:01:45,706 --> 00:01:47,341 that Democrats are used to counting on. 49 00:01:47,408 --> 00:01:48,642 We need to protect our flank. 50 00:01:48,709 --> 00:01:51,312 Vinick's well-liked in my state. 51 00:01:52,580 --> 00:01:55,649 ...from the convention straight through to the general.... 52 00:01:55,716 --> 00:01:59,387 We're gonna want to do everything possible 53 00:01:59,453 --> 00:02:02,423 to make sure that... goes for us. 54 00:02:04,758 --> 00:02:06,026 Thirsty? You want something to drink? 55 00:02:06,093 --> 00:02:07,795 Sure. 56 00:02:07,861 --> 00:02:09,497 Absolutely. 57 00:02:13,000 --> 00:02:15,102 Eight is enough! 58 00:02:15,169 --> 00:02:17,738 ( applause ) 59 00:02:17,805 --> 00:02:21,242 Eight is enough! 60 00:02:21,309 --> 00:02:24,712 Eight long liberal years 61 00:02:24,778 --> 00:02:28,249 of social policies out of step with the values... 62 00:02:28,316 --> 00:02:30,684 Elevating oratory. 63 00:02:31,885 --> 00:02:35,756 Boil your message down to the title of a bad TV show. 64 00:02:35,823 --> 00:02:38,125 Careful. It was formative for many of us. 65 00:02:38,192 --> 00:02:39,693 Formative? Crush on the mom. 66 00:02:39,760 --> 00:02:40,961 Very Mrs. Robinson. 67 00:02:41,028 --> 00:02:42,230 What were you, eight? 68 00:02:42,296 --> 00:02:44,031 Yeah. She seemed knowing. 69 00:02:44,097 --> 00:02:45,433 Eight kids. 70 00:02:45,499 --> 00:02:48,236 Maybe not so knowing about contraception. 71 00:02:48,302 --> 00:02:49,703 What's he been saying? 72 00:02:49,770 --> 00:02:51,339 I wouldn't know. I'm not watching. 73 00:02:51,405 --> 00:02:53,707 Yeah, we were "not watching" up in the suite. 74 00:02:53,774 --> 00:02:56,510 What do we say to years of failed trade policies? 75 00:02:56,577 --> 00:02:58,045 AUDIENCE: Eight is enough! 76 00:02:58,111 --> 00:03:00,848 SPEAKER: To years of overregulation? 77 00:03:00,914 --> 00:03:04,452 SPEAKER: To years of windfalls for trial lawyers? 78 00:03:05,786 --> 00:03:09,390 SPEAKER: To bloated bureaucracy, runaway entitlements, 79 00:03:09,457 --> 00:03:10,991 and endless red tape? 80 00:03:11,058 --> 00:03:13,394 What say we? 81 00:03:13,461 --> 00:03:15,663 SPEAKER: Eight is enough. Would eight, ( phone rings ) be enough? 82 00:03:15,729 --> 00:03:16,730 Uncanny. 83 00:03:16,797 --> 00:03:17,798 Psychic. 84 00:03:17,865 --> 00:03:18,966 You need to... 85 00:03:19,032 --> 00:03:21,201 Someone I'm meeting later. 86 00:03:21,269 --> 00:03:23,036 Don't want to keep a lady waiting. 87 00:03:23,103 --> 00:03:24,071 It's good for her. 88 00:03:24,137 --> 00:03:27,241 To years of radical, activist... 89 00:03:27,308 --> 00:03:28,709 You wanted to talk? 90 00:03:30,378 --> 00:03:32,613 I have a proposition. 91 00:03:34,214 --> 00:03:35,283 You been watching this? 92 00:03:35,349 --> 00:03:36,284 Is the congressman in? 93 00:03:36,350 --> 00:03:37,518 Yeah, but... 94 00:03:38,185 --> 00:03:40,020 Whoa. Um... 95 00:03:40,087 --> 00:03:41,555 It's okay. Sorry. 96 00:03:41,622 --> 00:03:43,291 My time is your time. Yeah, evidently. 97 00:03:43,357 --> 00:03:44,758 What's up? 98 00:03:44,825 --> 00:03:45,759 I'll just, um... 99 00:03:45,826 --> 00:03:47,761 You should probably hear this, too. 100 00:03:51,465 --> 00:03:54,134 in return for us releasing our convention delegates, 101 00:03:54,201 --> 00:03:55,903 is prepared to name Matthew Santos 102 00:03:55,969 --> 00:03:57,271 as the Democratic nominee 103 00:03:57,338 --> 00:03:59,440 for Vice President of the United States. 104 00:04:53,494 --> 00:04:55,929 Vice President? 105 00:04:55,996 --> 00:04:58,031 To Russell? 106 00:04:58,098 --> 00:04:59,433 They've given us till Thursday. 107 00:04:59,500 --> 00:05:00,868 Well, don't need it. Tell them we pass. 108 00:05:00,934 --> 00:05:02,470 We do, do we? 109 00:05:03,904 --> 00:05:05,506 What do you think? 110 00:05:05,573 --> 00:05:06,807 He's trying to act like the front-runner. 111 00:05:06,874 --> 00:05:08,476 He is the front-runner. 112 00:05:08,542 --> 00:05:10,210 By the skin You've gotth. all the momentum. 113 00:05:10,277 --> 00:05:11,379 If this race had gone one more week, 114 00:05:11,445 --> 00:05:13,514 you would be the one ahead. 115 00:05:13,581 --> 00:05:16,950 It avoids a messy floor fight, chaotic convention. 116 00:05:17,017 --> 00:05:18,486 Also known as exciting, 117 00:05:18,552 --> 00:05:19,787 also known as great television. 118 00:05:19,853 --> 00:05:21,422 Also known as there goes the Democrats again. 119 00:05:21,489 --> 00:05:22,856 They can never get their crap together. 120 00:05:22,923 --> 00:05:24,024 The best argument is 121 00:05:24,091 --> 00:05:26,560 it sets you up as the consensus front-runner 122 00:05:26,627 --> 00:05:28,562 in either four or eight years. 123 00:05:28,629 --> 00:05:29,730 Nomination would be yours. 124 00:05:29,797 --> 00:05:31,331 Or you're so tainted by association, 125 00:05:31,399 --> 00:05:32,533 when Vinick cleans Russell's clock, 126 00:05:32,600 --> 00:05:33,767 you can't run for dogcatcher. 127 00:05:35,168 --> 00:05:37,204 I don't think anyone elects dogcatchers anymore. 128 00:05:37,270 --> 00:05:39,172 My dad ran for dogcatcher. Really? 129 00:05:39,239 --> 00:05:40,774 No. This whole campaign 130 00:05:40,841 --> 00:05:42,710 has been predicated on, driven by, 131 00:05:42,776 --> 00:05:44,812 gotten all of the aforementioned momentum 132 00:05:44,878 --> 00:05:47,515 from the ironclad conviction that Russell can't win. 133 00:05:47,581 --> 00:05:51,118 I am a three-term congressman 134 00:05:51,184 --> 00:05:53,821 at the second most powerful job in the world. 135 00:05:54,855 --> 00:05:56,724 I thought we were discussing the vice presidency. 136 00:05:56,790 --> 00:05:58,358 How about we all sleep on it? 137 00:06:02,229 --> 00:06:03,564 Hey, it's, uh... 138 00:06:03,631 --> 00:06:05,999 getting real, isn't it? 139 00:06:06,066 --> 00:06:08,335 Real as it gets. 140 00:06:08,402 --> 00:06:09,570 ( door slams ) 141 00:06:09,637 --> 00:06:11,939 I'll call you right back. 142 00:06:12,005 --> 00:06:13,507 Well...? 143 00:06:13,574 --> 00:06:14,542 You didn't expect an answer. 144 00:06:15,676 --> 00:06:17,945 How it hit You know Josh. What's he gonna recommend? 145 00:06:21,248 --> 00:06:23,383 I'm not asking you to betray king and country. A best guess. 146 00:06:23,451 --> 00:06:24,718 I have no idea. 147 00:06:24,785 --> 00:06:26,487 That's a real coup for Santos, 148 00:06:26,554 --> 00:06:27,988 obscurity to the vice presidency. 149 00:06:28,055 --> 00:06:29,790 WILL: He'd be a fool not to take it. 150 00:06:29,857 --> 00:06:31,091 It elevates him to the big leagues. 151 00:06:31,158 --> 00:06:32,125 How'd it go with Baker? 152 00:06:32,192 --> 00:06:33,461 Definitely receptive. 153 00:06:33,527 --> 00:06:34,495 You said nothing explicit? 154 00:06:34,562 --> 00:06:35,863 No. He got the drift. 155 00:06:35,929 --> 00:06:37,164 Santos turns us down, we go to Baker. 156 00:06:37,230 --> 00:06:38,398 Win-win. 157 00:06:38,466 --> 00:06:42,135 Good day, really good day. 158 00:06:42,202 --> 00:06:44,738 Treasury, Commerce, OMB, 159 00:06:44,805 --> 00:06:46,840 I want all hands out refuting that bilious swill 160 00:06:46,907 --> 00:06:48,709 the Republicans were spewing last night. 161 00:06:48,776 --> 00:06:50,310 Hey. Is for horses. 162 00:06:50,377 --> 00:06:51,979 Thank you, Grammy Cregg. 163 00:06:52,045 --> 00:06:54,014 You can take the girl out of the Midwest. 164 00:06:54,081 --> 00:06:56,249 As fast as her little feet could fly, or not so little. 165 00:06:56,316 --> 00:06:58,586 Something's gone wrong with the international space station. 166 00:06:58,652 --> 00:06:59,687 It's losing oxygen. 167 00:06:59,753 --> 00:07:01,054 The astronauts onboard can't fix it? 168 00:07:01,121 --> 00:07:03,090 Not so far. I've got a NASA administrator 169 00:07:03,156 --> 00:07:04,357 wants to see the President. 170 00:07:04,424 --> 00:07:06,927 President's unavailable. Bring him here. 171 00:07:10,263 --> 00:07:12,633 Morning. 172 00:07:12,700 --> 00:07:14,935 You watch last night's Bartlet bash-a-thon. 173 00:07:15,002 --> 00:07:17,137 They think it'll be Russell. They're tying him to us. 174 00:07:17,204 --> 00:07:18,906 Bob Russell's had about as much to do 175 00:07:18,972 --> 00:07:20,474 with what's gone on around here as... 176 00:07:21,575 --> 00:07:23,977 "I had the job, but no one actually listened to me." 177 00:07:24,044 --> 00:07:26,714 Get ready for press questions about how organized 178 00:07:26,780 --> 00:07:29,149 and unified the Republicans are compared to us. 179 00:07:29,216 --> 00:07:32,019 "Organized." They're about as spontaneous as... 180 00:07:32,085 --> 00:07:34,221 I actually can't think of anything as unspontaneous 181 00:07:34,287 --> 00:07:35,422 as a Republican convention. 182 00:07:35,489 --> 00:07:38,225 Four nights of Swiss watch precision-- 183 00:07:38,291 --> 00:07:40,761 we get a pie fight. 184 00:07:40,828 --> 00:07:43,230 PRESIDENT: Thanks, Nancy. Steve, come in. 185 00:07:43,296 --> 00:07:44,765 Children. 186 00:07:44,832 --> 00:07:45,966 Infants. 187 00:07:46,033 --> 00:07:49,402 Yeah, there's a lot at stake for these candidates. 188 00:07:49,469 --> 00:07:51,672 and that's what my days have become. Baby-sitting. 189 00:07:51,739 --> 00:07:53,674 Tantrums, Mr. President. 190 00:07:53,741 --> 00:07:55,008 "They have more floor passes." 191 00:07:55,075 --> 00:07:56,810 "We need a bigger room in the hall." 192 00:07:56,877 --> 00:07:58,779 "We don't like this hotel. We want their hotel." 193 00:07:58,846 --> 00:08:00,614 I'm sorry this is falling to you. 194 00:08:00,681 --> 00:08:02,315 Until we have a nominee... 195 00:08:02,382 --> 00:08:03,551 You saw last week's Timecover. 196 00:08:03,617 --> 00:08:05,185 "The Exploding Donkey." 197 00:08:05,252 --> 00:08:07,555 "Dems in Disarray." 198 00:08:07,621 --> 00:08:09,389 You know what next week's are gonna be. 199 00:08:09,456 --> 00:08:10,858 "Republicans on a Roll"? 200 00:08:10,924 --> 00:08:12,993 ( sighs ) Something has to be done, sir. 201 00:08:13,060 --> 00:08:14,628 I've reached the end of my influence. 202 00:08:14,695 --> 00:08:16,396 They're not listening to the nanny anymore. 203 00:08:16,463 --> 00:08:19,667 We may be in danger of overextending the metaphor. 204 00:08:19,733 --> 00:08:22,135 We need Daddy to step in. 205 00:08:24,672 --> 00:08:26,106 A rescue operation is obviously called for, 206 00:08:26,173 --> 00:08:28,141 but the space shuttles are grounded right now, 207 00:08:28,208 --> 00:08:30,177 pending an uncompleted safety review and retrofit. 208 00:08:30,243 --> 00:08:32,613 And the Russians can't get a launch together in time. 209 00:08:33,747 --> 00:08:35,949 Hmm. Assuming the present rate How of oxygen loss,got? 210 00:08:36,016 --> 00:08:37,751 in three weeks they'll be dead. 211 00:08:37,818 --> 00:08:39,452 Can't a shuttle be pressed into service, 212 00:08:39,519 --> 00:08:40,654 not withstanding the review? 213 00:08:40,721 --> 00:08:42,522 One's missing half its wing assembly 214 00:08:42,590 --> 00:08:45,492 and the other one's undergoing a complete tile replacement. 215 00:08:45,559 --> 00:08:47,260 Now, we can try and speed up repairs... 216 00:08:47,327 --> 00:08:50,363 The concern would then be losing the shuttle crew 217 00:08:50,430 --> 00:08:53,000 Now, that's the and the spacecivilian shuttle. 218 00:08:53,066 --> 00:08:54,602 Sorry? 219 00:08:57,738 --> 00:08:59,306 Can we speak with the President? 220 00:09:00,708 --> 00:09:02,610 Yeah, they want to announce, 221 00:09:02,676 --> 00:09:04,812 right after the Republican convention. 222 00:09:04,878 --> 00:09:07,014 Blunt the bounce. Smart. 223 00:09:10,918 --> 00:09:12,853 "Why didn't we offer ite're I'vto him first?"g: smart? 224 00:09:12,920 --> 00:09:14,822 Because we hope to do better for our vice president. 225 00:09:16,189 --> 00:09:18,558 If Hoynes's bimbo eruption had happened three weeks earlier,nt. 226 00:09:18,626 --> 00:09:19,660 we're the nominee... 227 00:09:19,727 --> 00:09:21,228 if New York had been later. 228 00:09:21,294 --> 00:09:22,963 Yeah, if wishes, horses, et cetera. 229 00:09:23,030 --> 00:09:24,965 What is that? From some Dylan song? 230 00:09:25,032 --> 00:09:26,700 Guys your age have this thing about Dylan. 231 00:09:26,767 --> 00:09:27,868 "Guys my age"? 232 00:09:28,869 --> 00:09:31,238 We got close. Look, this iRussell got closer. 233 00:09:31,304 --> 00:09:32,806 Neither of us is home. 234 00:09:32,873 --> 00:09:33,974 They're offering a bird in the hand. 235 00:09:34,041 --> 00:09:35,108 You know that one? What about Hoynes? 236 00:09:35,175 --> 00:09:36,509 He doesn't want it to be Russell. 237 00:09:36,576 --> 00:09:37,978 He doesn't want it to be us. 238 00:09:38,045 --> 00:09:40,681 You think he still thinks he has a hope in hell? 239 00:09:40,748 --> 00:09:42,249 He's gonna milk this for all it's worth.h 240 00:09:42,315 --> 00:09:43,784 And, yes, I believe that 241 00:09:43,851 --> 00:09:47,520 somewhere in the back of his deeply deluded political mind, 242 00:09:47,587 --> 00:09:50,123 he imagines: deadlocked convention. 243 00:09:50,190 --> 00:09:52,893 Nation turns its lonely eyes to Hoynes. 244 00:09:52,960 --> 00:09:55,095 Forget Hoynes. Simon and Garfunkel. 245 00:09:55,162 --> 00:09:56,964 He's a wounded animal. He could wind up doing anything. 246 00:09:58,932 --> 00:10:01,301 Matt Santos for President. 247 00:10:01,368 --> 00:10:02,535 Yeah, just a moment. 248 00:10:02,602 --> 00:10:03,971 Will Bailey for you. 249 00:10:07,540 --> 00:10:08,508 Yeah. 250 00:10:08,575 --> 00:10:10,343 Just checking in. 251 00:10:10,410 --> 00:10:12,913 Any preliminary thoughts on our offer?Okay. 252 00:10:12,980 --> 00:10:14,848 It's the next thing we're gonna talk about. 253 00:10:14,915 --> 00:10:16,717 Thought the Congressman might want to sit down 254 00:10:16,784 --> 00:10:17,751 with the Vice President. 255 00:10:17,818 --> 00:10:19,086 I'll get back to you about that. 256 00:10:19,152 --> 00:10:20,754 Okay. 257 00:10:20,821 --> 00:10:22,656 I'll talk to you later. 258 00:10:23,757 --> 00:10:26,093 What'd he say? 259 00:10:26,159 --> 00:10:28,862 Get me Hollofson. Baker's chief of staff. 260 00:10:28,929 --> 00:10:30,998 We're gonna want to stay in touch. 261 00:10:34,668 --> 00:10:37,905 They run out of oxygen How lonin less than three weeks. 262 00:10:37,971 --> 00:10:39,707 If the leak doesn't get worse. 263 00:10:39,773 --> 00:10:42,575 Sir, the NASA administrator 264 00:10:42,642 --> 00:10:45,378 alluded to a non-civilian shuttle. 265 00:10:45,445 --> 00:10:48,381 Wernher von Braun's autobiography was titled, 266 00:10:48,448 --> 00:10:50,751 I Aim for the Stars. 267 00:10:50,818 --> 00:10:52,853 Mort Sahl joked he should have added, 268 00:10:52,920 --> 00:10:54,487 "Only Sometimes I Hit London." 269 00:10:54,554 --> 00:10:56,623 I want hourly updates on everything 270 00:10:56,690 --> 00:10:57,725 that's being done to fix this. 271 00:10:57,791 --> 00:10:58,992 Thank you, C.J. 272 00:10:59,059 --> 00:11:01,228 Thank you, Mr. President. 273 00:11:10,771 --> 00:11:11,972 Oh, thanks, Bill. 274 00:11:12,039 --> 00:11:13,841 You know I'm counting on you. 275 00:11:13,907 --> 00:11:16,309 WOMAN: Left, left, left. 276 00:11:16,376 --> 00:11:20,113 And that is exactly how Americans feel Bye. 277 00:11:20,180 --> 00:11:22,850 about the Bartlet-Russell White House. 278 00:11:22,916 --> 00:11:24,151 Left, left, 279 00:11:24,217 --> 00:11:26,519 left behind. 280 00:11:26,586 --> 00:11:29,823 ( applause ) 281 00:11:33,460 --> 00:11:35,395 Finish all your calls? 282 00:11:35,462 --> 00:11:36,529 ( chuckles ) 283 00:11:36,596 --> 00:11:38,231 You don't finish. 284 00:11:38,298 --> 00:11:42,635 At some point you just decide to stop dialing. 285 00:11:42,702 --> 00:11:45,005 How you feeling? 286 00:11:45,072 --> 00:11:48,175 Hard to say no to the vice presidency. 287 00:11:48,241 --> 00:11:50,643 Well, it's not what you signed up for. 288 00:11:50,710 --> 00:11:52,612 No one signs up to come in second. 289 00:11:52,679 --> 00:11:54,314 Are you kidding me? 290 00:11:54,381 --> 00:11:56,016 We didn't. 291 00:11:56,083 --> 00:11:58,551 No. 292 00:11:58,618 --> 00:12:01,154 ( chuckles ) 293 00:12:04,124 --> 00:12:06,760 Hard to say no to the vice presidency. 294 00:12:06,827 --> 00:12:08,862 You don't have to for another couple days. 295 00:12:16,069 --> 00:12:17,805 Night, Congressman. Good night. 296 00:12:31,418 --> 00:12:32,152 My fellow Americans, 297 00:12:32,219 --> 00:12:34,822 the body politic is ailing. 298 00:12:36,056 --> 00:12:40,460 We have businesses paralyzed by overregulation. You're not going there. 299 00:12:40,527 --> 00:12:45,132 An international profile that's a shadow of our former strength. Tell me you're not going the 300 00:12:45,198 --> 00:12:48,501 A foreign policy stumbling from one crisis to another. Is he doing what I think he is? 301 00:12:48,568 --> 00:12:51,104 The MS. He's invoking the MS. Infrastructure progressively 302 00:12:51,171 --> 00:12:52,739 falling apart before our very eyes. 303 00:12:52,806 --> 00:12:54,141 This is going to backfire. 304 00:12:54,207 --> 00:12:56,709 A defense department that's enfeebled. 305 00:12:56,776 --> 00:12:59,146 Maybe people won't get it. 306 00:12:59,212 --> 00:13:02,682 with complications, it's positively sclerotic. 307 00:13:02,749 --> 00:13:04,351 Okay, they'll get that. 308 00:13:04,417 --> 00:13:06,719 Well, I don't know about you, but I am sick and tired 309 00:13:06,786 --> 00:13:08,155 of being sick and tired. 310 00:13:08,221 --> 00:13:10,157 You're going to hell! 311 00:13:12,926 --> 00:13:15,395 Arnold Vinick has the right prescription for America!s sit over h 312 00:13:15,462 --> 00:13:17,230 ( crowd cheering ) 313 00:13:17,297 --> 00:13:22,035 Arnold Vinick: strong medicine for a stronger nation. How you doing? 314 00:13:22,102 --> 00:13:24,204 I mean, I realize the VP candidates 315 00:13:24,271 --> 00:13:26,239 that designated hatchet man, but that... 316 00:13:26,306 --> 00:13:28,375 If Santos accepts, you can get your revenge. 317 00:13:28,441 --> 00:13:31,578 Yeah, you think I might find five or 500 ways 318 00:13:31,644 --> 00:13:32,913 to call Vinick old? 319 00:13:32,980 --> 00:13:34,948 You want sclerotic, I'll give you sclerotic. 320 00:13:35,015 --> 00:13:36,549 Santos wouldn't do it. 321 00:13:36,616 --> 00:13:37,918 Probably not. 322 00:13:37,985 --> 00:13:39,319 Maybe why he shouldn't take the job. 323 00:13:39,386 --> 00:13:40,720 Maybe why he'd be a great choice. 324 00:13:40,787 --> 00:13:41,889 Restore some civility. 325 00:13:41,955 --> 00:13:43,490 You want him to accept? 326 00:13:43,556 --> 00:13:45,125 You don't? 327 00:13:45,959 --> 00:13:47,560 I have concerns. 328 00:13:48,795 --> 00:13:50,397 He's not hit man enough. 329 00:13:50,463 --> 00:13:51,932 He's too much voltage at the bottom of the ticket. 330 00:13:53,066 --> 00:13:55,302 Gets people wishing the names were reversed. 331 00:13:55,368 --> 00:13:57,470 Gets people willing to wait till next time. 332 00:13:59,172 --> 00:14:00,908 How'd you get so smart about this? 333 00:14:00,974 --> 00:14:02,442 I had a good teacher. 334 00:14:02,509 --> 00:14:04,277 Thanks. 335 00:14:06,813 --> 00:14:09,349 I meant Will. 336 00:14:20,693 --> 00:14:23,296 Drive safely. Good night. 337 00:14:23,363 --> 00:14:24,497 Good night. 338 00:14:38,178 --> 00:14:40,147 PRESIDENT: Evening, Charlie. 339 00:14:45,919 --> 00:14:47,620 Mr. President, um... 340 00:14:47,687 --> 00:14:50,290 Listening to relentless attacks upon my record 341 00:14:50,357 --> 00:14:51,992 seems to have left me wakeful. 342 00:14:52,059 --> 00:14:54,294 Thought I'd stretch my legs. 343 00:14:55,662 --> 00:14:59,232 that we're caught in this terribly embarrassing situation. 344 00:15:00,067 --> 00:15:02,635 It's... 345 00:15:02,702 --> 00:15:04,204 I think perhaps 346 00:15:04,271 --> 00:15:05,638 the best thing is for us to carry on 347 00:15:05,705 --> 00:15:07,640 as if this encounter hadn't happened. 348 00:15:07,707 --> 00:15:09,109 Due respect, 349 00:15:09,176 --> 00:15:11,311 I'm having a hard time exactly imagining that. 350 00:15:12,379 --> 00:15:14,982 It'we both have to be at work in the min a few hours, 351 00:15:15,048 --> 00:15:18,251 and you're standing outside my daughter's bedroom. 352 00:15:18,318 --> 00:15:19,987 I'd say we give it a shot. 353 00:15:20,053 --> 00:15:22,322 ( sighs ) 354 00:15:25,058 --> 00:15:26,259 Night, Charlie. 355 00:15:26,326 --> 00:15:29,096 Good night, Mr. President. 356 00:15:39,939 --> 00:15:40,873 C.J.: Good morning. 357 00:15:40,940 --> 00:15:42,976 Morning. Morning. 358 00:15:43,043 --> 00:15:45,378 What's the status of the space station leak? 359 00:15:45,445 --> 00:15:46,179 Unchanged. 360 00:15:46,246 --> 00:15:47,514 Current thinking on options? 361 00:15:47,580 --> 00:15:49,482 Sections of the space station 362 00:15:49,549 --> 00:15:50,283 can be sealed off. 363 00:15:51,384 --> 00:15:53,286 the crew can repair, too, There to conserve air.tments 364 00:15:53,353 --> 00:15:55,055 Which just delays the inevitable. 365 00:15:55,122 --> 00:15:56,489 Which buys time to fix the problem. 366 00:15:56,556 --> 00:15:57,724 Ground-based engineers work 367 00:15:57,790 --> 00:15:58,725 around the clock on this. 368 00:15:58,791 --> 00:16:00,027 Around the world. 369 00:16:00,093 --> 00:16:01,428 Which is great and inspirational, 370 00:16:01,494 --> 00:16:03,063 and hopefully, they'll make one heck of a movie, 371 00:16:04,097 --> 00:16:05,698 buI don't particularly relish these effortthe idea 372 00:16:05,765 --> 00:16:07,734 of dead astronauts floating weightless 373 00:16:07,800 --> 00:16:09,002 in some spaceship sarcophagus. 374 00:16:09,069 --> 00:16:10,003 Rescue options? 375 00:16:10,070 --> 00:16:11,838 That's NASA's area. 376 00:16:11,904 --> 00:16:13,506 DoD's space program expenditures 377 00:16:13,573 --> 00:16:16,543 for the last fiscal year came to $22.9 billion, 378 00:16:16,609 --> 00:16:20,647 or seven billion more than NASA's civilian program. 379 00:16:20,713 --> 00:16:22,682 WhatThat's what the Chinese we spewould like to know. 380 00:16:22,749 --> 00:16:24,851 Well, since they're not here, maybe you could just tell me. 381 00:16:24,917 --> 00:16:28,988 Missile warning, command and control. 382 00:16:29,056 --> 00:16:31,358 20 billion to tell us every time the sun burps? 383 00:16:31,424 --> 00:16:33,426 They can disrupt satellite communications. 384 00:16:33,493 --> 00:16:35,428 Yes, and Grand Old Opry broadcasts. 385 00:16:36,263 --> 00:16:37,830 Are we weaponizing space? 386 00:16:37,897 --> 00:16:40,233 Air Force Special Command operates and supports 387 00:16:40,300 --> 00:16:42,001 the Global Positioning System 388 00:16:42,069 --> 00:16:45,038 and military communications satellites. 389 00:16:45,105 --> 00:16:47,074 space systems can support war fightersok at 390 00:16:47,140 --> 00:16:49,142 in navigation, intelligence. 391 00:16:49,209 --> 00:16:51,244 Is that weaponizing space? 392 00:16:51,311 --> 00:16:53,480 Space-based lasers, highly targeted, 393 00:16:53,546 --> 00:16:54,481 no nuclear fallout. 394 00:16:54,547 --> 00:16:56,216 Space-based kinetic energy weapons, 395 00:16:56,283 --> 00:16:57,984 hunter-killer satellites. 396 00:16:58,051 --> 00:16:59,652 R&D guys talk about a lot of things. 397 00:16:59,719 --> 00:17:01,621 A military space shuttle. 398 00:17:01,688 --> 00:17:03,590 Reusable launch vehicle. 399 00:17:03,656 --> 00:17:04,624 Space bomber. 400 00:17:06,159 --> 00:17:08,261 That has the theoretical capability 401 00:17:08,328 --> 00:17:11,264 of launching and dropping a weapon anywhere in the world. 402 00:17:11,331 --> 00:17:12,332 With virtually no ability 403 00:17:12,399 --> 00:17:14,634 to detect it in advance. 404 00:17:14,701 --> 00:17:16,169 of conventional of reach air defense systems. 405 00:17:16,236 --> 00:17:17,770 Theoretical capability. 406 00:17:19,372 --> 00:17:21,908 No one wants space to become a battleground. 407 00:17:21,974 --> 00:17:23,843 C.J.: Is that the argument in favor of building it? 408 00:17:23,910 --> 00:17:26,979 Is that the argument in favor of not building it? 409 00:17:27,046 --> 00:17:29,316 in favor of building it Or iand not telling anyone? 410 00:17:29,382 --> 00:17:32,219 The answer to that would be yes. 411 00:17:33,653 --> 00:17:35,955 to go up and rescue Annabethese space station a contastronautsan 412 00:17:36,022 --> 00:17:37,457 if they can't fix the leak? 413 00:17:37,524 --> 00:17:39,626 NASA is exploring all their options. 414 00:17:39,692 --> 00:17:41,561 The precise nature of what those comprise 415 00:17:41,628 --> 00:17:43,296 is something best gotten from them, 416 00:17:43,363 --> 00:17:46,399 but the President has every confidence 417 00:17:46,466 --> 00:17:48,801 What's the White House reaction to the Bartlet-bashingexperti 418 00:17:48,868 --> 00:17:50,770 on display at the Republican convention? 419 00:17:50,837 --> 00:17:52,639 Not aware anyone around here's seen it. 420 00:17:52,705 --> 00:17:53,440 No one? 421 00:17:53,506 --> 00:17:55,308 We have a country to mis-run. 422 00:17:55,375 --> 00:17:57,144 ( chuckling ) CHARLAYNE: So, you saw it? 423 00:17:57,210 --> 00:18:01,614 I gleaned the gist: "Republican good, Democrat bad." 424 00:18:01,681 --> 00:18:03,983 Would the White House Sophisticatcare to comment on Nuancethe expected contrast 425 00:18:04,050 --> 00:18:07,620 between the high degree of organization and discipline 426 00:18:07,687 --> 00:18:10,390 and the Democrats' ianticipated free-for-all?on 427 00:18:10,457 --> 00:18:13,092 I believe the American people will be the beneficiaries, 428 00:18:13,160 --> 00:18:14,161 in that they will be presented 429 00:18:14,227 --> 00:18:15,795 with a clear choice: 430 00:18:15,862 --> 00:18:18,131 do they want to be governed by people who are animated... 431 00:18:18,198 --> 00:18:20,833 or animatronic? 432 00:18:20,900 --> 00:18:22,835 NANCY: Mr. President, the First Lady's back, 433 00:18:22,902 --> 00:18:23,836 and Leo's here. 434 00:18:23,903 --> 00:18:24,937 Send him in, please. 435 00:18:25,004 --> 00:18:25,938 NANCY: Mr. McGarry. 436 00:18:26,005 --> 00:18:28,007 Good morning, Mr. President. 437 00:18:28,074 --> 00:18:29,008 Leo. 438 00:18:29,075 --> 00:18:30,243 How you feeling, sir? 439 00:18:30,310 --> 00:18:32,412 Vexed, riled, irked. 440 00:18:32,479 --> 00:18:33,746 The Republican convention. 441 00:18:33,813 --> 00:18:35,448 Ticked, honked, pissed. 442 00:18:37,717 --> 00:18:41,020 You Problem is, once you're keep persotelling yourself that,f. 443 00:18:41,087 --> 00:18:42,755 You're already taking it it'spersonally. 444 00:18:42,822 --> 00:18:45,024 Gonna be more of the same next couple nights. 445 00:18:45,091 --> 00:18:49,196 We've got calls from everybody in the party about ours. 446 00:18:49,262 --> 00:18:50,897 Rorsche is going to pieces. 447 00:18:50,963 --> 00:18:52,999 The rock that he is. Thought he might cry in here-- 448 00:18:53,065 --> 00:18:54,534 actual tears. 449 00:18:54,601 --> 00:18:56,769 But with no nominee, they're running right over him. 450 00:18:56,836 --> 00:18:59,339 We need someone strong enough to organize the damn thing. 451 00:18:59,406 --> 00:19:01,541 Wonder who we can get. If it helps, 452 00:19:01,608 --> 00:19:04,511 it gives me no pleasure, dumping this damn thing on you. 453 00:19:04,577 --> 00:19:06,679 There's the pleasure of not having to do it yourself. 454 00:19:06,746 --> 00:19:08,715 Which is not inconsiderable. 455 00:19:08,781 --> 00:19:11,851 Let's get representatives of the three candidates in here, 456 00:19:11,918 --> 00:19:15,021 set down some ground rules, establish a tone. 457 00:19:15,087 --> 00:19:18,024 A floor fight doesn't have to devolve into a brawl. 458 00:19:18,090 --> 00:19:19,359 There anything to these press rumors 459 00:19:19,426 --> 00:19:21,328 of a Russell-Santos deal? 460 00:19:21,394 --> 00:19:22,729 Be a smart move. 461 00:19:22,795 --> 00:19:24,731 A Latino on the ticket from Texas 462 00:19:24,797 --> 00:19:26,733 gives us a genuine shot there. Florida. 463 00:19:26,799 --> 00:19:28,601 Maybe even makes California contestable. 464 00:19:28,668 --> 00:19:31,003 Let's not get carried away. The Southwest. 465 00:19:31,070 --> 00:19:34,207 Vinick's politics puts these places in play. 466 00:19:34,274 --> 00:19:36,108 we're coming out of this with a nominee. anot 467 00:19:36,175 --> 00:19:37,744 Be nice if he didn't seem 468 00:19:37,810 --> 00:19:39,779 like merely the last clown standing. 469 00:19:39,846 --> 00:19:42,114 KELWICK: Another space walk is scheduled 470 00:19:42,181 --> 00:19:44,717 for 0900 hours Houston time 471 00:19:44,784 --> 00:19:47,086 to again try and source the oxygen leak. 472 00:19:47,153 --> 00:19:49,922 Now, the problem with space walks is they're strenuous, 473 00:19:49,989 --> 00:19:52,592 resulting in increased oxygen consumption. 474 00:19:52,659 --> 00:19:55,262 Obviously not an optimal condition at this juncture. 475 00:19:55,328 --> 00:19:56,929 The American people can be assured 476 00:19:56,996 --> 00:19:59,432 we on the ground are doing everything possible 477 00:19:59,499 --> 00:20:01,268 to assist these astronauts at this time. 478 00:20:02,335 --> 00:20:04,103 PRESIDENT: How was your trip? 479 00:20:04,170 --> 00:20:05,772 You didn't haul yourself up here 480 00:20:05,838 --> 00:20:07,574 in the middle of your Presidential morning 481 00:20:07,640 --> 00:20:10,443 just to inquire about my trip... 482 00:20:10,510 --> 00:20:12,612 Oh, my God, I can't remember where I was. 483 00:20:12,679 --> 00:20:15,282 Folk dancing, people winning things 484 00:20:15,348 --> 00:20:16,949 and lots of fiddles screeching. 485 00:20:17,016 --> 00:20:19,419 I'm sure the fiddles were played wonderfully. 486 00:20:19,486 --> 00:20:22,088 Maybe it was me doing the screeching... inside. 487 00:20:22,154 --> 00:20:25,458 I caught Charlie tiptoeing away from Zoey's room last night. 488 00:20:25,525 --> 00:20:27,093 Caught? ! Discovered. 489 00:20:27,159 --> 00:20:28,795 Encount... No, damn it. 490 00:20:28,861 --> 00:20:29,962 I caught him red-handed, 491 00:20:30,029 --> 00:20:31,764 skulking away from my daughter's bedroom. 492 00:20:31,831 --> 00:20:34,166 Oh, I'm sure he wasn't skulking. 493 00:20:34,233 --> 00:20:35,635 To his credit, if he'd been sauntering, 494 00:20:35,702 --> 00:20:36,969 there might've been a row. 495 00:20:37,036 --> 00:20:38,438 Ooh, I got a big picture of that. 496 00:20:38,505 --> 00:20:41,341 Are you being blithe about this just to irritate me? 497 00:20:41,408 --> 00:20:43,643 Zoey told me about the two of them, 498 00:20:43,710 --> 00:20:45,945 not that she had to, because there was the small matter 499 00:20:46,012 --> 00:20:47,847 of the Secret Service. 500 00:20:47,914 --> 00:20:50,517 The clandestine is a non-starter around here. 501 00:20:50,583 --> 00:20:52,352 And why have I been so ostentatiously kept 502 00:20:52,419 --> 00:20:53,553 out of the loop? 503 00:20:53,620 --> 00:20:55,555 Golly, one wonders. 504 00:20:55,622 --> 00:20:58,791 Is that actual dismay 505 00:20:58,858 --> 00:21:00,927 of the standard or jupaternal attitude? 506 00:21:00,993 --> 00:21:02,729 Does it matter? 507 00:21:02,795 --> 00:21:05,332 Well, I just know how you abhor the cliche. 508 00:21:08,868 --> 00:21:10,737 ( knocking ) 509 00:21:12,238 --> 00:21:13,973 What's up? 510 00:21:16,876 --> 00:21:19,579 I have an awkward question to ask. 511 00:21:19,646 --> 00:21:22,014 "Awkward" prying, "awkward" embarrassing, 512 00:21:22,081 --> 00:21:23,282 "awkward" prurient... 513 00:21:23,350 --> 00:21:24,751 About your brother. 514 00:21:27,086 --> 00:21:28,355 Okay. 515 00:21:28,421 --> 00:21:29,889 I'm sorry to ask, 516 00:21:29,956 --> 00:21:32,359 but did David ever mention anything 517 00:21:32,425 --> 00:21:34,994 about another kind of space shuttle? 518 00:21:35,061 --> 00:21:37,229 Another kind of space shuttle? 519 00:21:37,296 --> 00:21:39,231 A non-civilian shuttle? 520 00:21:39,298 --> 00:21:42,068 A military shuttle? 521 00:21:42,134 --> 00:21:45,972 Did he ever mention anything about anything like that? 522 00:21:47,073 --> 00:21:49,909 a felonious breach Youof national security?mit 523 00:21:49,976 --> 00:21:51,544 Hints, intimations. 524 00:21:51,611 --> 00:21:52,679 A brotherly confidence. 525 00:21:52,745 --> 00:21:54,080 Brotherly confidence, by definition... 526 00:21:54,146 --> 00:21:56,048 Showing off, sibling one-upmanship. 527 00:21:56,115 --> 00:21:57,717 "Look what I know." 528 00:21:59,452 --> 00:22:01,721 An occasional cryptic hint 529 00:22:01,788 --> 00:22:03,856 when he wanted to lord it over me. 530 00:22:03,923 --> 00:22:05,525 Like actually being an astronaut wasn't enough. 531 00:22:05,592 --> 00:22:07,226 Thank you so much. 532 00:22:07,293 --> 00:22:09,228 If he had been up in that space station, 533 00:22:09,295 --> 00:22:10,997 and we didn't send such a vehicle up after him... 534 00:22:12,399 --> 00:22:14,601 Would he have been okay about To send it resacrificing himself 535 00:22:14,667 --> 00:22:15,702 for national security? 536 00:22:15,768 --> 00:22:17,370 He would've insisted on it. 537 00:22:19,138 --> 00:22:22,108 But don't ask me what I would've insisted on. 538 00:22:25,645 --> 00:22:28,080 ( door opens ) 539 00:22:28,147 --> 00:22:30,383 ( door closes ) 540 00:22:36,389 --> 00:22:38,425 Hey. Hey. 541 00:22:40,226 --> 00:22:41,728 Post has the VP offer. 542 00:22:41,794 --> 00:22:44,363 You got somebody leaking in your campaign. 543 00:22:44,431 --> 00:22:45,465 I'd check yours. 544 00:22:45,532 --> 00:22:46,566 We run a pretty tight ship. 545 00:22:46,633 --> 00:22:47,734 Maybe Hoynes' people got wind. 546 00:22:47,800 --> 00:22:48,968 Puts more pressure on us. 547 00:22:49,035 --> 00:22:50,002 WILL: Lays us out there 548 00:22:50,069 --> 00:22:51,037 if you turn us down. 549 00:22:51,103 --> 00:22:52,138 ( door shuts ) 550 00:22:52,204 --> 00:22:54,941 LEO: Thanks for coming in, guys. 551 00:22:55,007 --> 00:22:57,610 in organizing the convention since we don't have a nominee. 552 00:22:57,677 --> 00:22:59,045 Though, from what I'm now hearing, 553 00:22:59,111 --> 00:23:00,112 that may change. 554 00:23:00,179 --> 00:23:01,481 We hope so. 555 00:23:01,548 --> 00:23:03,550 It's under respectful consideration. 556 00:23:03,616 --> 00:23:06,118 Well, the White House is officially neutral, of course. 557 00:23:06,185 --> 00:23:08,187 But I don't think anyone would be opposed 558 00:23:08,254 --> 00:23:09,856 to avoiding a prime-time display 559 00:23:09,922 --> 00:23:12,058 of disharmony and dysfunction, which is what 560 00:23:12,124 --> 00:23:13,460 we're here to discuss. 561 00:23:13,526 --> 00:23:14,761 We'll just wait 562 00:23:14,827 --> 00:23:16,963 for the Hoynes representative to arrive. 563 00:23:17,029 --> 00:23:19,432 I don't know why he was even invited. 564 00:23:19,499 --> 00:23:21,367 ( chuckling ): He has 956 delegates. 565 00:23:21,434 --> 00:23:22,869 And no chance for the nomination. 566 00:23:22,935 --> 00:23:24,370 Dylan Clark, Hoynes for President. 567 00:23:24,437 --> 00:23:26,038 And thank you for that dispassionate assessment 568 00:23:26,105 --> 00:23:26,873 of our chances. 569 00:23:26,939 --> 00:23:29,308 I'm sorry you heard that, 570 00:23:29,375 --> 00:23:31,744 With you two maneuvering, it to preempt the floor vote. 571 00:23:31,811 --> 00:23:33,145 Gentlemen... 572 00:23:33,212 --> 00:23:34,380 You going to accept? 573 00:23:34,447 --> 00:23:36,983 We're mulling. 574 00:23:38,050 --> 00:23:39,952 I'm sure your candidate It'would agree.b. 575 00:23:40,019 --> 00:23:41,320 Mine certainly does. 576 00:23:41,387 --> 00:23:43,556 Maybe why he treated it with such dubious respect. 577 00:23:43,623 --> 00:23:46,258 This is exactly what we don't want 578 00:23:46,325 --> 00:23:48,528 LEO: The first order on primeof business 579 00:23:48,595 --> 00:23:50,763 is to select a convention chair. 580 00:23:50,830 --> 00:23:53,633 I've drawn up a list of candidates. 581 00:23:58,004 --> 00:23:59,105 Martindale? 582 00:23:59,171 --> 00:24:00,439 I have no problem with him. 583 00:24:00,507 --> 00:24:03,543 He stumped for you all over Ohio. 584 00:24:03,610 --> 00:24:05,945 JOSH: "Couple"? If they'd showed up together any more,aract 585 00:24:06,012 --> 00:24:08,114 people would've thought he and Russell had eloped. 586 00:24:08,180 --> 00:24:08,915 I'm dinging Martindale. 587 00:24:08,981 --> 00:24:10,116 Frenley's not acceptable. 588 00:24:10,182 --> 00:24:11,350 He's strong, respected. 589 00:24:11,417 --> 00:24:12,519 He's on your VP short list. 590 00:24:13,385 --> 00:24:15,522 WeWe don't believe in putting 591 00:24:15,588 --> 00:24:17,123 theYou have one, he's on it, before tI'm dinging him. 592 00:24:17,189 --> 00:24:18,457 No to Pereira. 593 00:24:18,525 --> 00:24:20,560 JOSH: Why not? 594 00:24:20,627 --> 00:24:22,629 HGod forbid we show off our diversity. 595 00:24:22,695 --> 00:24:24,363 Said the man with the Latino candidate. 596 00:24:24,430 --> 00:24:25,832 JOSH: I hope you're not suggesting 597 00:24:25,898 --> 00:24:28,234 Latinos can't be trusted to be fair and unbiased. 598 00:24:28,300 --> 00:24:29,435 The three of you knock it off. 599 00:24:29,502 --> 00:24:31,470 Put lines 600 00:24:31,538 --> 00:24:34,206 through the names you object to, and let me have them back. 601 00:24:34,273 --> 00:24:35,708 I'd like a day to go over this. 602 00:24:35,775 --> 00:24:36,743 No. 603 00:24:36,809 --> 00:24:39,546 ( clearing throat ) 604 00:24:54,994 --> 00:24:57,163 Maybe you guys would prefer a Republican. 605 00:25:13,312 --> 00:25:16,048 Mmm... 606 00:25:16,115 --> 00:25:20,620 I'll look these over later, see if there's a consensus. 607 00:25:20,687 --> 00:25:22,421 I'd like to discuss floor positions. 608 00:25:22,488 --> 00:25:23,890 To counteract the perception 609 00:25:23,956 --> 00:25:25,825 that Vinick has it wrapped up, I propose 610 00:25:25,892 --> 00:25:28,327 prominent placement of the California delegation up front. 611 00:25:28,394 --> 00:25:30,429 Wouldn't have anything to do with Santos having won there? 612 00:25:30,496 --> 00:25:33,165 Nice try. We're not really 613 00:25:33,232 --> 00:25:34,667 suggesting states your campaigns won. 614 00:25:34,734 --> 00:25:36,936 Battleground states: Missouri, Wisconsin. 615 00:25:37,003 --> 00:25:39,205 Texas: spirited, boisterous. 616 00:25:39,271 --> 00:25:41,173 And loud enough to carry from way in the back. 617 00:25:41,240 --> 00:25:42,675 Do you have something against my guy's home state? 618 00:25:43,743 --> 00:25:45,578 The Vice President carried his home state. 619 00:25:45,645 --> 00:25:47,747 We're not putting Colorado up front. 620 00:25:47,814 --> 00:25:49,048 DYLAN: A Southern strategy, 621 00:25:49,115 --> 00:25:50,282 I am telling you... 622 00:25:50,349 --> 00:25:52,151 California. Fifth largest economy in the world. 623 00:25:52,218 --> 00:25:54,654 WILL: What has that got to do with anything? 624 00:25:54,721 --> 00:25:55,922 ( knocking ) 625 00:25:57,156 --> 00:25:59,091 Mr. President, you wanted to see me? 626 00:26:01,160 --> 00:26:02,328 You were right. 627 00:26:02,394 --> 00:26:05,464 Avoiding last night is really not going to work. 628 00:26:05,531 --> 00:26:07,266 Yes, sir. 629 00:26:07,333 --> 00:26:10,336 I don't want to get all righteously paternal... 630 00:26:10,402 --> 00:26:12,038 Sir, I don't want to sneak around the White House. 631 00:26:12,104 --> 00:26:14,373 I'm not trying to break you two up. 632 00:26:14,440 --> 00:26:16,042 No, sir,about actually I'm taseeing more of Zoey. 633 00:26:16,108 --> 00:26:18,377 More time with her. 634 00:26:18,444 --> 00:26:19,578 Spent together. 635 00:26:19,646 --> 00:26:21,247 Being together. 636 00:26:21,313 --> 00:26:22,381 And such. 637 00:26:22,448 --> 00:26:25,618 Charlie... 638 00:26:25,685 --> 00:26:29,822 The President's daughter can't move in with somebody, 639 00:26:29,889 --> 00:26:33,359 and I assume you understand that you cannot... 640 00:26:34,293 --> 00:26:36,262 Yes, sir, that had occurred to me. 641 00:26:36,328 --> 00:26:39,098 Then I'm sorry, I'm not quite sure what you me... 642 00:26:41,367 --> 00:26:44,303 Oh. 643 00:26:44,370 --> 00:26:47,473 Are you... talking about...? 644 00:26:47,539 --> 00:26:51,177 Uh... yes, sir. 645 00:26:51,243 --> 00:26:52,779 You want to make an honest woman out of her? 646 00:26:52,845 --> 00:26:53,813 No, Mr. President, 647 00:26:55,181 --> 00:26:58,317 We've been sleeping together tfor kind of a while. 648 00:26:58,384 --> 00:27:03,055 You might want to consider quitting while you're ahead. 649 00:27:03,122 --> 00:27:05,124 Yes, sir. 650 00:27:11,497 --> 00:27:13,700 Sir... 651 00:27:13,766 --> 00:27:15,401 would I have your blessing? 652 00:27:15,467 --> 00:27:16,969 I'm not the member of the family 653 00:27:17,036 --> 00:27:19,105 you should be concerned about at the moment. 654 00:27:19,171 --> 00:27:20,306 Yes, sir. 655 00:27:20,372 --> 00:27:22,241 Thank you, Mr. President. 656 00:27:30,149 --> 00:27:32,151 Josh. 657 00:27:38,324 --> 00:27:40,326 Probably not exactly what you had in mind in there. 658 00:27:40,392 --> 00:27:42,028 It's exactly what we're worried about. 659 00:27:42,094 --> 00:27:43,329 People are always complaining 660 00:27:43,395 --> 00:27:45,664 about how canned these conventions have become. 661 00:27:45,732 --> 00:27:46,966 Not the people trying to use them 662 00:27:47,033 --> 00:27:48,634 to put a clear, cohesive message 663 00:27:48,701 --> 00:27:51,170 in front of the American electorate. 664 00:27:51,237 --> 00:27:52,872 LEO: Good TV.It'll be entertaining. 665 00:27:52,939 --> 00:27:54,841 Professional wrestling is entertaining. 666 00:27:54,907 --> 00:27:56,442 But when they click off the set, 667 00:27:56,508 --> 00:27:57,710 no one runs out and votes 668 00:27:57,777 --> 00:27:59,378 for the loudmouth in the leotard. 669 00:27:59,445 --> 00:28:02,849 Outside of Minnesota. 670 00:28:02,915 --> 00:28:04,951 You need to take the VP deal. 671 00:28:06,052 --> 00:28:07,519 Uh, we're considering it. 672 00:28:07,586 --> 00:28:08,554 Not consider it. 673 00:28:08,620 --> 00:28:09,889 Take it. 674 00:28:09,956 --> 00:28:12,959 The party, the President needs you to accept. 675 00:28:13,025 --> 00:28:14,060 Yeah. 676 00:28:14,126 --> 00:28:15,895 Santos will be incurring the gratitude 677 00:28:17,163 --> 00:28:19,431 People who can be very helpful to his future plans.ple... 678 00:28:19,498 --> 00:28:20,767 That future could be now. 679 00:28:20,833 --> 00:28:21,968 A three-term congressman 680 00:28:22,034 --> 00:28:23,836 going up against Arnie Vinick? 681 00:28:23,903 --> 00:28:25,838 Be careful what you wish for. 682 00:28:25,905 --> 00:28:27,106 I don't know 683 00:28:27,173 --> 00:28:28,875 that Russell has a better shot. 684 00:28:30,176 --> 00:28:32,912 But Russell goes down, you want people in the party,r. 685 00:28:32,979 --> 00:28:34,814 key people-- organizers, fund-raisers-- 686 00:28:34,881 --> 00:28:36,849 thinking it was partly Matt Santos's fault? 687 00:28:36,916 --> 00:28:39,585 Long memories, Josh. 688 00:28:39,651 --> 00:28:40,987 Big win for your guy. 689 00:28:41,053 --> 00:28:43,790 Four years from now, he can run the table. 690 00:28:43,856 --> 00:28:45,691 You'll be doing him a favor. 691 00:28:45,758 --> 00:28:47,794 PRESIDENT BARTLET: The space walk? 692 00:28:47,860 --> 00:28:49,095 KATE: Unsuccessful. 693 00:28:49,161 --> 00:28:51,430 How much oxygen it cost them? 694 00:28:51,497 --> 00:28:54,033 Could've been worse. KATE: "Worse" being a relative term 695 00:28:54,100 --> 00:28:55,768 when it comes to slow suffocation. 696 00:28:55,835 --> 00:28:57,303 We have a decision to make. 697 00:28:57,369 --> 00:29:00,807 The security concerns outweigh the consequences. 698 00:29:00,873 --> 00:29:03,242 C.J.: It's presumably been launched before 699 00:29:03,309 --> 00:29:05,077 I realize this is a high-profile situation. 700 00:29:05,144 --> 00:29:07,079 It would disclose the asset. Possibly, but 701 00:29:07,146 --> 00:29:08,447 measured against our responsibility 702 00:29:08,514 --> 00:29:09,548 toward three lives... 703 00:29:09,615 --> 00:29:10,850 Two. Only two are Americans. 704 00:29:10,917 --> 00:29:12,985 C.J.: Meaning what? 705 00:29:14,153 --> 00:29:16,122 TheTwo Americans are more dexpendable than three? 706 00:29:16,188 --> 00:29:18,090 The cosmonaut would see the asset. 707 00:29:18,157 --> 00:29:20,059 Ride in it. 708 00:29:20,126 --> 00:29:21,961 Take piEven without the for acamera in his shoe, 709 00:29:22,995 --> 00:29:24,630 It'd be the greatest intelligence coupy. 710 00:29:24,696 --> 00:29:26,866 of the new century. 711 00:29:26,933 --> 00:29:29,001 But wouldn't we essentially be revealing a piece of hardware 712 00:29:30,169 --> 00:29:33,072 HUTCHINSON: Maybe we should invite the Chinesesumes we have anyway? 713 00:29:33,139 --> 00:29:34,606 and the Russians over for a formal tour. 714 00:29:35,842 --> 00:29:38,978 can visit each other's nuclear weapons facilities. 715 00:29:39,045 --> 00:29:41,013 C.J.: I can't help note the absence of anyone 716 00:29:41,080 --> 00:29:42,815 from NASA to make the case for a rescue. 717 00:29:42,882 --> 00:29:45,484 I don't need anyone to make it. 718 00:29:45,551 --> 00:29:46,986 I need more time. 719 00:29:47,053 --> 00:29:49,321 C.J.: Thank you, Mr. President. 720 00:29:51,090 --> 00:29:53,159 SANTOS: I appreciate that, Senator. 721 00:29:53,225 --> 00:29:55,862 I'm giving it every consideration. 722 00:29:57,830 --> 00:29:59,198 Thank you for the call. 723 00:29:59,265 --> 00:30:01,533 Another voice for party unity. 724 00:30:01,600 --> 00:30:04,103 Yeah, the White House just leaned on me pretty good. 725 00:30:04,170 --> 00:30:05,905 Same extortionate undertone? 726 00:30:05,972 --> 00:30:07,639 I heard something else on the way over. 727 00:30:07,706 --> 00:30:09,775 Source I have in Philadelphia. 728 00:30:09,842 --> 00:30:12,044 Russell's been talking to Baker. 729 00:30:12,111 --> 00:30:14,046 As backup, we turn him down. 730 00:30:14,113 --> 00:30:15,915 Thinks it flips Pennsylvania. 731 00:30:15,982 --> 00:30:17,683 It does flip Pennsylvania. 732 00:30:17,749 --> 00:30:22,121 178 votes swing from us to Russell on the second ballot. 733 00:30:22,188 --> 00:30:24,023 If the Hoynes delegates break anywhere near even 734 00:30:24,090 --> 00:30:25,324 once they're released... 735 00:30:25,391 --> 00:30:27,459 It's game over. 736 00:30:27,526 --> 00:30:30,930 Smart. Smart. 737 00:30:30,997 --> 00:30:33,265 How come we're not that smart? 738 00:30:33,332 --> 00:30:36,235 You have to go sit down with Russell. 739 00:30:36,302 --> 00:30:38,270 And when you're in there, 740 00:30:38,337 --> 00:30:41,373 you look for a way to tell him yes. 741 00:30:53,085 --> 00:30:55,087 ( inhales ) 742 00:30:55,154 --> 00:30:57,957 ( exhales ) 743 00:31:04,897 --> 00:31:06,933 ( sighs ) 744 00:31:13,906 --> 00:31:15,274 You okay? 745 00:31:15,341 --> 00:31:17,276 Yeah. 746 00:31:17,343 --> 00:31:20,079 Yeah. Just... 747 00:31:23,249 --> 00:31:25,517 You know. 748 00:31:25,584 --> 00:31:26,818 Night yips? 749 00:31:26,885 --> 00:31:28,620 Little bit. 750 00:31:28,687 --> 00:31:31,290 Because you've made a decision, or because you can't? 751 00:31:31,357 --> 00:31:33,425 Both. 752 00:31:33,492 --> 00:31:35,527 Neither. 753 00:31:37,529 --> 00:31:39,999 ( sighs ) 754 00:31:40,066 --> 00:31:42,901 I bet Arnie Vinick is sleeping like a rock. 755 00:31:44,603 --> 00:31:45,837 I don't know. He's old. 756 00:31:45,904 --> 00:31:46,872 ( laughs ) 757 00:31:46,939 --> 00:31:48,240 What? 758 00:31:48,307 --> 00:31:50,242 Old people don't sleep so good. 759 00:31:50,309 --> 00:31:53,079 Old people who have their party's 760 00:31:53,145 --> 00:31:56,515 Presidential nomination wrapped up and... 761 00:31:56,582 --> 00:31:59,151 have a mortal lock on California in the general-- 762 00:31:59,218 --> 00:32:01,954 they sleep like the dead. 763 00:32:02,021 --> 00:32:04,356 The prospect of sleeping like the dead is part 764 00:32:04,423 --> 00:32:07,493 of what keeps old people up nights. 765 00:32:12,664 --> 00:32:13,899 You ever stop to think 766 00:32:13,966 --> 00:32:17,303 that maybe Arnie Vinick's up right now worried about you? 767 00:32:17,369 --> 00:32:18,670 Hmm? 768 00:32:18,737 --> 00:32:20,239 I can guarantee that's not happening. 769 00:32:20,306 --> 00:32:21,473 Oh. 770 00:32:21,540 --> 00:32:22,674 Smart guy. 771 00:32:22,741 --> 00:32:24,776 Young guy. 772 00:32:24,843 --> 00:32:26,178 Good-lookin', too. 773 00:32:26,245 --> 00:32:28,414 Yeah. 774 00:32:29,648 --> 00:32:31,383 ( sighs ) 775 00:32:31,450 --> 00:32:33,585 Let's see about helping this 776 00:32:33,652 --> 00:32:37,256 troubled office-seeker get himself some sleep. 777 00:32:52,038 --> 00:32:53,205 Morning. 778 00:32:53,272 --> 00:32:54,740 What do you do when he's just wrong? 779 00:32:54,806 --> 00:32:56,975 You remind yourself that he was the one got elected. 780 00:32:57,043 --> 00:32:59,345 We could rescue these astronauts. 781 00:32:59,411 --> 00:33:02,048 He's got 295 million Americans to think about, 782 00:33:02,114 --> 00:33:03,582 not just these three. 783 00:33:03,649 --> 00:33:05,751 Only two are Americans. 784 00:33:05,817 --> 00:33:08,187 if they offed the third, he'd be all for sending it. 785 00:33:08,254 --> 00:33:09,621 Wouldn't that be a lovely affirmation 786 00:33:09,688 --> 00:33:12,024 of international cooperation in space? 787 00:33:12,091 --> 00:33:13,692 building space bombers We don'of their own., Chi 788 00:33:13,759 --> 00:33:15,127 Oh, they're gonna build them 789 00:33:16,495 --> 00:33:18,864 anyway if they assume we've got one. But if they know we've got one, they have to build it.Yeah. 790 00:33:18,930 --> 00:33:20,332 This is Alice in Wonderland. 791 00:33:20,399 --> 00:33:23,102 Yeah. Some days it is. 792 00:33:29,441 --> 00:33:32,844 Quick, hide the Ouija board. 793 00:33:32,911 --> 00:33:35,281 Josh still has usn reading chicken entrails. 794 00:33:35,347 --> 00:33:36,882 I'll tell the Vice President you're here. 795 00:33:36,948 --> 00:33:39,017 We're very excited you've come. 796 00:33:39,085 --> 00:33:40,619 Excited to be here. 797 00:33:40,686 --> 00:33:42,554 It's exciting. 798 00:33:47,826 --> 00:33:49,561 Congressman, welcome. 799 00:33:49,628 --> 00:33:51,430 Good of you to see me, Mr. Vice President. 800 00:33:51,497 --> 00:33:52,498 Shall we? 801 00:33:54,266 --> 00:33:56,602 Remember, three feet on the floor at all times. 802 00:33:58,604 --> 00:34:00,038 ( Josh laughs ) 803 00:34:03,109 --> 00:34:04,210 Have a seat. 804 00:34:04,276 --> 00:34:06,078 SANTOS: Thank you. 805 00:34:08,547 --> 00:34:10,048 Don't. 806 00:34:12,050 --> 00:34:14,019 Congratulations on a well-fought campaign. 807 00:34:14,086 --> 00:34:15,221 You, too. 808 00:34:15,287 --> 00:34:17,223 And, hopefully, 809 00:34:17,289 --> 00:34:20,092 we're about to put that all behind us. 810 00:34:20,159 --> 00:34:22,361 That's what we're here to discuss. 811 00:34:25,197 --> 00:34:27,299 Arnie Vinick is going to be a tough customer. 812 00:34:28,667 --> 00:34:31,203 We need to marshal all our strength. 813 00:34:31,270 --> 00:34:32,704 And I can't think of a better way 814 00:34:32,771 --> 00:34:34,906 than by having both our names on the ticket. 815 00:34:34,973 --> 00:34:37,109 It's a good point. 816 00:34:37,976 --> 00:34:39,845 So, you want to flip a coin? 817 00:34:41,079 --> 00:34:43,315 ( laughs ) 818 00:34:43,382 --> 00:34:44,850 That's a good one. 819 00:34:44,916 --> 00:34:47,253 Um, in all seriousness, let me... 820 00:34:47,319 --> 00:34:49,555 let me describe the relationship that I envision. 821 00:34:51,223 --> 00:34:53,125 A substantive role in policy, 822 00:34:53,192 --> 00:34:54,126 strategic planning. 823 00:34:54,193 --> 00:34:55,561 A voice. 824 00:34:57,028 --> 00:35:00,399 More of a partnership, frankly, than I've had with Jed Bartlet. 825 00:35:00,466 --> 00:35:03,402 I'm flattered. You should be. 826 00:35:03,469 --> 00:35:06,037 it's not the relationship I'd envision with a lesser man. 827 00:35:06,104 --> 00:35:07,939 You're capable and bright. 828 00:35:08,006 --> 00:35:09,575 Very kind. I'm sure 829 00:35:09,641 --> 00:35:11,377 there's things that I could learn from you. 830 00:35:11,443 --> 00:35:14,546 Well, uh... uh, I don't... 831 00:35:14,613 --> 00:35:17,349 Just as there are undoubtedly things you could learn from me. 832 00:35:27,726 --> 00:35:28,994 Thank you all. 833 00:35:29,060 --> 00:35:30,562 Josh. 834 00:35:36,302 --> 00:35:38,637 ( door closing ) 835 00:35:49,047 --> 00:35:50,849 ( Santos sighs ) 836 00:35:53,619 --> 00:35:54,853 Mad at me? 837 00:35:56,955 --> 00:35:58,790 No. 838 00:36:00,091 --> 00:36:01,893 Oddly. 839 00:36:04,129 --> 00:36:06,365 Disappointed? 840 00:36:07,966 --> 00:36:10,469 Proud. I think. 841 00:36:14,406 --> 00:36:16,775 You've got a tough conversation ahead. 842 00:36:16,842 --> 00:36:18,644 Not so tough. 843 00:36:19,878 --> 00:36:21,012 ( elevator bell dings ) 844 00:36:21,079 --> 00:36:22,481 Yeah, I do. 845 00:36:28,320 --> 00:36:30,589 MAN ( on T.V. ): Ladies and gentlemen, 846 00:36:30,656 --> 00:36:33,892 please welcome the next President 847 00:36:33,959 --> 00:36:36,462 of the United States, Arnold Vinick. 848 00:36:36,528 --> 00:36:37,896 MAN: Yeah. 849 00:36:37,963 --> 00:36:41,267 ( cheering and applause ) 850 00:36:42,901 --> 00:36:45,237 ( cheering and applause continue ) 851 00:36:49,040 --> 00:36:51,277 VINICK: Thank you. 852 00:36:51,343 --> 00:36:53,479 Thank you. 853 00:36:53,545 --> 00:36:55,814 We're gonna run out of prime time. 854 00:36:55,881 --> 00:36:57,849 ( laughing ) 855 00:36:57,916 --> 00:37:01,620 It is with great humility that I accept your nomination 856 00:37:01,687 --> 00:37:03,955 for President of the United States. 857 00:37:04,022 --> 00:37:07,326 ( cheering and applause ) 858 00:37:08,960 --> 00:37:12,864 Before I share with you my vision for America, 859 00:37:12,931 --> 00:37:15,401 I want to say a few words about the man 860 00:37:15,467 --> 00:37:17,369 who I hope is my predecessor, 861 00:37:17,436 --> 00:37:19,905 President Josiah Bartlet. 862 00:37:19,971 --> 00:37:23,709 ( booing and cheering ) 863 00:37:23,775 --> 00:37:27,279 He has graced and honored his office, 864 00:37:27,346 --> 00:37:29,448 the highest in the land. 865 00:37:29,515 --> 00:37:31,450 The most powerful in the world, 866 00:37:31,517 --> 00:37:33,852 some would say, myself included. 867 00:37:33,919 --> 00:37:38,223 He has served this country steadfastly and laudably. 868 00:37:38,290 --> 00:37:40,225 And I say this despite our political 869 00:37:40,292 --> 00:37:42,227 and-and philosophical differences. 870 00:37:42,294 --> 00:37:43,729 For in the end, 871 00:37:43,795 --> 00:37:46,798 a Presidency is more than a simple catalogue 872 00:37:46,865 --> 00:37:48,634 of policies pursued, 873 00:37:48,700 --> 00:37:52,203 crises weathered, battles lost or won. 874 00:37:52,270 --> 00:37:54,205 It's a stewardship. 875 00:37:54,272 --> 00:37:55,974 A sacred trust. 876 00:37:56,041 --> 00:38:00,479 A commitment to sacrifice every fiber of your being, 877 00:38:00,546 --> 00:38:03,649 every thought, every moment, every... 878 00:38:03,715 --> 00:38:07,319 every... everything in service to your nation. 879 00:38:08,754 --> 00:38:11,923 President Bartlet has done this well 880 00:38:11,990 --> 00:38:14,926 and ably. 881 00:38:14,993 --> 00:38:19,164 And he deserves nothing less than our humble appreciation 882 00:38:19,230 --> 00:38:21,900 and heartfelt gratitude. 883 00:38:21,967 --> 00:38:23,335 ( applause ) 884 00:38:23,402 --> 00:38:24,670 Nice what he said about you. 885 00:38:24,736 --> 00:38:25,571 Yeah... 886 00:38:25,637 --> 00:38:28,139 This is the basis on which 887 00:38:28,206 --> 00:38:32,644 I make my appeal The bastard. He just picked up five million Democratic votes. 888 00:38:32,711 --> 00:38:35,914 My commitment to strive .to be worthy of the example 889 00:38:35,981 --> 00:38:38,817 of the great men who have gone before. 890 00:38:38,884 --> 00:38:41,787 Presidents walk in giant footsteps. 891 00:38:41,853 --> 00:38:45,791 They have magnificent legacies to uphold. 892 00:38:45,857 --> 00:38:48,660 I stand here on this day and put my name forth 893 00:38:48,727 --> 00:38:51,863 as one who aspires to their example, 894 00:38:51,930 --> 00:38:55,701 who will daily make that sacrifice, 895 00:38:55,767 --> 00:38:59,871 who will honor not just the office, 896 00:38:59,938 --> 00:39:02,073 but the people that office serves. 897 00:39:02,140 --> 00:39:06,378 Their President of these United States of America. 898 00:39:06,445 --> 00:39:08,880 ( cheering and applause ) 899 00:39:08,947 --> 00:39:10,949 ( whistling, cheering and applause continue ) 900 00:39:15,353 --> 00:39:17,656 Arnold Vinick just positioned himself 901 00:39:17,723 --> 00:39:19,458 as Jed Bartlet's natural successor. 902 00:39:19,525 --> 00:39:21,827 How'd he do that? 903 00:39:21,893 --> 00:39:24,830 Without one mention, without so much as an allusion 904 00:39:24,896 --> 00:39:28,033 to either one, he managed to dismiss Russell and Santos 905 00:39:28,099 --> 00:39:30,536 as puny, dwarf-like children 906 00:39:30,602 --> 00:39:32,704 trying to get a seat at the grownups' table. 907 00:39:32,771 --> 00:39:35,507 ( phone ringing ) 908 00:39:36,408 --> 00:39:37,576 Yeah. 909 00:39:37,643 --> 00:39:39,911 I'll send him right down. 910 00:39:39,978 --> 00:39:41,980 Josh is here to see you. 911 00:39:44,783 --> 00:39:47,986 We start working to beat this guy right now. 912 00:39:56,928 --> 00:39:58,029 Hey. 913 00:39:59,064 --> 00:40:01,066 Hey. 914 00:40:02,233 --> 00:40:03,435 What, uh...? 915 00:40:03,502 --> 00:40:05,604 Talk to Leo. 916 00:40:08,173 --> 00:40:10,609 Okay. 917 00:40:13,612 --> 00:40:14,880 Could've used you out there. 918 00:40:18,083 --> 00:40:20,652 Did okay without me. 919 00:40:22,153 --> 00:40:24,823 It's not the same. 920 00:40:24,890 --> 00:40:27,659 Good luck. 921 00:40:28,460 --> 00:40:30,729 Thanks. 922 00:40:37,569 --> 00:40:38,904 Listen to Vinick? 923 00:40:38,970 --> 00:40:40,506 No. 924 00:40:40,572 --> 00:40:42,908 You're better off. 925 00:40:50,348 --> 00:40:53,084 Santos turned Russell down. 926 00:40:56,354 --> 00:40:58,724 Okay. 927 00:40:58,790 --> 00:40:59,958 Okay? 928 00:41:00,025 --> 00:41:02,894 Okay, so now you get him to un-turn it down. 929 00:41:02,961 --> 00:41:04,262 Doesn't work like that. 930 00:41:04,329 --> 00:41:05,864 Now it does. 931 00:41:06,932 --> 00:41:08,834 I told him to find a way to say yes. 932 00:41:08,900 --> 00:41:10,869 You find it for him. 933 00:41:10,936 --> 00:41:12,671 You're not hearing me. 934 00:41:12,738 --> 00:41:14,072 You're not hearing me. 935 00:41:14,139 --> 00:41:16,708 Matthew Santos has had a terrific ride. 936 00:41:16,775 --> 00:41:18,577 Improbable, impressive. 937 00:41:18,644 --> 00:41:20,879 And over. 938 00:41:20,946 --> 00:41:22,614 This is the return to reality. 939 00:41:22,681 --> 00:41:23,915 He's Russell's Vice President. 940 00:41:23,982 --> 00:41:25,116 It's not gonna happen. 941 00:41:25,183 --> 00:41:26,117 You are going to do this 942 00:41:26,184 --> 00:41:29,020 for us. 943 00:41:29,087 --> 00:41:31,623 For the President, for your party. 944 00:41:31,690 --> 00:41:33,692 I'm not 'cause I don't agree with it. 945 00:41:33,759 --> 00:41:36,061 I told him to say yes. 946 00:41:36,127 --> 00:41:38,597 I was wrong. 947 00:41:38,664 --> 00:41:40,632 He's twice the man Russell is on his best day. 948 00:41:41,800 --> 00:41:45,537 And Russell doesn't have that many best days. 949 00:41:52,377 --> 00:41:54,512 I'll go tell the President. 950 00:42:08,026 --> 00:42:09,561 Toby. 951 00:42:09,628 --> 00:42:11,129 Okay. Yeah. Okay. 952 00:42:11,196 --> 00:42:12,898 You have to quit and then get rehired. 953 00:42:12,964 --> 00:42:14,566 Leo wants you in California... 954 00:42:14,633 --> 00:42:16,201 Greg Brock just released a story 955 00:42:16,267 --> 00:42:18,269 about a classified military space shuttle 956 00:42:18,336 --> 00:42:20,338 that could be but hasn't yet been sent up 957 00:42:20,405 --> 00:42:23,008 to rescue those astronauts. 958 00:42:23,074 --> 00:42:25,777 It'll be on the front page of tomorrow's New York Times. 959 00:42:25,844 --> 00:42:27,012 To do this, Brock would have had 960 00:42:27,078 --> 00:42:29,114 to assure them that he had it cold, 961 00:42:29,180 --> 00:42:32,651 which means whoever leaked it-- it's somebody big.