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[Mac] Previously on
Commander in Chief:
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If you can't deliver,
then maybe you should step aside.
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I have a daughter who'd rather see Pat
Buchanan in office than her old lady.
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You want to be president because you
want the power to control the universe!
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- That's not me.
- That's the problem.
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If you are incapable
of traveling the high road,
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- I don't want you representing me.
- Mr. Speaker, your star intern.
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It's an honor to meet you, sir.
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- When are you declaring?
- Mustn't get ahead of ourselves.
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Have you given any thought
to who will be your next VP?
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- What about you?
- Me?
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Think about it.
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I like this artist's work.
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Hmm. Serious, but warm.
I wonder what he's holding.
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Eviction notice?
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I don't really need
to decide this now, do I?
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Well, any artist you choose
is going to need multiple sittings.
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- There's not that much time left.
- Ah, my little ray of sunshine.
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Good to get your portrait in
the gallery sooner than later,
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cement the notion of you being
part of history, not a flash in the pan.
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Ma'am, they're ready for you
in the town hall prep.
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- Thank you. You guys coming?
- Uh, yeah. Just a sec.
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She should definitely wear
a dress or a skirt.
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'Cause she's the president
with hot legs?
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No, so she's perceived
as strong but feminine.
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I know it sucks, but I'm right.
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- Why are we here?
- To ask sample questions.
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You know, help her prep
for this whole "get out the vote" thing.
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The university hosts it every year.
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So these sample questions,
where are they?
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In our minds.
We're supposed to make them up.
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It's not too late to cancel.
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Impossible.
It's been on the books for months.
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White House always participates.
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He still beefing about this?
It's a non-partisan event.
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But it should be a presidential event.
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You suggest we un-invite the
senate majority leader and speaker?
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Mackenzie Allen'll leave with
the same cachet she had going in.
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Anybody else gets elevated
standing next to her.
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- Does more for their numbers than ours.
- Hello.
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- [Jim] Madam President.
- Please, please.
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Hi, guys. Thanks for coming.
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- Sure.
- No problem.
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The point of the town hall
is to encourage young people to vote,
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not to get a bump in the polls.
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- So, shall we?
- OK.
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[Mac] Yes.
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If you run for reelection,
who will be your running mate,
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and what party will he or she
be a member of?
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Well, I haven't made a decision
about my vice president yet,
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but party affiliation won't matter.
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What I'm looking for is someone
who has integrity, who has vision,
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- and who has had their appendix out.
- [audience chuckles]
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[Sarah] They just came in.
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You don't think we're
jumping the gun with this?
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- Nathan, stop stalling.
- [Jayne] Your numbers went up
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16 percent since our stay
in the White House.
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- He thinks we should capitalize on it.
- Lance is going by polls.
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I hate polls, Jayne.
I can't... I'm too old.
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- You're not old.
- I'm too old-fashioned.
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I think you're being incredibly
short-sighted about this process.
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- With all due respect.
- Didn't sound very respectful to me.
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Well, we need someone like him.
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We're going up against an incumbent.
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We need more than by-the-book
strategies and matching funds, you know?
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We need an attack dog.
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- [sighs]
- I think the one in the middle is good.
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Put it this way, the reality is,
if we allow the greenhouse effect
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that's caused by human activity
to go unchecked,
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it's like putting more and more blankets
on a patient who already has a fever.
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Horace? How'd I do with that one?
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Um... I wasn't listening. Sorry.
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OK, how 'bout you ask me a question
that you do want to know the answer to.
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- Can I get tickets to Nickelback?
- [audience laughs]
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Yes.
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When did you vote
in your first presidential election,
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- and who did you vote for?
- 1980, John Anderson.
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I guess my Independent streak
was showing even back then.
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How do you feel
about Affirmative Action?
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As a university chancellor,
I had firsthand experience
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with the flaws and benefits
of that program.
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People of color
are not on equal footing.
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So you're for it?
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Excuse me, ma'am? Sorry to interrupt.
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- [Jim] Is there a problem?
- Vernon Rubino died.
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Rubino, the speaker of the Illinois
House of Representatives.
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- For 40 years.
- Remember.
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He wouldn't attend the convention
'cause Bridges nominated me.
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Didn't want a bra-burner
in the White House.
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And all this matters because…?
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- Because now, Illinois can ratify it.
- The ERA.
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[Mac] I want staff
to meet in the morning.
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We're going to amend the Constitution.
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[Mac] Unfortunately,
voter apathy is at an all-time high,
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especially among young voters.
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But maybe you'll help me
convince them to use their voices.
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- [all shouting]
- Luis.
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Madam President, is your attendance
at George Mason University
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meant as an appeal to vote for you
in the next election?
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No, it's meant as an appeal
to vote in every election.
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- [all shout]
- Barry.
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President Allen, were you aware
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of Illinois Speaker
Vernon Rubino's passing?
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Yes. I called the Rubino family
last night to express my condolences.
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He was a legendary figure in
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Illinois politics and
a real champion of his state.
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And he was also an outspoken critic
of the Equal Rights Amendment.
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Does your administration
view his passing
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as an opportunity to revisit the issue?
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In the Declaration of Independence,
the first truth to be
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held as self-evident
is that all men are created equal.
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Since women didn't win the right to vote
until about a century and a half later,
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I'm afraid we have to assume
that they did mean men.
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Now, we can't amend the Declaration,
but we can and must amend
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the Constitution to ensure
women have equal rights.
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Madam President, so are we
to understand that you are
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putting the ERA back
on the national agenda?
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- Yes.
- [crowd murmurs]
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When Congress submitted the
Equal Rights Amendment in 1972,
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35 states passed it, leaving it
three states shy of the 38 needed
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- for Constitutional ratification.
- Morning.
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- Mission accomplished.
- I take it you got the ERA question?
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- Hard not to when Kelly plants it.
- How was it received?
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Uh, with surprise and confusion.
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They're all going to be
boning up on it, that's for sure.
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We're clear about the 35 states we have?
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States have the power
to ratify, not rescind,
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so the 35 that we have, we keep.
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All right. Can anyone explain
how the Illinois speaker dying
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convinces the state
to pick up a 30-year-old issue?
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Yeah. It's an ongoing issue.
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ERA legislation's passed the Illinois
Senate and is currently in its House.
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- Rubino was the only roadblock.
- A new speaker will be in place soon,
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hopefully, one more open
to the amendment.
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I served in Congress
with the governor of Illinois.
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I'll see if he's up for horse-trading
with some of the holdouts.
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Missouri is within reach.
I can call the speaker.
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He has a fair amount of pull.
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If we get those states,
we just need one more.
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- Talk to me about Florida.
- A state Templeton all but owns.
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ERA legislation's stuck
in Senate committee.
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Majority leader's blocked it
at every turn.
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- What do we know about him?
- Her. Christine Chambers.
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Rising star of the Republican Party.
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Young, dynamic.
Eyes on the governor's mansion.
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Jim, let's see if we can get
Ms. Chambers in here
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as soon as possible.
I want to talk to her.
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- There she is. Got a sec?
- Uh, sure. What's up?
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I spoke to Eric Connors at
the Sunday Times Magazine
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and he wants the magazine to do
a story on Mac and me.
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"A presidential marriage,"
something like that.
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- You run this by the president?
- Eric should've spoken to you,
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but we've been friends since college.
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He felt more comfortable
pitching it to me.
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- I hope you don't mind.
- No. Not at all.
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- Who's the writer?
- A guy named Jeremy Dobris.
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- You know him?
- Yeah. You want me to set up a meeting?
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No need. He's here.
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Mr. Dobris, I'd like you to meet...
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- Hello, Kelly.
- How are you, Jeremy?
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Well, so much for introductions.
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Uh, we go back, uh…
What? Eight years?
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We met when Kelly worked
Esther Chamberlain's House campaign
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- for Virginia's third district.
- Fourth.
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Jeremy covered the race
for The New Republic.
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- First national press we got.
- That should make things easier.
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Jeremy's gonna be interviewing
and observing the next few weeks.
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He should know his way around.
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- I was wondering if you would just...
- Give him the tour? Sure.
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- Great. See you two later.
- Thank you, sir.
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You son of a bitch!
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[chiming]
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[keys clicking]
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- [chiming]
- [scoffs] You need a silencer on that.
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- Yeah. And you need to read a book.
- Sorry I'm not a brainiac like you.
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Well, at least
I put some time into my studying.
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- You wonder why you don't get dates.
- [Rebecca sighs]
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- [television chatter]
- You watching this, Grandma?
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Oh, yes, as a matter of fact,
I am, dear.
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- [woman] Just what is the ERA?
- Irish terrorist group, right?
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- Oh, for God's sake...
- [woman] Laundry detergent, I think.
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Since 1972,
35 states have ratified the ERA.
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Some experts claim if just
three more states were to ratify
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the amendment,
it's likely to become law.
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Grandma, I can't hear myself think.
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Well, perhaps you
should be listening to this.
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Why?
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Have you ever heard
of a glass ceiling?
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Oh, I love those.
You can see right up to the sky.
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Not what she meant, squirt.
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Just because it matters to Mom,
doesn't mean it matters to me.
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I mean, I'm no feminist.
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So you don't believe that women should
have rights equal to those of men?
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Well, of course I do. It's just...
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Well, then might I suggest, my dear,
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that you look up
the definition of feminist.
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No mention of the article?
That you're coming to the White House?
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I would've told you
if you'd called back.
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It's the first message
I get from you in seven years.
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You think I'd pick up
and say, "How you been?"
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I was hoping our history
wouldn't be a problem.
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Jeremy, the only problem here
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is your complete
and total lack of consideration.
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You look really great,
have I told you that?
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You said the same thing
the day we got divorced.
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- Thank you for coming on short notice.
- Actually, it's good timing.
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I have meetings on the Hill
I've been putting off way too long.
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Not surprising.
My daughter says you're a rock star.
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Let's just say she's into politics.
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[chuckles] Well, hard not to be,
considering who her mother is.
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Christine, I asked you here
to get a feel for where you are
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in terms of passage of the ERA.
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I know the Florida Senate
is pretty evenly split,
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but you hold a considerable
amount of sway.
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Look, obviously, I support equal rights,
but I don't support unnecessary laws.
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Women participate now more than ever.
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Your presidency
is the best example of that.
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In other words, why not stop there?
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Why not be content with what we have,
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with what the Constitution implies,
rather than what it says?
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The 14th Amendment guarantees
equal rights to all persons.
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And it was passed in 1868, and women
weren't guaranteed the right to vote
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until 1920, when the
19th Amendment was passed.
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Christine, look, women still earn
74 cents on the dollar.
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Without a Constitutional foundation,
that's never gonna change.
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And that's a viable concern,
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but so is increasing the government,
in my opinion.
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Why'd we want to amend the Constitution
for something that's already in place?
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At this point, it's strictly symbolic.
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I see.
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Let's stay in touch
while you're in town.
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Of course.
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Ms. Chambers, Dickie McDonald.
Big fan. It's a pleasure to meet you.
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- Thank you. You, too.
- Dickie.
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The focus group of my Johns Hopkins
speech was interesting.
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Gave me some ideas.
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Always thought my memos
went straight into the burn bag.
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No. Sometimes I just shred them.
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OK, so what poll
are you going to show me?
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The ERA turns off the under 40s?
The over 60s? Golfers?
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Well, I'd like to show you a poll,
but I can't.
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Because there is no
national polling data on the ERA.
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Not within the last two decades.
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Look, ma'am, you've reached a point
in your presidency where
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the people finally see you as
the president, not a female president.
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- To remind them of it...
- Where's this going?
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[sighing] It's just not worth it.
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No Democrat, no Republican,
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no one wants to go near this
in an election year.
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Except me.
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When I was a girl,
it was a girl and her diary.
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Oh. Times have changed, I guess.
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In some ways.
And others not so much.
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I was wondering when you were
going to ask what I thought about this
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equal rights thing you're doing.
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OK, what do you think of this
whole equal rights thing I'm doing?
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Well, it seems like you're opening
the door for me to get drafted.
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That's what some people are saying.
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- Who's saying that?
- Well, the newspapers, the Internet.
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Well, that could happen.
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But the larger hope is that
the draft wouldn't... for either gender.
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But, Mom, there is a difference
between the sexes.
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I mean, yes, people should be
paid the same to do the same job,
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but otherwise, I think men should stay
men, and women should stay women.
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In other words, separate but equal?
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Becca, we've already figured out
that doesn't work.
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Not for race and not for gender either.
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- [chiming]
- Sorry.
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[Mac] You know what?
You should talk to Grandma about this.
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You know, Mom, maybe you're right.
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In fact, maybe I should go
to the town hall.
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You know, hear another point of view.
Cheer you on or whatever.
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That was a quick change of heart,
but I like it.
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- Thanks, sweetie.
- Yeah.
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[chiming]
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[exhaling deeply]
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The president has her position paper
and she'll respond when she reads it.
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OK, thanks.
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- Any update on the VP search?
- Why do you ask?
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Uh, because we don't have one.
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And because Colby's
chief of staff lives in my building.
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Bugs me every morning about it.
Can't really blame him, I guess.
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Colby thinks
he's got a shot at being VP.
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And you don't?
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Come on. A woman and a black guy?
One or the other, not both.
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Excuse me, Mr. Gardner.
General Allyson's here to see you.
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All right. I'll get out of your hair.
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[Dickie] Sir.
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- General, what can I do for you?
- Some material for you on the ERA.
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Since when are you
interested in social policy?
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Equality among the sexes means
women assigned to direct combat MOSs.
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What you've got there are letters from
previous Chairmen of the Joint Chiefs,
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policy papers, editorials.
They point to the potentially disastrous
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nature of something like this
on morale and readiness.
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I can show you as many papers
defending women in combat.
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And it shouldn't matter.
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Our job is to carry out
the president's agenda.
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Jim, the president
has my utmost respect.
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She's earned that.
But there's a culture in place here.
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What I'm afraid of is that
all the good work she's done
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would be undone by something like this.
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The military has got to be governed
by a different set of regulations.
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"This is one of the surest ways to
break down the morale of the Army
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and to destroy its efficiency."
The New York Times, 1948.
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Now, racial segregation
was complete ignorance.
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And who's to say we won't look back
in 50 years and say the same thing?
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I'll carry your concerns
to the president.
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Fair enough. That's all I can ask.
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Thanks very much.
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Good afternoon.
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I'd like to begin by
sharing some good news.
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The Illinois General Assembly
has scheduled a vote
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on the Equal Rights Amendment
later this week.
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[shouting]
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Is it true the president met with
Chambers to open up Florida
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- to another vote?
- The president is interested...
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- [man] What about Missouri?
- The president's interested
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in the status of the ERA in all
the states that haven't passed it.
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- Luis.
- [Luis] What's the reaction
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to the backlash that's against the ERA?
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[Kelly] I'd hardly call it a backlash.
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OK, we're talking about a handful
of demonstrations, nothing more.
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The president have a reaction to
the National Christian Council's
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suggestion that the ERA'll
destroy the American family?
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Is the president gonna continue
pushing a feminist agenda
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if she's elected to a second term?
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This is hardly solely a feminist agenda.
You guys, you're being...
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- [indistinct shouting]
- President Allen…
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We need someone to take this
and build a platform piece…
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Right this way.
Can I get you any coffee, Ms. Chambers?
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- Water?
- No, thank you.
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Hi, Ms. Chambers. Nathan Templeton.
My Chief of Staff, Jayne Murray.
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- Pleasure.
- Please, sit down over there.
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I understand you were summoned
to the Oval Office.
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- First time, was it?
- Yes, sir. It was.
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I suspect your political journey
is going to be a long one.
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- I like the way you work.
- Thank you.
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Drawing the president out,
letting her put herself out there
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on this ERA nonsense, then
voting it down in the Florida Senate?
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Well, I wish I could
take credit for that,
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- but that's not what I'm doing.
- Really? What is it that you're doing?
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I have a lot of respect
for the president.
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I'd like to hear what she has to say.
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- She's opened doors for women.
- She certainly has.
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A big door, to the most
important room on the planet.
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[Jayne] Which reminds me.
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As a young Republican,
which one of these do you respond to?
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Well, um...
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I guess the one on the right,
if I had to choose.
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We think alike.
That one's on our short list.
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The party needs your support,
Ms. Chambers.
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And the party gets it.
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But I am my own person, Mr. Speaker.
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[chuckles] That's for sure.
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Well, it was a great pleasure
to meet you.
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- And you.
- I want you to go by the Senate.
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I want you to say hello to two great
Floridians, Gil Olmstead and Lou Arkin.
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You don't have to worry about
getting in to see them.
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Just say I sent you.
They're old friends of mine.
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And mine. We're meeting later
for drinks at the Mayflower.
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You are?
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All right, well,
you say hi to them from me then.
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- I will. Have a nice day.
- And you, too.
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- What a piece of work she is.
- [Jayne chuckles]
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Can you believe the president's
getting traction on this thing?
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She's already
got a foothold in Illinois.
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And Florida.
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When am I doing
the Gordon Blake show?
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A week after the town hall. Why?
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Do you think that you could
get it moved before the town hall?
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[woman] We want
a woman vice president.
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It may not be...
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It was, in fact, too soon in 1972 to say
we could have a woman president,
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but it is not too soon to say
we could have a woman vice president.
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- [Jim] She was quite an orator.
- They all were.
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Alice Paul, Steinem, Friedan.
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And they changed the world.
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Please.
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Ma'am, I was approached
by General Allyson
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with concerns about the impact
of the ERA on our military.
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I've heard those arguments before.
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I think it's worth noting that the issue
of women in combat could backfire.
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Do you think I'm making
a mistake pursuing this?
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I think that you're passionate about it.
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I think you're right about it.
I think that it's an uphill battle,
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particularly given the fact
we're nearing the end of this term.
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True.
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That said, if this is something
that you want done,
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I'll do everything within my power
to make sure it happens.
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[sighs]
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00:20:59,192 --> 00:21:01,027
Uh...
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Jim.
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It may not last...
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...my time in office.
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This may be our only chance.
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- Morning.
- Hey.
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What's going on with Illinois?
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Well, I'm bringing in
some key reps today.
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I hope they'll be able to go back
and influence their fellows.
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But the attack dogs
are certainly out in force.
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00:21:44,504 --> 00:21:46,839
They call it spin now.
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00:21:48,341 --> 00:21:51,344
I like what we used to call it...
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...lies.
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00:21:54,514 --> 00:21:58,718
Do you remember when you took me
to see Gloria Steinem at the Civic?
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June 1974. I'll never forget it.
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00:22:05,124 --> 00:22:09,762
You were so happy and buoyant
with the pins and the bumper stickers.
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00:22:09,829 --> 00:22:14,667
- They kind of disappeared after that.
- It was hard to keep them on.
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00:22:14,734 --> 00:22:18,871
Besides, I'd embarrassed
your father enough already.
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They called women who
supported the ERA men-haters.
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Truth is, we loved men.
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We just wanted them
to love us back equally.
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00:22:32,518 --> 00:22:33,953
Hmm...
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00:22:34,020 --> 00:22:36,789
So how long were you
and this Doughboy married?
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- It's Dobris. A little over a year.
- I can't believe you never told me.
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00:22:40,793 --> 00:22:43,396
Divorce isn't exactly
something that you brag about.
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What happened?
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00:22:44,797 --> 00:22:48,034
The Financial Times
offered him their Kyōto bureau.
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00:22:48,100 --> 00:22:51,537
I was coming off the Chamberlain
campaign, getting lots of offers.
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He asked me to go to Japan.
I wanted to think about it.
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00:22:54,473 --> 00:22:58,744
He didn't. Look, no one knows
about this, except you, OK?
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- So, I'd like to keep it that way.
- Of course. You want me to hate him?
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I will if you say so.
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00:23:05,851 --> 00:23:08,588
Thank you for taking the time to see me,
Madam President,
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- given everything that's going on...
- Well, to be honest,
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- I've yet to experience a lull.
- Oh, no doubt.
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And for what it's worth,
I support the ERA.
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You already have the job.
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So how's this gonna work?
What is it you're gonna need from us?
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To start, I'd like to
interview you separately.
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Perhaps shadow you both
in your respective roles.
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To that end, I will need full access
to any events, travel, et cetera...
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00:23:31,444 --> 00:23:35,648
Full access to everything I do
is not possible, but I'll do my best.
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00:23:35,715 --> 00:23:37,016
Understood.
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00:23:37,083 --> 00:23:39,185
When are we thinking
this'll go into print?
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00:23:39,251 --> 00:23:43,189
My editor's given me a lot of latitude,
given your schedules.
436
00:23:43,255 --> 00:23:45,091
But we have to set a time limit.
437
00:23:45,157 --> 00:23:47,893
Can't have you wandering
the White House indefinitely.
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00:23:47,960 --> 00:23:51,864
[Mac] Unfortunately, I'm on
a catch-as-catch-can basis,
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00:23:51,931 --> 00:23:54,500
but I'll have you coordinate with Kelly.
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At your convenience,
Madam President.
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- Thank you.
- Thank you.
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00:23:58,904 --> 00:24:01,007
- May as well get started.
- All right.
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00:24:03,109 --> 00:24:05,277
Seems like a nice enough fellow.
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00:24:05,911 --> 00:24:07,680
Excuse me.
445
00:24:08,681 --> 00:24:11,684
Look, you're never gonna
get married at this rate, my friend.
446
00:24:11,751 --> 00:24:14,053
I had a mother, Karen.
I don't need another one.
447
00:24:14,120 --> 00:24:18,124
[laughing] I mean it.
You gotta get out more.
448
00:24:18,190 --> 00:24:20,359
Greg and I haven't seen you for weeks.
449
00:24:20,426 --> 00:24:22,061
Probably not gonna happen soon.
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00:24:26,766 --> 00:24:29,301
I may not take it,
may not be picked,
451
00:24:29,368 --> 00:24:33,239
but the president asked me
to think about being her VP.
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00:24:34,874 --> 00:24:38,644
- Seriously?
- In some ways, it'd be a demotion.
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00:24:38,711 --> 00:24:42,415
- I mean, chief of staff...
- The American public doesn't know that.
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As far as they're concerned,
the vice president is the
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second most powerful person
on the planet.
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00:24:47,486 --> 00:24:51,357
- Not sure I'm all that interested.
- Bull. You wouldn't have mentioned it
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if you weren't thrilled by the prospect.
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00:24:55,227 --> 00:24:57,563
Still, VP... I mean,
what are we talking about?
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Attending funerals,
glad-handing, politicking...
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00:25:00,466 --> 00:25:02,468
All over the world. So what?
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00:25:04,003 --> 00:25:07,339
Jim, you gotta do this.
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00:25:13,079 --> 00:25:15,581
I'd be a target.
463
00:25:17,850 --> 00:25:21,587
Yeah, you would be.
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00:25:22,755 --> 00:25:27,193
You'd be out there, exposed,
studied, commented on,
465
00:25:27,259 --> 00:25:30,596
getting threats, hate mail...
466
00:25:30,663 --> 00:25:34,967
...and you'd lift people higher
467
00:25:35,034 --> 00:25:37,436
than they'd ever been lifted before.
468
00:25:42,842 --> 00:25:46,011
[Mac] So, have you given any more
thought to what we discussed?
469
00:25:46,078 --> 00:25:50,750
To answer your real question,
no, I haven't changed my mind.
470
00:25:50,816 --> 00:25:54,153
You intend to block ERA legislation
in Florida's Senate.
471
00:25:54,220 --> 00:25:55,821
Yes, ma'am.
472
00:25:55,888 --> 00:25:59,525
I see. You know, I remember
hearing that you got
473
00:25:59,592 --> 00:26:01,927
your political science degree
from DePaul.
474
00:26:01,994 --> 00:26:04,864
- Go, Blue Demons, go.
- [chuckles]
475
00:26:04,930 --> 00:26:07,199
Pretty hefty tuition,
from what I understand.
476
00:26:07,266 --> 00:26:09,802
Well, I was there on a full scholarship.
477
00:26:09,869 --> 00:26:12,772
- That's right. For soccer, wasn't it?
- Mm-hmm.
478
00:26:12,838 --> 00:26:14,940
- Fullback.
- Halfback.
479
00:26:15,007 --> 00:26:16,942
Ah, I see. Please.
480
00:26:17,009 --> 00:26:19,011
You know what's interesting about that?
481
00:26:19,078 --> 00:26:22,982
Before the passage
of Title IX in 1972,
482
00:26:23,048 --> 00:26:26,185
DePaul wouldn't have had
a women's sports program.
483
00:26:26,252 --> 00:26:29,522
And if it hadn't passed,
you might never have gotten that degree.
484
00:26:37,897 --> 00:26:39,932
Point taken.
485
00:26:47,540 --> 00:26:49,074
- Hey.
- Hey!
486
00:26:49,141 --> 00:26:52,444
How'd it go with Jeremy?
You spill the beans about me?
487
00:26:52,511 --> 00:26:55,481
I told him that you were
the love of my life and that you snored.
488
00:26:56,582 --> 00:26:58,150
So, how was your day?
489
00:26:58,217 --> 00:27:01,120
Depending who you ask,
I'm either destroying families
490
00:27:01,187 --> 00:27:03,522
- or making big government even bigger.
- Mmm.
491
00:27:03,589 --> 00:27:06,058
Rebecca thinks I'm destroying her life.
492
00:27:06,125 --> 00:27:08,394
Um, Dickie thinks I'm losing voters.
493
00:27:08,460 --> 00:27:10,996
The military is not on board, of course.
494
00:27:11,063 --> 00:27:14,567
God forbid we do anything
to upset them. "Don't ask, don't tell."
495
00:27:14,633 --> 00:27:18,571
- Don't do anything.
- Look, you're doing the right thing.
496
00:27:19,405 --> 00:27:21,907
You're not thinking
of walking this back, are you?
497
00:27:21,974 --> 00:27:24,243
You kidding?
I just got Christine Chambers
498
00:27:24,310 --> 00:27:26,979
to agree to call for an
emergency vote in Florida.
499
00:27:27,046 --> 00:27:29,081
Great! Great.
500
00:27:29,148 --> 00:27:31,951
You know, some political players
say she doesn't expect
501
00:27:32,017 --> 00:27:34,720
to win the ERA fight,
but even by losing,
502
00:27:34,787 --> 00:27:37,523
she guarantees herself
a majority of the women voters.
503
00:27:38,924 --> 00:27:44,830
- 1,460.
- I beg your pardon?
504
00:27:44,897 --> 00:27:49,468
That's the number of days
a president serves in a four-year term.
505
00:27:49,535 --> 00:27:54,673
For 1,460 days,
you're the leader of the free world.
506
00:27:54,740 --> 00:27:55,741
That's it.
507
00:27:55,808 --> 00:28:01,680
You got 1,460 days and she's
frittering away some of those days
508
00:28:01,747 --> 00:28:05,317
trying to push a bill she's pulled out
of the wastebasket of history.
509
00:28:05,918 --> 00:28:08,487
We're talking 1923, Gordon.
510
00:28:08,554 --> 00:28:11,156
She's trumpeting a suffragette's agenda
511
00:28:11,223 --> 00:28:13,459
because she doesn't have
an agenda of her own.
512
00:28:13,525 --> 00:28:15,995
Are you saying the president
has no real agenda?
513
00:28:16,061 --> 00:28:18,297
I'm afraid so.
514
00:28:18,364 --> 00:28:20,132
We're floundering, Gordon.
515
00:28:20,199 --> 00:28:22,635
This country can't be
allowed to flounder.
516
00:28:22,701 --> 00:28:26,272
We're the United States of America,
for heaven's sake.
517
00:28:26,338 --> 00:28:30,809
Sounds like words spoken by a man
who intends to run for president.
518
00:28:31,944 --> 00:28:34,747
[sighing]
519
00:28:34,813 --> 00:28:39,485
I probably should have
told my wife first, but...
520
00:28:41,453 --> 00:28:43,188
...yes, Gordon.
521
00:28:43,255 --> 00:28:48,027
I'm gonna run for president,
and God willing, I'll win,
522
00:28:48,093 --> 00:28:50,863
because this country needs me.
523
00:28:54,767 --> 00:28:56,936
[Kelly] I have calls
from every news outlet.
524
00:28:57,036 --> 00:29:00,172
Now that he's announced,
they're carrying the Mason event live.
525
00:29:00,239 --> 00:29:02,107
Senate majority leader pulled out.
526
00:29:02,174 --> 00:29:04,810
Didn't want to be an appendage
to the first debate.
527
00:29:04,877 --> 00:29:07,713
I saw a tape of his Blake interview.
Wanna know my reaction?
528
00:29:07,780 --> 00:29:09,181
- Who cares?
- Ma'am?
529
00:29:09,248 --> 00:29:11,784
Big deal. Templeton
is running for president.
530
00:29:11,850 --> 00:29:14,019
Tell me something
I haven't known for a year.
531
00:29:14,086 --> 00:29:16,055
We may have known,
but the public didn't.
532
00:29:16,121 --> 00:29:19,491
He waited until the morning of
the town hall so he could upstage you.
533
00:29:20,125 --> 00:29:23,028
Templeton can do all he wants
to try and grab the spotlight.
534
00:29:23,095 --> 00:29:24,830
But when we get on the stage tonight,
535
00:29:24,897 --> 00:29:27,132
I'm still the President
of the United States,
536
00:29:27,199 --> 00:29:30,202
and he's still just some guy
applying for my job.
537
00:29:33,472 --> 00:29:35,474
- Thank you.
- You're welcome.
538
00:29:37,409 --> 00:29:38,844
Green tea, please.
539
00:29:38,911 --> 00:29:42,548
Oh. I didn't think you ever crossed
Constitution Avenue.
540
00:29:42,614 --> 00:29:48,120
Only when there's good reason to.
I'm glad to see you're still in town.
541
00:29:48,187 --> 00:29:51,156
I try to leave, but I keep getting
roped into more meetings.
542
00:29:51,223 --> 00:29:53,959
Everyone wants to
hitch a wagon to a rising star.
543
00:29:54,026 --> 00:29:56,195
You're a rocket, Christine.
544
00:29:56,261 --> 00:29:59,098
You've got the numbers,
the smarts, the people skills...
545
00:29:59,164 --> 00:30:02,901
Any of which these Beltway types'd give
their eyeteeth for. You have it all.
546
00:30:02,968 --> 00:30:06,372
With the right strategy, you can have
the governorship of Florida.
547
00:30:06,438 --> 00:30:09,708
This where you hand me your card
and tell me you can help me get there?
548
00:30:09,808 --> 00:30:12,311
This is where I tell you
how to get to the White House.
549
00:30:12,378 --> 00:30:14,546
I can't allow myself
to think that far ahead.
550
00:30:14,613 --> 00:30:18,317
Two terms in Tallahassee, it's
your next stop. It's a clear trajectory.
551
00:30:18,384 --> 00:30:23,555
Bad thing about trajectories, though,
one little misstep, one little bump,
552
00:30:23,622 --> 00:30:26,892
one divisive issue,
it can go a whole 'nother way.
553
00:30:28,727 --> 00:30:30,729
I thought you worked for the president.
554
00:30:30,796 --> 00:30:34,066
You align yourself with the ERA,
you lose northern Florida.
555
00:30:34,133 --> 00:30:35,868
You lose northern Florida,
556
00:30:35,934 --> 00:30:38,937
you lose the governorship
and your state Senate seat.
557
00:30:39,004 --> 00:30:43,776
End trajectory.
In my professional opinion.
558
00:30:44,710 --> 00:30:47,279
First consultation's free.
559
00:30:50,149 --> 00:30:52,818
[sirens blaring]
560
00:30:57,189 --> 00:31:00,359
[crowd applauds and cheers]
561
00:31:03,262 --> 00:31:06,265
- Are you up for this?
- Are you kidding? I love this.
562
00:31:06,331 --> 00:31:09,701
Ma'am, Chambers backed out.
Florida won't hold a vote.
563
00:31:09,768 --> 00:31:12,438
Not this year, anyway.
Looks like someone got to her.
564
00:31:12,504 --> 00:31:14,206
[Jim] The speaker got to Chambers?
565
00:31:14,273 --> 00:31:17,009
We'd love to take credit
for her flipping, but we can't.
566
00:31:17,076 --> 00:31:19,745
- [chuckling] Come on.
- No, the truth is, we tried.
567
00:31:19,812 --> 00:31:22,815
Christine Chambers is her own woman.
568
00:31:22,881 --> 00:31:25,884
[indistinct chatter]
569
00:31:27,119 --> 00:31:29,154
Don't be so obvious.
570
00:31:29,221 --> 00:31:31,924
I'm not looking for your boyfriend,
all right?
571
00:31:33,459 --> 00:31:35,761
Well, I won't cramp your style.
572
00:31:36,595 --> 00:31:39,331
Don't go too far. Your mom's
gonna be up in ten minutes,
573
00:31:39,398 --> 00:31:41,400
so you might want to
take your seat soon.
574
00:31:41,467 --> 00:31:43,302
OK. Thanks.
575
00:31:43,368 --> 00:31:46,972
- I hope your Mom likes big crowds.
- Oh, she's used to it by now.
576
00:31:47,039 --> 00:31:51,810
Yeah, so is my boss.
I work for Nathan Templeton.
577
00:31:51,877 --> 00:31:53,679
Oh. Oh, that's cool.
578
00:31:53,745 --> 00:31:56,615
- Yeah.
- Um, see ya.
579
00:31:56,682 --> 00:31:58,417
Yeah.
580
00:31:59,218 --> 00:32:01,553
[Blackberry rings]
581
00:32:07,392 --> 00:32:08,393
[keys clicking]
582
00:32:24,209 --> 00:32:26,011
Hey, again.
583
00:32:27,746 --> 00:32:31,150
Oh, my God. Katherine?
584
00:32:31,216 --> 00:32:32,851
- Yeah.
- Wait a minute.
585
00:32:32,918 --> 00:32:34,820
Katherine's a Republican. You're...
586
00:32:34,887 --> 00:32:38,023
I just used my middle name.
Everything else holds true.
587
00:32:43,662 --> 00:32:44,796
[exhaling deeply]
588
00:32:44,863 --> 00:32:46,965
- I'm proud of you.
- I love you.
589
00:32:53,906 --> 00:32:55,307
Next stop, Iowa?
590
00:32:55,374 --> 00:32:58,710
I'm looking forward to many
spirited debates with you on the trail.
591
00:32:58,777 --> 00:33:01,346
Mmm. Don't plan on seeing me
out there anytime soon.
592
00:33:02,147 --> 00:33:06,118
[chuckling] If I didn't know you better,
I'd say you weren't running.
593
00:33:06,185 --> 00:33:09,254
I'm not. Not in the way you are.
594
00:33:09,321 --> 00:33:12,758
For you, next year is about
campaigning to be president.
595
00:33:12,824 --> 00:33:14,893
I'm not going to campaign.
596
00:33:14,960 --> 00:33:18,997
For me, next year
is about being president.
597
00:33:19,064 --> 00:33:21,767
You know,
someone once told me
598
00:33:21,833 --> 00:33:24,770
that the only reason to want to be
president is for the power.
599
00:33:24,836 --> 00:33:27,706
And you know what? He was right.
600
00:33:27,773 --> 00:33:30,709
And that's what I have to do
for as long as I hold this office,
601
00:33:30,776 --> 00:33:32,411
exercise that power.
602
00:33:32,477 --> 00:33:34,046
[woman] Ladies and gentleman,
603
00:33:34,112 --> 00:33:37,049
please welcome the Speaker
of the House, Nathan Templeton.
604
00:33:37,115 --> 00:33:39,318
[audience applauds]
605
00:33:40,118 --> 00:33:44,022
Ma'am? Good news out of Illinois.
Just thought you would want to know.
606
00:33:44,089 --> 00:33:46,425
[woman] ...the President
of the United States.
607
00:33:46,491 --> 00:33:48,694
- [♪ Hail to the Chief]
- [audience applauds]
608
00:33:51,863 --> 00:33:54,333
[Templeton] I'm sure
every leader worth his salt
609
00:33:54,399 --> 00:33:59,571
would answer your question
with High Noon, but I'm a Bogart man.
610
00:33:59,638 --> 00:34:01,173
I have great admiration...
611
00:34:01,240 --> 00:34:03,976
More of an Ingrid Bergman man,
if you ask me.
612
00:34:04,042 --> 00:34:09,481
It's nuance that I love.
That's what Casablanca is chock-full of.
613
00:34:09,548 --> 00:34:14,686
I mean, just look at the moral
complexity of the characters.
614
00:34:15,220 --> 00:34:18,490
Nothing's all good, nothing's all evil.
615
00:34:18,557 --> 00:34:20,559
Redemption is everywhere.
616
00:34:20,626 --> 00:34:26,565
Forgiveness, understanding, and
ultimately, the attraction of opposites.
617
00:34:27,833 --> 00:34:30,802
You know, it's like Rick says
at the end of the movie,
618
00:34:30,869 --> 00:34:36,842
"Louis, I think this is the beginning
of a beautiful friendship."
619
00:34:36,908 --> 00:34:38,677
[audience applauds]
620
00:34:42,581 --> 00:34:46,251
Mr. Speaker, I wonder if your
appreciation for that film has anything
621
00:34:46,318 --> 00:34:50,689
to do with the fact that "Casablanca"
translates to "White House"?
622
00:34:50,756 --> 00:34:52,724
[audience laughs, applauds]
623
00:34:55,761 --> 00:34:57,896
- Here's looking at you, kid.
- [Mac laughs]
624
00:34:57,963 --> 00:35:01,400
Mr. Templeton,
I was wondering what made you
625
00:35:01,466 --> 00:35:05,704
- declare your candidacy this morning?
- It was spontaneous.
626
00:35:05,771 --> 00:35:07,773
Remember Steve McQueen
in that movie,
627
00:35:07,839 --> 00:35:11,743
saying that he had this uncle
who used to, once a year,
628
00:35:11,810 --> 00:35:16,214
run buck naked out of the house
and jump into a cactus patch?
629
00:35:16,281 --> 00:35:18,550
The family would all
run out after him, yelling
630
00:35:18,617 --> 00:35:21,353
"Uncle! Uncle,
what did you do that for?"
631
00:35:21,420 --> 00:35:23,522
And every year
he'd give the same answer.
632
00:35:23,588 --> 00:35:27,559
He'd say "Seemed like
a good idea at the time."
633
00:35:27,626 --> 00:35:29,094
[audience chuckles]
634
00:35:29,161 --> 00:35:31,763
Well, it seemed like
a good idea at the time
635
00:35:31,830 --> 00:35:37,102
for me to tell the American people
that they had a choice.
636
00:35:38,670 --> 00:35:41,106
- Me.
- [audience applauds]
637
00:35:43,442 --> 00:35:45,110
[Templeton] Yes, ma'am?
638
00:35:45,177 --> 00:35:50,282
A lot has been made about the push
to pass the ERA. But isn't it obsolete?
639
00:35:50,349 --> 00:35:55,153
Well, I mean, that's really for you
to decide, ma'am, not me.
640
00:35:55,220 --> 00:36:00,425
But I think the lady to my right
is evidence that it is.
641
00:36:00,492 --> 00:36:02,060
[audience applauds]
642
00:36:03,261 --> 00:36:05,397
- [Mac] Uh, what is your name?
- Olivia.
643
00:36:05,464 --> 00:36:07,933
[Mac] Olivia, you ask a valid question.
644
00:36:07,999 --> 00:36:11,870
But the Equal Rights Amendment
is not for the first female president.
645
00:36:11,937 --> 00:36:15,574
It's for the girl who wants
equal opportunity in school.
646
00:36:15,640 --> 00:36:18,377
It's for the single mother
who can't get a mortgage
647
00:36:18,443 --> 00:36:20,078
or a small business loan.
648
00:36:20,145 --> 00:36:25,183
For the woman who faces harassment
in her office and violence in her home.
649
00:36:25,250 --> 00:36:30,789
The ERA isn't gonna solve all
of these problems, but it will help.
650
00:36:30,856 --> 00:36:32,491
Moments ago,
651
00:36:32,557 --> 00:36:37,329
the Illinois General Assembly
ratified the ERA.
652
00:36:37,396 --> 00:36:40,098
[audience applauds]
653
00:36:41,767 --> 00:36:45,704
The amendment has now
been ratified by 36 states.
654
00:36:49,040 --> 00:36:53,178
A lot of people think the ERA
was introduced in the 70s,
655
00:36:53,245 --> 00:36:57,649
but, in fact, Alice Paul first
wrote the amendment in 1923.
656
00:36:57,716 --> 00:37:01,787
Women had just won the right to vote,
and detractors told her,
657
00:37:01,853 --> 00:37:04,823
"Well, the battle for equality is over."
658
00:37:04,890 --> 00:37:06,892
But Alice Paul fought on.
659
00:37:06,958 --> 00:37:10,429
She liked to quote an adage that
she'd learned from her mother, a farmer.
660
00:37:10,495 --> 00:37:13,865
"When you put your hand to the plow,
661
00:37:13,932 --> 00:37:17,335
you can't put it down
until you get to the end of the row."
662
00:37:21,873 --> 00:37:26,645
And so, like Alice Paul
and so many others before her
663
00:37:26,711 --> 00:37:28,713
who have fought for equality,
664
00:37:28,780 --> 00:37:31,316
tonight, we take one step forward.
665
00:37:31,383 --> 00:37:33,251
And know this.
666
00:37:33,318 --> 00:37:38,290
We will fight on, and we will take
one more step, and then one more.
667
00:37:38,356 --> 00:37:40,759
Because there is
too much work left to do.
668
00:37:40,826 --> 00:37:43,395
There is too much unfinished business.
669
00:37:43,462 --> 00:37:47,232
We will keep our hands to the plow,
because I ask you...
670
00:37:47,299 --> 00:37:49,568
If not us, who?
671
00:37:49,634 --> 00:37:52,237
If not now, when?
672
00:38:13,091 --> 00:38:16,361
He met with her earlier today,
pushed her to kill the vote.
673
00:38:16,428 --> 00:38:20,165
- [Rod] Hey, hey, fantastic. Great.
- [Kelly] Congratulations, ma'am.
674
00:38:20,232 --> 00:38:22,601
- [man] Wonderful. Well done.
- Thanks, honey.
675
00:38:22,667 --> 00:38:24,569
Excuse me a second. Dickie.
676
00:38:24,636 --> 00:38:26,505
- Ma'am.
- Can I speak with you a minute?
677
00:38:26,571 --> 00:38:30,542
I took a quick, unscientific poll.
Overwhelmingly favorable.
678
00:38:30,609 --> 00:38:32,611
- Well done.
- I'm glad you think so.
679
00:38:34,846 --> 00:38:37,649
So, you met with Christine Chambers.
680
00:38:39,417 --> 00:38:43,121
And you somehow convinced her to block
the ERA vote in the Florida Senate.
681
00:38:43,188 --> 00:38:44,956
I was doing my job.
682
00:38:45,023 --> 00:38:47,926
Your job is to help me
fight for what I believe in.
683
00:38:47,993 --> 00:38:51,563
No. My job is to keep you in office.
To protect you.
684
00:38:51,630 --> 00:38:54,132
- From what?
- Yourself.
685
00:38:56,735 --> 00:39:00,605
Next year, I plan to limit any
contributions to my reelection fund
686
00:39:00,672 --> 00:39:02,807
to $100 per person.
687
00:39:04,376 --> 00:39:07,279
And any stumping I do,
I'm gonna do from the Rose Garden.
688
00:39:07,345 --> 00:39:10,215
I'm gonna campaign
by doing my job, Dickie.
689
00:39:10,282 --> 00:39:13,785
And if that isn't enough
to get me a second term, so be it.
690
00:39:15,120 --> 00:39:18,123
It's a nice thought, ma'am,
but that's not how things work.
691
00:39:18,189 --> 00:39:21,960
- Not in this town.
- Your services are no longer required.
692
00:39:28,500 --> 00:39:30,635
It was a town hall meeting,
not a debate.
693
00:39:30,702 --> 00:39:33,438
Oh. Well, I guess if you're
gonna call us the winner,
694
00:39:33,505 --> 00:39:35,807
I can live with debate.
Where's it gonna be?
695
00:39:35,874 --> 00:39:38,743
- Top story above the fold?
- You hate reporters, don't you?
696
00:39:38,810 --> 00:39:39,811
I gotta go.
697
00:39:40,845 --> 00:39:42,981
I bet you got
some good material tonight.
698
00:39:43,048 --> 00:39:44,049
Absolutely.
699
00:39:44,115 --> 00:39:46,518
I want to thank you
for helping me land this gig.
700
00:39:46,585 --> 00:39:49,654
I didn't really do anything,
but you're welcome.
701
00:39:49,721 --> 00:39:52,857
You did a lot by not having
the Secret Service kick me to the curb.
702
00:39:52,924 --> 00:39:54,859
The thought did cross my mind.
703
00:39:54,926 --> 00:39:58,396
- [woman] There you are.
- Oh, hey. I wanted you two to meet.
704
00:39:58,463 --> 00:40:00,498
Kelly Ludlow, this is my wife, Chikako.
705
00:40:01,766 --> 00:40:03,868
Hello. Nice to meet you. Yeah.
706
00:40:05,870 --> 00:40:07,606
I'm sure the president needs me.
707
00:40:07,672 --> 00:40:10,508
- It was nice to meet you, Chikako.
- You, too.
708
00:40:10,575 --> 00:40:12,444
- See you tomorrow?
- Yeah.
709
00:40:14,112 --> 00:40:17,882
Oh, Kelly, did you hear about Dickie?
710
00:40:17,949 --> 00:40:20,819
- Huh? What?
- The president fired him.
711
00:40:20,885 --> 00:40:22,187
[door opening]
712
00:40:22,654 --> 00:40:28,593
- [crowd applauds]
- Thank you. Thank you. Jim.
713
00:40:31,096 --> 00:40:33,865
- Do we have to do this press thing now?
- Uh, yes.
714
00:40:33,932 --> 00:40:36,768
Ma'am, this may not be
the best time for this,
715
00:40:36,835 --> 00:40:39,671
but the other day
when we were talking...
716
00:40:39,738 --> 00:40:43,408
- Yes.
- Well, I just wanted you to know
717
00:40:43,475 --> 00:40:47,846
that I would be proud and honored to
be considered for the vice-presidency.
718
00:40:50,148 --> 00:40:51,216
OK.
719
00:40:51,282 --> 00:40:55,787
FEC filing on Monday, interviews
with finance chairs on Tuesday,
720
00:40:55,854 --> 00:40:57,789
press secretaries on Wednesday…
721
00:40:57,856 --> 00:41:03,361
I haven't felt this invigorated since,
gosh, the first Congressional campaign.
722
00:41:03,428 --> 00:41:07,298
Can we still pay your staff
in Chinese takeout?
723
00:41:07,365 --> 00:41:10,402
I've got messages from
every state party chair.
724
00:41:10,468 --> 00:41:12,470
Governors from New Hampshire, Iowa,
725
00:41:12,537 --> 00:41:14,839
South Carolina,
all requesting appearances.
726
00:41:14,906 --> 00:41:16,741
First stop should be Florida.
727
00:41:16,808 --> 00:41:20,912
Childhood home, red, white
and blue bunting, full brass band.
728
00:41:20,979 --> 00:41:23,415
You're gonna want it
for your first campaign spot.
729
00:41:23,481 --> 00:41:26,951
Aren't you in the wrong room,
young man?
730
00:41:28,086 --> 00:41:29,254
Am I?
731
00:41:31,189 --> 00:41:34,125
- [indistinct chatter]
- All right. Thank you, everyone.
732
00:41:34,192 --> 00:41:35,393
Thank you for coming.
733
00:41:35,460 --> 00:41:39,497
- Madam President? You need to see this.
- What?
734
00:41:41,666 --> 00:41:46,137
[crowd chants indistinctly]
735
00:41:49,708 --> 00:41:52,711
[crowd cheering]
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