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Previously on The West Wing:

They take all the Henrys, they do a thing

they call it War of the Roses.

I'm told by those that saw it in London, it's spectacular.

C.J. Cregg? Yeah.

I'm Special Agent Simon Donovan, Secret Service.

I agree, this is bad.

He leaked it to the press.

And I... take full responsibility.

Isn't Shareef supposed to be helping us

with intelligence out of Qumar?

He's not.

Are you telling me the Qumari defense minister

may have ordered an attack on the Golden Gate Bridge?

We're not ready to say.

Get ready to say.

MAN: First the money trail.

Under interrogation from the FBI

we've been able to follow up

on where Yossi received his materials and financing.

An account in Yossi's name

received a $105,000

wire transfer on the first of last month

at Seaside Trust in San Mateo, California.

Sir, the NSA Echelon shows the money originating

from an account at the Bank of Commercial Finance in Geneva.

The account balance totals a little over $18 million

and we've been able to determine

that the account was opened

with a transfer from Star of the Levant International.

Star of the Levant International is a dummy corporation

for Bank Al-Hassan.

That's where Colonel Lee takes over.

The controlling partner at Bank Al-Hassan

is Abdul ibn Shareef

minister of defense for the Sultanate of Qumar.

He's got to put everything

in a blind trust when he's elected.

The Qumari defense minister gets to own a bank?

Leo, I think you're going to find

that in any number of ways

minister of defense

is simply Mr. Shareef's day job.

Massive transfers of funds

within one to two weeks of terrorist attacks.

All the recipients being Bahji operatives.

$97,000 to the Kings Bank of Tunisia before the Embassy.

$65,000 to the Merchants Bank of the Saud one week

before the bombings

in the Marine barracks at Port of Alzoud.

It was Shareef who had three suspects

Yes, sir. He identified themt case.

as three top-ranking intelligence officers

and had them summarily executed.

So we couldn't question them?

There it is.

The bombs in Tunisia and Port of Alzoud

were made by the same source.

We've identified the bomb signatures:

ammonium nitrate and fuel oil, with a dynamite trigger.

There's the witness of the Chechnyan

the Russians have in custody.

There's Abdul Razi, Shareef's son-in-law

and there's the money trail.

( sighs )

You haven't got it.

Sir...

We want to ask the Justice Department

to indict the Qumari minister of defense.

We're saying he's a terror kingpin.

We're saying he's killed I don't know how many civilians

and how many of Tommy's Marines.

We're saying he's compromised

I don't know how many agents around the world

and we're saying he's done it

in the clothing of an ally.

This isn't a cave dweller.

This is Capone.

You haven't got it.

* Turn it up

* Turn it up

* Little bit higher

* Radio

* Turn it up

* Burn it up

* So you know

* Radio

* La, la, la-la, la-la-la

I don't know-- it's confusing.

There's Van Morrison.

She's doing a scene from Flashdance.

DONNA ( over phone ): All right, don't be frightened.

You sure?

Yeah.

Listen, I'm sending you to Bismarck, okay?

You got to go tomorrow and sit in on a DNC platform meeting

I'm sorry. where they're discussing...

Hang on a second. ...whether or not...

Did you just say you were sending me to Bismarck?

Yeah.

It's just overnight. North Dakota?

Am I being punished?

Just the opposite, my friend.

I'm being promoted?

I wouldn't go that far.

You're speaking for the White House.

The DNC's having a platform meeting

and North Dakota wants to have a plank

eliminating the word "North" from their name.

We take no state for granted.

We want to show North Dakota we care

so the White House is going to be represented.

You want to show North Dakota you care

and so you're sending me?

It's really

the very most we're willing to do.

I'll write a statement and you'll read it.

Okay.

What are you doing

at the office?

I forgot your stuff

for Congressman Pimento.

Pintero?

Yes.

I forgot I had that meeting.

How does a person get to Bismarck?

The Iditarod, Donna.

They have an airport.

It's the capital.

Are you coming here?

As soon as I get dressed.

Good-bye.

* Turn it up...

Buttercup...

( clears throat )

* Radio!

You getting enough iron in your diet?

You getting too much?

Exactly the right amount.

Sunday with my man.

Quite a bit of Sunday with your man.

What happened?

I have to meet

with Rick Pintero.

We set it up yesterday.

It's about reauthorization of the Welfare Reform Bill.

You're going to miss the Werner Fassbinder Festival.

And I'm pretty broken up

about that, but... and this is right in your wheelhouse.

Poor women are counting on me.

All women count on you, Josh.

We find you godlike.

I bought your birthday present already.

Why have I been dancing?

Nobody really knows.

Hey. Hey, Sam.

Thanks for doing this on Sunday.

Yeah.

How you feeling?

Fine.

She meant since the thing.

I screwed up. I've moved on.

Good, 'cause we've got something

we really want you to take to Bruno.

And Leo, too. It's legislative.

What is it?

What's the biggest single thing

the President can do for the environment?

Save the Everglades.

Largest subtropical wilderness in the lower 48.

They're obviously in serious trouble. What's the plan?

The President announces an $8 billion, 20-year plan

to restore the water flows

and bolster the wildlife population.

$8 billion? No sweat.

No. We know where the money comes from.

Where? Same place the pollution does.

The sugar industry. We end sugar subsidies

in the federal budget which adds up to $8 billion.

It's great for us, terrible for Ritchie

and suddenly Florida's in play.

And even if we don't win it

now he's got to spend time

he's go to spend money

campaigning in his own state.

Yeah. No, I'm not taking it to Bruno

but thanks for coming in.

Why? I'm sorry?

Why aren't you taking it to Bruno?

Because I like my job.

Sugar growers are

Ritchie's biggest supporters.

It'll look like we're taxing our enemies. It'll backfire.

Technically it's not a tax.

Thanks, guys!

( sighs )

Congressman.

Hey.

I'm sorry. I had it in my head

that we were doing this at your office.

No, we said here.

My assistant set me straight.

Come on back.

Good afternoon, Congressman.

Good afternoon.

I'm off to buy prairie gear.

It's a city. You've been there.

I'll call later.

You seem a little frazzled.

Ah, I just... we've been scheduled for a while

to go to a Catholic Charities fund-raiser in New York next week.

It's the Royal Shakespeare Company performing...

The Wars of the Roses.

Cathy and I saw it in London. It's fantastic.

It's like no Shakespeare you've ever seen.

There's music. They sing.

And that's great, but I've just been told

that Governor Ritchie is coming as well

so now it becomes a different thing and...

You've got to tell Toby Ziegler.

Yeah, but what do you got?

The 25 votes you need

to move the Working Toward Independence Act

out of committee.

How?

The President has

to agree to a compromise.

We can't cave on child care.

You're getting a billion more

in child care. A billion?

For a trade.

What?

We put in $300 million more

for marriage incentives and

we raise the work requirements to 38 hours a week.

The work requirement aside, the marriage incentives...

It's the only way.

Marriage incentives are terrible.

It's the only way.

All right, let me talk about it around here.

Okay.

Hey, you're going to love that show.

Yeah, I'm really... looking forward to it.

Thanks.

"I will do it again." Thanks.

PRESIDENT: I've been seeing a shrink, by the way.

I had trouble sleeping and Leo brought in the guy.

I feel ridiculous talking

out loud like this, but he said...

It doesn't matter.

I just can't believe it's been a year.

Anyway...

What is it?

It can wait till we get back.

What is it?

This isn't the place.

Leo.

Shareef had a meeting

with two Muslim clerics in Bechar.

We picked up the meeting

by aiming an IR laser beam

at the windows from 400 feet.

Three different Arabic experts

worked on the translation.

"The enemy imagines he is secure.

"The bridge did not fall.

"He looks down from his high-- or elevated-- place or places

"but our great victory is still assured.

There will be other moments..."

Meaning times, places or opportunities.

"I have brought him low.

I will do it again."

All right.

( engine starts )

TOBY: They can't be in the same room.

It elevates him, it diminishes us.

Yes.

Now he's one of two guys tossing a job application.

And it gives him access to a massive press corps.

How do we get out?

We'll look impolite, and we'll look chicken.

We could ask Ritchie not to go.

How does that work?

We ask politely.

We tell them the show's not very good

we don't think he's going to like it.

C.J.: Yes, yes, that's what we do.

We don't go. We pull out.

Better to look chicken

than to get broasted, my mother always says.

What's broasted?

I've never really known

but it's what they do to chickens.

What do you think?

I don't know.

You think we don't go, right?

Yeah.

All right, we don't go.

The President's going to have to call

the Archbishop.

I was looking forward to it.

What?

The show.

It's five hours

of King Henrys with musical interludes and a dinner break.

I think you should come to my house and perform it for me.

TOBY: We're done.

Sam...

Yeah?

I talked to Jane and Muriel this morning

and they said they came to you yesterday

with something about the Everglades

and you shut the door.

Yeah.

They seemed pretty excited about it.

You sure you don't want it?

You can look it over.

No... if you say so.

Okay.

This is ridiculous.

He's coming here. He's coming here!

Why the hell can't we arrest him when he steps off the plane?

It's a breach of diplomatic immunity.

It's our own Diplomatic Relations Act--

22 U.S.C. 254.

No foreign government... He doesn't need the citation...

At what point do you forfeit diplomatic status?

PRESIDENT: Fitz makes a reasonable point.

Doesn't it pretty much go without saying

that I revoked it

after he tried to blow up the Golden Gate Bridge?

It doesn't go without saying, Mr. President.

Now, immunity can be set aside.

It's possible, but it means making our case to the Sultan.

LEO: You can't do that.

We have no extradition treaty with Qumar.

Why the hell do we need...

He's coming here on his own.

He's delivering himself on a Lear jet.

It still means setting aside diplomatic immunity

which still means a conversation with the Sultan.

We can't talk to the Sultan, David.

Shareef is a member of the Royal family.

The Sultan's his brother.

We want to lock him up.

I don't think he's going to warm to it.

Plus, we're never going to see Shareef again.

There are things we could explore working under treaties

we signed with Great Britain when Qumar was a protectorate.

Qumar has historically rejected

this interpretation of international law...

That's fine.

It doesn't matter what they've historically rejected.

Shareef is coming here.

Have an answer for us by tomorrow, okay?

Fellas, this guy is going to stand trial in a U.S. court

and if we have to stick heroin on his plane to get him there

that's what we're going to do.

Agent 99.

Good morning.

I want you to tell me right now, this second

what are you people doing to catch the guy?

We're doing all the things that we do.

You know, I haven't been happy

with any of your answers to any of my questions.

Well, you've done a pretty good job

concealing your dissatisfaction so far.

Simon...

The OPR, after examining your hard drive

has determined that he or she

attached a virus to the e-mails that were sent to you.

It's called a Trojan horse application

and once installed

allows the perpetrator to record all of your inputs.

He's been reading my e-mails.

That's how he knew where you were shopping.

You traded e-mails with Hogan.

He knew I was shopping?

He was there.

How do you know?

He thought you looked good

in the black Vera Wang.

I don't want to know about this.

That's why I don't tell you.

You just did.

You asked me.

So the one time you answer a question of mine...

Are you going to your gym tonight?

What? Are you working out?

I thought you said you want to have "gin" tonight.

No.

I can't go to my gym--

my gym's flooded.

How about the White House gym?

It closes at 7:00.

You could use ours. It's just a couple blocks.

Is it a good gym?

Yes, it's a...

We run alongside moving cars.

You don't have to get snobby about it.

Would you like to use our gym?

Yes, thank you.

Good morning.

PRESIDENT: It should be a showcase.

He should have the best lawyers in the world.

We got to make sure he lands at Dulles and not BWI.

Why?

'Cause that's the court that will have jurisdiction.

The law cracks me up.

I know.

What else?

Josh met with Rick Pintero yesterday

on the Working Toward Independence Act.

You suppose that could be any more patronizingly named?

I think when we're talking welfare

that ship's pretty much sailed.

What do they want me to eat?

300 million for marriage incentives.

Ah, the marriage incentives.

What a bunch of horse manure.

I agree.

Is marriage really something that should be incentivized?

And where the hell are all the small government conservatives

when we're talking about Washington

getting into the yenta business?

Yes.

You think we should do it?

Let's swallow the pill.

Our own caucus won't discuss it

and it does more good than harm.

Marriage incentives.

Used to be all you had to have was a decent dental practice.

I don't understand. You didn't grow up in the Catskills, yet...

I'm erudite.

Yes. Let's do it.

Thank you, Mr. President.

Charlie...

Yes, sir.

I appreciated you coming out

to the cemetery with me yesterday.

Yes, sir.

So, it's been a year.

Why don't you organize the search, you know

for a new Executive Secretary?

Yes, sir, absolutely.

I may not like the first couple of candidates.

It may take a while.

No, I don't imagine

we're actually going to hire somebody, sir

but this is a step in the right direction.

Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. President.

DONNA: "Eliminating the term 'north'

"from North Dakota is an important state issue

"and the President feels it should be resolved

"on a state level.

"While the President is sympathetic toward the cause

"and understands the large economic ramifications

"of this name change

"he feels the issue is not yet ripe for national attention.

"The President wishes you well in your endeavors

and thanks you for your support."

Uh, Miss Moss?

Are you aware that studies clearly show the word "north"

leaves the impression that this state is cold, snowy and flat

significantly depressing tourism

and business startup?

With due respect, sir

your average temperature is seven degrees.

Your average snowfall: 42 inches

and a name change isn't going to take care of that.

WOMAN: We enjoy roughly the same climate as South Dakota.

We took in 73.7 million in tourism revenue last year.

They took in 1.2 billion.

They have the word "south."

Also Mount Rushmore.

MAN: Miss, is the White House behind this or not?

Please, let me be clear again.

I have very narrow parameters

in terms of representing the position of the White House.

I'm an assistant to Josh Lyman

and I was sent here to read a statement.

( Van Morrison singing "Caravan" )

* And the caravan is on its way *

* I can hear the merry Gypsy play... *

( knock on door )

* Mama, Mama, I love you down the road... *

Hey.

* She's out playin' with her radio... *

Something smells great.

There's going to be stew.

It's ready? We can eat it?

I'm cooking it for the fourth time.

The beef is well done?

Burnt.

The peas? Baby peas.

Carrots? Soft.

Potatoes? Cubed.

Gravy? Well spiced, much like myself.

Oh, this is going to be a good night.

My woman, a fine stew

and a Mets game on national TV.

You see how I slipped that last one in?

I saw.

You listening to Van Morrison again?

It's the radio.

You never said how the meeting with Pintero went.

Well... uh, good.

They're going to vote it out of committee?

Yeah, in fact, we're getting another billion for child care.

What do you have to give the Republicans

for a billion dollars?

300 million for marriage incentives.

You mean like subscriptions to Bride & Groom Magazine?

No. The marriage incentives are a series...

I know what the marriage incentives are.

Let's not do this now.

Cash bonuses to moms on welfare who marry the child's father--

canceling out child support debts if the parents...

You know what? Every single study, every one

shows that kids do better in two-parent houses.

Kids are better off if they're raised by parents who love them.

Your solution is loveless.

It's not my solution.

Does my government really believe

that the law can create a family?

Do these old fat-ass men

really believe that if they just pay people to act like

Leave It to Beaver, everything will be fine?

Did you really think the person in my job was going to sit?

This is about collecting votes from white men.

Amy, if we don't get elected, I promise you

President Ritchie is going to have a lot less sympathy

for your agenda.

This bill isn't going to pass.

Yes, it is. It's locked up.

I have the American Children's Alliance behind it. Not for long.

It's me, Scott. Everyone who is

in the office should stay there.

I need Legislative Affairs

to put together a meeting with Regina King.

And we're back to work.

Start shooting calls tonight

to the Congressional Women's Caucus...

the CRA and all of Matty's people.

Marriage incentives

are in the welfare reauthorization

and its committee.

Hold on.

Can you call Robinson?

Yeah, it's Josh.

The Secretary of Labor's in Chicago...

Tell him I'm calling in the I.O.U. on prenatal health care.

Hold on.

I'm sorry, honey, that was an accident.

There's a pay phone on the corner.

Although it's been out of order for a little while.

Let's get Kate Feldon with the Society of Business Women.

She's spinning right now, so keep trying.

I'm on my way. Let's get to work.

Put Janeane on the phone, I'll hold.

Janeane it's me.

Let's suit up.

to reexamine our economy and mindset

and develop strategies

to maximize our state's strengths and resources

to generate new business.

The key strategy being

to remove the negative image of the state

by establishing a more inviting state name-- Dakota.

Okay, we'll adjourn for the night

and pick this up tomorrow morning at 8:00 A.M.

Thank you, everyone.

You did very well.

Oh, thank you.

I just read what I was given.

No, you answered the questions with a lot of poise.

Well, thank you.

Speaking of questions

how's my old friend Sam Seaborn doing?

Fine. I'll let him know you asked.

I meant since the videotape.

Fine.

So I shouldn't be reading

anything into the fact

that they sent you and not him?

Oh, God, no, Mr. Chairman...

Harry.

I'm sorry if this sounds insulting, but...

It's not on Seaborn's radar screen.

I'm a senior assistant, he's a senior counselor.

The difference between me and Sam

is the difference between me and the starting second baseman

for the Yankees.

He just took one in the teeth, that's all.

All right. Tell him Harry Conroy says get up off the dirt.

Yes, sir.

( gunshots )

You guys have a shooting range here?

Yeah. How was the workout?

Good.

Home?

Let me try one of those.

One of what?

A gun.

Shooting?

Yeah, let me see what all the fuss is about.

Have you ever shot a gun before?

Yeah. What kind?

Well, I haven't shot one as much as I've seen

others shoot them in the movies.

You guys use bull's-eyes?

Yeah.

I thought you'd use those little outlines of people.

We have those, too.

'Cause I'm thinking if someone's coming for you

they probably don't have a bull's-eye on them.

They do if I'm guarding you.

Tough talk. I like that.

Give me your gun.

Let me get you a .25 caliber.

What's wrong with yours?

It's a .357 Magnum.

I've heard of that. That's a good brand.

Yes.

Let's go. I'm feeling twitchy.

That's good news for me.

Don't come close to pointing it at me.

This is cool.

I'm going to stand behind you

and hold your shoulder.

I don't need training wheels.

Okay.

Be careful.

That .357's got a bit of a kick.

That thing practically broke my arm.

Yeah.

I've been wrong about guns.

Just hand these out to the criminals.

Want to go home now?

What do you got?

I'm sorry?

Marksmanship-wise.

I can fire a gun without falling down

if that's what you mean.

Show me what you got. I'll tell you what.

I'll make it interesting for you.

Get five bullets.

If you can't land any in the middle

then I get to drive my car.

Well, I think that makes it interesting for you.

Come on. One dead center

I never bother you about it again.

Okay.

Okay.

Plus... What?

You have to say something nice to me.

Something nice to you?

Yeah.

Okay.

All right.

Wait. That was a trick.

You must know you can do it. Put three in the middle.

Three?

Three out of five.

You want to back out?

No. I'm just worried about what I'm going to do

with the other two.

I'll be working against muscle memory.

Look, if you want to back out...

Wow.

That's what I call dead center.

What happened to the other two bullets?

What do you mean?

There were five bullets

and I don't believe it.

Three dead center.

How do you shoot like that?

They give us lessons.

I don't believe it.

Well?

Yes. Yes.

I like that you're tall.

You do?

Makes me feel more feminine.

I'm going to go change.

Hot, hot, hot!

SAM: Come in.

Excuse me.

Hi.

You got a minute?

What do you need?

The President's ready to hire a lead secretary.

That's good.

He asked me to start putting together a search.

I thought about Elizabeth Etcheberry

but the German accent.

And then Beverly Casey's been secretary to two ambassadors.

Sue Po, who worked for the head of the OPM.

Jerry Walters-- but I don't think

he's going to be comfortable with a man.

You'll find somebody.

How you been?

Fine. Okay.

If you think of anybody in the middle of the night.

Yeah.

Hey.

We spent millions of dollars

developing a pen for the astronauts

that would work in zero gravity.

Know what the Russians did?

They used a pencil?

They used a pencil.

What do you need?

We're actually here separately.

This is a coincidence.

Okay.

We're going to have to move faster

on the welfare bill.

Yesterday you told me we were fine.

We are fine, but women's groups

will have their day in the sun.

Women's groups?

One particular women's group for sure.

Josh, is there nothing you can do to tame that woman?

Hey...

How scared should I be?

Not at all.

I'm just saying...

It's going to be fine? Yeah.

It's a body blow if we lose the floor vote.

We won't lose the floor vote.

You?

The President needs to call the Archbishop

and tell him he can't be at the fund-raiser.

I know.

He needs a reason.

We can use the same thing

we were going to use with Chigorin

to get out of Helsinki.

That's exactly what we do.

No, it takes care...

We get the leadership to schedule the welfare vote

for next week on the day we're supposed

to be in New York.

We can't go 'cause we got to work the votes

and the early vote gives Amy no time to mobilize.

Done.

This is good.

Toby, an encouraging word from you to Sam

wouldn't be totally out of line.

Sam doesn't need to be patronized.

He'll shake it off.

It'd make him feel better.

I don't want him feeling better.

I want him feeling mad.

Is there anyone you'd rather have as a blood enemy

less than Sam?

That's how I want him.

You know it was a screwup

but I got to say I love the way he did it-- full speed, bam.

Like there's a Sam Seaborn-shaped hole in the wall.

They've got something for us.

Who?

Excuse me.

Did we solve immunity?

Sir...

Yes, sir. Did we solve it?

But it doesn't matter.

Why?

The judge would throw out the case.

The entire chain of evidence leading us to Shareef

originates with the testimony of the Chechnyan prisoner.

Yeah.

His testimony was reached

after prolonged physical abuse by Russian soldiers.

He was tortured?

Yes, sir.

Well, I'm no lawyer

but I'm pretty sure that's inadmissible.

Yes, sir.

We'll come up with a less aggressive way of...

We'll cancel his trip here, obviously

but we'll come up with something.

That's the ball game.

This is always when you say something.

Nah.

Nah.

Have you changed shampoo?

You have, I can tell.

'Cause your hair seems bouncy and more manageable.

I like to look good for you.

Well, I appreciate it.

Can you tell when it's peacetime and wartime anymore?

No.

I don't know who the world's leading expert on warfare is

but any list of the top has got to include me

and I can't tell when it's peacetime and wartime anymore.

Look, international law has always recognized

certain protected persons who you couldn't attack.

It's been this way since the Romans.

In peacetime.

Yes.

The Battle of Agincourt

this was the French fighting against the British archers

this was like a polo match.

The battles were observed by heralds

and they picked the winners.

And if a soldier laid down his arms

he was treated humanely.

Yeah.

And the international laws that you're talking about

this is where a lot of them were written.

At a time in a place where a person could tell

between peacetime and wartime.

The idea of targeting one person was ridiculous.

It wouldn't have occurred to the French

to try to kill William Pitt.

That all changed after Pearl Harbor.

I don't like where this conversation's going. Leo.

In the situation room, Fitz?

We killed Yamamoto, we shot down his plane.

We declared war.

If Dietrich Bonhoeffer had been successful...

And the plot to kill Hitler was an internal rebellion.

...there would've been statues built of an assassin.

We'd have had to explain that to our kids.

I'm going to get back to the office.

We measure the success of a mission by two things:

Was it successful and how few civilians did we hurt.

They measure success by how many.

Pregnant women are delivering bombs.

You're talking to me about international laws?

The laws of nature don't even apply here.

I've been a soldier for 38 years.

And I found an enemy I can kill.

He can't cancel Shareef's trip, Leo.

You've got to tell him, he can't cancel it.

Hey.

Excuse me, I'm looking for Josh Lyman.

Do you happen to know...

They're getting telegrams two to one against.

I just met with two Congressmen.

Amy got it going in 24 hours.

Two to one against.

Yeah, I'm not talking about just a couple either.

It'll be all right.

Excuse me, Sam.

Hey.

You just got back from someplace, right?

Bismarck.

DNC platform hearings on dropping North.

Just from the state, right?

Not the compass. Yeah.

The chairman was a guy named Harry Conroy.

Yes.

He said tell Sam Harry Conroy says get up off the dirt.

I am up off the dirt.

Okay. I am.

Hey. How you doing?

You got a second?

Actually I'm crashing a deadline.

I was going to pick your spirits up.

My spirits are up.

'Cause I can do magic. Really?

Excuse me. Hey.

Can I get the room for a minute?

Come see me about that magic.

Will do.

The first election I ever worked, you know

was Bronx Borough President.

There were some questions about my guy's tax returns

so we called a press conference.

It was 104 degrees that day on Bronx Boulevard.

And I thought with a tax thing, the shorter the better

so I turned off the air-conditioning.

Did the press end it fast?

Not the press so much as the candidate fainting.

Well, you changed the story.

Yeah.

I don't even think I ended up voting for him.

Now, your screwup was worse and on a much bigger stage.

I'm fine.

Yeah?

'Cause this is no time for the starters to be on the bench.

Yeah.

All right.

I read the Everglades pitch from Muriel and Jane.

You're right, it's probably a pass.

No, that's the memo I'm writing now; I don't think so.

I think anything tactical makes us look bad.

Well, we should get used to it.

We go on TV, we do a better job selling it

than the other guy.

And we win the bigger argument

which is Ritchie is with Florida's special interests.

And we do it right, we've forced him into defending polluters.

I think Jane and Muriel are right.

I also think it's the right thing to do.

Ginger? Yeah.

I'm printing this now. You'll get it out?

Yeah.

All right. Thanks, though.

Sam. Yeah.

You're still mad, right?

CHARLIE: Well, she needs the skills.

110 words a minute.

And discretion, obviously.

A willingness to put this first no matter what.

But there's an X-factor, right? Yes.

What is it? It's unknown.

I think that's why it's called an X-factor. Yes.

An intangible... I've got the lady.

I've got the lady. Hmm?

I know who the lady's going to be.

I've got the lady.

Josh, what the hell did you do to this welfare vote?

Well, we scheduled it for Wednesday night.

Why? Two reasons, sir.

The first was to get you out of

the Catholic Charities event in New York.

I'm going to that.

Governor Ritchie's accepted an invitation.

I know. Sir, none of us thought it was a very good idea...

The fund-raiser was my idea.

I've known the Archbishop for 20 years

and I'm not playing politics with the church.

Did anyone want to ask me about this?

You've got me running a vote

from the mezzanine floor of a Broadway theater.

Where are we in the vote?

Well, to be honest, we're slipping a little bit.

We are. Yes, sir.

Why? The women's groups are raising...

True or false, Josh:

my life would be better right now

if you and your girlfriend swapped jobs.

Why is it for every good thing you do around here

we've got to endure three screwups?

Well, I'm sorry about the...

Sorry doesn't get me 218.

It doesn't get back the ad that slipped through your office

any more than it gets back tobacco

which you gave away for lunch money.

And why the hell don't you know

what Ritchie's commitments are

before you get anywhere near my schedule?

I've got the Presidential Box at a cattle call.

Win the damn vote.

Yes, sir.

We've got a G-8 briefing.

Thank you, Mr. President.

C.J.: That was a fun party. I wish you'd come inside.

SIMON: I wish you'd let me use the car.

It's two blocks.

That's not the point.

You're not big on fun, are you?

Me? Yeah.

I'm nothing but fun.

What are you doing wrong right now?

Walking on the wrong side of you.

Yes.

We couldn't just be two people

who are walking home at the end of the night?

We are.

You know, you told me a few days ago

that you were at Rosslyn and I never said anything.

I should've said something.

Nah.

What was your, um, what was your job right then?

To take the shooters down.

I guess I figured.

I had a pretty good angle on the left, which was Ray Beckwith.

Which one was Beckwith? I get them mixed up.

The 15-year-old.

Did you hit him?

A lot of people shooting at him.

Yeah, I hit him.

I know I did. I killed him.

See?

And you said I can't be fun.

I just like your smile is all.

I wouldn't mind seeing it more.

I can't...

No, yeah, no... You know I can't.

I was just, you're right, 'cause walking in these heels...

Aren't you supposed to be walking in front of me anyway.

In a crowded place, but... We feel free to take chances.

I'll walk in front. Forget it, I'm home.

Look... Can we drop it?

Sure.

I'd just like to say...

I say can we drop it, you say sure

and then we don't drop it.

Okay.

This is Thayer, four past midnight.

I've got Flamingo from Donovan.

All right. Take it easy, Pam.

Good night, boss.

Ready?

Yes.

It's got to be costing you an awful lot of PAC money.

You didn't want to come up?

It's after midnight; they wouldn't let me up.

We were working late.

Yes, you are.

You know, for every vote on the left you grab

I got to get one on the right.

You know what that does to the bill?

Yeah, so we've been phone-banking the Bible Belt

telling them how weak the abstinence provisions are.

I've seen you level hotel ballrooms

screaming about how ridiculous abstinence is.

I don't want to sleep with these guys, I just want their vote.

Amy, when these things are over and we win

you know whose job it is to pay a visit

to the people who weren't with us?

What happened?

Nothing.

You just threatened me, honey. What happened?

I'm saying that just 'cause you have Sherry Lansing's platinum card

doesn't mean you go toe- to-toe with the people... Josh.

who are writing the Federal budget when they need you.

You're going to put the women's movement out of business?

There's a bigger picture.

There's an election in November

and you are a player in a political party.

If you win by selling out the party who cares who wins?

"Jed Bartlet: Not quite as mean-spirited as the other guy."

Doesn't really send me running to my polling place.

All right.

Are you coming over?

I have to go back to the office.

We ought to be able to talk about this.

Yeah.

( clock ticking )

( knocking )

Mr. President.

What are you doing here? It's 1:00 in the morning.

I called over to the residence.

They said you were in the office.

You were home? Yeah.

Hey, by the way

I signed off on canceling the trip.

I signed off on setting the vote.

You came over here to stand in front of Josh?

No.

It's almost 8:00 a.m. in Qumar.

You shouldn't cancel the trip.

You should tell me to call the State Department. Why?

What are the alternatives?

What are you... What are the alternatives?

Are we going to attack Qumar?

Maybe. Now?

We can kill all the armed teenagers we want

we still won't have Shareef.

Let's get some more intelligence

let's get some more counsel.

More counsel is going to help me violate international law.

It's pretty easy to say this is a war scenario.

It's pretty easy to say anything is a war scenario.

This is... The war on poverty.

This is... It's a slippery slope.

Stop it.

What?

Just stop it already.

This is the most horrifying part of your liberalism.

You think there are moral absolutes.

There are moral absolutes.

Apparently not.

He's killed innocent people.

He'll kill more, so we have to end him.

The village idiot comes to that conclusion

before the Nobel Laureate.

Il Principe has justified every act of oppression...

This is justified. This is required.

Says who? Says me, Mr. President.

You want to go ask some more people, they'll says so, too.

Well, a mob mentality's just what... Not a mob.

Just you. Right now.

This decision.

Which by the way is one of self-defense.

Let Shareef come here and we have options.

Cancel the trip and we have none.

That's all we're talking about right now.

There are moral absolutes.

Make the call.

Thank you, Mr. President.