1 00:00:05,809 --> 00:00:07,137 Previously on The West Wing: 2 00:00:07,310 --> 00:00:10,808 You understand you're looking at possible injury to separation of powers. 3 00:00:11,021 --> 00:00:14,804 They're balloon animals. My nephews like them, so I got someone to teach me. 4 00:00:15,024 --> 00:00:16,980 - Are they abstract? - I'm a beginner. 5 00:00:17,192 --> 00:00:20,441 He's killed innocent people. He'll kill more, we have to end him. 6 00:00:20,611 --> 00:00:23,315 - Says who? - Says me, Mr. President. 7 00:00:23,488 --> 00:00:26,108 You wanna go ask some more people, they'll say so too. 8 00:00:31,618 --> 00:00:33,278 This is a little humiliating. 9 00:00:33,453 --> 00:00:35,943 It wasn't a discussion to have in front of the group. 10 00:00:36,121 --> 00:00:38,244 You're right about that, and I apologize. 11 00:00:38,415 --> 00:00:39,743 Do you accept? 12 00:00:39,916 --> 00:00:41,991 I think she was apologizing to you, senator. 13 00:00:42,167 --> 00:00:43,542 - I was. - I'd accept. 14 00:00:43,752 --> 00:00:47,700 I believe in this case, on this point, you're the servant of two masters. 15 00:00:47,879 --> 00:00:50,998 As sexy as that possibility sounds, it's just not true, Susan. 16 00:00:51,173 --> 00:00:55,549 The relationships with Josh Lyman, C.J. Cregg, the first lady, with the president. 17 00:00:55,718 --> 00:00:59,252 Can we return to the issue at hand? I'm going out of my mind with you two. 18 00:00:59,429 --> 00:01:01,754 You should call for funding of needle exchange... 19 00:01:01,931 --> 00:01:04,468 ...in the cities with the highest incidence of AIDS. 20 00:01:04,641 --> 00:01:06,929 - Ritchie has given you a perfect opening. - When? 21 00:01:07,101 --> 00:01:10,433 Right now. At the AMA. We've got an advance copy of the text. 22 00:01:10,645 --> 00:01:12,554 That's what we were arguing about. 23 00:01:12,980 --> 00:01:15,305 - What does he say? -"We ought to begin and end... 24 00:01:15,482 --> 00:01:19,063 ...with abstinence. We ought to begin and end with personal responsibility. 25 00:01:19,234 --> 00:01:22,982 I am appalled by inner-city programs that hand out clean needles to junkies... 26 00:01:23,154 --> 00:01:25,560 ...and dope-doers in the name of AIDS prevention... 27 00:01:25,739 --> 00:01:28,774 ...and I will fight for a national law to end them." 28 00:01:29,158 --> 00:01:30,651 Amy? 29 00:01:30,826 --> 00:01:33,826 It's baiting the hook. That's why they sent an advance copy. 30 00:01:33,994 --> 00:01:38,157 Yeah. But didn't I get in it to talk about things like this? Why not take the bait? 31 00:01:38,331 --> 00:01:39,706 The bait's for the president. 32 00:01:39,873 --> 00:01:42,542 Ritchie wants you to respond so the president has to. 33 00:01:42,709 --> 00:01:45,744 I thought the aim was to discuss issues that aren't discussed... 34 00:01:45,919 --> 00:01:47,911 ...not run pass blocking for the president. 35 00:01:48,087 --> 00:01:52,380 I feel like Susan has a point. It's an opportunity to get into debate about it. 36 00:01:52,590 --> 00:01:54,250 If it was just me nobody'd listen. 37 00:01:54,425 --> 00:01:57,674 Why do you think the Committee to Re-elect needs us to protect them? 38 00:01:57,844 --> 00:01:59,919 And if Ritchie's strategy is what you say... 39 00:02:00,096 --> 00:02:02,502 ...won't Josh Lyman figure it out in five minutes? 40 00:02:02,722 --> 00:02:04,549 It'll take his assistant five minutes. 41 00:02:04,724 --> 00:02:06,550 - It'll take Josh half that. - Really? 44 00:02:13,396 --> 00:02:15,721 You have a three run lead, just throw strikes. 45 00:02:15,898 --> 00:02:18,056 - I mean, my God. - Honestly. 46 00:02:18,233 --> 00:02:19,691 - Yes. - You wanna see the wires? 47 00:02:19,859 --> 00:02:23,144 I'll tell you something else. With a scoring threat on first... 48 00:02:23,320 --> 00:02:25,691 ...and a batter who'll be intentionally passed... 49 00:02:25,905 --> 00:02:29,522 ...why not just pitch out four times? - It makes me nutsy. 50 00:02:29,699 --> 00:02:32,106 - What are the wires? - The standoff in lowa... 51 00:02:32,284 --> 00:02:34,988 ...the final recommendation from the Debate Commission... 52 00:02:35,161 --> 00:02:36,869 ...and Ritchie to the AMA. 53 00:02:37,079 --> 00:02:39,285 - Give me the AMA. - And you have senior staff. 54 00:02:39,456 --> 00:02:42,906 You know, there comes a day in every man's life, and it's a hard day... 55 00:02:43,083 --> 00:02:47,246 ...but there comes a day when he realizes he'll never play professional baseball. 56 00:02:47,461 --> 00:02:50,165 - You're just having that day today? - Yes, I am. 57 00:02:50,380 --> 00:02:52,917 You understand you're gonna walk the guy anyway... 58 00:02:53,090 --> 00:02:56,126 ...you'll throw four balls, why not just...? - Pitch out? 59 00:02:56,343 --> 00:02:59,046 Yeah, why not just...? You know, to... 60 00:02:59,219 --> 00:03:01,093 ...catch the runner. 61 00:03:01,930 --> 00:03:03,673 What is it? 62 00:03:10,519 --> 00:03:13,768 I know how Ritchie's gonna win this election. 63 00:04:02,638 --> 00:04:07,014 Red Mass, Red Mass, Red Mass, you say. Red Mass is at... 64 00:04:07,183 --> 00:04:09,851 Right, 10:00 at the Shrine of the lmmaculate Conception. 65 00:04:11,519 --> 00:04:14,519 Also what they called my college dorm. But seriously. Katie? 66 00:04:14,688 --> 00:04:18,387 When do you think the debate issue will be settled? Then I have a follow-up. 67 00:04:18,566 --> 00:04:21,186 The president believes in debates. The more the better. 68 00:04:21,359 --> 00:04:25,142 He asked for five, Ritchie asked for two. The president said,"How about four?" 69 00:04:25,320 --> 00:04:28,320 Ritchie said,"Two." We're waiting to hear from the commission. 70 00:04:28,489 --> 00:04:31,489 The follow up is,"What would be considered a debate win?" 71 00:04:31,658 --> 00:04:34,658 At this point, participating in one would be a victory. 72 00:04:34,827 --> 00:04:36,368 I want to ask the same question. 73 00:04:36,536 --> 00:04:38,575 - Which was? - What would be a victory? 74 00:04:38,746 --> 00:04:40,288 - 270 electoral votes. - Seriously. 75 00:04:40,456 --> 00:04:43,989 Seriously. We'll be heading to Rock Creek Park at 2:30. Thank you. 76 00:04:45,751 --> 00:04:47,873 I know how Ritchie's gonna win this election. 77 00:04:48,044 --> 00:04:49,704 So do I. What's your way? 78 00:04:49,879 --> 00:04:52,547 Overcoming perversely low expectations. What's your way? 79 00:04:52,714 --> 00:04:54,920 Making the president run Stackhouse's campaign. 80 00:04:55,091 --> 00:04:57,166 - What happened? - We're going to the meeting. 81 00:04:57,384 --> 00:04:58,759 - Treasury scored it? - Yes. 82 00:04:58,927 --> 00:05:01,880 - OMB says it's revenue neutral? - Yes. 83 00:05:02,054 --> 00:05:05,671 - NEC, DPC, the advisors? - Yes, sir. 84 00:05:05,848 --> 00:05:07,804 - Joint Tax on the Hill? - Yes. 85 00:05:07,974 --> 00:05:11,342 All right. All right. Let's line up validators. 86 00:05:11,518 --> 00:05:12,846 - Good. - Sir? 87 00:05:13,019 --> 00:05:15,592 - Yeah? - Toby, Josh, Merry Christmas. 88 00:05:15,771 --> 00:05:19,222 - He says let's line up the validators. - And update our r�sum�s. 89 00:05:19,399 --> 00:05:21,557 - Sam, that'll be you, okay? - Yeah. 90 00:05:21,734 --> 00:05:24,568 - I can do it. - Stay on debate prep. 91 00:05:25,903 --> 00:05:27,527 What? You're doing the face. 92 00:05:27,696 --> 00:05:31,029 Needle exchange, in a speech to the AMA. 93 00:05:31,199 --> 00:05:33,903 "We ought to begin and end with abstinence. 94 00:05:34,117 --> 00:05:36,786 We ought to begin and end with personal responsibility." 95 00:05:36,953 --> 00:05:41,328 I'd like someone to ask him if he's aware that needle exchange costs $9000... 96 00:05:41,497 --> 00:05:44,166 ...for every infection stopped. 97 00:05:44,333 --> 00:05:47,997 Treating someone with HIV costs 200,000. I'd like someone to ask that. 98 00:05:48,169 --> 00:05:51,003 I'd like someone to ask him where the responsibility was... 99 00:05:51,171 --> 00:05:54,918 ...in paraphernalia laws that made it illegal to buy or carry a syringe... 100 00:05:55,090 --> 00:05:58,256 ...which is why addicts share infected needles in the first place. 101 00:05:58,426 --> 00:06:00,216 I'd like someone to ask him that too. 102 00:06:00,385 --> 00:06:02,045 - All done? - For the moment. 103 00:06:02,262 --> 00:06:04,834 It's really only an issue if Stackhouse responds. 104 00:06:06,223 --> 00:06:09,009 - But if he does... - Will he? 105 00:06:09,767 --> 00:06:11,474 - I don't know. - Will he? 106 00:06:11,685 --> 00:06:14,092 I don't know. If he does, we can't come out for it. 107 00:06:14,270 --> 00:06:16,392 Bruno thinks we'll put three states in play. 108 00:06:16,563 --> 00:06:18,223 - Ohio, Michigan...? - And Maine. 109 00:06:18,398 --> 00:06:20,970 They're iffy about me in Maine. I don't know why. 110 00:06:21,150 --> 00:06:24,648 It's a mystery, sir. You can't come out against either, you'll alienate... 111 00:06:24,819 --> 00:06:26,312 - Heroin addicts? - Liberals. 112 00:06:26,528 --> 00:06:29,232 Whatever. Let's worry about if Stackhouse does something. 113 00:06:29,405 --> 00:06:31,113 Okay, but then I'll be very worried. 114 00:06:31,323 --> 00:06:32,947 Anything else? 115 00:06:33,116 --> 00:06:35,606 - Thank you, Mr. President. - Thank you. 116 00:06:37,953 --> 00:06:41,783 I'd like someone to ask him about responsibility in cutting drug treatment... 117 00:06:41,955 --> 00:06:43,947 ...that would eliminate needle-related HIV. 118 00:06:44,124 --> 00:06:47,823 Half of all people who get infected by HIV get infected by the needle. 119 00:06:48,001 --> 00:06:51,784 I'd like someone to ask how he thinks the personal responsibility plan's going. 120 00:06:51,962 --> 00:06:53,789 Sure, but let's talk about the debates. 121 00:06:53,964 --> 00:06:56,454 When you say we want five debates, say what they are. 122 00:06:56,632 --> 00:07:01,625 Economy, foreign policy, global threats and national security, the environment... 123 00:07:01,802 --> 00:07:05,419 ...and one on family life, including health care, education and retirement. 124 00:07:05,597 --> 00:07:08,632 There should be one on parts of speech and sentence structure. 125 00:07:08,807 --> 00:07:12,009 - And one on fractions. - Is there any chance I'll get to speak... 126 00:07:12,184 --> 00:07:15,268 ...in this conversation, or are you just writing out loud? 127 00:07:15,687 --> 00:07:17,264 I didn't even know you were here. 128 00:07:17,438 --> 00:07:21,648 Toby, I'm absolutely terrified we're gonna lose the expectations game. 129 00:07:21,816 --> 00:07:25,018 You can't believe how often they ask: "What would be a debate win?" 130 00:07:25,193 --> 00:07:28,359 At this point I feel like if... And only if Ritchie accidentally... 131 00:07:28,529 --> 00:07:32,360 ...lights his podium on fire, does the president have a fighting chance. 132 00:07:32,573 --> 00:07:34,565 - I disagree. - Disagree, but I'm right. 133 00:07:34,742 --> 00:07:38,110 These two men on stage answering questions, that's the ball game. 134 00:07:38,327 --> 00:07:42,110 If the thing is he can't tie his shoes and it turns out he can, that's the game. 135 00:07:42,288 --> 00:07:45,324 - I believe he needs to do more than that. - Not much more. 136 00:07:45,499 --> 00:07:49,033 - What are you doing tomorrow? - I'm going bike riding, as a matter of fact. 137 00:07:49,210 --> 00:07:52,412 Then I'm meeting friends for lunch, then I'm having my nails done. 138 00:07:52,587 --> 00:07:55,706 That sounds great, if only you were actually doing those things. 139 00:07:55,881 --> 00:07:58,253 - Yeah, yeah. What? - Teddy Tomba. 140 00:07:58,425 --> 00:07:59,883 - What about him? - Well... 141 00:08:00,051 --> 00:08:04,795 ...he has millions of followers worldwide, has a $20-billion empire... 142 00:08:04,971 --> 00:08:07,176 ...of self-help seminars... - I know who he is. 143 00:08:07,347 --> 00:08:09,386 ...workbooks, board games. - Seminars? 144 00:08:09,557 --> 00:08:13,139 Capital Sheraton, tomorrow morning, 10 a.m. Your registration's prepaid. 145 00:08:13,310 --> 00:08:15,053 - Why? - We're efficient. 146 00:08:15,228 --> 00:08:16,971 Why am I going? 147 00:08:17,146 --> 00:08:19,553 He's consulted for Ritchie in the last few weeks... 148 00:08:19,731 --> 00:08:22,221 ...and I'd like that to be embarrassing for Ritchie. 149 00:08:22,399 --> 00:08:23,727 - Really? - Yes. 150 00:08:23,900 --> 00:08:26,521 That lacks a certain nobility of purpose, doesn't it? 151 00:08:26,944 --> 00:08:28,272 I don't believe it does. 152 00:08:28,445 --> 00:08:31,564 Write down any key slogans or philosophies or instructions. 153 00:08:31,781 --> 00:08:33,607 They'll be on a T-shirt, won't they? 154 00:08:33,824 --> 00:08:36,575 - Probably. You know what I want. - Should I go in disguise? 155 00:08:36,742 --> 00:08:38,865 - As what? - Somebody who'd go to these things. 156 00:08:39,036 --> 00:08:41,787 Meet me here at the office when you're done. 157 00:08:45,081 --> 00:08:49,908 And in addition to being a good friend to Israel, Leo McGarry, of course... 158 00:08:50,085 --> 00:08:53,204 ...is the most Jewish man most of us have ever met. 159 00:08:53,379 --> 00:08:58,584 For that he gets this yarmulke, which has been crumpled up... 160 00:08:58,758 --> 00:09:01,841 ...in my coat pocket since a wedding in 1962. 161 00:09:02,051 --> 00:09:03,675 For everything else... 162 00:09:03,844 --> 00:09:05,386 ...the Medal of David. 163 00:09:05,554 --> 00:09:07,629 Thank you very much, Mr. Foreign Minister. 164 00:09:08,347 --> 00:09:12,047 A thousand dead relatives in Scotland just started crying. 165 00:09:12,225 --> 00:09:15,510 Thanks very much. We're a little late for lunch. 166 00:09:15,686 --> 00:09:17,014 Thank you. 167 00:09:18,855 --> 00:09:22,803 What the hell is going on, Leo? I'm reading Shareef is alive in Libya. 168 00:09:22,982 --> 00:09:24,310 That's you people, right? 169 00:09:24,483 --> 00:09:26,855 We're thinking about starting our own tabloid. 170 00:09:27,444 --> 00:09:29,352 What's happening at that house in Idaho? 171 00:09:29,529 --> 00:09:31,070 - Iowa. - Which one's the potatoes? 172 00:09:31,238 --> 00:09:33,728 Idaho. We've had the house surrounded for 11 days. 173 00:09:33,907 --> 00:09:37,440 - We're trying to negotiate a surrender. - How long can their supplies last? 174 00:09:37,617 --> 00:09:40,653 These people live to be well-supplied, it's their first love. 175 00:09:40,828 --> 00:09:42,535 - You got kids in there? - Yeah. 176 00:09:42,704 --> 00:09:45,539 - I've gotta talk to you about something. - Good afternoon. 177 00:09:45,706 --> 00:09:47,947 That person's very young to be working here. 178 00:09:48,125 --> 00:09:51,078 That was probably an intern. 179 00:09:54,129 --> 00:09:57,164 Qumar is ready to announce it was Israel. 180 00:09:57,339 --> 00:09:59,746 - We've known this was coming. - Well, it's come. 181 00:09:59,924 --> 00:10:02,415 And I need to put it off, at least another week. 182 00:10:02,635 --> 00:10:05,172 Israel has to immediately deny the accusation. 183 00:10:05,345 --> 00:10:08,878 I don't want there to be an accusation. I want it to wait another week. 184 00:10:09,097 --> 00:10:11,173 And what are you asking Israel to give up... 185 00:10:11,349 --> 00:10:15,180 ...in order to get them to delay accusing us of something we didn't do? 186 00:10:15,393 --> 00:10:17,681 - Ben. - I'm just saying. Tell me. 187 00:10:17,895 --> 00:10:21,144 You're planning to attack two Qumari training bases in retaliation... 188 00:10:21,314 --> 00:10:22,724 - Yes, sir. - Don't. 189 00:10:22,899 --> 00:10:24,440 That's out of the question. 190 00:10:24,608 --> 00:10:28,687 If you hold off, Fitzwallace can get the Qumari defense minister... 191 00:10:28,861 --> 00:10:30,900 ...to have the sultan hold off a week. 192 00:10:31,112 --> 00:10:33,567 Leo, look at what's happening. 193 00:10:33,739 --> 00:10:37,652 They're getting you to pull us back by continuing this preposterous lie. 194 00:10:37,825 --> 00:10:41,158 We're not the ones playing skeet shoot with their cabinet. 195 00:10:41,328 --> 00:10:42,703 No, no, Ben. 196 00:10:43,287 --> 00:10:45,363 I think we're in this one together. 197 00:10:48,833 --> 00:10:51,537 Yes, I apologize for that remark. 198 00:10:52,294 --> 00:10:53,787 When are you flying back? 199 00:10:55,337 --> 00:10:56,796 Right after lunch. 200 00:10:56,964 --> 00:11:00,047 - You can fly on the Sabbath? - If I have to. 201 00:11:01,216 --> 00:11:03,292 You'll take it to the prime minister? 202 00:11:03,468 --> 00:11:07,381 Leo, you know what you're doing? You're advising the president well? 203 00:11:09,305 --> 00:11:11,974 A number of people are advising the president. 204 00:11:12,849 --> 00:11:16,632 I'm only asking because right now... 205 00:11:16,810 --> 00:11:18,933 ...we're losing. 206 00:11:20,313 --> 00:11:22,601 Will you take it to him? 207 00:11:22,773 --> 00:11:24,646 Yes. 208 00:11:31,988 --> 00:11:36,066 Yeah, a friend of mine, his son just got his pilot's license and he lives in Phoenix. 209 00:11:37,741 --> 00:11:39,401 And his big fear isn't crashing... 210 00:11:39,576 --> 00:11:43,525 ...it's getting lost in the desert. So he bought five gallons of water... 211 00:11:43,704 --> 00:11:46,739 ...a superpowered flashlight and... 212 00:11:46,914 --> 00:11:48,906 I don't know, a thing that makes pancakes... 213 00:11:49,083 --> 00:11:51,288 And now he's on every survivalist mailing list? 214 00:11:51,459 --> 00:11:54,080 - That's right. - Anyway, yes, they're well-supplied... 215 00:11:54,253 --> 00:11:56,541 ...not endlessly supplied. We can wait them out. 216 00:11:56,713 --> 00:11:58,041 Good. 217 00:11:58,214 --> 00:12:01,546 A guy told me I should take flying lessons because it would relax me. 218 00:12:01,716 --> 00:12:04,918 - I don't think it would, do you? - No, I think you of all people... 219 00:12:05,094 --> 00:12:07,050 ...shouldn't fly things. 220 00:12:08,513 --> 00:12:10,588 - Senator... - You brought the big guns. 221 00:12:10,806 --> 00:12:13,806 Not having any guns of my own. Obviously you know John Baxley. 222 00:12:13,975 --> 00:12:16,346 Congressman Baxley, Senators Jackson and White... 223 00:12:16,560 --> 00:12:18,137 ...Secretaries Weaver and Keaton. 224 00:12:18,311 --> 00:12:22,557 And you all probably know Susan Thomas and Amelia Gardner. 225 00:12:22,731 --> 00:12:27,771 Howard, it's becoming hard for BFA staff to plan strategy without knowing... 226 00:12:27,943 --> 00:12:31,145 ...at exactly what hour you'll drop out and endorse the president. 227 00:12:31,362 --> 00:12:33,270 What hour would be best for you, Michael? 228 00:12:33,655 --> 00:12:36,275 I'm inconveniencing one of my opponents? 229 00:12:37,241 --> 00:12:39,197 - Seriously. - Yes? 230 00:12:39,367 --> 00:12:42,735 I was very happy that you did not respond on needle exchange. 231 00:12:42,911 --> 00:12:44,784 I haven't responded on needle exchange. 232 00:12:45,121 --> 00:12:46,994 And I'm saying I'm happy about that. 233 00:12:47,206 --> 00:12:49,910 No, I'm mean it's not that I didn't. It's that I haven't. 234 00:12:50,124 --> 00:12:51,666 - Are you going to? - I don't know. 235 00:12:51,834 --> 00:12:54,324 - Well, what's your thinking? - Regarding what, Jason? 236 00:12:54,544 --> 00:12:57,497 - This doesn't need to be tedious. - It was our understanding... 237 00:12:57,671 --> 00:13:01,253 ...that the senator was going to drop out and campaign for the president... 238 00:13:01,424 --> 00:13:03,748 ...sometime before the first debate. 239 00:13:03,926 --> 00:13:05,834 - Have we had the first debate? - No. 240 00:13:06,052 --> 00:13:08,803 And since the Sullivan ruling, things have gotten murkier. 241 00:13:08,971 --> 00:13:11,639 You didn't get into this to hurt the president, Howard. 242 00:13:11,848 --> 00:13:16,093 - I got in it to raise issues. - And I'm all for that. 243 00:13:16,309 --> 00:13:18,634 As long as I don't in any way speak. 244 00:13:18,811 --> 00:13:21,479 Excuse me. Now that I have you all sitting down... 245 00:13:21,646 --> 00:13:23,389 ...I'll be right outside the door. 246 00:13:37,991 --> 00:13:39,449 - Do you need me? - Yeah. 247 00:13:39,617 --> 00:13:41,692 Can you run to the staff secretary's office? 248 00:13:41,868 --> 00:13:43,576 Ellen's not there. Someone should be. 249 00:13:43,744 --> 00:13:45,736 Just take what needs to be signed today. 250 00:13:45,954 --> 00:13:48,954 They'll try to give you a stack. There's where you become a man. 251 00:13:49,165 --> 00:13:51,453 - Should I use sex as a tactic? - If you need to. 252 00:13:51,792 --> 00:13:53,535 Hell, even if you just want to. 253 00:13:53,710 --> 00:13:56,414 There are executive orders I need to make sure are there. 254 00:13:56,587 --> 00:13:58,875 - Can you copy these down? - Yeah. 255 00:14:05,926 --> 00:14:08,333 - Wanna know what I'm doing? - How long'll this take? 256 00:14:08,511 --> 00:14:10,135 I don't know. 257 00:14:10,304 --> 00:14:12,178 - I'm leaving. - Okay, see you. 258 00:14:12,514 --> 00:14:15,087 Emily, can you get me Mrs. Toscano at Social Services? 259 00:14:15,266 --> 00:14:17,057 I'll be back in a few minutes. 260 00:14:22,896 --> 00:14:24,888 That makes you feel like something, huh? 261 00:14:25,106 --> 00:14:27,431 That you got power over me? 262 00:14:27,608 --> 00:14:30,180 In two minutes the deputy communications director... 263 00:14:30,360 --> 00:14:34,191 ...will come in and say the speech he's writing for Red Mass isn't going well... 264 00:14:34,404 --> 00:14:35,898 ...and could I read it for him. 265 00:14:36,072 --> 00:14:38,741 And you think you're what makes me feel like something? 266 00:14:43,035 --> 00:14:44,743 - What's Red Mass? - I didn't hear you. 267 00:14:44,911 --> 00:14:46,571 I said, what's Red Mass? 268 00:14:46,746 --> 00:14:49,699 The Supreme Court convenes on the first Monday in October. 269 00:14:49,873 --> 00:14:53,490 On the Sunday before that, a mass is held for the members of the court... 270 00:14:53,667 --> 00:14:55,375 ...that's attended by the cabinet... 271 00:14:55,544 --> 00:14:58,460 ...Congress and the president. - What about church and state? 272 00:14:58,629 --> 00:15:01,499 I swear, I can't hear you when you speak. Can you help me? 273 00:15:01,715 --> 00:15:03,920 - I said, it's church and state. - What about it? 274 00:15:04,091 --> 00:15:06,249 - You're not supposed to do it. - Who said that? 275 00:15:06,468 --> 00:15:07,962 - I'm talking about law. - What law? 276 00:15:08,136 --> 00:15:12,428 You like to slap me because that's your power thing, so I'll sit and say nothing. 277 00:15:15,641 --> 00:15:18,012 The law. Separation of church and state. 278 00:15:18,226 --> 00:15:20,763 - Who told you that? - You know what I'm talking about. 279 00:15:20,936 --> 00:15:22,928 The government and church aren't supposed... 280 00:15:23,104 --> 00:15:25,641 - They shouldn't be the same. - You think there's a law? 281 00:15:25,814 --> 00:15:27,438 - There is. - What kind of law? 282 00:15:27,607 --> 00:15:29,480 - What the hell? - City, state, federal? 283 00:15:29,650 --> 00:15:32,485 I don't know about those things, but I know there's a law. 284 00:15:32,652 --> 00:15:33,980 Prove it. 285 00:15:38,865 --> 00:15:43,075 Charlie, I'm eating it on Red Mass and I don't wanna show it to Toby yet. 286 00:15:43,243 --> 00:15:46,777 Would you mind reading it and then hitting me with a fairway wood? 287 00:15:46,954 --> 00:15:48,496 Yep. 288 00:15:49,664 --> 00:15:50,992 Janet. 289 00:15:51,165 --> 00:15:53,287 Or Jeanette, as I sometimes like to call you. 290 00:15:53,458 --> 00:15:55,581 Sometimes I call you"cupcake," is that okay? 291 00:15:55,752 --> 00:15:57,957 - Totally. - Deductibility for tuition. 292 00:15:58,128 --> 00:16:00,286 - You had a briefing? - Yes, and I'm so happy... 293 00:16:00,463 --> 00:16:03,582 ...I could dance in a musical. - That'd be a tough ticket to get. 294 00:16:03,757 --> 00:16:06,247 It's wonderful. I can only assume it was your idea. 295 00:16:06,426 --> 00:16:09,544 It was Josh and Toby, but I can see where you'd make the mistake. 296 00:16:09,720 --> 00:16:11,379 It does have the flavor of me. 297 00:16:11,554 --> 00:16:13,096 - The insouciance. - Yeah. 298 00:16:13,264 --> 00:16:15,505 - Guess what I've been asked to do. - Validators. 299 00:16:15,682 --> 00:16:17,674 - Line up validators. - And you're asking me? 300 00:16:17,850 --> 00:16:21,099 You're the third-ranking non-male of the minority on Ways and Means. 301 00:16:21,269 --> 00:16:24,602 - When you say it like that... - Economists will say it's good policy. 302 00:16:24,772 --> 00:16:27,309 Colleges will talk about shrinking aid budgets. 303 00:16:27,482 --> 00:16:29,355 - Where do you want me? - Sunday mornings. 304 00:16:29,525 --> 00:16:31,766 I'll make you a book. Congratulations. 305 00:16:31,943 --> 00:16:33,769 - I'll do my best. - Your best is good. 306 00:16:33,944 --> 00:16:37,811 Oh, I was just called. Horton Wilde is in the hospital. He's had a heart attack. 307 00:16:37,989 --> 00:16:40,561 Horton Wilde isn't the same as Thornton Wilder, is it? 308 00:16:40,782 --> 00:16:44,233 - I'm talking about California. - If Thornton Wilder had a heart attack... 309 00:16:44,410 --> 00:16:47,196 ...that'd be news. - You don't know who Horton Wilde is. 310 00:16:47,412 --> 00:16:50,246 - He wrote Skin of Our Teeth. - He's running in the 47th. 311 00:16:50,414 --> 00:16:52,122 How can you not know who he is? 312 00:16:52,457 --> 00:16:54,829 Has a Democrat won the 47th in the last 100 years? 313 00:16:55,001 --> 00:16:56,115 - No. - That's how. 314 00:16:56,293 --> 00:16:59,827 Maybe if when Democrats had the White House, more attention was paid... 315 00:17:00,004 --> 00:17:03,170 - To Orange County? What kind? - Knowing the candidate's name, say. 316 00:17:03,340 --> 00:17:05,047 This was his fourth one, by the way. 317 00:17:05,216 --> 00:17:06,710 - Fourth what? - Heart attack. 318 00:17:08,635 --> 00:17:11,125 The Democrats have nominated someone who's had... 319 00:17:11,303 --> 00:17:12,845 ...three heart attacks? - Yes. 320 00:17:13,013 --> 00:17:15,005 And you think I don't care enough about...? 321 00:17:15,181 --> 00:17:18,134 What kind of signal does this send to...? I have to talk... 322 00:17:19,601 --> 00:17:21,308 No, this won't be a part of my life. 323 00:17:21,602 --> 00:17:23,927 Wow, you just did a whole thing all by yourself. 324 00:17:24,104 --> 00:17:26,594 - Yeah, I do that. - Thanks again for the opportunity. 325 00:17:26,772 --> 00:17:28,645 I'll pass it on to Leo. 326 00:17:28,857 --> 00:17:32,106 - Why do we think the boy is sick? - Mike? 327 00:17:32,276 --> 00:17:35,229 Our thermal scanner shows no movement in the last eight hours. 328 00:17:35,403 --> 00:17:38,771 With congestive heart failure, you have to take the medication or die. 329 00:17:38,989 --> 00:17:42,855 Going by the last time the prescription was filled, he's been out for six days. 330 00:17:43,033 --> 00:17:47,409 Mr. President, we feel the only way to save this boy is to abandon our plan... 331 00:17:47,578 --> 00:17:50,448 ...and take the house now. We think we'll be successful. 332 00:17:51,039 --> 00:17:54,205 - How do you do it? - We put a hole in the wall with C-4. 333 00:17:54,375 --> 00:17:57,825 Twelve men storm the house wearing specially made goggles and earplugs. 334 00:17:58,044 --> 00:18:00,712 - Why? - Because they'll throw flashbangs. 335 00:18:00,921 --> 00:18:03,874 It's the size of a grenade but instead of spraying shrapnel... 336 00:18:04,048 --> 00:18:06,538 ...it makes a deafening sound and releases a flash... 337 00:18:06,716 --> 00:18:08,874 ...seven times brighter than the sun. 338 00:18:09,552 --> 00:18:12,966 - You hear that? - I've seen them. 339 00:18:15,973 --> 00:18:18,012 Where's the table? 340 00:18:19,392 --> 00:18:20,720 We're... 341 00:18:20,893 --> 00:18:23,050 ...all agreed, sir. 342 00:18:30,816 --> 00:18:33,057 All right, we should do it. 343 00:18:33,735 --> 00:18:36,735 Let's get the kid. Good luck, everybody. Good luck, Mr. Casper. 344 00:18:36,904 --> 00:18:39,359 - Thank you, Mr. President. - Thank you, sir. 345 00:18:49,829 --> 00:18:51,821 What's going on? 346 00:18:51,997 --> 00:18:53,575 Nothing. I was... 347 00:18:53,749 --> 00:18:57,579 Nothing. I was thinking about something Yosef said yesterday. 348 00:19:07,091 --> 00:19:08,419 Hello. 349 00:19:08,592 --> 00:19:10,252 Hello. 350 00:19:10,552 --> 00:19:13,042 - Is Susan Thomas...? - Troubled? 351 00:19:13,262 --> 00:19:15,337 A pain in the ass? 352 00:19:16,347 --> 00:19:18,174 - What do you think of him? - Stackhouse? 353 00:19:18,390 --> 00:19:20,050 - Yes. - I've always liked Stackhouse. 354 00:19:20,225 --> 00:19:25,051 I'd vote for him, but he's not on the ballot in Connecticut. Or 22 other states. 355 00:19:25,479 --> 00:19:28,099 Perhaps I should vote in New York or California... 356 00:19:28,272 --> 00:19:30,145 ...where he's polling at four percent. 357 00:19:30,315 --> 00:19:32,473 - Of likely voters. - I'm sorry? 358 00:19:32,650 --> 00:19:35,567 - Those polls sample likely voters. - Yeah. 359 00:19:35,736 --> 00:19:39,353 When a third candidate gets elected, it's gonna be by unlikely voters. 360 00:19:39,530 --> 00:19:42,613 And why is that good? Why are we eager...? 361 00:19:42,782 --> 00:19:44,774 Why are we encouraging a group of people... 362 00:19:44,950 --> 00:19:47,619 ...who are so howl-at-the-moon lazy-ass stupid... 363 00:19:47,786 --> 00:19:50,276 ...they can't bring themselves to raise their hands? 364 00:19:50,454 --> 00:19:54,118 Why is it important that they be brought into the process? 365 00:19:54,415 --> 00:19:56,075 You should stop being mad at me. 366 00:19:56,291 --> 00:19:57,619 - I'm not. - You are. 367 00:19:57,792 --> 00:20:00,995 You know, I lost my job because of a strategy you organized. 368 00:20:01,212 --> 00:20:06,205 You lost your job in a fashion that insured you 93 better offers. 369 00:20:06,382 --> 00:20:09,631 That's sweet of you to look out for me, but I liked the job I had. 370 00:20:09,842 --> 00:20:12,878 And when I lost it, I didn't pitch anything. 371 00:20:13,053 --> 00:20:14,760 I didn't stage a nutty. 372 00:20:14,929 --> 00:20:18,629 I fought you. I lost. I had a drink. I took a shower. 373 00:20:18,807 --> 00:20:20,965 Because that's how it is in the NBA. 374 00:20:21,142 --> 00:20:23,679 You know what I do when I win? Two drinks. 375 00:20:23,852 --> 00:20:26,935 I didn't start consulting with Stackhouse to piss you off. 376 00:20:27,104 --> 00:20:29,677 There are things here I believe in. 377 00:20:29,856 --> 00:20:33,603 I didn't come here to piss you off. I wanted to say if the senator responds... 378 00:20:33,775 --> 00:20:35,981 ...on needle exchange, don't take the bait. 379 00:20:36,194 --> 00:20:38,020 No kidding. 380 00:20:39,238 --> 00:20:41,360 All right, I'm going back in. 381 00:20:45,158 --> 00:20:47,565 He's taking the president's votes. It's as simple... 382 00:20:47,743 --> 00:20:51,111 He is taking the president's votes. 383 00:20:51,955 --> 00:20:53,745 Listen. 384 00:20:54,248 --> 00:20:58,873 I'm not indifferent to the situation, but that's the crazy part of your argument. 385 00:20:59,043 --> 00:21:02,126 - Why? - They're not his votes. 386 00:21:14,845 --> 00:21:16,339 Hey. 387 00:21:17,013 --> 00:21:18,341 Hello. 388 00:21:18,514 --> 00:21:20,174 How was it? 389 00:21:21,517 --> 00:21:23,473 - I'm sorry? - How was it? 390 00:21:23,643 --> 00:21:25,386 It was... 391 00:21:25,561 --> 00:21:27,434 I don't know, it was... 392 00:21:27,604 --> 00:21:29,098 I don't... 393 00:21:29,647 --> 00:21:31,722 Maybe I'm not ready to talk about it yet. 394 00:21:31,899 --> 00:21:34,768 It was a transforming... No, that's the wrong word. 395 00:21:34,942 --> 00:21:38,061 We are not"transformed." We locate the light switch. 396 00:21:38,486 --> 00:21:40,395 I own myself, Josh. 397 00:21:40,571 --> 00:21:42,978 You don't mind if I say that out loud frequently... 398 00:21:43,156 --> 00:21:45,397 ...with no provocation, do you? - Why? 399 00:21:45,616 --> 00:21:48,023 - I live my life out loud. - You're reading the book? 400 00:21:48,243 --> 00:21:50,034 - The owner's manual. - Are you serious? 401 00:21:50,203 --> 00:21:51,946 No, you idiot, I need a shower! 402 00:21:52,955 --> 00:21:55,445 - All right. - I've got, like, radioactive stuff on me. 403 00:21:55,623 --> 00:21:56,821 And you call me a snob? 404 00:21:56,999 --> 00:22:00,118 Please. It was like the"there but for the grace of God" society. 405 00:22:00,293 --> 00:22:01,917 - Anybody ask you out? - Shut up. 406 00:22:02,086 --> 00:22:04,872 - So report to me. What did he say? - Why is this important? 407 00:22:05,046 --> 00:22:06,588 - What did he say? - This is cheap. 408 00:22:06,756 --> 00:22:08,415 - I'll say. - I'm talking about this. 409 00:22:08,590 --> 00:22:12,421 So the guy's consulted for Ritchie. He's a buffoon, but he's harmless. 410 00:22:12,593 --> 00:22:16,542 - Why should it be part of the campaign? - Because it's not harmless in a president. 411 00:22:16,721 --> 00:22:18,713 Nothing he said was wrong or objectionable. 412 00:22:18,889 --> 00:22:21,842 As opposed to the man sitting next to me, whose name was Fern. 413 00:22:22,016 --> 00:22:23,889 Open this book to any page. 414 00:22:26,686 --> 00:22:28,559 Okay. Well... 415 00:22:28,729 --> 00:22:32,014 ...this is an order form to buy Owning Yourself... 416 00:22:32,190 --> 00:22:35,475 ...follow-up to the worldwide bestseller... - Leasing Yourself. 417 00:22:35,943 --> 00:22:38,018 "It's good to be trapped in a corner. 418 00:22:38,194 --> 00:22:40,067 - That's when you act." - That's true. 419 00:22:40,237 --> 00:22:42,443 It is. In my case it's the only time that I do. 420 00:22:42,614 --> 00:22:44,570 - So? - It's lmmanuel Kant. 421 00:22:44,740 --> 00:22:47,028 "Duty. Sublime and mighty name... 422 00:22:47,200 --> 00:22:50,782 ...that embraces nothing charming or insinuating but requires submission." 423 00:22:50,953 --> 00:22:54,285 Every year a million freshmen philosophy students read that sentence... 424 00:22:54,497 --> 00:22:56,288 And change their major? 425 00:22:56,457 --> 00:22:58,828 You've got a mouthful of wiseass today, don't you? 426 00:22:59,000 --> 00:23:01,668 - I located the light switch. - Could you locate it again? 427 00:23:01,835 --> 00:23:04,290 So he cribbed Kant, isn't that what you should do? 428 00:23:04,462 --> 00:23:08,328 It comes from a 193-page book called a Critique of Practical Reason. 429 00:23:08,507 --> 00:23:10,415 It's about metaphysics and epistemology. 430 00:23:10,591 --> 00:23:13,544 Tomba's impressively boiled it down to two-thirds of one page. 431 00:23:13,718 --> 00:23:16,006 - Give me another one. -"Look outside the cave." 432 00:23:16,220 --> 00:23:19,137 That's from an old paperback called The Republic, by Plato. 433 00:23:19,306 --> 00:23:21,796 Lucky Tomba was able to fit it on a fortune cookie... 434 00:23:21,974 --> 00:23:24,808 ...so it suits the attention span of the Republican nominee. 435 00:23:24,976 --> 00:23:26,933 Here he quotes Robert Frost. 436 00:23:27,103 --> 00:23:29,474 "Good fences make good neighbors." 437 00:23:29,646 --> 00:23:31,472 - Did he talk about that? - Yeah. 438 00:23:31,647 --> 00:23:33,474 - What'd he say? - That if you stay... 439 00:23:33,649 --> 00:23:38,226 ...within your personal space you'll end up getting along fine with everyone. 440 00:23:38,777 --> 00:23:40,650 - You had to study modern poetry. - Yes. 441 00:23:40,820 --> 00:23:42,480 Is that what Frost meant? 442 00:23:42,655 --> 00:23:46,651 No. He meant that boundaries are what alienate us from each other. 443 00:23:46,824 --> 00:23:49,030 Why'd he say "good fences make good neighbors"? 444 00:23:49,243 --> 00:23:50,867 He was being ironic, but I don't... 445 00:23:51,036 --> 00:23:54,818 What does it remind you of? "I believe in hope, not fear." 446 00:23:54,997 --> 00:23:59,242 "I'm a leader, not a politician." "It's time for an American leader." 447 00:23:59,416 --> 00:24:03,709 "America's earned a change." "I before E except after C." 448 00:24:03,878 --> 00:24:06,878 It's the fortune-cookie candidacy. 449 00:24:07,047 --> 00:24:10,829 These are important thinkers and understanding them can be very useful... 450 00:24:11,049 --> 00:24:13,753 ...and it's not ever gonna happen at a four-hour seminar. 451 00:24:13,926 --> 00:24:16,333 When the president's got an embassy surrounded... 452 00:24:16,511 --> 00:24:19,049 ...or a keyhole photograph of a heavy water reactor... 453 00:24:19,222 --> 00:24:23,088 ...or any of the 50 life-and-death matters that walk across his desk every day... 454 00:24:23,266 --> 00:24:25,591 ...I don't know if he thinks about lmmanuel Kant. 455 00:24:25,768 --> 00:24:28,637 I doubt it, but if he does, I am comforted, at least... 456 00:24:28,812 --> 00:24:32,144 ...in my certainty that he's doing his best to reach for all of it... 457 00:24:32,314 --> 00:24:33,808 ...and not just the McNuggets. 458 00:24:36,400 --> 00:24:39,850 Is it possible we would be willing to require any less... 459 00:24:40,028 --> 00:24:42,316 ...of the person sitting in that chair? 460 00:24:42,488 --> 00:24:44,645 The low road? 461 00:24:45,406 --> 00:24:47,149 I don't think it is. 462 00:24:50,368 --> 00:24:52,075 All right. 463 00:24:52,244 --> 00:24:54,201 I'll go through the book this weekend... 464 00:24:54,371 --> 00:24:57,287 ...highlight some things, and I'll trace it back. 465 00:24:57,498 --> 00:25:01,577 - Yeah, make sure you... - I said I'd do it, Buckminster. 466 00:25:03,335 --> 00:25:06,086 - A guy named Fern? - Don't talk to me about Fern. 467 00:25:06,254 --> 00:25:09,005 - You're sure it wasn't Vern? - I thought so, but it's Fern. 468 00:25:09,214 --> 00:25:11,290 Let me know when the report gets in. 469 00:25:16,970 --> 00:25:19,376 - Hey, Sam. - What's wrong with the other door? 470 00:25:19,555 --> 00:25:23,385 I don't know. You close it, and it's locking by itself. What's up? 471 00:25:23,557 --> 00:25:25,680 Do you know who Horton Wilde is? 472 00:25:25,851 --> 00:25:27,677 That name sounds familiar. 473 00:25:27,852 --> 00:25:29,725 - He's running in Orange County. - Yeah. 474 00:25:29,937 --> 00:25:32,095 He's in the hospital. He's had a heart attack. 475 00:25:32,272 --> 00:25:35,307 - I'm sorry to hear that. - It's his fourth. 476 00:25:35,607 --> 00:25:38,856 In Idaho we're running a guy who lost a race for City Council. 477 00:25:39,735 --> 00:25:43,317 In the Texas 22nd, our candidate's an electrical engineer... 478 00:25:43,529 --> 00:25:46,695 ...who paid his filing fee by dumping the cash out of a cigar box. 479 00:25:46,865 --> 00:25:50,696 Arizona 6th features a Democrat who nine weeks ago registered as a Democrat. 480 00:25:50,868 --> 00:25:54,532 You just named three districts that are impossible for Democrats. 481 00:25:54,704 --> 00:25:57,276 Finding qualified sacrificial lambs ain't easy. 482 00:25:57,456 --> 00:26:01,037 When the DCCC tries to raise money by saying we're taking back the House... 483 00:26:01,208 --> 00:26:03,533 ...it doesn't look like we're giving it our all. 484 00:26:03,752 --> 00:26:05,376 Line one. 485 00:26:05,545 --> 00:26:07,335 This is it. 486 00:26:07,504 --> 00:26:10,837 We're putting our resources where they'll do the most good. 487 00:26:12,674 --> 00:26:15,081 This is Leo McGarry. 488 00:26:19,429 --> 00:26:22,050 Yeah, can someone fax that over? 489 00:26:22,223 --> 00:26:23,764 Thank you. 490 00:26:25,517 --> 00:26:27,674 We didn't get the five. 491 00:26:28,268 --> 00:26:29,596 - No. - Three? 492 00:26:30,145 --> 00:26:31,722 Two. 493 00:26:31,896 --> 00:26:33,224 Two? 494 00:26:33,564 --> 00:26:34,726 Yeah. 495 00:26:35,732 --> 00:26:37,688 Margaret? 496 00:26:38,442 --> 00:26:41,561 Would you let Josh, Toby and C.J. know that the report came out. 497 00:26:41,861 --> 00:26:43,900 It's two debates. 498 00:26:44,363 --> 00:26:46,687 - And I'm here. - Yeah. 499 00:26:48,074 --> 00:26:50,398 - They give you a reason? - They're faxing it over. 500 00:26:50,575 --> 00:26:52,781 Don't we want a debate on new global threats? 501 00:26:52,952 --> 00:26:56,486 - Doesn't everybody want one debate...? - I don't know. 502 00:26:57,830 --> 00:26:59,906 Do you read much international news? 503 00:27:00,082 --> 00:27:03,414 The Herald Tribune. Whatever C.J. puts in front of me. Agence France. 504 00:27:03,584 --> 00:27:06,075 So you read that Qumar reopened the investigation... 505 00:27:06,253 --> 00:27:08,161 ...into Abdul Shareef's plane going down. 506 00:27:08,338 --> 00:27:10,828 Yeah. They'll say Israel had something to do with it. 507 00:27:11,048 --> 00:27:14,380 - You think they did? - What do I know? 508 00:27:14,550 --> 00:27:16,708 Shareef was a bad guy. 509 00:27:16,885 --> 00:27:18,877 Feels like he had money in the Bahji cell. 510 00:27:19,053 --> 00:27:23,097 He did. He was also behind a plot to blow up the Golden Gate Bridge. 511 00:27:24,432 --> 00:27:26,471 Bridges and tunnels. 512 00:27:27,184 --> 00:27:30,219 That's my nightmare. What's yours? 513 00:27:30,394 --> 00:27:32,386 Well, now it's bridges and tunnels, Sam. 514 00:27:32,938 --> 00:27:36,471 - Then my work here is done. - It's that I don't know... 515 00:27:36,649 --> 00:27:40,645 ...what winning looks like. What does it look like? Is it...? 516 00:27:40,818 --> 00:27:43,604 I mean, is it honestly the U.S. flag flying over Mecca? 517 00:27:43,778 --> 00:27:45,486 Is that what'll straighten this out? 518 00:27:45,655 --> 00:27:48,359 And if that's the case, why are we postponing that? 519 00:27:48,532 --> 00:27:51,567 What are we hoping is gonna happen in the meantime? 520 00:27:54,036 --> 00:27:56,822 That somebody'll think of something... 521 00:27:56,996 --> 00:27:58,952 ...before we have to do the unthinkable. 522 00:27:59,164 --> 00:28:02,995 You're one of the big minds of your generation. Thought of anything yet? 523 00:28:03,167 --> 00:28:05,075 - No. - Neither have I. 524 00:28:05,585 --> 00:28:09,831 Neither has the president of the United States, also a pretty good mind. 525 00:28:11,422 --> 00:28:14,541 - The Golden Gate Bridge? - Yeah. 526 00:28:17,468 --> 00:28:21,512 Leo, we didn't have anything to do with Shareef's plane going down, did we? 527 00:28:27,016 --> 00:28:29,341 Sorry. Two debates? 528 00:28:29,518 --> 00:28:32,851 Yeah. The president and Bruno aren't gonna take it well. 529 00:28:33,062 --> 00:28:34,935 There's one person who'll take it worse. 530 00:28:35,105 --> 00:28:36,516 Who? 531 00:28:36,690 --> 00:28:38,397 Could somebody open the damn door? 532 00:28:38,649 --> 00:28:40,974 I'll get it. It's locked or something. 533 00:28:41,151 --> 00:28:43,143 - Don't force it. I'll try... - Two debates?! 534 00:28:43,319 --> 00:28:45,110 - Yeah. - Did they say why? 535 00:28:45,279 --> 00:28:48,528 They're faxing their statement and having a press conference Monday. 536 00:28:48,698 --> 00:28:50,357 Here's the fax. 537 00:28:50,533 --> 00:28:53,568 - And the president's asking for you. -"Given the inability of..." 538 00:28:53,743 --> 00:28:55,949 - Do you mind me reading this? - Would it matter? 539 00:28:56,120 --> 00:28:59,488 "The two major parties to agree upon earlier commission proposals... 540 00:28:59,664 --> 00:29:03,495 ...uncertainty caused by recent court rulings and the shortened time period... 541 00:29:03,667 --> 00:29:06,204 ...in which to schedule debates for maximum viewing... 542 00:29:06,377 --> 00:29:09,827 ...the commission amends..." He got what he wanted for dragging his feet. 543 00:29:10,004 --> 00:29:13,337 That's why he did it. Can't fault him for having a winning strategy. 544 00:29:13,507 --> 00:29:16,590 - I'm not faulting him, I'm faulting them. - Be back in a minute. 545 00:29:16,801 --> 00:29:19,338 That should be marked Central Daylight Time, 2:05 p.m. 546 00:29:19,511 --> 00:29:20,839 - Leo, they did it. - What? 547 00:29:21,012 --> 00:29:23,134 - Casper's boys. - Hey, really? 548 00:29:23,305 --> 00:29:26,258 - One suspect... You should tell him. - One suspect was killed... 549 00:29:26,432 --> 00:29:28,590 ...another wounded. - Wounded, that's it. 550 00:29:28,767 --> 00:29:30,558 - Our guys... - Our guys are fine. 551 00:29:30,727 --> 00:29:35,434 They are fine. We seized high explosive gunpowder, galvanized steel pipes... 552 00:29:35,647 --> 00:29:38,931 ...time fuses, blasting caps... - And, come on. And... 553 00:29:39,149 --> 00:29:41,474 Blueprints to the pool at KSU. 554 00:29:43,152 --> 00:29:45,109 - And the kid? - He's... 555 00:29:45,278 --> 00:29:49,192 - Go ahead, sir. - University hospital, stable condition. 556 00:29:49,365 --> 00:29:53,147 Mike, pick out a daughter. My oldest is married, but I can have it annulled. 557 00:29:53,326 --> 00:29:56,242 - The pope said he'd do it. - That's very friendly, thank you. 558 00:29:56,411 --> 00:29:58,699 - Was that note anything I need? - I don't know. 559 00:29:58,871 --> 00:30:03,081 Israeli search and rescue is looking for a transport that fell off radar 12 hours... 560 00:30:03,249 --> 00:30:05,656 Twelve hours and 22 minutes into the flight. 561 00:30:05,834 --> 00:30:07,542 About 15... 562 00:30:07,710 --> 00:30:11,078 About 25 minutes before it was scheduled to land at Ben Gurion Airport. 563 00:30:11,296 --> 00:30:14,462 - Where did it originate? - It originated... 564 00:30:14,715 --> 00:30:16,339 Oh, God. 565 00:30:16,508 --> 00:30:18,998 I think Ben Yosef is on that plane. I think... 566 00:30:19,177 --> 00:30:20,920 - He is. - Did they give coordinates? 567 00:30:21,303 --> 00:30:23,840 33�51 ' North, 34 � 47' East. 568 00:30:24,013 --> 00:30:26,254 - 34 � 47'. - It's Lebanon, right? 569 00:30:26,432 --> 00:30:27,760 Yeah, southern Lebanon. 570 00:30:27,933 --> 00:30:32,309 At any rate, Mr. President, the... The SandRs just got under way. 571 00:30:32,519 --> 00:30:34,641 Okay. Somebody'll keep me posted. 572 00:30:34,812 --> 00:30:37,303 - Yes, sir. - Thank you, sir. 573 00:30:37,481 --> 00:30:39,272 Thank you, Mr. President. 574 00:30:39,441 --> 00:30:40,769 Mike. 575 00:30:40,942 --> 00:30:43,562 - No kidding, thank you. - Thank you, sir. 576 00:30:52,700 --> 00:30:55,450 Ben Yosef's plane is missing. 577 00:30:57,453 --> 00:31:00,536 Now, how did I not see that coming? 578 00:31:05,750 --> 00:31:09,118 Eric steps up in the pocket looking for Newman at the 20. 579 00:31:10,795 --> 00:31:12,871 Yeah, call that play again, coach... 580 00:31:13,047 --> 00:31:15,917 ...because I'm sure they're not ready for it this time. 581 00:31:16,383 --> 00:31:20,426 If you ask a professional athlete what the hardest thing is to do in sports... 582 00:31:20,594 --> 00:31:22,253 ...they'll all say hit a baseball. 583 00:31:22,428 --> 00:31:24,800 But a coach once told me that the hardest thing... 584 00:31:24,972 --> 00:31:27,888 ...is to walk into your Super Bowl locker room at halftime... 585 00:31:28,057 --> 00:31:31,259 ...and change the plan that got you there because it's not working. 586 00:31:31,435 --> 00:31:35,016 It's okay that after almost every play somebody requires medical attention? 587 00:31:35,229 --> 00:31:37,636 It's not even the number as much as the format. 588 00:31:37,856 --> 00:31:40,013 Two-minute response, then a one-minute reply. 589 00:31:40,232 --> 00:31:44,015 That's not a debate, that's not a debate. That's a joint press conference. 590 00:31:44,193 --> 00:31:47,229 - Good evening, Mr. President. - Nice job on Red Mass, first-rate. 591 00:31:47,404 --> 00:31:50,404 - You don't mind if I change everything? - No, sir. 592 00:31:50,573 --> 00:31:52,363 Here. 593 00:31:52,532 --> 00:31:54,939 Here. And I added a section here. 594 00:31:55,117 --> 00:31:57,987 Cute. Let's take a look. 595 00:31:58,453 --> 00:31:59,911 It's a joint press conference. 596 00:32:00,079 --> 00:32:03,910 It's not necessary that the candidates be in the same room. That's just theater. 597 00:32:04,124 --> 00:32:06,792 We're talking about ways to possibly lower expectations. 598 00:32:06,959 --> 00:32:08,785 I like what you did. I like the 80-20. 599 00:32:08,960 --> 00:32:13,004 Be nice to be able to respond to what the other person said and ask a question. 600 00:32:13,171 --> 00:32:16,171 And the moderator should be empowered to press for an answer... 601 00:32:16,340 --> 00:32:17,917 ...as a judge can of a witness... 602 00:32:18,133 --> 00:32:20,623 ...or a member of Congress in a confirmation hearing. 603 00:32:24,096 --> 00:32:27,380 Sam, what do you think about me writing you an urgent memo? 604 00:32:27,556 --> 00:32:30,722 "I think Ritchie's a more skilled debater than we're anticipating. 605 00:32:30,892 --> 00:32:34,639 He has debated three gubernatorial candidates and won each time." 606 00:32:34,811 --> 00:32:37,183 - And leak the memo? - Yeah. 607 00:32:37,355 --> 00:32:39,512 - I think you'll look silly. - I'm used to that. 608 00:32:39,690 --> 00:32:42,262 - I don't think it'll do much. - Me neither. 609 00:32:42,441 --> 00:32:45,477 Cicero wanted to restore the overthrown king of Egypt. 610 00:32:45,652 --> 00:32:48,321 The Roman senate debated all day and into the night... 611 00:32:48,487 --> 00:32:50,693 ...every military and diplomatic consequence... 612 00:32:50,864 --> 00:32:52,655 ...until they collapsed on the floor. 613 00:32:52,824 --> 00:32:54,946 Lentulus is trying to overthrow the Republic. 614 00:32:55,117 --> 00:32:56,445 Caesar goes against Cato... 615 00:32:56,618 --> 00:32:59,452 ...by the way, the first public debate on the death penalty. 616 00:32:59,620 --> 00:33:01,778 They were against each other. It was a debate. 617 00:33:01,955 --> 00:33:04,789 They explored the meaning of spirituality and suffering. 618 00:33:04,999 --> 00:33:07,785 - Then they put Lentulus to death. - Right, but my point... 619 00:33:07,959 --> 00:33:09,334 - Why not? - Why not what? 620 00:33:09,502 --> 00:33:10,877 Ask for a different format? 621 00:33:11,044 --> 00:33:13,879 We didn't get the number of debates we wanted, why not ask? 622 00:33:14,046 --> 00:33:15,421 - We'd never get it. - We might. 623 00:33:15,589 --> 00:33:17,415 Ritchie's people would put up a fight. 624 00:33:17,591 --> 00:33:21,172 They might consider it if we give them something else they wanted. 625 00:33:21,385 --> 00:33:24,504 Other than this house, we don't have anything else they want. 626 00:33:25,638 --> 00:33:27,594 Sure, we do. 627 00:33:28,431 --> 00:33:30,969 Sure, we do. We wanted five debates, they wanted none. 628 00:33:31,142 --> 00:33:34,426 We have exactly one thing left that they want. 629 00:33:38,063 --> 00:33:41,762 Isn't this exactly why casinos don't play with a one-deck shoe? 630 00:33:42,191 --> 00:33:43,934 Yes. 631 00:33:49,237 --> 00:33:50,648 Mr. President. 632 00:33:52,531 --> 00:33:54,819 Mr. President, the car's ready. 633 00:33:56,909 --> 00:33:59,862 He's still running that screen pass. 634 00:34:01,037 --> 00:34:03,990 Get Toby to sign off, and I'm in. 635 00:34:07,125 --> 00:34:09,531 This is gonna be interesting. Do we need my speech? 636 00:34:09,710 --> 00:34:11,120 I've got it. 637 00:34:11,294 --> 00:34:14,211 You mind if I ask something about Red Mass I'm curious about? 638 00:34:14,380 --> 00:34:16,668 And so how isn't it a constitutional issue? 639 00:34:16,840 --> 00:34:18,962 It is, but sometimes you say, "Big deal." 640 00:34:19,133 --> 00:34:21,753 It was the intention not to have a national religion... 641 00:34:21,926 --> 00:34:25,045 ...not to have anyone's religious views imposed on anyone else... 642 00:34:25,220 --> 00:34:28,553 ...and not to have government encourage a national display of piety... 643 00:34:28,723 --> 00:34:31,758 ...as a substitute for action. But sometimes you say"Big deal." 644 00:34:31,933 --> 00:34:34,637 - I'll be in the office a minute. - Thank you. 645 00:34:37,395 --> 00:34:40,597 Hey. This was dropped at the northwest gate for you just now. 646 00:34:40,773 --> 00:34:43,310 - Who's it from? - I don't know. 647 00:34:44,942 --> 00:34:46,270 It's from Anthony. 648 00:34:46,443 --> 00:34:48,731 He's the one who was here yesterday. 649 00:34:53,114 --> 00:34:54,656 - Nice note? - No. 650 00:34:54,824 --> 00:34:56,366 At several points he suggests... 651 00:34:56,533 --> 00:34:59,699 ...that I might have an improper relationship with my mother. 652 00:34:59,869 --> 00:35:03,568 - Why are you smiling? - He wrote it on the First Amendment. 653 00:35:04,581 --> 00:35:07,699 Why can't the Mets throw strikes when they have a three-run lead? 654 00:35:07,874 --> 00:35:09,249 Yeah, let me ask you another. 655 00:35:09,417 --> 00:35:12,832 With a runner on first, who's a threat to steal, why not just...? 656 00:35:16,130 --> 00:35:18,964 - See you. - Okay. 657 00:35:29,056 --> 00:35:30,763 Hey. 658 00:35:31,182 --> 00:35:33,423 Oh, hey. I didn't... 659 00:35:33,600 --> 00:35:36,517 Hi. My mind was wandering. 660 00:35:38,354 --> 00:35:40,725 - What are you doing here? - I'm sorry? 661 00:35:40,939 --> 00:35:42,812 What are you doing here? 662 00:35:42,982 --> 00:35:46,895 Danya Zucker had an extra ticket for the mass, and she asked me. 663 00:35:47,276 --> 00:35:50,027 - Are you going? - No. 664 00:35:50,195 --> 00:35:51,737 No. 665 00:36:05,914 --> 00:36:09,958 Can you give me any indication what the senator's thinking? 666 00:36:10,376 --> 00:36:12,415 I really can't. 667 00:36:12,752 --> 00:36:15,918 He spoke to me for a while yesterday... 668 00:36:16,088 --> 00:36:18,839 ...and again today, and I don't know what he's thinking. 669 00:36:19,007 --> 00:36:21,876 - But I can tell you what I told him. - What? 670 00:36:22,050 --> 00:36:25,549 I told him I thought he'd been an extraordinary public servant. 671 00:36:25,720 --> 00:36:30,095 Thoughtful and energetic and compassionate and courageous. 672 00:36:30,306 --> 00:36:33,425 And I told him I'd be voting for the president. 673 00:36:34,601 --> 00:36:35,929 Why? 674 00:36:36,102 --> 00:36:38,177 First of all, I'm crazy about the president. 675 00:36:38,353 --> 00:36:42,053 I've been crazy about him for longer than you've known who he was. 676 00:36:42,231 --> 00:36:44,638 And I'll keep poking him with a stick. 677 00:36:44,816 --> 00:36:46,938 It's how I show my love. 678 00:36:47,109 --> 00:36:49,397 But as a women's issue it's a no-brainer. 679 00:36:49,569 --> 00:36:52,024 The next justice can overturn Roe... 680 00:36:52,196 --> 00:36:54,733 ...and you don't screw around with that. 681 00:36:54,906 --> 00:36:57,479 Wanna see what I learned to do since you got me fired? 682 00:36:57,867 --> 00:36:59,823 - Look... - Watch. 683 00:37:08,791 --> 00:37:10,581 Right away that's impressive, right? 684 00:37:10,750 --> 00:37:14,581 That's just the preparation. This is the thing. 685 00:37:28,554 --> 00:37:30,214 What is it? 686 00:37:31,431 --> 00:37:32,889 What do you want it to be? 687 00:37:34,016 --> 00:37:37,182 - Amy? - Out here. 688 00:37:38,269 --> 00:37:40,178 See you. 689 00:38:01,660 --> 00:38:05,573 I thought about what you asked before about my being able to think of anything. 690 00:38:05,746 --> 00:38:07,489 And I said no. 691 00:38:07,664 --> 00:38:10,913 And you said,"Neither have I, and neither has the president." 692 00:38:13,377 --> 00:38:15,203 What about it? 693 00:38:16,420 --> 00:38:20,796 I wouldn't speak for anybody else, but you know I'm not done yet, right? 694 00:39:03,744 --> 00:39:05,119 - Toby... - No, stay there. 695 00:39:05,287 --> 00:39:07,326 I'm looking for something to beat you with. 696 00:39:07,497 --> 00:39:08,825 - Look... - I'll use my hands. 697 00:39:08,998 --> 00:39:10,373 - Let me say... - One debate?! 698 00:39:10,541 --> 00:39:12,865 What's the difference between one debate and two? 699 00:39:13,043 --> 00:39:14,370 What's the difference be... 700 00:39:14,544 --> 00:39:17,497 It's a whole other debate. It's a second debate. 701 00:39:17,671 --> 00:39:19,497 It's 100 percent more debates. 702 00:39:19,672 --> 00:39:22,921 "Somebody should ask him if he's aware taxpayers pay 9000 this... 703 00:39:23,091 --> 00:39:25,628 ...instead of 200,000 that. And somebody should ask... 704 00:39:25,801 --> 00:39:28,208 ...what he means by and ask how he plans on." 705 00:39:28,386 --> 00:39:31,007 You said that and you were right. 706 00:39:32,222 --> 00:39:34,214 What if he has a bad night? 707 00:39:34,390 --> 00:39:37,307 It's happened. What if he gets himself into trouble? 708 00:39:37,476 --> 00:39:41,852 What if Ritchie comes after Abbey or the kids, and the president goes postal? 709 00:39:42,021 --> 00:39:44,060 It's what I'd try to do. 710 00:39:44,231 --> 00:39:47,017 Stress, hot lights, what if he has an episode? 711 00:39:47,858 --> 00:39:49,767 We lose. 712 00:39:49,943 --> 00:39:53,856 When you can't lower expectations, you only have one thing you can do. 713 00:39:54,029 --> 00:39:55,855 You have to meet them. 714 00:40:12,667 --> 00:40:16,615 Clear 24 hours from the president's schedule. We're going away. 715 00:40:27,802 --> 00:40:29,628 There she is. 716 00:40:29,803 --> 00:40:31,630 C.J.? 717 00:40:31,805 --> 00:40:33,346 Susan. 718 00:40:33,514 --> 00:40:37,013 The senator would like a quick word with the president. Is that possible? 719 00:40:38,434 --> 00:40:40,889 - Well, I don't know, Susan... - He should. 720 00:40:42,604 --> 00:40:44,263 Okay. 721 00:41:01,075 --> 00:41:02,983 That was a wonderful talk, Mr. President. 722 00:41:03,201 --> 00:41:05,822 - Thanks. I didn't write much of it. - The 80-20 section. 723 00:41:06,037 --> 00:41:07,993 That part I wrote. I added it. 724 00:41:08,163 --> 00:41:09,787 When you first started... 725 00:41:09,956 --> 00:41:14,498 ...when you talked about how politicians hunger after the 80-20 issue... 726 00:41:14,668 --> 00:41:18,166 ...I thought,"My God, I'm about to watch a train wreck. 727 00:41:18,337 --> 00:41:20,827 He'll make a political speech to the Supreme Court... 728 00:41:21,005 --> 00:41:23,127 ...while standing in the middle of a church." 729 00:41:23,298 --> 00:41:26,298 But of course you didn't. I should've known better. 730 00:41:27,718 --> 00:41:30,208 "Who among the 80 will stand up for the 20?" 731 00:41:30,428 --> 00:41:33,263 You did, Howard. You did all the time. 732 00:41:33,472 --> 00:41:38,382 I was telling Josh Lyman about a friend who just got his pilot's license. 733 00:41:38,809 --> 00:41:41,346 He told me the most remarkable thing. 734 00:41:42,103 --> 00:41:45,471 He said a new pilot will fly into cloud cover... 735 00:41:45,647 --> 00:41:47,224 ...there'll be no visibility. 736 00:41:47,398 --> 00:41:50,600 They'll check their gauges, they'll look at the artificial horizon. 737 00:41:50,776 --> 00:41:52,649 It'll show them level... 738 00:41:52,819 --> 00:41:54,645 ...but they won't trust it. 739 00:41:54,820 --> 00:41:59,231 So they'll make an adjustment, and then another and another. 740 00:41:59,865 --> 00:42:03,315 He said the number of new pilots who fly out of clouds... 741 00:42:03,493 --> 00:42:05,532 ...completely upside down... 742 00:42:05,702 --> 00:42:07,611 ...would knock you out. 743 00:42:08,663 --> 00:42:13,572 My office will make arrangements for me to endorse you in the morning. 744 00:42:14,208 --> 00:42:17,043 You keep your eyes on the horizon, Mr. President. 745 00:42:25,383 --> 00:42:27,707 Mr. President. Mr. President. 746 00:42:42,686 --> 00:42:44,808 Are you ready to go, sir? 747 00:42:44,979 --> 00:42:46,521 No. 748 00:42:46,939 --> 00:42:48,563 C.J. 749 00:42:49,232 --> 00:42:50,892 - Yes, sir. - Would it be possible... 750 00:42:51,067 --> 00:42:53,142 ...to move the press off the church grounds? 751 00:42:53,318 --> 00:42:55,394 I'm gonna take questions for a little while. 752 00:42:55,570 --> 00:42:57,811 - On what? - Needle exchange. 753 00:42:58,030 --> 00:42:59,689 Yes, sir.