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This crazy man
got in front of
millions of people

and totally screwed
his wife.

I'm running again, Abbey.

The FDA is signing
off on RU-486.

You think he apologizes
and his numbers go up?

I think you brought
me in two weeks ago
because they haven't yet.

What's Toby's
problem with me?
What do you mean?

and I'd like to
understand the
nature of it.

The Justice Department
needs another

$30 million to
fund its suit

against the
tobacco companies

and now I want to
turn the heat up

and issue a release.

I know what you're
thinking about doing.

that the President's situation
makes it harder for him

to focus...?

to be focusing on something
that matters.

"Relieved"?
She's tired.

C.J. doesn't misspeak.

She just did.

Damn it!

PRESIDENT:
"We're more than
a set of borders.

"We are bounded by the reach
of human freedom.

"We have mastered every moment.

"We have vanquished every foe.

"We are strong,
we are prosperous

"We are, as we have ever been,
the envy of every civilization.

"We are, as we have ever been,
the hope of all mankind.

"But I am not satisfied.

"Indeed, I am restless

and I come before you, not to
speak of the America we have..."

TOBY:
Excuse me, sir.

We're the envy
of every civilization?

Yeah.

( chuckling ):
Really?

They don't vote
in England, Toby.

Well, they do, actually.

We know what he meant.
Thank you.

I'll change it, sir.
Okay.

And somebody stick some pompoms
in that guy's hand.

PRESIDENT:
"But I am not satisfied.

"Indeed I am restless

"and I come before you

"not to speak
of the America we have

"but of the better,
stronger

"more prosperous America

we can create together."

There's a snake over here.

What kind?

I don't know,
and I don't want to ask him.

Can somebody shoot it, please?

It's probably
a garter snake.
It's a garter snake.

Don't worry
about it.
Okay.

"I seek reelection
to the presidency

"not because
of its glories

but because of
its challenges."

And I have a problem here.

Yeah?
I wrote that.

I'm happy for you.
"Its challenges"

makes it sound like
you're overwhelmed by the job

and this is exactly
the wrong time for that.

to raise the stakes
of the election.

Why?

'Cause if it's all a day
at the beach, then any bozo

with a handshake
can do it.

wants a happy warrior
to lead the country

not Dr. Kevorkian.

It's true, sir.

America does not want
Dr. Kevorkian

to lead the country.

We've got polling
data on that.

All right, we'll revisit it.

The snake is looking at me now.

"owes his campaign no less
than he owes his country:

"everything he has,
everything he can give

all his hopes for..."
Yeah, I'm...

I'm not wild about it
being "your" campaign
and "your" country.

SAM:
The people who are going
to be there hear fine.

He doesn't mean
don't hear that well.

We means people
don't hear that well.

TOBY:
Sir, you're
perfectly entitled

the leader of both
the campaign and the country

DOUG:
Except if it's him
and not the voters

then it points the pundits
toward the MS.

I think the cat's
out of the bag on the MS.

Does somebody
here have MS

and they haven't
said anything?

Seriously, that's a...
pretty big snake.

PRESIDENT:
"But I am not satisfied."

Indeed, Leo, I am close
to taking my own life

with a wheat thresher.

Bruno?

Yeah, uh, listen up,
I've been thinking...

it might not be such a bad idea
for me to lock you all in here

and set the place on fire.

We have 48 hours

before we kick off
this campaign.

We will work hard

we will work well

and we will
work together

or so help me,
Mother of God

I will stick a pitchfork
so far up your asses

you will,
quite simply, be dead.

"And so with pride
and purpose

"I hereby announce
my candidacy

for the presidency
of the United States."

Jed?

I didn't see you there.

Yeah.

I didn't see you.

What's going on?

Peter thinks sanctions
are a waste of time--

I agree.

In about a half hour

we're buzzing the
island with, uh...

what they call an
Alpha strike formation

to show Bazan...
I don't know.

Will it work?

Jed?

Yeah?

I said, will it work?

Sorry, I said
I don't know.

We'll see.

C.J. got beaten up pretty good
in the briefing room.

Yeah, that was
bound to happen.

Maybe you want to think about
sitting her down for a few days.

Jed?

Yeah?

I said, maybe you
want to think about

benching C.J.
for a few days.

Yeah.

At least on Haiti.

Well, that's Leo's call.

Send in Nancy or Peter
or someone from State.

That way the two stories
don't get mixed up.

Yeah, that's Leo's call.

I can't get into
our thing tonight.

Two days ago

you said you had a lot to say.

I do. That's why
I can't get into it.

I have to read.

That's all right.

All right,
I'm going in the study.

Okay.

Abbey, you were lying down
when I came in.

I didn't see you.

I believe you.

( door opens and closes )

DOUG:
He has to sell

the greatness of America.

SAM:
Why?

Because it's an implicit
argument to stay the course.

We're selling
the greatness of America.

Not enough.

We're selling it
in paragraphs one, two, eight

16, 26, 36...
Listen,
it's a simple equation.

Bartlet rules America.

America rocks,
therefore Bartlet rocks.

America rocks?

Bartlett rocks?

Yes.

He really doesn't
that much.

Leo, can I see you
for a second?

Yeah.

RU-486.

There's nothing we can do.

The last thing we need

is to come
out of the gate
Look...

waving a flag
to the American heartland
Josh...

saying we don't share
your values.

The President
understands all that.

And?

That's the way it goes.

Leo...
The FDA's an
independent agency.

They can announce
when they want.

The FDA's a
division of HHS

and technically not
an independent agency.

Technically?

I can call the FDA
chief of staff--
I got him his job.

They can wait
two weeks
No.

to announce the drug.

They don't have to
do it on Monday.

I can fix tobacco.

Tobacco?

No, I meant 486.

Leave the FDA alone.

Morning.

ABBEY:
Hi, C.J.

You just get in?

Oh, a few hours ago.

Yeah. Liz will be here
in a while.

We're going for a hike later

if you want to join us.

No, thank you, I can't

but I did want to talk to you
about a photo-op.

Would you like
some cider?

No, I'm fine.

We grow the
apples right down
the hill. It's good.

Okay. So, at any rate...

My husband and
I together.
Yeah.

With the kids.

Because my
husband and I

came to the
house separately

there were photos
of the President

getting on the
plane alone.

Ma'am, this is
uncomfortable territory

and obviously I...

that you and
the President...

Do they have names?

I'm sorry?
The sources.

No, these are...

Unnamed sources.

C.J., unnamed sources
make me crazy.

Just one time I'd like to see

instead of
"according to unnamed sources"

I'd like to see
"according to tweaky little

ill-informed
chicken-ass wanna-be..."

Don't ever come to me again
with "unnamed sources," C.J.

You don't get any cider.

Yes, ma'am.

I spoke to
the First Lady before.

LEO:
Hmm?

I thought it might
not be a bad idea

if there were
some opportunities

with the two of them
together at the house.

What was her reaction?

Well, she denied me cider.

What else?

I'll brief the
Sunday papers on
what they can expect

from the speech
on Monday.

You know
it's not written yet.

I'm just giving
them highlights.

What highlights?

I'm making them up.

Okay.

I thought maybe
you could speak to her.

Who?
The First Lady.

Every paper today
had a picture on
the front page

of the President
boarding Air Force One

to go home by himself.

There are any
number of press
questions about...

We're two private men, C.J.

We don't talk
about our marriages.

What do you want from me?

that you told Toby
what we discussed.

He's the
Communications Director.

You don't think
he should know?

When I think
it's time...

When I think it's time

I will tell anyone
who works for me

anything I damn please.

You know what, C.J.?

Stop being pissed at me
about Haiti.

Yeah, okay.

LEO:
It's a surrender.

PRESIDENT:
It's not a surrender
if he has demands.

LEO:
It's as close
as we come these days.

What does he want?

$10 million, U.S.,
a private plane

and a guarantee he won't
be prosecuted for war crimes.

What else?

Asylum for himself
and 60 of his family members.

Where?

Here.

Well, that's a
bit of a dilemma.

Does anybody have
room at their place

for Bazan and 60
of his relatives?

could be in violation
of Hague treaties.

Yeah.

Do we want to set
a precedent

that anyone
can stage a coup

and walk away
if it doesn't work?

And with $10 million

and a private plane?

A shoot-out
in the Presidential Palace

is the worst possible outcome.

Bazan's full surrender
is the best

and that's what we've got
on the table.

I want to end this peacefully
and right now.

Nancy, what do you think
of Venezuela?

Venezuela would like
to be considered

a resource for supplying
Strategic Petroleum Reserves.

Tell them I'll give the SPR
strong consideration.

Mike, have the Canadians get

a message through.

We'll unfreeze his U.S. accounts

but he can't remove
any money from Haiti.

Only his wife, his children
and his parents can seek asylum.

If he tries to go back,
he'll be under arrest.

And he can screw
the private plane.

We'll fly him on a C-9
from Port-au-Prince to Caracas

and if he's very good

we won't shoot him
in the head on the way.

Tell me when
it's done.

Yes, sir.

Thank you,
Mr. President.

Nancy?

Yeah?

Let me talk to
you a second.

When this is a done deal,
I want you to stick around

for a while
and brief the press.

I'm not punishing her.

She made a mis...
I'm not
punishing her.

You're not the political face
of this administration

you're no part
of the MS thing

and you won't be asked
questions about it.

I don't feel
right about this.

I don't care.

MARGARET:
Hey.

He's on his way up
from the Sit room.

Good news
about Haiti.

I say we should've gone
in there

with four tank divisions

and turned the place
into a casino.

Manifest destiny.

Bet your ass.

Calls?
On your desk.

You got a second?

Yeah.

So, I wanted
to apologize
about before.

Don't worry about it.

You know what I'm
talking about, right?

Yeah.

So, I wanted to make you
aware of something.

Yeah?
Well, I've looked
through the transcript

a couple of times, and
he never apologized.

What do you mean?
In the interview

he never apologized,
and I think it's

something we're going
to get hung with later.

Well, let's wait
a few weeks

see what happens
with the numbers

and take
another look.

Yeah.
Anything else?

He wanted
a private plane?

Can you believe it?

The State Department's
suggesting

that we praise
the French government

for their help
in resolving this matter.

I would, but I'm worried
they'd surrender.

You did well,
Mr. President.

When do you think
C.J. can brief?

Nancy's going to brief.

Yeah?

Don't worry about it.

You did well.

We haven't picked up
any ground

in Iowa, Kansas,
Arkansas and Illinois.

It's only been a week.

Yeah, but we struck

the agricultural trade
deal with Argentina

and farm country
ought to love that.

Well, that story got
a little drowned out.

Yes, it did.

I could have stood
on top of the Sears Tower

and that story would've
been drowned out.

I'm not assigning blame.
Really?

Yes. We need help.

I'm bringing in Bruno Gianelli.

It's too early for Bruno.

No.

Toby, Sam and Josh--

the guys aren't
going to like it.

They'll have to live with it.

"I say to you today,
I love this country

"and I will make sure
our military continues to be

"the best-trained,
best-equipped

best-led fighting force
in the world."

TOBY:
I think Sam wants
to take this one.

testosterone for
foreign policy

I'm not...
then why not have

the President wade
out into the crowd

and challenge them
to an arm wrestle?

The problem is the foreign
policy section was too long.

And there are no votes
in foreign policy.

You just wrote off 98%
of the world's population

and three-quarters
of the President's
job description.

that makes us the envy
of every civilization.

Scrap this.

I have a problem here.
Where?

"This campaign must not be
about the disease God gave me

but the opportunities God
has given our country."

You're back to the strategy
that failed for a month.

What's that?
All MS, all the time.

There was a little damage
control needed to be done.

You're never happier than when
you're educating the public!

A month ago, 74% of them
thought MS was fatal.

And every time
you told them it wasn't

there was a story about MS!

Doug, why the hell
didn't I think of that?

I don't know, Toby,
but if you had

I probably wouldn't be here!

Hello.
Yes?

I'm Bruno Gianelli.

Yes?

I have an appointment.

MARGARET:
Who's Bruno Gianelli?

LEO:
A strategist.

Really?

He got five senators
elected, three governors.

where they haven't elected
a Democrat in 46 years.

He got the Prime Minister
of Israel elected

and it's entirely possible that
he's never voted in his life.

He's here.

Why didn't you send him in?

He didn't have an appointment.

I made... I did it.

You did it yourself.

Yes.

And you're not supposed
to do that, are you?

Bruno!

You people can find
more ways to blow it.

We might be running out.

No, I don't think so.

Look...

Why the hell didn't
you call me

before the announcement?

What would you have done?

Tell him not to make
the announcement.

That'd be concealing the truth.

Oh, would it, now?

Can you help us?

I need to see your internals.

Joey Lucas has been polling
every day for two months.

The girl?

Yeah.

I worked with her in California.

She's good.

What do you want?

15% of the ad buys.

You're going to say...

Ten.

So why don't we just say 13?

Why don't we say 12?

Why don't we say... 13?

I want hiring
and firing

For starters, I'm bringing in
Doug Wegland and Connie Tate.

Fine.

A room at the Hay-Adams

and a car and a driver.

Fine.

And I want unfettered access
to the President.

No.

I need it.

Can't have it.

Leo, the only races
I've ever lost

are ones where
the candidate didn't listen

or the advice
didn't get through.

That isn't going to happen
this time.

Can't do it.

This is ego--

you know it as well as I do.

I take this request
to the President

tell him it's a deal-breaker,
he's going to say yes.

Knock yourself out.

Margaret?

Yes, sir?
Would you take

Mr. Gianelli
into the Oval Office, please?

Sure.

Are you playing with me?

Mr. Gianelli,
would you follow me?

Sure thing.

Bruno.
Morning,
Mr. President.

I understand you're going
to be working with us.

Well, sir, obviously I'm
pleased to be approached.

I believe there
is a great deal
I can do for you.

You have one or two demands.

Yes, sir.

You want 12% of the ad buys.

Okay, 12, and...

A room, car and a driver--
that's no problem.

I'll also need
unfettered access to you.

No.

Sir...

I'm sorry, Bruno.

Leo runs the show.

Respectfully, sir...

It's a deal-breaker.

Okay.

Anyone else I have
to field things through?

I was sorry to hear about
Dolores Landingham.

Can you help us out?

Yes, sir.

MARGARET:
Do I need to explain

the rules on
making appointments again?

Are you confused?

Get out.

I'll jot them down.

How'd it go?

Shut up.

What's first?

We get together
in a room.

After that?
An event.

Is that the soonest
we can do it?
Yeah.

Okay, we'll
scout locations
in New Hampshire.

Maybe a high school.

( marching band playing )

Sam!

Yeah?

"Columbia,
Gem of the Ocean"?

Is he christening
a minesweeper?

It was part of the deal.
What deal?

They're the Columbia
High School Marching Band.

We had to negotiate
with the band?
Look...

They're going to be
live on four networks.

They will play
what we want to hear.

Bruno!
Hey, how you doing?

Good-- whose throat
do I shove these down?

Whose skull do I crack
with this sign?

Don't worry about it.

"Bartlet for President."

Yeah, we'll get rid of them.

Good, 'cause I was
there when he won.

I saw him get sworn in.

I actually rode in the limo.

Write me a speech, would you?

One that doesn't make me think
I'm sitting shivah someplace--

black curtains on the mirrors.

C.J.:
We'll be using this
as the greenroom.

He can walk right out the door
and up on the stage.

What's this room
usually used for?

I don't know--
desks, a blackboard.

Could be some kind
of a classroom.

What's going on?

What do you mean?

Nothing.

You sure?
Yeah.

What's going on
with RU-486?

Leo won't let me
wave off the FDA.

It's against the law.

I'm not talking about
sticking up a fruit stand.

It's a phone call.

A favor from a friend.

I know the Chief of Staff
at the subcommittee.

I got him his job.

You mean the FDA.

This is the second time
this weekend I've done that.

TOBY:
Hey, see this?

This is why I didn't want
to do an announcement.

We're taking care of it.

No, I'm taking care of it.

I want to say,
for maybe the 18th time

that I don't think
we should be doing

an announcement
event at all.

DOUG:
If he's going to run
for reelection

he's got to announce
that he's going to
run for reelection.

He did that
two weeks ago.

He's not gaining enough ground,
which means he's bleeding.

If we put him up there
like any other candidate,
we trade away the one

big advantage
we've got.
What's that?

He's the President already.

Signing Executive Orders

and decorating the tree
isn't going to do it.

BRUNO:
Fellas, I'm getting old
over here.

The subject was closed
on Tuesday.

to declare
and he's got to apologize.

He's not going to apologize.

Why not?
For what?

For your campaign and your White
House perpetrating a fraud.

I'm from Oregon.

In Oregon, we like
to see a man stand
up and say he's sorry.

Where are you from?

Me? I'm from
Yeah.

the United States of suck my...

All right.

Let's take lunch.

DOUG:
Republicans talk
about how arrogant

you guys are.
I always thought

it was the natural
reaction that comes

to not getting
the girl.

I can't believe how much

they've been
low-balling it.

Josh, wait up.

Let me walk you to your office.

Sure.

You know,
he had a point.

Who?
Doug.

That we're arrogant?
Mm-hmm.

I guess that means
Doug won't be coming
to my Sweet 16, then.

You were the one who
sent them the press
release, right?

What press release?

Subcommittee,
about tobacco.

Yes, I was.

Well, that was stupid.

You think?

I know.

I got two years as
legislative director
in the House

two years as floor
director in the Senate

and 30 months as
Deputy Chief of Staff.
What do you got?

Josh...

Kalmbach's a fat-ass
Rotarian gasbag.

I knew once
I sent the thing

he'd raise the profile
and give us the press we needed.

Kalmbach is vulnerable
in his home state.

He's got an
influx of tech

and other clean
industries along his
Route Nine corridor

along with the suburban voters
that go with it--

affluent parents who don't want
their kids smoking.

We got the money, Bruno.

You don't want the money.

You want the issue.

You should have waited
until the fall when
the bell rings

and then we hammer
them with it.

Then Kalmbach, Leeder,
Ross, Roark, Stevens--

whoever gets the nomination--

has it hanging around their
necks they're nicotine pushers.

Plus, you get the money.

The sooner you get

I know what
I'm talking about

and I'm on your side

the sooner
your world gets better.

Of course you got the money.

I'm amazed
he didn't send it to you

with candy
and a stripper.

Pennsylvania, Michigan, Ohio--

three swing states you could've
brought over with that.

That's an election.

( sirens blaring )

You still get nervous

talking in front
of big crowds?

I've never been nervous
talking in front of big crowds.

It's talking to one person.

I didn't know
she was going to be here.

I didn't know you
were going to be here.

I'm introducing you.

I thought Leyland was doing it.

C.J. thought it would be good...

No, I think
it's a good idea.

Okay.

You need to reach out
to the staff.

Once you do that

they'll feel better
and then so will you.

I'm going back
to the house.

ABBEY:
What are you reading?

I don't know enough
about agriculture.

Well, I wouldn't
worry about it.

Agriculture isn't
really your field.

Yeah, well, agriculture

is responsible for one
in five American jobs

so it is a little bit my field.

You know...

15% of the
world's cotton

25% of the world's beef

and 50% of the world's soybeans

Farmers and ranchers
pay taxes

in my field.

Their kids go to school
in my field.

They go to jail in my field.

From time to time,
they go to war in my field.

Jed...

So when I say it's not my field

I'm not saying something.

I'm trying to learn so I can.

Why won't you talk to me?

Why aren't you with me?

How do you know I'm not?

You're not.

You're pissed at me?

I'm trying to read here.

I don't believe it,
I don't believe you!

Abbey...
I don't believe you.

You go from,
"I've got a lot to say"

to "I can't say
it right now

because I've got so much to say"

to "I got to read
about agriculture

and you're not with me
and go to hell."

Look...

Now that's an extraordinary
evolution.

Can I go a week
without explaining myself?

You can go as long as you want
without explaining yourself.

Read your book.

Sit down,
we'll talk about it now.

I'm not in the mood, jackass.

Isn't there any way
I can change your mind

'cause I really had
my heart set on it.

Go to hell.

You feel all right?

Yeah.

C.J. wants her
to introduce me?

Yeah, I thought it
was a good idea, too.

I wouldn't mind
a little... you know.

There's going to be
a big crowd here tomorrow.

Well, that's
your kind of crowd.

I need to finish
the speech.

Yeah.

What are you doing?

Hmm?

What are you doing?

I'm...
Going over
the transcript?

He needs
to apologize.

Don't worry about it.

He lied.

He didn't lie.

It's what your people call
a "sin of omission."

It's what everybody
calls a sin of omission.

Bartlet lied to us.

President Bartlet, Sam,
come on.

Did you know that many
multiple sclerosis advocates

actually instruct victims
to hide the illness

because it's
so misunderstood?

You think they
advise presidential
candidates to do that?

I don't.

That night
he told you...

Yeah.

...didn't you
feel like...?

I went crazy.

I whaled on him
in the Oval Office.

None of us had the
chance to do that.

I know.

We could've
gotten it done.

If he had just told us
at the beginning

this would've been
a whole different...

Yeah.

Go home.

All right.

Hey.

Hey.

What are you doing?

Just talking
to myself.

I'll join you.

Feel free.

I thought the
speech was locked.

They're still up
at the house arguing.

It's not locked till
the President says it's locked.

Hmm.

I was out trying
to find a Starbucks.

A guy in a gas station
said, "'Round here

"people don't pay
four dollars

for a cup of coffee."

New Hampshire:
Live Free or Cheap.

Doug means well, you know,
and he's smart.

Connie, it seems to me

your job is to wait
until Doug leaves the room

and then say,
"What Doug really meant was..."

Sometimes it's my job to say
it when he's in the room.

We're making a mistake
not including an apology.

Is this what you mean,
or is this what Doug means?

Both.

It's not
going to happen.
Why not?

'Cause Jed Bartlet's Jed Bartlet
and that's the way it goes.

Well, I think that's
what you're saying

and it makes sense,
but you know what?

What?

I think you want him
to apologize

and not just for
political reasons.

I haven't really thought
that much about it.

Sam...

There's been
a lot going on.

I haven't really thought
that much about.

You were with him
at the beginning.

You got him elected,
you got him elected.

You worked for Bartlet 18 hours
a day. You never felt...

Connie...

Please, it's President Bartlet.

Okay?

Yeah.

I should get back
up to the hotel.

DOUG:
We have to mention values.
If we don't mention values

we're going to
spend every day of
the next 15 months

trying to convince
people we did
mention values.

"My values are
New Hampshire's values:

"hard work
and responsibility

"strong families
and strong communities

a boundless faith in an American
ideal of self-reliance..."

and poor people
can go screw themselves.

My point is that for 30 years

the Democrats have been
labeled tax-and-spend

as if they don't
believe in

getting up every day
and going to work.

If that's your point,
then nobody's going
to understand it.

Which is exactly why I wanted
to cut the three paragraphs...

Are there any problems that
you're interested in solving

or are you helping us run

for the Grand Marshal
of the Rose Bowl Parade?

Look...

I'm stretching my legs.

( phone rings )

Yeah?

Okay.

( clock ticking )

( door opening )

Is that something
you run for?

Huh?

The Rose Bowl Parade.

Don't you just...
get picked?

I don't, um...

I don't know.

You guys are so pissed at him,
you don't even know it.

You're more pissed at him
than the press is.

You're more pissed at him
than the party is.

You're so pissed at him,
you're pissed at me.

'Cause if he hadn't lied

then you could've run
the campaign

you always wanted to run

instead of a bunch of people
coming in here

and teaching you how
not to bother anybody.

I never drank
the Kool-Aid, Toby.

I came to win.

And you're so pissed at him,
you can't even admit

that for the last two weeks,
you've gone to sleep at night

thanking God that I did.

Yeah?

Bruno just got off with Leo.

The speech is locked.

( clock ticking )

LEO:
Whitley left
in the first van.

He's there already.

So somebody sit with
the Boston Globe.

Donna, where's Josh?

I'll get him.

( knocking )

Come in.

You're supposed
to be downstairs.

Yeah.

You're not ready yet?

You got to get
in the shower.

Among everything else

it's going to look like
we're kicking off the campaign

by pandering to women's groups.

Josh...

Most voters are pro-choice,
but the ones that aren't

are going to devote their lives
and their money to beating you.

Guns don't kill people;
Bartlet does.

It's going to look like
we screwed up the timing

so the press is going
to write about process

and not about issues,
and getting political reporters

to write about issues
in the first place

is like getting kids
to eat their vegetables.

You got to shave.

it's like getting kids
to eat their vegetables?

Shave and shower.

It helps if there's nothing
else on their plate.

I know I could
stop this thing.

One phone call.

The President's
not even involved.

Could you hold off
two weeks?

We love your drug

but we don't want it
folded into our news cycle.

I could have
picked...
Josh...

God!

What's this about?

( Josh sighs )

I blew the tobacco thing.

That could have helped us,
and I was...

This is going to be
a very close election.

I got to take a shower.

C.J.:
Good morning.

You can go on up.

( car door closes )

Mr. President?

Come in.

I was told
you wanted to see me.

Yeah.

Don't be a
marriage counselor.

It pisses me off, okay?

You know what
I'm talking about.
Sir...

That part of my life
doesn't belong to you.

Sir, I was simply
putting together

what I thought was
the best press event.

The First Lady is
an excellent speaker and...

All right. That's all.
I'll see you out there.

Sir, I think if you get
a bump in the polls

after today's speech,
as we expect you will

I think it'd be a good time
for me to resign.

Yeah?

Well, to leave earlier
would have been strategically...

Yeah, okay.

Look, the press is...

That's nonsense to me,
and I don't care.

For all the new jobs
we've created

there are single mothers
working two of them

at minimum wage, there
are school districts

where less than half
the students graduate

and a kid born in
Harlem is more likely

to go to prison than
a four-year college!

They're bringing guns
to school, C.J.!

Don't you dare lecture me,
Mr. President!

Don't you dare do it!

I was never supposed to win.

I got in it

polling in the
single digits.

Hoynes had it
locked up.

I got in it to
give some speeches

and keep him honest.

Then you guys

came along, and
all of a sudden

I got 22% in Iowa

and then South Carolina
and Michigan

and then Illinois.

It was a mistake
benching you

for that last
press conference.

( knocking )

Excuse me.

C.J., they need you.

I need you, too.

Thank you, Mr. President.

( sighs )

( sighs )

Did you know
that hardly any of the guys

who landed on the moon
are married to the same people

they were married to
before they went there?

What?

I'm just saying,
it could be worse.

I could have been
an astronaut.

You could not have
been an astronaut.

I'd have been
a great astronaut.

You're afraid of heights

speed, fire
and small places.

I'd have overcome it
to go to the moon.

I know you would have.

I'm really happy
you're introducing me.

I'm really happy about that.

There's something important
I have to say.

Say it.

I haven't really
made up my mind yet...

but at the moment...

I'm leaning towards
voting for you.

( marching band playing )

( crowd cheering )

DOUG:
"...to fall victim
to torpor and timidity."

"Torpor" is not a word

a lot of people know.

It means apathy.

I know
what it means.

Doug means...
They know what I mean.

Hey.

If they don't know

what the word means...

What's the word?
"Torpor."

It means apathy.

I know what the word means.

I'm saying if people
don't know what

the word means...
They can look it up.

Good morning,
Mr. President.
Good morning, sir.

It's not our job
to appeal

to the lowest
common denominator, Doug.

If you're going to be
the education President

it'd be nice
not to hide

that you have
an education.

Bruno, would you mind?

( sighs )

( door closes )

Churchill and FDR--

serious men using big words
for big purpose.

It occurs to me
I never said I'm sorry.

I am.

For the lawyers, for the press

for the mess,
for the fear.

Bruno, Doug, Connie-

these guys are good,
and they want to win.

So do we.

The only thing we want more
is to be right.

I wonder
if you can't do both.

There's a new book,
and we're going to write it.

You can win if you run a smart,
disciplined campaign

if you studiously say nothing,
nothing that causes you trouble

nothing that's a gaffe

nothing that shows
you might think the wrong thing

nothing that shows you think

but it just isn't worthy of us,
is it, Toby?

No, sir.

It isn't worthy
of America.

It isn't worthy
of a great nation.

We're going to write a new book,
right here, right now

this very moment, today.

and my great fortune
to introduce my husband

( sighs )

You know what?

Break's over.

( whistling and cheering )