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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.