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Previously on The West Wing:
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- Have you seen the Zogby poll?
- Yes.
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Six weeks to go, you're still seven
points down, concerned?
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It gave license to ask whether
you might have dinner with me.
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How's tonight?
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Emergency sirens went off
at the nuclear station...
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...in San Andreo, California.
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We could be looking
at a full-scale meltdown.
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The coolant in the reactor's dropped,
exposing the fuel rods.
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I pushed the licensing commission
to get San Andreo up and running.
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You're anti-nuclear,
Vinick's got a long history.
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This is all upside for us.
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Arizona, up by four.
Nevada, up by three.
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- Virginia, up by four.
- California?
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- Up by six.
- I have seven.
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- Who's that?
- Gallup.
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- Really?
- Reading it off the paper.
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- Is it up?
- Nope.
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- Check again.
- I hit refresh.
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When you keep pressing,
it won't load.
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- Go to another page.
- How's it coming?
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Three women telling me
how to use The Times ' website.
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- It's straightforward. Need help?
- I think I've got it under control.
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Four in Louisiana.
Tied in Arkansas.
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Tied in North Carolina, South Carolina.
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- South Carolina?
- It's up. It's up.
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- Go.
- " Times national tracking poll...
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...first national sample since the accident
at the San Andreo nuclear facility...
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In this three-day spread polling of 1400
likely voters, Senator Vinick dropped"...
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Damn it! Screen froze.
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- For God's sake!
- I got it over here, guys.
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Up! Everybody, up!
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- Good morning! Good morning!
- We're up! We're up!
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We're up in California!
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That's the elevator.
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Yeah? Yeah, yeah. Hold on.
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State-by-states are out.
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Tied in South Carolina,
Arkansas and California.
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- California?
- Ahead in Arizona, Nevada, Virginia.
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- Got the national polls.
- The Times?
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It's 44-44. We're tied.
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- We're tied?
- Nationally.
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Holy mother of God, we caught him!
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- Yes!
- We caught him!
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Margin of error!
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Josh, wake up.
Are they messing with me?
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- That's what we got.
- We got it!
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Lead narrowed in Tennessee, Louisiana,
Georgia. Neck and neck in the Carolinas.
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They pulled ahead
in Arizona and Virginia.
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The Times put it at 44-44.
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- California?
- Tied.
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Nine points ahead
in California a week ago.
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- Now we're tied.
- The good news is...
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...most of the votes we lost
are showing up undecided.
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They are not going for Santos yet.
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Twelve percent undecided
this late in the campaign.
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You have local press downstairs.
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No comments
on the nuclear accident in California.
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- Yeah.
- It was a national tragedy.
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Don't talk about it
in a political context.
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You are concentrating on meeting voters,
talking about the issues.
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Namely tax cuts and more tax cuts.
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- You okay?
- Yeah, I'm fine.
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The Kazakhstan situation is heating up.
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You can always pivot to that
if you need to...
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I need 30 seconds to myself, okay?
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Tied. Nationally.
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- Who'd have thunk it?
- Vinick must be weeping.
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We talk to the Russians?
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Their story is
the election wasn't rigged.
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Tarimov is the legitimate
president of Kazakhstan.
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Russian troops crossed the border
to provide stability to the government.
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- China's also gone in for stabilization.
- NATO?
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Everyone likes the idea of a peacekeeping
force, nobody wants to be in one.
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- Can't imagine why not.
- UN's not involved.
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China and Russia can both veto
in the Security Council.
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- It's just us.
- Which looks like what?
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Russia's moving in from the northwest,
China from the east.
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We need to send enough troops
to create a human buffer zone...
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...between the two advancing armies.
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- How far apart are they?
- About 600 miles, but not for long.
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I want to see invasion plans
as soon as possible.
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We wouldn't think of it as an invasion.
We'd call it an intervention.
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Show me a plan that doesn't look like
an invasion, I'll call it whatever you want.
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- Thank you, Mr. President.
- Thank you, sir.
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Keep NATO in the air. Don't want
to look like we're writing them off.
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- I'll stay on it with State.
- Have Barrow put together a briefing.
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- We don't know where we're going yet.
- Hopefully, we know next week.
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- Hi.
- Hi.
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- I have a thing of yours.
- My Pyongyang report? I turned my...
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- It's not that.
- Really? It's in a blue binder.
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- No blue binder.
- You sure? I may...
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It's a bra.
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Oh, okay.
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I put it in a padded envelope,
which seemed appropriate.
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- Really?
- Want it now?
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No, no. Yes?
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- It's in your office?
- It is.
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- You keep it.
- Permanently?
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Mail it to my home address.
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- You don't think that's complicated?
- It is, isn't it?
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- I'll hang onto it until we...
- Okay.
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- We'll get better at this.
- One can only hope.
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Cancel everything after the rally. Got to
get on the ground in the battle states.
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Vinick has to head south.
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Try and get his lead back in Louisiana,
Arkansas, the Carolinas.
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- Has he been south since the primaries?
- Nope.
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While he flails there,
we'll have the swing states to ourselves.
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- Power plants in every swing state.
- News crews will be all over.
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- Free media.
- Pennies from heaven.
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A lot of undecideds.
Got to get them off the fence.
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A lot of Dems who didn't know you
and were satisfied voting Republican.
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Time for them to come home.
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They wanna hear about deficit reduction
and more cops on the streets.
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We need to focus on the fact you were
fighting nuclear power 15 years ago.
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You're forward-thinking
with a nuanced vision.
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The vision a president needs to handle
complicated international situations...
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...like this mess in Kazakhstan.
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He had the vision to predict problems
with nuclear power.
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He has the vision
to find solutions for our future.
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- Yeah.
- Who's writing?
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I got it.
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The Santos education plan is now
the "21st Century Education Plan."
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- 21st Century Health Plan.
- Don't forget energy.
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Energy plan. He's about the future,
Vinick's about the past.
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Great.
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I'll have Joey test language,
but that's the direction.
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I'm coordinating with Advance.
Which state?
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- Oh, that's easy.
- California.
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Yeah.
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- Hi.
- Hi.
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- Drink this.
- I don't want it.
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- I didn't ask if you wanted it.
- It looks like Hawaiian Punch...
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...smells disgusting,
and I'm not getting sick.
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We lost these people
because of the nuclear accident.
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Let them realize you didn't melt
it down yourself, they'll come back.
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Cycle like that takes a month,
which we don't have.
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- The base.
- Governor.
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We've had a good time running
to the center, but the party's over.
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You're a Republican. Start talking
to the Republican conservative base.
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Nail him to a cross. He can stump
for votes on the Via Dolorosa.
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I am the only person talking
to values voters.
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And you are doing a fantastic job.
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They're not voting for me.
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He needs more time in the South
so we don't lose them.
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Undecideds are moderates,
not bible-thumpers. Speak to their issues.
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Pull the Arnold Vinick
health-care plan out of his tailpipe?
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Would that qualify as a miracle?
They like the miracles.
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- It will look like desperation.
- We need an ad blitz. Negative.
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- That's not a bad idea.
- It is.
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We need to curb Santos' momentum.
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Keep these folks undecided long enough
for this nuclear mess to fade.
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It's not gonna fade. He'll run thousands
of spots on your love of nuclear power.
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We need to hit back.
I'm not talking a smear campaign.
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Just focus attention on the times Santos
has voted to increase spending.
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It'll drive up our negatives
as much as theirs.
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He'll look like
a desperate hatchet man.
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- So what?
- Is that an existential question?
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Vinick was the voice of experience.
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Now Santos is a wise, prescient
visionary, and the senator looks like a...
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- A foolish old man?
- I'm sorry, sir.
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No, go ahead. I love it.
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You assume it can't get worse. It can.
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We go negative, they're gonna trot out
every bad call I've ever made.
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They'll plaster them
all over the airwaves.
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It'll come back
and bite us in the ass.
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- I'm agreeing with you.
- You are?
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- All right.
- We need to stay the course.
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The senator speaks to the center,
we pepper in health care and education.
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Sullivan speaks locally
to the right flank.
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- He's gonna talk health care too?
- No.
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He's gonna do what he's been doing.
Family values, apple pie.
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- You're with a 50-state strategy?
- No.
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We can't win 50 states anymore.
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I'm aware of that.
It's still the best strategy we have.
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We'll swing through the South,
shore up our numbers.
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But he's not upending his message
this late in the campaign.
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You've got Pensy and Carolton.
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I start going after the base now,
I look like an idiot.
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The governor's going after the base.
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You just got to make nice
with Pensy and Carolton.
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How about we grab lunch, talk about
how you want me to shade this.
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Got time before your 11:00.
Let's get into it now.
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Unless you wanted
to talk about it alone.
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In which case,
you could discuss it over lunch.
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Mr. President.
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Our base in Ayagoz has
9000 marines on the ground.
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We're proposing sending an additional
90,000 ground troops...
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...for control and stabilization.
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- They'll require support units.
- Certainly.
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- How many?
- Another 40,000.
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We come from the south,
creating a zone of neutrality...
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...separating the Russian-controlled
northwest and the Chinese-controlled east.
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The mountains here on the edge
of Lake Balkhash create a natural barrier.
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Our hope is that the Chinese
won't push past them.
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- It'll take weeks to prep an intervention.
- Eight, probably.
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We don't have that kind of time.
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We start an early deployment
of 12,000 troops, the rest follow.
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- Coming from where?
- Pull the First Division from Wiesbaden.
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- And get them there how?
- Send them through the transload hub...
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...to gather munitions and equipment,
then deploy on C-17s.
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Or airlift them straight
from Wiesbaden on C-130s.
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We want the division to bring tanks,
we'll have to go with the C-17s.
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What will they wear?
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I think green and brown
are still the favorites.
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- What kind of outerwear?
- I haven't seen a prototype, but...
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We're sending 150,000 Americans
to the 50th parallel in November.
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It starts snowing in Astana in August
and doesn't stop till June.
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As opposed to the Russians,
who do this a lot...
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...Americans haven't fought a war
in the cold for some time.
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I would like to know what kind of coats
you plan to put on our troops.
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- We'll look into it, sir.
- Do that and come back.
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Centcom's suggesting
a no-fly zone in Kazakhstan.
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Symbolic buffer
between the two armies...
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...until we can get rapid
deployment underway.
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Yeah.
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A hundred and fifty thousand troops.
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We're not talking about a drive-by either.
If we go in, we could be there for years.
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I need to talk to the candidates.
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We live in the greatest democracy...
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Rally in San Diego soon as we arrive.
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- Visit to the shelters holding evacuees.
- Is he talking about the accident?
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Nothing about the accident
or nuclear power.
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He's just sharing some ideas
about health care and education...
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...with cooling towers
in the background.
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- Got a lot of new friends suddenly.
- Who?
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Governor Watley and Stockwell,
secretary of energy...
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...Treasury secretary, Senator Pallard.
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How many times did I call them?
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- A lot.
- Before we grew coattails.
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Better late than never. Schedule them.
232
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Why are you looking at me?
233
00:12:43,487 --> 00:12:44,966
- Bono called.
- Bono?
234
00:12:45,127 --> 00:12:47,322
- He's in New York, wants to have dinner.
- Do it.
235
00:12:47,487 --> 00:12:49,523
- We're not in New York.
- Change the schedule!
236
00:12:49,687 --> 00:12:51,962
- Bono wants to meet him?
- Will he be at the rally?
237
00:12:52,127 --> 00:12:55,039
- We didn't get into specifics.
- They can talk about debt relief.
238
00:12:55,207 --> 00:12:57,004
- Did you talk to him?
- I talked to Phil.
239
00:12:57,167 --> 00:12:59,317
- Okay, invite him to San Diego.
- Phil?
240
00:12:59,487 --> 00:13:01,557
Not Phil.
241
00:13:01,727 --> 00:13:05,561
Press avail in San Diego and you need
to be available for phone interviews.
242
00:13:05,727 --> 00:13:08,321
Getting questions on what
Santos thinks about Kazakhstan.
243
00:13:08,487 --> 00:13:11,399
Tell them Congressman Santos
applauds the president's efforts...
244
00:13:11,567 --> 00:13:15,003
...and is glad the U.S. Can share
its wisdom with emerging democracies.
245
00:13:15,167 --> 00:13:16,725
Then find out what's going on.
246
00:13:16,887 --> 00:13:19,526
- If Bono comes...
- You'll meet him.
247
00:13:20,327 --> 00:13:21,601
Donna?
248
00:13:26,847 --> 00:13:28,280
I wanna...
249
00:13:30,087 --> 00:13:32,157
I'm sorry.
250
00:13:33,887 --> 00:13:36,845
About this morning.
That was inappropriate.
251
00:13:37,527 --> 00:13:40,678
- Don't worry about it.
- Totally inappropriate. I feel terrible.
252
00:13:40,847 --> 00:13:42,246
- Don't.
- Seriously.
253
00:13:42,447 --> 00:13:45,245
Seriously, it was bound
to happen sometime.
254
00:13:45,407 --> 00:13:48,717
I'm gonna call the White House,
talk about Kazakhstan.
255
00:13:49,447 --> 00:13:54,601
I want an evacuation report from FEMA
before the San Andreo budget call.
256
00:13:54,767 --> 00:13:58,362
Get C.J.'s comments, and get Hollings
at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
257
00:13:58,527 --> 00:14:00,916
- He's in this afternoon.
- I want to talk to him now.
258
00:14:01,087 --> 00:14:02,725
- See the sketches?
- I'll get to it.
259
00:14:02,887 --> 00:14:05,117
- How about now?
- A nuclear disaster and a war...
260
00:14:05,287 --> 00:14:07,198
...they could wait.
- Been there for days.
261
00:14:07,367 --> 00:14:10,165
Makes it look like
I don't pick up after you.
262
00:14:18,367 --> 00:14:21,040
- I don't know what to think.
- A thumbs up or thumbs down.
263
00:14:21,207 --> 00:14:23,596
- You think they look like me?
- More or less.
264
00:14:23,767 --> 00:14:24,961
Then they'll do.
265
00:14:25,527 --> 00:14:27,324
- What do you mean?
- Decent likeness.
266
00:14:27,487 --> 00:14:29,000
Commanding, thoughtful.
267
00:14:29,167 --> 00:14:30,839
There's no cane, which is a choice.
268
00:14:31,047 --> 00:14:32,446
- A bad choice?
- I don't know.
269
00:14:32,607 --> 00:14:34,723
- Did you make it, or did he make it?
- He did.
270
00:14:34,927 --> 00:14:36,042
It doesn't matter.
271
00:14:36,207 --> 00:14:39,244
I won't stand beside it with commentary.
Think it's a problem?
272
00:14:39,407 --> 00:14:41,284
- Do you?
- Often as not, I don't even use it.
273
00:14:41,487 --> 00:14:43,842
Yes, but you exist
in the Zeitgeist with a cane.
274
00:14:44,007 --> 00:14:45,406
- I have an idea.
- What?
275
00:14:45,567 --> 00:14:48,400
- Let's call Hollings at the NRC.
- Yes, sir.
276
00:14:48,567 --> 00:14:50,717
Josh on two.
277
00:14:51,527 --> 00:14:54,087
- Hey, sailor.
- Am I calling you, or are you calling me?
278
00:14:54,247 --> 00:14:56,363
I think I'm calling you.
How's it feel?
279
00:14:56,527 --> 00:14:58,836
This must be what
your first smack high feels like.
280
00:14:59,007 --> 00:15:01,362
Hope it's not followed
by a crash and rehab.
281
00:15:01,527 --> 00:15:04,325
- Nothing can kill my mood, but good try.
- Thanks.
282
00:15:04,487 --> 00:15:08,275
We need a detailed idea of what's up
in Kazakhstan. Can you send somebody?
283
00:15:08,447 --> 00:15:11,996
- How about the president?
- Below his pay grade. Love to see him.
284
00:15:12,207 --> 00:15:14,675
He'd like to meet
with the candidates tonight.
285
00:15:14,847 --> 00:15:19,125
Are you kidding? For the first time in
this race, we're not trailing. We're tied.
286
00:15:19,287 --> 00:15:21,437
We'd pull ahead
if we play this thing right.
287
00:15:21,607 --> 00:15:25,395
Taking him off the campaign trail so he
can have drinks in the Oval Office isn't...
288
00:15:25,567 --> 00:15:27,558
I know, and I'm sorry.
If I had a choice...
289
00:15:27,727 --> 00:15:31,117
We're going to California. We may win
Vinick's home state. He is not...
290
00:15:31,287 --> 00:15:33,039
Would I ask if it wasn't important?
291
00:15:33,207 --> 00:15:36,085
Diplomatic foray
into an entrenched conflict.
292
00:15:36,247 --> 00:15:37,805
Yes, you have my word.
293
00:15:37,967 --> 00:15:42,085
Should Santos win, he will continue the
efforts to negotiate a peaceable solution.
294
00:15:42,247 --> 00:15:44,238
Okay, let's do it this way.
Vinick's coming.
295
00:15:44,407 --> 00:15:46,557
You don't want
the press covering Vinick...
296
00:15:46,727 --> 00:15:49,036
...in the Oval with the president
without Santos.
297
00:15:49,207 --> 00:15:52,563
- I like you less and less.
- Will's coordinating the talking points.
298
00:15:52,727 --> 00:15:55,321
The president will brief the candidates.
See you tonight.
299
00:15:55,847 --> 00:15:58,441
President wants to see
the candidates at the White House.
300
00:15:58,607 --> 00:16:00,040
- About what?
- Security briefing.
301
00:16:00,207 --> 00:16:01,560
- San Andreo?
- They won't say.
302
00:16:01,727 --> 00:16:03,957
Why not? Buys some time
to sort out the schedule.
303
00:16:04,127 --> 00:16:05,526
You still stuck?
304
00:16:05,687 --> 00:16:09,316
You're asking me to boost his public
appearances and limit press access...
305
00:16:09,487 --> 00:16:12,877
...send him groveling for votes to states
he's never had to campaign in...
306
00:16:13,047 --> 00:16:15,959
...when all he wants to do is go
to California. Yeah, I'm stuck.
307
00:16:16,127 --> 00:16:18,118
- We're not going to California.
- I told him.
308
00:16:18,287 --> 00:16:21,677
- What do you think about a media buy?
- You know how expensive that is?
309
00:16:21,847 --> 00:16:25,203
- We're hemorrhaging votes there.
- I need our money for a media blitz.
310
00:16:25,367 --> 00:16:27,676
You could blow the budget
buying ads in California.
311
00:16:27,847 --> 00:16:29,803
Call Stan.
See what he thinks it'll cost.
312
00:16:29,967 --> 00:16:32,845
- How much time in the South?
- Two, three days. See how it goes.
313
00:16:33,007 --> 00:16:36,522
That's great.
A Republican stumping in Georgia.
314
00:16:36,687 --> 00:16:38,882
Glad we've got Sullivan planning
the schedule.
315
00:16:39,047 --> 00:16:40,275
Not his plan. It's mine.
316
00:16:40,447 --> 00:16:41,800
- Really?
- Yes.
317
00:16:43,207 --> 00:16:46,517
I am happy to change tack
in light of current developments...
318
00:16:46,687 --> 00:16:49,281
...but I'd be more comfortable
if meetings took place...
319
00:16:49,447 --> 00:16:52,519
...with you, me, and the senator.
Not you and Ray Sullivan.
320
00:16:52,687 --> 00:16:55,076
Sullivan's just blowing off steam.
321
00:16:55,247 --> 00:16:57,158
Nobody blames you
for what's happening.
322
00:16:57,327 --> 00:17:01,206
- Not me, not the senator.
- I don't care if I'm being blamed.
323
00:17:01,367 --> 00:17:03,244
I care if I'm being shoved out.
324
00:17:03,847 --> 00:17:05,121
You're not.
325
00:17:09,447 --> 00:17:10,641
- Hi.
- Hi.
326
00:17:10,807 --> 00:17:12,126
- And you're here.
- Yes.
327
00:17:12,287 --> 00:17:13,640
- Should I come back?
- No.
328
00:17:13,807 --> 00:17:16,799
I've asked reps to come so we can
get everybody on the same page.
329
00:17:16,967 --> 00:17:18,241
You should work that out.
330
00:17:18,407 --> 00:17:20,602
I'll do a backgrounder,
he can adapt that into...
331
00:17:20,767 --> 00:17:22,758
Talking points to share with the press.
332
00:17:22,927 --> 00:17:24,645
Which won't be the whole story.
333
00:17:24,807 --> 00:17:26,525
- Sure.
- Great.
334
00:17:27,847 --> 00:17:28,962
- What?
- What?
335
00:17:29,127 --> 00:17:31,846
- Is something weird happening?
- No.
336
00:17:32,007 --> 00:17:34,999
I feel like a heroine who doesn't know
there's a guy with an axe.
337
00:17:35,167 --> 00:17:39,240
Maybe it's the weather.
People feel that way when it's damp.
338
00:17:39,607 --> 00:17:41,359
Thank you both.
339
00:17:44,967 --> 00:17:47,117
- We're really bad at this.
- Really bad.
340
00:17:47,287 --> 00:17:50,484
You know, in a minute, Dave Matthews
is gonna come up on this stage.
341
00:17:50,647 --> 00:17:53,605
Oh, I know, I know.
Believe me, I know. I feel the same way.
342
00:17:53,767 --> 00:17:55,678
In fact, I'm gonna get an autograph.
343
00:17:56,327 --> 00:17:59,046
Lou's working on
the voice-of-a-new-generation thing.
344
00:17:59,207 --> 00:18:00,606
She's gonna catch up with us.
345
00:18:00,767 --> 00:18:02,359
- She knows we got a detour?
- Yeah.
346
00:18:02,527 --> 00:18:05,246
Lou told Annabeth to send Leo
to San Diego tonight.
347
00:18:05,407 --> 00:18:07,557
That's good.
See if we can get Helen there too.
348
00:18:07,727 --> 00:18:10,764
Get on a plane, liaise with
White House Communications on the...
349
00:18:10,927 --> 00:18:12,963
The Kazakhstan thing.
Lou told me. On my way.
350
00:18:13,127 --> 00:18:15,595
I heard from a guy
at The Sacramento Bee.
351
00:18:15,767 --> 00:18:17,564
You feel bad for the guys at The Bee?
352
00:18:17,727 --> 00:18:19,240
- I don't.
- Lacks dignity.
353
00:18:19,407 --> 00:18:21,125
- You're wandering.
- You heard a rumor?
354
00:18:21,287 --> 00:18:25,041
At first they thought it was allergies
because Vinick has a mold sensitivity...
355
00:18:25,207 --> 00:18:27,437
- Now you're wandering.
- They think he has a cold.
356
00:18:28,447 --> 00:18:30,278
- Vinick?
- Yes.
357
00:18:30,447 --> 00:18:33,564
Oh, my Lord. A cold?
358
00:18:33,727 --> 00:18:36,002
- Fax from Lester at HQ.
- Yes!
359
00:18:36,167 --> 00:18:41,036
A cold! The gods were listening
to me, and they love me!
360
00:18:41,207 --> 00:18:43,118
- Why is there hugging?
- Vinick has a cold.
361
00:18:43,327 --> 00:18:45,045
Oh, that's precious.
362
00:18:45,207 --> 00:18:48,722
I wanna send him some Vicks VapoRub
and a big German nurse.
363
00:18:48,887 --> 00:18:50,479
I have White House on the phone...
364
00:18:50,647 --> 00:18:53,207
...and they think Leo has to be
at the White House too.
365
00:18:53,367 --> 00:18:55,517
No, seriously, give me the phone.
366
00:18:56,407 --> 00:18:58,238
Hi. This is Josh Lyman. Who's this?
367
00:18:58,887 --> 00:19:02,562
Hi, Roberta. Mr. McGarry can't make it
to the White House tonight.
368
00:19:02,767 --> 00:19:04,837
He's campaigning
for high government office.
369
00:19:05,367 --> 00:19:07,927
I'm sure it was a mistake. Thank you.
370
00:19:08,087 --> 00:19:12,558
- Thanks. Sorry.
- No worries. Bureaucratic snafu.
371
00:19:13,527 --> 00:19:16,519
- Are they writing about this cold?
- They will be.
372
00:19:16,687 --> 00:19:19,997
How the senator's health can't stand
up to the rigors of a campaign...
373
00:19:20,167 --> 00:19:22,806
...or the challenges of the Oval Office?
- He's depressed.
374
00:19:22,967 --> 00:19:25,800
- Hasn't been in a close race in years.
- Beginning of the end.
375
00:19:25,967 --> 00:19:28,800
- Josh Lyman.
- Please hold for the president.
376
00:19:28,967 --> 00:19:30,798
Hey, kid, how you doing?
377
00:19:30,967 --> 00:19:32,923
- Fine, sir, how are you?
- Good, good.
378
00:19:33,087 --> 00:19:36,796
Do me a favor. Bring Leo with you
to the White House tonight, would you?
379
00:19:37,487 --> 00:19:39,205
- Sir, we...
- Tag along and say hello.
380
00:19:39,367 --> 00:19:41,119
It'd be great to see you.
Thanks, Josh.
381
00:19:41,287 --> 00:19:46,361
I'm thrilled to introduce to you,
Dave Matthews!
382
00:19:46,527 --> 00:19:50,042
- What?
- We're going to the White House tonight.
383
00:19:50,207 --> 00:19:52,960
Leo, the congressman, everyone.
384
00:19:57,047 --> 00:20:00,437
We're gonna need little packs of Kleenex
in all the senator's pockets.
385
00:20:00,607 --> 00:20:02,962
- Cough drops.
- Cough drops. Industrial strength.
386
00:20:03,127 --> 00:20:04,446
None of that herbal business.
387
00:20:04,607 --> 00:20:07,838
Pray to whoever you pray to
that he doesn't lose his voice.
388
00:20:08,007 --> 00:20:10,396
- We should try to give him a day.
- A day off?
389
00:20:10,567 --> 00:20:13,400
He's running a 101 fever.
He needs to rest.
390
00:20:13,567 --> 00:20:15,603
Not 21 days out, he doesn't.
391
00:20:15,767 --> 00:20:17,837
You want 21 days
of the walking wounded?
392
00:20:18,007 --> 00:20:19,679
He takes a day off, you reaffirm...
393
00:20:19,847 --> 00:20:22,122
...every concern the voters have.
He's a dinosaur.
394
00:20:22,287 --> 00:20:24,005
- Not up to the job.
- Dead on his feet.
395
00:20:24,167 --> 00:20:25,646
- Gentlemen.
- Is the senator here?
396
00:20:25,807 --> 00:20:28,082
Doing a Q & A outside.
He'll be right in.
397
00:20:28,247 --> 00:20:31,796
Annie, tell Jake I want
the senator's wake-up call...
398
00:20:31,967 --> 00:20:34,037
...pushed to 7 a.m. Tomorrow,
not 6.
399
00:20:34,207 --> 00:20:37,438
- Okay, these are for you.
- Which event are we killing?
400
00:20:37,647 --> 00:20:40,764
It's an hour.
We're not talking about it anymore.
401
00:20:42,007 --> 00:20:45,795
Hodder from the RNC would like a few
minutes with the senator without staff.
402
00:20:45,967 --> 00:20:49,846
They request meetings without staff
when the meeting's about the staff.
403
00:20:51,447 --> 00:20:53,483
Should I pack my pencils
and coffee mugs now?
404
00:20:53,647 --> 00:20:54,875
Stop it.
405
00:20:55,047 --> 00:20:57,959
- Call Hodder's office, tell them 4:00.
- Okay.
406
00:20:58,127 --> 00:21:01,005
- Will.
- Hey, look at you, back in the building.
407
00:21:01,167 --> 00:21:02,566
Congratulations on your surge.
408
00:21:02,727 --> 00:21:04,718
We're all walking
10 feet off the ground.
409
00:21:04,887 --> 00:21:07,845
- You gonna visit your old desk?
- Not a lot of nostalgia there.
410
00:21:08,007 --> 00:21:10,805
I've got the talking points on
the Kazakhstan negotiations...
411
00:21:10,967 --> 00:21:13,435
...but Vinick's press guy's running late.
- Sure.
412
00:21:13,607 --> 00:21:14,926
- Want a soda?
- I'm fine.
413
00:21:15,087 --> 00:21:18,682
- I'm gonna have a ginger ale.
- Good. Good.
414
00:21:19,487 --> 00:21:21,876
- Can I ask you a question?
- Sure.
415
00:21:22,047 --> 00:21:25,119
- It's gonna sound a little wacky.
- Go for it.
416
00:21:25,287 --> 00:21:30,077
If something had happened with us
when we were working, romantically...
417
00:21:30,247 --> 00:21:33,683
...would that have been inappropriate?
- I'm flattered.
418
00:21:33,847 --> 00:21:37,044
But I'm seeing someone in
a non-public and poorly defined way.
419
00:21:37,207 --> 00:21:41,041
Not you. I was talking about someone
like you, with your job, in relation to me.
420
00:21:41,207 --> 00:21:42,560
- Josh?
- You're seeing someone?
421
00:21:42,727 --> 00:21:43,842
- You're seeing Josh?
- No.
422
00:21:44,007 --> 00:21:46,316
- Then who?
- I'll tell you if you tell me.
423
00:21:46,487 --> 00:21:47,761
Yours is Josh.
424
00:21:47,927 --> 00:21:49,280
- And yours is?
- Classified.
425
00:21:49,887 --> 00:21:51,479
Nothing happened with me and Josh.
426
00:21:51,647 --> 00:21:55,083
I'm sorry, I shouldn't
have brought this up.
427
00:21:55,247 --> 00:21:57,442
- We should drop it.
- Good idea.
428
00:21:59,247 --> 00:22:01,636
It's not inappropriate,
seeing someone.
429
00:22:01,807 --> 00:22:04,799
It's weird, maybe,
but you'll figure it out.
430
00:22:07,007 --> 00:22:09,077
- Did they start?
- Who?
431
00:22:09,247 --> 00:22:10,839
- Hodder.
- Not here yet.
432
00:22:11,007 --> 00:22:12,520
I don't think
you need to be here.
433
00:22:12,687 --> 00:22:14,643
The chairman asked me to sit in.
434
00:22:14,807 --> 00:22:16,684
Hey, here he is.
435
00:22:19,967 --> 00:22:21,446
What's she doing here?
436
00:22:21,807 --> 00:22:24,685
- Good to see you, Sheila.
- Mr. Chairman.
437
00:22:25,047 --> 00:22:26,765
- You remember Jane Braun?
- Sure.
438
00:22:26,927 --> 00:22:29,760
- How are you?
- Bruno Gianelli, Jane Braun from the RNC.
439
00:22:29,927 --> 00:22:31,519
- Good to meet you.
- Chairman Hodder.
440
00:22:31,807 --> 00:22:33,365
- Mr. Chairman.
- How you doing?
441
00:22:33,527 --> 00:22:36,166
Ray, thanks for joining us.
442
00:22:37,527 --> 00:22:39,199
The senator's on a call.
443
00:22:39,367 --> 00:22:41,437
- Be here any minute.
- World upside-down, huh?
444
00:22:41,607 --> 00:22:43,996
It'll right itself, day or two.
445
00:22:44,167 --> 00:22:46,317
How's he feeling?
Rumor has it he's got a...
446
00:22:46,487 --> 00:22:47,806
- He's fine.
- Oh, good.
447
00:22:47,967 --> 00:22:50,686
You're gonna spend a couple days
below the Mason-Dixon Line.
448
00:22:50,847 --> 00:22:52,565
- That'll help.
- I think it will.
449
00:22:52,727 --> 00:22:54,558
Message-wise?
450
00:22:54,727 --> 00:22:56,365
Message-wise, we're holding center.
451
00:22:57,847 --> 00:23:00,202
Sure that's your strongest play?
452
00:23:00,367 --> 00:23:03,404
We need to win back the undecideds
right now. Moderates.
453
00:23:03,727 --> 00:23:05,683
I see how you'd come
to that conclusion...
454
00:23:05,847 --> 00:23:08,407
...but I'm not sure it's about
changing minds anymore.
455
00:23:08,567 --> 00:23:11,001
- It's kind of late.
- Three weeks is enough time.
456
00:23:11,167 --> 00:23:14,318
Can't count on it. What you can
count on is getting out the vote.
457
00:23:14,767 --> 00:23:16,485
The Republican base will do that...
458
00:23:16,647 --> 00:23:18,877
...if the candidate
speaks their language.
459
00:23:19,047 --> 00:23:21,322
- Here we go.
- It's time to talk about values.
460
00:23:21,487 --> 00:23:23,443
- And family.
- By which you mean what?
461
00:23:23,607 --> 00:23:25,438
Gay marriage?
462
00:23:25,607 --> 00:23:29,441
The list of family values is longer than
just the one, but since you mention it...
463
00:23:29,607 --> 00:23:31,802
Play the gay-marriage card.
Santos will respond.
464
00:23:31,967 --> 00:23:33,286
Voters will flock to Vinick.
465
00:23:33,447 --> 00:23:35,722
Senator doesn't think marriage
is a federal issue.
466
00:23:35,887 --> 00:23:38,196
- Rethink it.
- That what you plan on telling him?
467
00:23:38,367 --> 00:23:40,323
Guys, you're up against the wall.
468
00:23:40,487 --> 00:23:43,638
You had some maverick ideas early on,
and they played beautifully...
469
00:23:44,047 --> 00:23:46,436
...but now it's time
to run a safe, sober campaign...
470
00:23:46,607 --> 00:23:49,041
...that speaks to the concerns
of the Republican base.
471
00:23:49,207 --> 00:23:51,960
What exactly do you think
that looks like?
472
00:23:52,127 --> 00:23:53,924
- We don't need to...
- No, I'm interested.
473
00:23:54,087 --> 00:23:57,045
Make it clear Vinick is their candidate.
They can count on him.
474
00:23:57,207 --> 00:23:58,925
We didn't pull policies out of a hat.
475
00:23:59,087 --> 00:24:01,555
- They're Vinick's positions.
- Wouldn't broadcast that.
476
00:24:01,727 --> 00:24:03,319
- Meaning what?
- Send the message...
477
00:24:03,487 --> 00:24:06,240
...that he got some bad advice.
He was steered off course...
478
00:24:06,407 --> 00:24:08,125
- We got the idea.
- Think about it.
479
00:24:08,287 --> 00:24:10,755
- Sure.
- Don't be flip about this.
480
00:24:10,927 --> 00:24:14,761
There are downticket races to consider.
We could lose the House and the Senate.
481
00:24:14,927 --> 00:24:18,636
- Arnie's alienated a lot of our people...
- Excuse me, the senator's ready now.
482
00:24:18,807 --> 00:24:20,126
- Great.
- Right this way.
483
00:24:20,287 --> 00:24:21,766
Excuse me.
484
00:24:21,927 --> 00:24:23,201
- Good to see you.
- Pleasure.
485
00:24:26,367 --> 00:24:28,164
Think they're not trying
to replace me?
486
00:24:28,327 --> 00:24:32,479
They're definitely trying to replace you.
With her, apparently.
487
00:24:33,767 --> 00:24:35,644
- Hey, stranger.
- Hi.
488
00:24:35,807 --> 00:24:37,240
- Will get you up to speed?
- Yes.
489
00:24:37,407 --> 00:24:40,479
I'm just hanging here until
the congressman and everybody gets in.
490
00:24:40,647 --> 00:24:41,841
- Good to see you.
- You too.
491
00:24:42,007 --> 00:24:43,281
- Good day?
- Amazing.
492
00:24:43,447 --> 00:24:44,880
- How's Josh?
- What do you mean?
493
00:24:45,047 --> 00:24:46,719
- Which part tripped you up?
- You're...
494
00:24:46,887 --> 00:24:48,957
- Asking how he is.
- Oh, sorry. He's fine.
495
00:24:49,127 --> 00:24:50,640
Happy we're doing so well.
496
00:24:50,807 --> 00:24:52,286
- What's going on?
- Nothing.
497
00:24:52,447 --> 00:24:55,359
- Is something... Is a Josh thing going on?
- No, no, no.
498
00:24:55,527 --> 00:24:56,846
- Something happened.
- Nothing.
499
00:24:57,007 --> 00:24:58,520
You've got a useless poker face.
500
00:24:58,687 --> 00:25:01,565
I spend my day talking about
election monitors in Central Asia.
501
00:25:01,727 --> 00:25:02,796
Throw me a bone.
502
00:25:04,407 --> 00:25:06,204
It's nothing.
503
00:25:06,607 --> 00:25:08,199
We just...
504
00:25:08,927 --> 00:25:10,599
We had an odd moment today.
505
00:25:10,767 --> 00:25:13,565
Another in a long series of odd
moments, meant to be ignored.
506
00:25:13,727 --> 00:25:15,683
You should focus on
your election monitors.
507
00:25:15,847 --> 00:25:18,281
- They're a complete failure.
- That's too bad.
508
00:25:18,447 --> 00:25:19,766
It is.
509
00:25:23,127 --> 00:25:25,402
Would you come with me, please?
510
00:25:26,607 --> 00:25:28,086
- Good evening.
- Senator.
511
00:25:33,127 --> 00:25:35,721
- I don't like how that looks.
- Yeah.
512
00:25:37,967 --> 00:25:39,798
Make yourselves comfortable.
513
00:25:39,967 --> 00:25:42,242
- The president will be right with you.
- Thank you.
514
00:25:42,407 --> 00:25:45,319
- Not too comfortable.
- Excuse me?
515
00:25:45,527 --> 00:25:47,722
- Did you...?
- What?
516
00:25:47,887 --> 00:25:50,560
- Nothing.
- If there's anything I can get you...
517
00:25:50,727 --> 00:25:52,718
...please let me know.
518
00:25:57,007 --> 00:26:00,443
Vinick just came through.
I think they put him in the Mural Room.
519
00:26:00,607 --> 00:26:02,802
Little too close to the Oval
for my taste.
520
00:26:02,967 --> 00:26:05,162
The president will be with you
in a few minutes.
521
00:26:05,327 --> 00:26:07,283
Thanks, Carol.
522
00:26:12,527 --> 00:26:15,519
- Can I get anybody anything to drink?
- Oh, we're fine, thank you.
523
00:26:15,687 --> 00:26:17,245
Good.
524
00:26:17,607 --> 00:26:20,963
Mr. McGarry, could you
come with me, please?
525
00:26:26,047 --> 00:26:28,356
I have no idea.
526
00:26:50,007 --> 00:26:52,362
Sir, we're ready.
527
00:26:58,327 --> 00:26:59,601
Why are we sitting here...
528
00:26:59,767 --> 00:27:04,124
...while the Democratic V.P. Candidate's
being ushered into the Oval Office?
529
00:27:17,167 --> 00:27:21,001
- Six chicks, all with their jeans dropped.
- They had "Santos for president" undies.
530
00:27:21,167 --> 00:27:24,716
They wanted to show me. I thought
it was my job to keep them away.
531
00:27:24,887 --> 00:27:27,526
You are a brave soldier, Bram.
I'm touched. I really am.
532
00:27:27,687 --> 00:27:29,120
Any time, sir.
533
00:27:29,287 --> 00:27:31,005
We're at the Marriott tonight.
534
00:27:31,167 --> 00:27:32,839
Takeout lists are in the packet...
535
00:27:33,007 --> 00:27:35,601
...but the restaurant should be
open when we get back.
536
00:27:35,767 --> 00:27:38,725
I want a room with a view.
Last time I was over the dumpster.
537
00:27:38,887 --> 00:27:41,560
- You're on the second floor.
- No view is what he's saying.
538
00:27:41,727 --> 00:27:45,925
I was gonna go to the hotel and look
out every window, but I didn't get to it.
539
00:27:46,087 --> 00:27:48,317
- You like "Dawn of the new America"?
- Not really.
540
00:27:48,487 --> 00:27:50,318
How about "A new plan
for a new America."
541
00:27:50,487 --> 00:27:52,557
"New America" sounds a little colonial.
542
00:27:52,727 --> 00:27:55,116
- How do you feel about a pilgrim hat?
- I love it.
543
00:27:55,287 --> 00:27:57,118
"Brave and bold visionary"
ought to work.
544
00:27:57,287 --> 00:28:00,199
- This is me talking about myself?
- Language Joey poll-tested.
545
00:28:00,367 --> 00:28:02,244
- Trying to work it in.
- Let me see.
546
00:28:02,407 --> 00:28:05,001
Looking to capitalize on our country's
new vision of you.
547
00:28:05,167 --> 00:28:07,601
- Post-nuclear debacle.
- Brave and bold.
548
00:28:07,767 --> 00:28:10,201
- As opposed to Vinick, who's...
- Big and bad.
549
00:28:10,367 --> 00:28:12,244
- I don't think we need it.
- Polled well.
550
00:28:12,407 --> 00:28:14,159
You can't poll people after a crisis.
551
00:28:14,327 --> 00:28:16,318
They're speaking from
anxiety and confusion.
552
00:28:16,487 --> 00:28:19,604
- Their answers are all over the map.
- Wanna just stay the course?
553
00:28:19,767 --> 00:28:21,962
We have their attention now.
They're listening.
554
00:28:22,127 --> 00:28:25,597
Maybe they'll get the sense
we've been on the right track all along.
555
00:28:26,327 --> 00:28:27,885
"Santos: Right from the start."
556
00:28:29,367 --> 00:28:34,395
We want that on every bumper sticker,
every press release, everything.
557
00:28:34,567 --> 00:28:38,116
- That was some impressive teamwork.
- It was, wasn't it? I'm a little teary.
558
00:28:41,527 --> 00:28:44,883
I'm gonna have the doctor come by,
make sure it's not strep or something.
559
00:28:45,047 --> 00:28:47,242
It's nothing, I'm fine. It's allergies.
560
00:28:47,407 --> 00:28:50,126
Until the allergies clear up,
I think a cough suppressant...
561
00:28:50,287 --> 00:28:52,118
...might make the day
go a little faster.
562
00:28:52,287 --> 00:28:54,596
You wanna talk about
your meeting with Hodder?
563
00:28:54,767 --> 00:28:57,645
I don't. You want to talk about
why we're admiring the china...
564
00:28:57,807 --> 00:29:00,526
...while McGarry's in there
with the president?
565
00:29:02,287 --> 00:29:05,006
We're setting up a no-fly zone
over Kazakhstan.
566
00:29:05,167 --> 00:29:07,123
Step one of a two month ramp-up...
567
00:29:07,287 --> 00:29:10,359
...with probably a five-year commitment
on the ground.
568
00:29:10,527 --> 00:29:13,997
NATO's waving us into the fray
with absolutely no intention of following.
569
00:29:14,167 --> 00:29:17,000
- Figures. You evacuate the embassy?
- Not yet.
570
00:29:17,167 --> 00:29:19,806
- So it's a rapid deployment of 10,000?
- Twelve.
571
00:29:19,967 --> 00:29:23,164
The dream scenario is we put them
in the middle of the buffer zone...
572
00:29:23,327 --> 00:29:26,637
...which scares everyone enough
to drive the Russians and the Chinese...
573
00:29:26,807 --> 00:29:28,399
...back on their own soil.
574
00:29:28,567 --> 00:29:30,956
Otherwise, we follow
with another 100,000.
575
00:29:31,127 --> 00:29:34,437
- You think about air strikes?
- I'm willing to threaten air strikes.
576
00:29:34,607 --> 00:29:38,486
But I don't wanna tear up the Kazakh
countryside just to make a point.
577
00:29:38,647 --> 00:29:41,002
So you send in 100,000 men,
push the lines back.
578
00:29:41,167 --> 00:29:44,682
Then you're a security guard until they
get a new government up and running.
579
00:29:46,087 --> 00:29:47,361
It's a reasonable move.
580
00:29:47,527 --> 00:29:50,405
Put a massive force on the ground
for deterrent purposes.
581
00:29:50,567 --> 00:29:53,081
You nip the conflict in the bud.
582
00:29:54,287 --> 00:29:58,166
I'd be surprised if either Russia or China
actually wanted a real battle.
583
00:29:58,327 --> 00:30:00,045
Maybe.
584
00:30:00,207 --> 00:30:04,564
That, or we're stuck between two
million-man armies spoiling for a fight.
585
00:30:04,727 --> 00:30:06,126
Don't know till you're in it.
586
00:30:06,287 --> 00:30:09,120
You think I should be sending
another negotiating team?
587
00:30:09,287 --> 00:30:10,959
Armies are already on the ground.
588
00:30:11,127 --> 00:30:12,879
Nobody's gonna agree
to a cease-fire...
589
00:30:13,047 --> 00:30:15,402
...until they know you're serious.
590
00:30:16,767 --> 00:30:18,325
Yeah.
591
00:30:18,847 --> 00:30:21,315
This is what they'll remember
50 years from now.
592
00:30:21,487 --> 00:30:24,081
- About your presidency?
- Got us into a big mess.
593
00:30:24,247 --> 00:30:26,124
Left it for someone else to clean up.
594
00:30:26,287 --> 00:30:27,845
Oh, come on.
595
00:30:28,007 --> 00:30:31,443
They'll remember eight years
of strong leadership, growth.
596
00:30:31,607 --> 00:30:33,916
A commander in chief
they could trust.
597
00:30:34,087 --> 00:30:37,397
You know what probably happens?
It goes badly, I get the blame.
598
00:30:37,567 --> 00:30:39,478
It goes well,
the next guy gets the credit.
599
00:30:40,247 --> 00:30:42,044
Sounds about right.
600
00:30:44,927 --> 00:30:47,316
The president's ready for you.
601
00:30:55,567 --> 00:30:57,603
Sorry for the wait.
602
00:31:02,167 --> 00:31:03,759
Gentlemen.
603
00:31:15,447 --> 00:31:17,199
- Everything okay?
- Yeah.
604
00:31:17,367 --> 00:31:20,803
The initial incursion would be small,
2000 troops to defend the embassy.
605
00:31:20,967 --> 00:31:23,640
- The embassy requires that much defense?
- Not really.
606
00:31:23,807 --> 00:31:26,958
Hopefully, Tarimov takes it
as an indication of our commitment...
607
00:31:27,127 --> 00:31:29,163
...and resumes negotiations.
- If he doesn't?
608
00:31:29,327 --> 00:31:32,046
Two rapid-deployment divisions
dropped in within 24 hours.
609
00:31:32,207 --> 00:31:34,118
The ground troops follow
over eight weeks.
610
00:31:34,287 --> 00:31:36,084
Who are we dealing with
at the Kremlin?
611
00:31:36,247 --> 00:31:38,966
Chigorin's been unwilling to engage,
as you might expect.
612
00:31:39,127 --> 00:31:40,879
The foreign minister's
communicating...
613
00:31:41,047 --> 00:31:44,722
...but we sense he's been pushed out
of the decision-making process.
614
00:31:45,327 --> 00:31:48,046
- Thank you, all.
- Thank you, sir.
615
00:32:04,487 --> 00:32:07,923
One of you will inherit this piniata.
You should know what's on the table.
616
00:32:08,087 --> 00:32:09,440
I was under the impression...
617
00:32:09,607 --> 00:32:11,837
...the diplomatic options
hadn't been exhausted.
618
00:32:12,007 --> 00:32:15,397
- I wish it were true.
- What about an international force?
619
00:32:15,567 --> 00:32:20,516
We've asked, but NATO's participation
would be nominal at best.
620
00:32:20,687 --> 00:32:25,158
So we're placing ourselves on an oil field
between two nuclear powers?
621
00:32:25,327 --> 00:32:27,079
- Alone?
- Yes.
622
00:32:28,087 --> 00:32:30,362
I don't see our presence
as doing anything more...
623
00:32:30,527 --> 00:32:32,597
...than exacerbating the conflict.
624
00:32:32,767 --> 00:32:34,120
Once we're involved...
625
00:32:34,287 --> 00:32:37,438
...India will have to diplomatically align
with the Russians.
626
00:32:37,607 --> 00:32:39,404
Pakistan will support China.
627
00:32:39,567 --> 00:32:42,161
South Korea will feel pressure
to engage on our side.
628
00:32:42,327 --> 00:32:44,079
I'm not sure I know
what our side is.
629
00:32:44,247 --> 00:32:46,681
Gentlemen, let's talk about
what we're talking about.
630
00:32:46,847 --> 00:32:49,566
You're worried that
I'm gonna announce...
631
00:32:49,727 --> 00:32:52,116
...I'm deploying 150,000
American soldiers...
632
00:32:52,287 --> 00:32:56,758
...three weeks before the election,
and suddenly your race is about my war.
633
00:33:00,607 --> 00:33:02,199
You can speak candidly.
634
00:33:03,567 --> 00:33:06,206
It does change the nature
of the election.
635
00:33:06,367 --> 00:33:10,360
More importantly, a new president would
have an easier time brokering a solution.
636
00:33:10,527 --> 00:33:13,564
If I thought we could wait
until after the election, I would wait.
637
00:33:13,727 --> 00:33:16,560
- What's this gonna cost?
- Depends on how long we stay.
638
00:33:16,727 --> 00:33:18,001
It doesn't matter.
639
00:33:18,167 --> 00:33:20,806
First 100 days are the most
productive of the whole term.
640
00:33:20,967 --> 00:33:24,516
There's no way we extricate ourselves
from this in less than three months.
641
00:33:24,687 --> 00:33:26,325
It's not about the money.
642
00:33:26,487 --> 00:33:30,605
You're blowing any political capital we
might have by forcing us to fight a war.
643
00:33:30,767 --> 00:33:35,283
- Do we have an estimate...
- First 12 months, 70 billion.
644
00:33:38,567 --> 00:33:41,479
Well, I can say goodbye to my tax cut.
645
00:33:42,447 --> 00:33:44,642
Your education plan's
certainly off the table.
646
00:33:44,807 --> 00:33:46,240
What's a victory in this?
647
00:33:46,407 --> 00:33:51,435
The retreat of Chinese and Russian
military forces across their own borders...
648
00:33:51,607 --> 00:33:55,122
...and a stable, neutral and democratic
government in Kazakhstan.
649
00:33:55,287 --> 00:33:58,962
Wait, wait, no.
This is where you lose me.
650
00:33:59,287 --> 00:34:02,199
Everyone back to their corner,
I understand.
651
00:34:02,367 --> 00:34:05,040
A stable, democratic regime...
652
00:34:05,207 --> 00:34:09,041
...in a former Soviet
Central Asian republic...
653
00:34:09,207 --> 00:34:11,801
...that could take two,
three generations.
654
00:34:12,727 --> 00:34:15,195
I mean, if that's
your definition of success...
655
00:34:15,367 --> 00:34:17,756
...I'm not sure I see a clear
exit strategy.
656
00:34:18,407 --> 00:34:21,558
- It's a realistic concern.
- Is there an exit strategy?
657
00:34:21,727 --> 00:34:23,797
General Schultz will tell you there is.
658
00:34:23,967 --> 00:34:26,083
He'll tell you we stabilize Astana...
659
00:34:26,247 --> 00:34:29,557
...hold new elections in 10 months,
and pull out in 18...
660
00:34:29,727 --> 00:34:32,560
...but I'm not sure I buy that
any more than you do.
661
00:34:35,367 --> 00:34:37,244
What's your exit strategy?
662
00:34:38,447 --> 00:34:39,926
I don't have one.
663
00:34:42,927 --> 00:34:45,236
I suggest you both start
giving it some thought.
664
00:34:47,487 --> 00:34:49,842
I appreciate your concerns...
665
00:34:50,007 --> 00:34:53,443
...but I am not in a position
to hold off our involvement.
666
00:34:53,607 --> 00:34:55,643
These armies are marching
towards each other.
667
00:34:55,807 --> 00:34:59,925
Someone must stand in the middle.
Unfortunately, it has to be us.
668
00:35:00,087 --> 00:35:03,841
Thanks for coming in.
Good luck to you both.
669
00:35:23,727 --> 00:35:25,240
What did the president want?
670
00:35:29,887 --> 00:35:31,161
Lozenge?
671
00:35:34,767 --> 00:35:37,759
- We have to talk about the chairman.
- Yeah.
672
00:35:38,207 --> 00:35:41,040
He's a weasel, and I don't like
that woman, but they're right.
673
00:35:41,207 --> 00:35:43,721
A little shake-up might create
enough of a diversion...
674
00:35:43,887 --> 00:35:46,447
...to get us past San Andreo.
- Bruno's worked hard.
675
00:35:46,967 --> 00:35:49,037
He's not the reason we're in the toilet.
676
00:35:50,007 --> 00:35:52,999
I think firing him will just
get us a whole lot of nothing.
677
00:35:53,167 --> 00:35:55,442
But if you want to do it, do it.
678
00:35:55,807 --> 00:35:58,002
I'm not talking about Bruno.
679
00:36:00,487 --> 00:36:04,082
Bruno doesn't have the visibility
to be a viable scapegoat.
680
00:36:04,727 --> 00:36:06,957
I'm the public face
of your campaign staff.
681
00:36:07,127 --> 00:36:09,516
You want this to work,
it's gotta be me.
682
00:36:10,727 --> 00:36:12,718
That's the dumbest thing
I've ever heard.
683
00:36:12,887 --> 00:36:14,206
No, really.
684
00:36:14,367 --> 00:36:17,677
From a smart woman,
that's an incredibly stupid idea.
685
00:36:17,847 --> 00:36:21,601
You need someone to blame for the fact
that we didn't campaign to the base.
686
00:36:21,767 --> 00:36:26,443
You need to apologize and spend
the next three weeks singing their song.
687
00:36:26,607 --> 00:36:28,279
- We're not...
- Don't interrupt me.
688
00:36:28,447 --> 00:36:30,802
I can still be on the phone
with you 24/7.
689
00:36:30,967 --> 00:36:32,320
Hire Jane Braun.
690
00:36:32,487 --> 00:36:36,366
And once we get a 51 -percent strategy
in place, Bob and Bruno can execute it.
691
00:36:36,527 --> 00:36:40,486
We're not losing.
We're just in a real horse race now.
692
00:36:41,007 --> 00:36:43,999
I will hop myself up on
Sudafed tomorrow.
693
00:36:44,167 --> 00:36:47,443
- Santos will be in the dust by Friday.
- Jane's rainmaker at the RNC.
694
00:36:47,607 --> 00:36:50,167
She is the darling of
the evangelical right.
695
00:36:50,327 --> 00:36:52,636
They will respond to her.
696
00:36:52,807 --> 00:36:54,843
She'll whip them up
into a door-knocking...
697
00:36:55,007 --> 00:36:57,521
...pavement-pounding frenzy.
698
00:36:57,687 --> 00:36:59,245
You're really talking about this.
699
00:37:00,047 --> 00:37:03,835
I made a promise to put you in office,
and that's what we're gonna do.
700
00:37:04,887 --> 00:37:06,684
So that's it?
701
00:37:06,927 --> 00:37:09,680
Tomorrow morning
I get a letter of resignation?
702
00:37:11,047 --> 00:37:12,639
It's already in your briefcase.
703
00:37:19,367 --> 00:37:21,483
You just have about...
704
00:37:22,527 --> 00:37:25,439
...10 minutes of grip and grin here.
705
00:37:25,727 --> 00:37:27,718
Perry will have your back.
706
00:37:29,087 --> 00:37:31,043
When you get home, call Jane.
707
00:37:53,407 --> 00:37:56,001
- Would you like your overcoat?
- What?
708
00:37:56,167 --> 00:37:58,806
Would you like your coat, sir?
It's pretty cold.
709
00:37:59,527 --> 00:38:00,516
No.
710
00:38:12,527 --> 00:38:15,439
A this-is-my-size conversation
with the butt brigade?
711
00:38:15,607 --> 00:38:17,404
We dealt with the relevant
information.
712
00:38:17,567 --> 00:38:19,876
Oh, my God, you got a phone number,
didn't you?
713
00:38:20,047 --> 00:38:22,766
- I'm not at liberty to share that.
- Oh, from a butt girl?
714
00:38:22,927 --> 00:38:25,725
You're plummeting
in my estimation right now.
715
00:38:25,887 --> 00:38:27,206
- How'd it go?
- Fine.
716
00:38:27,367 --> 00:38:29,164
- What'd they talk about?
- You, actually.
717
00:38:29,327 --> 00:38:31,204
In the Oval. All three of them.
718
00:38:31,367 --> 00:38:33,756
Bram's dating one of the women
in the Santos undies.
719
00:38:33,927 --> 00:38:35,918
- I'm not dating her.
- That's impressive.
720
00:38:36,087 --> 00:38:38,806
Really brings honor to the family.
721
00:38:38,967 --> 00:38:41,117
If Bono comes,
we are locking him in the van.
722
00:38:41,327 --> 00:38:44,558
You're gonna be printing
"Bono for president" undies.
723
00:38:44,727 --> 00:38:46,445
- That's not a bad idea.
- See?
724
00:38:46,607 --> 00:38:48,643
Give me butt girl's number,
I'll find out.
725
00:38:50,167 --> 00:38:52,362
Every color,
one for each day of the week.
726
00:38:53,247 --> 00:38:56,125
Okay, order me a pair of pink.
I'm turning in.
727
00:38:56,287 --> 00:38:59,404
- Goodnight.
- Goodnight.
728
00:39:08,487 --> 00:39:09,681
She forgot her key. Donna!
729
00:39:09,887 --> 00:39:11,286
- I got it.
- She's gone.
730
00:39:11,447 --> 00:39:13,722
- I got it. I'm going up anyway.
- It's no problem.
731
00:39:13,887 --> 00:39:17,163
She's next door to me.
You're three floors up. I got it.
732
00:39:17,327 --> 00:39:19,363
Sweet dreams.
733
00:39:46,687 --> 00:39:49,918
Sir, we have DES OPS. On your order.
734
00:39:51,767 --> 00:39:53,962
DES OPS, we have a go.
735
00:40:59,967 --> 00:41:01,958
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