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Previously on The West Wing:
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Leo, hard as you might try
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the Republican Party
isn't going anywhere.
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We don't know that
for sure, sir.
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They could all end up
moving to Vancouver.
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I don't think so.
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Me neither, but
being in power means
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everybody else can take
a seat for four years.
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You have
post-traumatic stress disorder.
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Well, that doesn't really sound
like something they let you have
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if you work for the President.
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This president was elected
with 48% of the vote, Toby.
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Yes, but he was elected.
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Without a mandate.
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The majority of people
in the country voted
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for somebody else.
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DONNA:
We don't need
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some kind of permission
for this?
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JOSH:
No.
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DONNA:
What about supervision?
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Shouldn't there be
some official supervision?
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We're making a fire
in a fireplace.
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What kind of supervision
do you want?
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FEMA, the American Red Cross...
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SAM:
What kind of wood is this?
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Josh...
I don't know.
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It's freezing in here.
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I acknowledge
that it's cold.
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It's like Ice Station Zebra.
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It also might bother someone.
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It's half past midnight.
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See, here's the thing.
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Yeah?
This looks like
spruce to me...
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...and spruce is soft wood.
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Soft wood burns out quickly.
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You know what we need
for a slow-burning fire?
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That's right.
A hard wood?
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That's interesting.
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Where did you get the wood?
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It was sitting in the... thing.
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I think that is meant
to be decorative.
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It's wood. We're not burning
Benjamin Harrison's log cabin.
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What?
You know what?
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Why?
We might be.
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It was made
out of spruce.
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Where's C.J.?
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She's over in
the Roosevelt Room.
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Yeah.
Is she doing
the seating chart?
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Jancowitz has a hearing aid
that seldom works.
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He needs to be
seated somewhere
near the center.
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Yeah.
Would you
tell her that?
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You're not using lighter fluid
or anything, are you?
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No, no flammable liquids of
any kind to start a fire, ever.
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What?
!
Found it.
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Kerosene.
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Josh.
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Go.
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C.J.:
Speaker...
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House Majority,
House Minority...
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Senate Majority,
Senate Minority...
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Whip, Whip, Deputy, Deputy...
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Right.
Yes.
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Then...
What?
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Yes.
The Committee Chairs.
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Ways & Means here.
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Finance goes here, House
Appropriations goes here.
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Senate Appropriations goes here,
House Budget.
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Excellent.
Senate Budget.
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Which brings us to...
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That's right.
White House Staff.
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So we've got
the Chief of Staff.
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Next to him
the Deputy
Chief of Staff.
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On the other side
of Leo will be the
Congressional Liaison
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and then the
Political Liaison.
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Next to them will be the
Communications Director
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and the Deputy
Communications Director.
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What about Staff aides?
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The aides will stand
around the wall.
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We're set.
So we're done.
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Yes.
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C.J.
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Don't give me a thing.
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Josh says Jancowitz
has to sit closer
to the center.
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Why?
He doesn't hear well.
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He can't sit closer
to the center.
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His hearing aid
malfunctions.
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Who cares? It's a breakfast
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to trumpet a new spirit
of bipartisan cooperation
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and understanding
in the new year.
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No one's going to be listening
to each other anyway.
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I'm just a messenger,
but I think he's saying
we don't snub Jancowitz...
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Yeah.
'Cause of the thing.
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All right, we're going
to have to move somebody.
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Would you ask him
if it's better to dis
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Yeah.
the House Whip
or the Senate Whip?
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You want to stand them
in a tripod, right?
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Yeah, standing three
sticks on end
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and slanting them
to a common center.
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Yeah, but...
Isn't that a tripod?
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You just thought
you'd say more words?
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Yeah.
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Josh.
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Hang on.
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You know what we need?
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Dried leaves.
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We need dried leaves.
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To move Jancowitz, we got
to move either the House
or the Senate Whip.
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DONNA:
Why?
( in unison ):
House.
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'Cause life is tough
in the big, cruel world
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and if he doesn't like
it, he can kiss me.
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Yeah.
So the spirit
of bipartisanship begins?
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Could you possibly get us
some dried leaves?
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Yeah, I'll just run out
to the forest and be right back.
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You know what?
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You think
she's being sarcastic?
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Yeah, I don't think
she's getting the leaves.
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You know what
we could use?
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Newspaper.
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See, this is
what I'm talking about.
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It really is.
This is teamwork.
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House. Yes.
House?
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So, we'll move the House Whip
to the left of Sam.
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We'll move Jancowitz
across from Leo
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and we're set, right?
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CAROL:
Yes.
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C.J.:
Larry, Ed, we're set?
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Either one of you?
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Yeah.
Yes.
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Thank you.
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You see, you guys thought
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it was going to take
a long time.
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It only ended up
taking 71/////2 hours.
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Somebody working
on the heat?
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Seating arrangement's set.
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That took some time.
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It was hard.
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Yeah, you got to
find the magic marker.
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Toby, when people
are sitting with
the President
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there's excruciating
protocol involved.
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What?
Uh-oh.
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Missed one.
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Who?
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Take a look.
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I'm looking...
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It'll happen.
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Okay, guys,
you know what we did?
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We forgot the President.
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There it is.
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Does anybody smell smoke?
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Oh, God...
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( coughs )
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I think this might be
because the wood is wet.
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Well, the fire
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You'd think.
ought to dry it pretty
quick, shouldn't it?
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What did you do?
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It's going pretty good now.
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There's smoke
in the hallways.
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What the hell's
going on?
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The wood's drying out.
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Are you burning
a dining room table?
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Spruce is
a slow-drying wood.
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No.
Do you have any
idea what you're
talking about?
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Hang on.
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Are those instructions?
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It says that this fireplace
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was a favorite
of President Andrew Johnson
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and he would sip whiskey
from a charcoal keg
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while reading
by its light.
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That doesn't help.
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The flue's been welded shut
since 1896.
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What are you doing?
Well, that's probably it then.
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Somebody started
a fire in this
fireplace, Charlie.
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If the smoke alarms go off,
they're going to make me
wake the President.
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The President's a
thousand yards over
and two flights up.
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It's Secret
Service procedure.
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Well, let's get
a fire extinguisher
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and put it out
before the smoke alar...
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( smoke alarm blaring )
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What?
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Mr. President,
you know how you told me
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not to wake you up unless
the building was on fire?
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TOBY:
These are the rules.
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They're the guidelines.
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Yes.
The meeting will
last 90 minutes
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The guidelines.
and the rules...
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We can't talk about
the Patients' Bill
of Rights?
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We can talk about
the Patients'
Bill of Rights.
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We just can't talk about
dropping the provision
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that would allow
for litigation.
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Why not?
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'Cause that's not
what the breakfast is for.
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What's it for?
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To symbolize
the spirit of cooperation
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as the new sessions begins
and to eat pancakes.
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So with regard
to the Patient''
Bill of Rights
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we'll just be debating
the things we agree on.
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Yeah.
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And raising
the minimum wage?
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We won't be talking
about that at all.
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No, we shouldn't,
'cause there's a chance
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it could lead to something.
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We can't talk
about the Patients'
Bill of Rights?
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We can talk about it.
We just can't talk
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about dropping the
no litigation clause.
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Leo, what's the point
of having rights
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if you can't sue
for them in court?
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That's a
fine argument.
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But we won't
be making it.
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Not at
this breakfast.
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And the minimum wage?
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Not so much.
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I see we won't be
talking about the
993 tax cut.
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We won't be, but we've agreed
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to call it tax relief
instead of a tax cut.
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Yeah.
We're calling it
tax relief?
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No.
But we won't be talking
about it.
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Leo, the Patients' Bill
of Rights...
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Which we'll be referring to
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as the Comprehensive Access
and Responsibility Act.
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What's the Comprehensive Access
and Responsibility Act?
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It's the Patients'
Bill of Rights
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but the CARA was
introduced in 1999.
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It's fundamentally
the same thing
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and the Republicans
have agreed
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to discuss changing
the name back.
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In exchange for calling
tax breaks tax relief.
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I'm in a musical.
Or income
enhancement.
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Getting it renamed
for the old bill
is a hell
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of a concession.
Leo, I'm going to check in
with you for a second, okay?
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Sure.
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Yeah.
Sick people?
Who aren't getting
proper medical care?
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Right. Yes.
Because they
can't afford it?
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Probably don't care
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that we've agreed
to change the name of the bill.
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We've agreed
to discuss
changing the...
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Security briefing.
What's after that?
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Agriculture.
After that?
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Who was the idiot who set off
the smoke alarm last night?
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Well, it sounds a lot like
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you're talking about Sam,
Mr. President.
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Were you
inconvenienced, sir?
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They had me on
the Truman balcony
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for six minutes
in my underwear.
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Was it cold?
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In January? No. Why do you ask?
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Mr. President,
I'd like to talk
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about those rules
in that memo you're reading.
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It's a breakfast, Toby.
It's a pancake breakfast.
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There's nothing
in that memo that's important.
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We're having
Vermont maple syrup?
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Mr. President,
if you read item four
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you'll see that time
at this breakfast will be spent
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discussing calling the
Patients' Bill of Rights
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the Comprehensive Access
and Responsibility Act.
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I don't give a damn
256
00:08:10,858 --> 00:08:12,526
if they call it
the Monroe Doctrine.
257
00:08:12,593 --> 00:08:14,995
What the hell are we doing
serving Vermont maple syrup?
258
00:08:15,062 --> 00:08:16,496
On the minimum wage
259
00:08:16,564 --> 00:08:18,632
if we all turn our attention
to item five
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00:08:18,699 --> 00:08:20,701
of the Rules
of Bipartisan Breakfast...
261
00:08:20,768 --> 00:08:22,703
They're guidelines.
You keep calling them rules.
262
00:08:22,770 --> 00:08:24,538
Margaret, what does it say
at the top of the memo?
263
00:08:24,605 --> 00:08:26,640
"Rules for
Bipartisan
Breakfast."
264
00:08:26,707 --> 00:08:28,441
I keep meaning to fire you.
265
00:08:28,508 --> 00:08:31,044
New Hampshire syrup
is what we serve
in this White House.
266
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TOBY:
Sir...
267
00:08:32,379 --> 00:08:34,548
It's a breakfast.
We eat, we pose
for pictures.
268
00:08:34,615 --> 00:08:35,683
You do a post-game
conference.
269
00:08:35,749 --> 00:08:37,384
Everybody gets the
hell out of here
270
00:08:37,450 --> 00:08:39,720
Anything else?
and I don't have
to be Officer Krupke.
271
00:08:39,787 --> 00:08:42,823
An OMB efficiency expert
has said we can free up
much-needed office space
272
00:08:42,890 --> 00:08:44,491
by moving the press room
across the street.
273
00:08:44,558 --> 00:08:45,659
What else?
274
00:08:45,726 --> 00:08:47,327
Thank you, Mr. President.
275
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Thank you.
276
00:08:48,996 --> 00:08:50,097
Josh.
277
00:08:50,163 --> 00:08:51,131
Yeah.
278
00:08:55,736 --> 00:08:57,204
You feeling all right?
279
00:08:57,270 --> 00:08:58,338
Yeah.
280
00:08:58,405 --> 00:08:59,506
You sure?
281
00:08:59,573 --> 00:09:00,841
Yeah.
282
00:09:00,908 --> 00:09:02,509
No.
You don't mind
me asking?
283
00:09:02,576 --> 00:09:04,344
'Cause I'm going to ask you
once a day, okay?
284
00:09:04,411 --> 00:09:06,880
Okay, but you just asked
me four times in the
last ten seconds.
285
00:09:06,947 --> 00:09:08,716
I want you to go to Ben
and Sally's for dinner tonight.
286
00:09:08,782 --> 00:09:10,350
Are you going?
287
00:09:10,417 --> 00:09:12,052
No.
288
00:09:12,119 --> 00:09:13,186
Was I invited?
289
00:09:13,253 --> 00:09:14,722
No.
290
00:09:14,788 --> 00:09:16,790
Are Ben and Sally asking for me?
291
00:09:16,857 --> 00:09:19,459
No, they'd rather
you didn't come, but
they'll do me a favor
292
00:09:19,526 --> 00:09:20,994
and I need you
to do me one, too.
293
00:09:21,061 --> 00:09:23,230
What's at Ben and Sally's?
294
00:09:23,296 --> 00:09:25,332
Karen Cahill.
295
00:09:25,398 --> 00:09:27,901
And what stupid-ass Irish thing
296
00:09:27,968 --> 00:09:29,737
did you say to Karen Cahill
297
00:09:29,803 --> 00:09:31,404
that you now need me
to apologize for
298
00:09:31,471 --> 00:09:34,174
at Ben and Sally's
like a little girl?
299
00:09:37,244 --> 00:09:38,445
Let me tell you
300
00:09:38,511 --> 00:09:40,681
what was surprising
about that moment just then.
301
00:09:40,748 --> 00:09:43,550
I said that only 12 hours
after you were very cool
302
00:09:43,617 --> 00:09:47,154
about my almost accidentally
setting the building on fire.
303
00:09:49,657 --> 00:09:52,425
I made a joke about her shoes.
304
00:09:52,492 --> 00:09:54,027
I'm sorry?
305
00:09:54,094 --> 00:09:57,264
I made a remark about her shoes.
306
00:09:57,330 --> 00:09:59,266
You're the second
most powerful man
in the country.
307
00:09:59,332 --> 00:10:00,968
And she writes a column
for the New York Times
308
00:10:01,034 --> 00:10:03,436
and who knows what kind
of special relationship
309
00:10:03,503 --> 00:10:04,938
women have with their shoes?
310
00:10:05,005 --> 00:10:06,473
What could you possibly
have said...?
311
00:10:06,539 --> 00:10:07,741
It doesn't matter.
312
00:10:07,808 --> 00:10:09,276
It was perfectly benign
313
00:10:09,342 --> 00:10:11,979
to anyone who doesn't take
shoes that seriously.
314
00:10:13,480 --> 00:10:16,850
Just tell her I love her
and that I'm sorry
315
00:10:16,917 --> 00:10:19,419
and I'll take her shoe shopping.
316
00:10:19,486 --> 00:10:21,021
Why don't you tell her?
317
00:10:21,088 --> 00:10:22,589
If someone else tells her
318
00:10:22,656 --> 00:10:24,925
it seems like I was thoughtful
enough to mention it.
319
00:10:24,992 --> 00:10:26,927
If I tell her,
it just makes me seem feminine.
320
00:10:26,994 --> 00:10:29,462
You don't think the
shoe shopping's going
to take care of that?
321
00:10:29,529 --> 00:10:31,164
Let's call the insurance company
322
00:10:31,231 --> 00:10:34,067
and see how much water damage
was done in the Mural Room.
323
00:10:34,134 --> 00:10:35,669
You don't need
to wave a stick, Leo.
324
00:10:35,736 --> 00:10:37,170
I am totally there for you.
325
00:10:37,237 --> 00:10:38,138
Thank you.
326
00:10:38,205 --> 00:10:39,707
Fine.
Can I get Sam to do it?
327
00:10:39,773 --> 00:10:40,874
Anything else?
No.
328
00:10:40,941 --> 00:10:42,009
This isn't about
329
00:10:42,075 --> 00:10:43,410
what they say in the meeting.
330
00:10:43,476 --> 00:10:45,045
It's about what they say
after the meeting.
331
00:10:45,112 --> 00:10:46,847
So let's decide
what they're going to say.
332
00:10:46,914 --> 00:10:48,015
It'll be simple enough.
333
00:10:48,081 --> 00:10:49,149
Like what?
334
00:10:49,216 --> 00:10:50,751
We appreciate
the President's
invitation
335
00:10:50,818 --> 00:10:52,185
and welcome him
to the cause of
bipartisanship.
336
00:10:52,252 --> 00:10:54,054
C.J....
And I'll end
the press conference.
337
00:10:54,121 --> 00:10:56,223
You're going to welcome him
to the cause of bipartisanship?
338
00:10:56,289 --> 00:10:57,024
What's the problem?
339
00:10:57,090 --> 00:10:58,291
I think C.J.'s objecting
340
00:10:58,358 --> 00:10:59,993
to the implication that
we got there first.
341
00:11:00,060 --> 00:11:01,929
Yes.
342
00:11:01,995 --> 00:11:04,531
How about, "We all agree
on a need for a renewed
spirit of bipartisanship"?
343
00:11:04,597 --> 00:11:06,599
Yes.
The meeting was positive?
344
00:11:06,666 --> 00:11:08,769
Yes.
Friendly, frank
and productive?
345
00:11:08,836 --> 00:11:10,070
And we're certain our goals
can be met
346
00:11:10,137 --> 00:11:11,371
under the
President's leadership.
347
00:11:11,438 --> 00:11:12,505
No way.
348
00:11:12,572 --> 00:11:14,007
What's the problem?
349
00:11:14,074 --> 00:11:16,443
I think what my aide
is objecting to is
the implication
350
00:11:16,509 --> 00:11:19,412
it's the President's
leadership under which
our goals will be met.
351
00:11:19,479 --> 00:11:21,849
The meeting was positive,
friendly, frank and productive.
352
00:11:21,915 --> 00:11:24,684
With a spicy bouquet
that suggests a fine Merlot.
353
00:11:24,752 --> 00:11:26,754
The press will be
at the northwest entrance.
354
00:11:26,820 --> 00:11:28,221
Assuming we're done at 10:30
355
00:11:28,288 --> 00:11:29,990
the Majority Leader will speak
and take questions
356
00:11:30,057 --> 00:11:31,859
the Minority Leader,
then CJ will answer questions
357
00:11:31,925 --> 00:11:33,193
20 minutes later
in the briefing room.
358
00:11:33,260 --> 00:11:34,928
If all goes well,
we should be back...
359
00:11:34,995 --> 00:11:36,663
I've got to stop you.
Why in the briefing room?
360
00:11:36,730 --> 00:11:38,398
That's where I brief.
361
00:11:38,465 --> 00:11:40,200
The Majority Leader's briefing
first and outside.
362
00:11:40,267 --> 00:11:41,701
You're doing it last,
in back of a podium
363
00:11:41,769 --> 00:11:43,003
and in front of a blue curtain
364
00:11:43,070 --> 00:11:45,005
with a big picture
of the White House.
365
00:11:45,072 --> 00:11:47,574
And the Majority Leader
will be doing it in front
of the actual White House.
366
00:11:47,640 --> 00:11:49,409
No, he'll be doing it
on the Capitol steps.
367
00:11:49,476 --> 00:11:51,478
Traditionally, these are done
in front of the White House.
368
00:11:51,544 --> 00:11:53,180
Traditionally
369
00:11:53,246 --> 00:11:55,415
the person in my job
has cared what's traditional.
370
00:11:55,482 --> 00:11:57,284
The President's not going
to want to end
371
00:11:57,350 --> 00:11:58,786
a bipartisan breakfast
372
00:11:58,852 --> 00:12:00,253
with the Republicans speaking
from one place
373
00:12:00,320 --> 00:12:01,955
and the Democrats...
374
00:12:02,022 --> 00:12:03,757
And the Majority Leader's
not going to stand
375
00:12:03,824 --> 00:12:05,258
at a cardboard podium
in your front yard
376
00:12:05,325 --> 00:12:07,327
while you stand in the
White House Press Briefing Room
377
00:12:07,394 --> 00:12:08,428
and with good reason.
378
00:12:08,495 --> 00:12:09,897
Which is?
379
00:12:09,963 --> 00:12:11,098
I don't think
they're on equal footing.
380
00:12:11,164 --> 00:12:12,165
Yes.
My boss and your boss?
381
00:12:12,232 --> 00:12:13,300
I don't think they are, either.
382
00:12:13,366 --> 00:12:14,701
C.J....
383
00:12:14,768 --> 00:12:16,503
Ann, the Majority Leader's
going to brief outside.
384
00:12:16,569 --> 00:12:18,538
If the Majority Leader
wants to skip breakfast
385
00:12:18,605 --> 00:12:20,340
there'll be more pancakes
for the rest of us
386
00:12:20,407 --> 00:12:22,075
and my press room
can write about why.
387
00:12:22,142 --> 00:12:24,311
Well, you can't blame a girl
for trying.
388
00:12:26,346 --> 00:12:27,314
You need me?
389
00:12:27,380 --> 00:12:28,215
Can I borrow
390
00:12:28,281 --> 00:12:29,349
her for a moment?
391
00:12:29,416 --> 00:12:30,918
We'll wait.
392
00:12:40,527 --> 00:12:41,661
These rules are crap.
393
00:12:41,728 --> 00:12:43,330
The guidelines?
394
00:12:43,396 --> 00:12:46,934
We're working
with C.J. right now.
395
00:12:47,000 --> 00:12:48,735
I could care less who says what
in what order.
396
00:12:48,802 --> 00:12:50,838
I'm talking about
what we say when we sit down.
397
00:12:50,904 --> 00:12:52,372
You've got concerns?
398
00:12:52,439 --> 00:12:54,774
Yes, I do.
Name one.
399
00:12:54,842 --> 00:12:56,844
The President prefers maple
syrup from New Hampshire.
400
00:12:56,910 --> 00:12:58,145
( chuckles )
I'm not kidding.
401
00:12:58,211 --> 00:13:00,613
Then we better meet on this.
402
00:13:00,680 --> 00:13:01,849
Breakfast tomorrow?
403
00:13:01,915 --> 00:13:03,516
What should I wear?
404
00:13:03,583 --> 00:13:04,852
I don't give a damn.
405
00:13:04,918 --> 00:13:06,519
I've heard different.
406
00:13:08,055 --> 00:13:09,756
CAROL:
9:45--
407
00:13:09,823 --> 00:13:12,525
so we got that straight.
Where were we?
408
00:13:12,592 --> 00:13:15,395
You were giving
me and my staff
an ultimatum.
409
00:13:18,498 --> 00:13:19,499
DONNA:
Sam?
410
00:13:19,566 --> 00:13:21,101
Did you know
there's a swimming pool
411
00:13:21,168 --> 00:13:22,402
underneath
the press briefing room?
412
00:13:22,469 --> 00:13:23,503
I didn't.
413
00:13:23,570 --> 00:13:24,938
There's a swimming pool
underneath there
414
00:13:25,005 --> 00:13:26,239
and I'll tell you what else.
415
00:13:26,306 --> 00:13:27,607
According to
the OMB efficiency auditor
416
00:13:27,674 --> 00:13:29,509
there are more people working
in the west wing
417
00:13:29,576 --> 00:13:31,378
of the White House
than at any point in history.
418
00:13:31,444 --> 00:13:33,746
You want to free up
office space by kicking
out the press corps.
419
00:13:33,813 --> 00:13:35,248
Yeah.
And putting in
a swimming pool?
420
00:13:35,315 --> 00:13:37,084
I realize that there are
some flaws in my logic.
Yeah.
421
00:13:37,150 --> 00:13:38,485
Leo needs a favor.
What?
422
00:13:38,551 --> 00:13:40,353
He needs you to go to dinner
at Ben and Sally's
423
00:13:40,420 --> 00:13:43,190
and apologize to Karen Cahill
for making fun of her shoes.
424
00:13:43,256 --> 00:13:45,125
I didn't make
fun of her shoes.
He did.
425
00:13:45,192 --> 00:13:46,426
I don't have any problem
with her shoes.
Leo did.
426
00:13:46,493 --> 00:13:48,028
What was his problem
with her shoes?
427
00:13:48,095 --> 00:13:49,229
Doesn't matter.
Just do what you usually do.
428
00:13:49,296 --> 00:13:50,430
Here's the thing.
What?
429
00:13:50,497 --> 00:13:52,565
I don't do well
with Karen.
Why?
430
00:13:52,632 --> 00:13:54,034
I get nervous.
What happens?
431
00:13:54,101 --> 00:13:55,568
I become unimpressive.
432
00:13:55,635 --> 00:13:56,904
In what way?
433
00:13:56,970 --> 00:13:58,238
In many ways.
434
00:13:58,305 --> 00:14:00,707
You don't fall
down, do you?
When?
435
00:14:00,773 --> 00:14:02,075
With Karen.
Once.
436
00:14:02,142 --> 00:14:03,576
You'll be fine.
You think?
437
00:14:03,643 --> 00:14:05,445
You'll be impressive.
I never have been before
438
00:14:05,512 --> 00:14:07,580
but that's no reason
to think I'm not
going to do it.
439
00:14:07,647 --> 00:14:08,581
Right.
You know why?
440
00:14:08,648 --> 00:14:09,950
It doesn't really matter.
441
00:14:10,017 --> 00:14:11,751
Perseverance--
you get right
back on the horse.
442
00:14:11,818 --> 00:14:13,820
I am going to sit there,
and she's going
to go home saying
443
00:14:13,887 --> 00:14:16,489
"That Sam Seaborn is
impressive. I'm going to
say nice things about him."
444
00:14:16,556 --> 00:14:17,958
Reach for the stars, Sam.
445
00:14:18,025 --> 00:14:19,492
I will.
Good.
446
00:14:21,428 --> 00:14:22,996
Yeah.
447
00:14:23,063 --> 00:14:25,665
I'm going to have breakfast
with Ann Stark tomorrow.
448
00:14:25,732 --> 00:14:26,833
Leave it alone.
449
00:14:26,900 --> 00:14:28,368
I think we should be
able to discuss...
450
00:14:28,435 --> 00:14:30,270
Toby. It's
a brand-new year.
451
00:14:30,337 --> 00:14:31,671
So let's not faff around.
452
00:14:31,738 --> 00:14:32,639
It's breakfast.
453
00:14:32,705 --> 00:14:33,941
I know it's
breakfast.
454
00:14:34,007 --> 00:14:35,575
We're not going to
come up with solutions
455
00:14:35,642 --> 00:14:37,077
in 90 minutes
456
00:14:37,144 --> 00:14:39,947
but we have the
principals in a
room with no cameras.
457
00:14:40,013 --> 00:14:41,048
The leaders of the land.
458
00:14:41,114 --> 00:14:42,149
( chuckling )
459
00:14:42,215 --> 00:14:43,550
And not to talk about
460
00:14:43,616 --> 00:14:45,318
how we're going
to approach the
minimum wage
461
00:14:45,385 --> 00:14:47,187
the Patients'
Bill of Rights
462
00:14:47,254 --> 00:14:50,590
tax relief and education
in the legislative session
that's about to begin
463
00:14:50,657 --> 00:14:54,294
is a criminally negligent
and cowardly refusal
464
00:14:54,361 --> 00:14:57,965
to do what we were...
all sent here to do.
465
00:15:02,569 --> 00:15:06,539
This is what my ex-wife and I
did for years.
466
00:15:06,606 --> 00:15:08,041
We had these rules.
467
00:15:08,108 --> 00:15:09,609
We could talk about anything
468
00:15:09,676 --> 00:15:12,612
but why we couldn't live
with each other.
469
00:15:12,679 --> 00:15:16,449
I could have been
two years younger right now.
470
00:15:20,120 --> 00:15:21,989
There was a freshman Democrat
471
00:15:22,055 --> 00:15:24,891
who came to Congress
50 years ago.
472
00:15:24,958 --> 00:15:27,194
He turned to a senior Democrat
and said
473
00:15:27,260 --> 00:15:29,162
"Where are the Republicans?
474
00:15:29,229 --> 00:15:30,697
I want to meet the enemy."
475
00:15:30,763 --> 00:15:32,232
The senior Democrat said
476
00:15:32,299 --> 00:15:34,201
"The Republicans
aren't the enemy.
477
00:15:34,267 --> 00:15:35,235
"They're the opposition.
478
00:15:35,302 --> 00:15:37,304
The Senate's the enemy."
479
00:15:38,605 --> 00:15:39,939
Those days are over.
480
00:15:40,007 --> 00:15:42,842
Toby, in this climate...
481
00:15:42,909 --> 00:15:44,144
This climate
is exactly when...
482
00:15:44,211 --> 00:15:45,378
Toby...
Real debate
483
00:15:45,445 --> 00:15:47,947
is what bipartisanship
should look like.
484
00:15:48,015 --> 00:15:50,017
This woman's had this job
two weeks.
485
00:15:50,083 --> 00:15:54,487
I don't like dealing with people
who are trying to impress me.
486
00:15:54,554 --> 00:15:56,623
I know her a little.
487
00:16:00,593 --> 00:16:02,029
Have breakfast with her.
488
00:16:02,095 --> 00:16:03,463
Thank you.
489
00:16:03,530 --> 00:16:04,664
Toby?
490
00:16:04,731 --> 00:16:06,066
Yeah.
491
00:16:06,133 --> 00:16:09,169
Jenny and I
wouldn't talk about it, either.
492
00:16:09,236 --> 00:16:10,603
You know why?
493
00:16:10,670 --> 00:16:11,904
Why?
494
00:16:11,971 --> 00:16:15,275
Because we loved each other...
495
00:16:15,342 --> 00:16:17,477
and it was awful...
496
00:16:17,544 --> 00:16:20,913
and we knew
it was never going to change.
497
00:16:20,980 --> 00:16:23,416
Ever.
498
00:16:38,765 --> 00:16:40,967
I want them to talk
about the minimum wage
499
00:16:41,034 --> 00:16:42,969
and I want them to talk about
the Patients' Bill of Rights.
500
00:16:43,036 --> 00:16:44,304
I believe you
might be talking
501
00:16:44,371 --> 00:16:45,438
about the
Comprehensive Access
502
00:16:45,505 --> 00:16:47,607
and Responsibility
Act there, Toby.
503
00:16:47,674 --> 00:16:48,908
Uh, yeah.
504
00:16:48,975 --> 00:16:50,077
I brought you a present.
505
00:16:50,143 --> 00:16:51,478
What is it?
506
00:16:51,544 --> 00:16:52,679
Guess.
507
00:16:52,745 --> 00:16:54,247
Really?
Sure.
508
00:16:54,314 --> 00:16:55,615
Why?
509
00:16:55,682 --> 00:16:56,416
( laughs )
510
00:16:56,483 --> 00:16:57,917
I would think it'd be fun.
511
00:16:57,984 --> 00:17:00,120
You don't think it'd be
a colossal waste of time?
512
00:17:00,187 --> 00:17:01,588
You've lost your
sense of humor.
513
00:17:01,654 --> 00:17:04,324
It's a bottle
of New Hampshire maple syrup.
514
00:17:04,391 --> 00:17:07,427
It's a can of New
Hampshire maple syrup
515
00:17:07,494 --> 00:17:11,030
and you just ruined
what I think could've
been a nice moment.
516
00:17:16,403 --> 00:17:17,937
Ann...
You know,
tax breaks
517
00:17:18,004 --> 00:17:19,272
are tax relief now
518
00:17:19,339 --> 00:17:22,609
and we're changing South
Carolina to Italy.
519
00:17:22,675 --> 00:17:23,776
The minimum wage.
520
00:17:23,843 --> 00:17:26,346
You cannot muster up the
behavior to say thank you?
521
00:17:26,413 --> 00:17:27,714
For the syrup?
Yeah.
522
00:17:27,780 --> 00:17:28,715
Thank you.
523
00:17:28,781 --> 00:17:30,350
You're welcome.
524
00:17:30,417 --> 00:17:31,784
And congratulations.
525
00:17:31,851 --> 00:17:32,719
( laughs softly )
526
00:17:32,785 --> 00:17:34,087
Thank you.
527
00:17:34,154 --> 00:17:35,455
You are now the Chief of Staff
528
00:17:35,522 --> 00:17:38,225
to the most powerful Republican
in the country.
529
00:17:38,291 --> 00:17:39,992
Obviously a great deal
of confidence
530
00:17:40,059 --> 00:17:41,694
has been placed in you...
531
00:17:41,761 --> 00:17:42,862
Where's my present?
532
00:17:42,929 --> 00:17:44,497
For being promoted?
533
00:17:44,564 --> 00:17:45,898
Yeah.
534
00:17:45,965 --> 00:17:48,201
Uh, I don't have one.
535
00:17:48,268 --> 00:17:50,137
Give me my syrup back.
536
00:17:50,203 --> 00:17:51,204
MAN:
Are you ready to order?
537
00:17:51,271 --> 00:17:52,639
He's going
to need syrup.
538
00:17:52,705 --> 00:17:53,973
I have syrup here
539
00:17:54,040 --> 00:17:56,209
but he doesn't
have any.
540
00:17:56,276 --> 00:18:00,079
Scrambled eggs, wheat toast,
and coffee, please.
541
00:18:00,147 --> 00:18:01,281
Carol, did the
President say
542
00:18:01,348 --> 00:18:02,915
that the stats were
even more staggering
543
00:18:02,982 --> 00:18:03,850
right here in
Washington, D.C.?
544
00:18:03,916 --> 00:18:04,984
Yeah.
545
00:18:05,051 --> 00:18:06,519
Would you remind me
to clarify that?
546
00:18:06,586 --> 00:18:07,654
Why?
547
00:18:07,720 --> 00:18:10,290
He was in Louisville, Kentucky,
when he said it.
548
00:18:10,357 --> 00:18:11,458
Hey.
549
00:18:11,524 --> 00:18:12,259
Hey.
550
00:18:12,325 --> 00:18:13,726
You got my note?
551
00:18:13,793 --> 00:18:16,263
About moving the press room
to the OEOB? I did.
552
00:18:16,329 --> 00:18:18,331
And?
Don't let anyone ever know
that you wrote it
553
00:18:18,398 --> 00:18:21,168
and don't ever mention
it again under any
circumstances.
554
00:18:21,234 --> 00:18:22,502
Moving the press room?
See what you did?
555
00:18:22,569 --> 00:18:23,536
C.J....
You mentioned it.
556
00:18:23,603 --> 00:18:24,671
Look, if...
You did it again.
557
00:18:24,737 --> 00:18:26,038
No, I didn't.
You were about to.
558
00:18:26,105 --> 00:18:27,307
Just the OEOB,
just across the street.
559
00:18:27,374 --> 00:18:28,741
We're not getting a
swimming pool, Sam.
560
00:18:28,808 --> 00:18:30,410
I know we're not getting
a swimming pool
561
00:18:30,477 --> 00:18:32,179
but we can get
much-needed office space
562
00:18:32,245 --> 00:18:34,214
and we can put
a little physical distance
563
00:18:34,281 --> 00:18:35,582
between the press
and the President
564
00:18:35,648 --> 00:18:37,450
and we can put them
just across the street
565
00:18:37,517 --> 00:18:38,885
in a state-of-the-art
facility.
566
00:18:38,951 --> 00:18:40,287
By state-of-the-art,
you mean...?
567
00:18:40,353 --> 00:18:41,888
A room with electricity.
568
00:18:41,954 --> 00:18:44,324
The press doesn't want physical
distance from the President
569
00:18:44,391 --> 00:18:46,359
and the American people
would prefer the President
570
00:18:46,426 --> 00:18:48,528
didn't have physical distance
from the press.
571
00:18:48,595 --> 00:18:49,362
C.J....
572
00:18:49,429 --> 00:18:50,463
We can't exile
the press.
573
00:18:50,530 --> 00:18:51,764
But the room
I'm talking about
574
00:18:51,831 --> 00:18:52,999
is 100 yards from
where we're standing.
575
00:18:53,065 --> 00:18:54,367
It sends a signal
576
00:18:54,434 --> 00:18:55,668
we're trying to hide things
from them.
577
00:18:55,735 --> 00:18:57,670
We are trying to hide things
from them
578
00:18:57,737 --> 00:18:59,071
but we won't be any better at it
if they're across the street.
579
00:18:59,138 --> 00:19:00,240
No.
580
00:19:00,307 --> 00:19:01,341
I'll get more
information for you.
581
00:19:01,408 --> 00:19:02,909
I don't need more information.
582
00:19:02,975 --> 00:19:04,644
So that you
can ruminate.
I don't need
to ruminate.
583
00:19:04,711 --> 00:19:06,012
How'd it go?
Excellent. Josh.
584
00:19:06,078 --> 00:19:07,280
What do you need?
Hang on a second.
585
00:19:07,347 --> 00:19:08,915
Did the monthly DNC
go out yet?
586
00:19:08,981 --> 00:19:10,049
It's going
out now.
587
00:19:10,116 --> 00:19:11,418
Is there time
to tack on a question?
588
00:19:11,484 --> 00:19:13,353
Yeah. Donna, get me
the polling center
589
00:19:13,420 --> 00:19:14,787
at Global Strategies Group.
590
00:19:14,854 --> 00:19:15,788
DONNA:
Yeah.
591
00:19:15,855 --> 00:19:17,390
What's the question?
592
00:19:17,457 --> 00:19:20,059
C.J. thinks if we move the press
out of the west wing
593
00:19:20,126 --> 00:19:21,694
the American people
will object.
594
00:19:21,761 --> 00:19:22,595
She's crazy.
595
00:19:22,662 --> 00:19:25,031
So I want
to show her numbers.
596
00:19:25,097 --> 00:19:27,267
DONNA:
Mike at
Global Strategies.
597
00:19:27,334 --> 00:19:29,402
I want to tack on
a question, okay?
598
00:19:29,469 --> 00:19:32,171
"Would you object...?"
"Would you have...?"
599
00:19:32,239 --> 00:19:34,907
"Yes or no-- would you
have an objection if...?"
600
00:19:34,974 --> 00:19:36,276
What should the question be?
601
00:19:36,343 --> 00:19:38,478
"If the White House
moved the press corps
602
00:19:38,545 --> 00:19:40,880
to Trenton, New Jersey,
would you give a flying...?"
603
00:19:40,947 --> 00:19:43,616
"Would you object to the White
House moving the press room
604
00:19:43,683 --> 00:19:46,085
out of the west wing and into
a facility across the street?"
605
00:19:46,152 --> 00:19:47,086
Read it back.
606
00:19:47,153 --> 00:19:48,888
How'd it go?
607
00:19:48,955 --> 00:19:50,189
It went great.
608
00:19:50,257 --> 00:19:51,458
JOSH:
Thank you.
609
00:19:51,524 --> 00:19:54,261
I had to talk to Karen Cahill
last night.
610
00:19:54,327 --> 00:19:55,595
Did you fall down at all?
611
00:19:55,662 --> 00:19:57,297
I did not.
612
00:19:57,364 --> 00:19:59,599
In fact, we were talking
about the stability
613
00:19:59,666 --> 00:20:02,902
of former Soviet republics and
their fear of Islamic extremism
614
00:20:02,969 --> 00:20:04,136
and I have to say that I made
615
00:20:04,203 --> 00:20:05,338
some very
scholarly points
616
00:20:05,405 --> 00:20:06,973
regarding the remaining
nuclear weapons
617
00:20:07,039 --> 00:20:08,174
in Kyrgyzstan, and I...
618
00:20:08,241 --> 00:20:09,175
Kazakhstan.
619
00:20:09,242 --> 00:20:11,344
Hmm?
620
00:20:11,411 --> 00:20:13,313
The nuclear weapons
are in Kazakhstan.
621
00:20:13,380 --> 00:20:15,181
I said Kyrgyzstan?
622
00:20:15,248 --> 00:20:16,483
Yeah.
623
00:20:16,549 --> 00:20:19,151
Yeah, well, Kyrgyzstan
has no nuclear weapons.
624
00:20:19,218 --> 00:20:20,420
No.
625
00:20:20,487 --> 00:20:21,421
Kazakhstan's a country
626
00:20:21,488 --> 00:20:22,955
four times the
size of Texas
627
00:20:23,022 --> 00:20:25,592
and has a sizable
number of former
Russian missile silos.
628
00:20:25,658 --> 00:20:26,759
Yeah.
629
00:20:26,826 --> 00:20:29,329
Kyrgyzstan's on the side
of a hill near China
630
00:20:29,396 --> 00:20:31,331
and has mostly
nomads and sheep.
631
00:20:31,398 --> 00:20:33,433
I'm sure you got it right
last night.
632
00:20:34,667 --> 00:20:35,735
Yes.
633
00:20:35,802 --> 00:20:37,470
I'm sure.
634
00:20:37,537 --> 00:20:39,138
Okay.
635
00:20:39,205 --> 00:20:40,707
STARK:
It's a photo-op, Toby.
636
00:20:40,773 --> 00:20:43,843
Let them talk about the Redskins
and their kids.
637
00:20:43,910 --> 00:20:45,612
And why not talk
about the minimum wage?
638
00:20:45,678 --> 00:20:47,514
Because you'll say you
want it raised two dollars
639
00:20:47,580 --> 00:20:50,082
in 50-cent increments
over two years
640
00:20:50,149 --> 00:20:51,784
and we'll say three years.
641
00:20:51,851 --> 00:20:55,154
Ann, do you know
what a full-time worker
642
00:20:55,221 --> 00:20:57,390
employed at $5.15 an hour
643
00:20:57,457 --> 00:20:58,658
makes in a year?
644
00:20:58,725 --> 00:21:01,227
$10,712.
645
00:21:01,294 --> 00:21:03,563
Which is $2,600
below the poverty line.
646
00:21:03,630 --> 00:21:05,064
Why have a minimum wage?
647
00:21:05,131 --> 00:21:06,065
Now you're talking.
648
00:21:06,132 --> 00:21:07,266
Ann, I...
649
00:21:07,334 --> 00:21:09,168
You really think
raising the minimum wage
650
00:21:09,235 --> 00:21:10,970
is going to put a dent
in the poverty rate?
651
00:21:11,037 --> 00:21:13,340
I'm saying it could at least
keep up with inflation.
652
00:21:13,406 --> 00:21:14,907
In the last 30 years
653
00:21:14,974 --> 00:21:17,610
the purchasing power
of the minimum wage
has gone down 30%
654
00:21:17,677 --> 00:21:19,712
while you know
how much the stock
market has gone up?
655
00:21:19,779 --> 00:21:21,448
115%.
656
00:21:21,514 --> 00:21:24,751
Toby, small businesses
will fold or produce less
657
00:21:24,817 --> 00:21:28,321
because they can't afford to pay
a federally mandated wage.
658
00:21:28,388 --> 00:21:30,957
The unemployed will in turn
face higher prices
659
00:21:31,023 --> 00:21:32,659
while receiving no wage.
660
00:21:32,725 --> 00:21:34,761
Fine, so let's talk
about it at breakfast.
661
00:21:34,827 --> 00:21:35,762
No.
Why?
662
00:21:35,828 --> 00:21:37,364
'Cause 20 senators will call me
663
00:21:37,430 --> 00:21:38,798
and say,
"What the hell are you doing
664
00:21:38,865 --> 00:21:40,333
starting the ball rolling
without us?"
665
00:21:40,400 --> 00:21:41,901
No, they will call and say
666
00:21:41,968 --> 00:21:43,903
"What the hell are you doing
rolling the ball at all?"
667
00:21:43,970 --> 00:21:45,805
You're going to sandbag
the thing in committee.
668
00:21:45,872 --> 00:21:47,106
You've shown us your whole hand.
669
00:21:47,173 --> 00:21:48,107
You're playing a game
670
00:21:48,174 --> 00:21:49,175
and not that well.
671
00:21:49,241 --> 00:21:50,410
I just got here.
672
00:21:50,477 --> 00:21:51,944
Your predecessor
didn't play it well.
673
00:21:52,011 --> 00:21:54,847
Maybe that's why
they gave me her job.
674
00:21:54,914 --> 00:21:57,717
Ann, we're not going to get
screwed around on the wage hike.
675
00:21:57,784 --> 00:21:59,185
No?
676
00:21:59,251 --> 00:22:01,621
We have the votes,
and you know it.
677
00:22:01,688 --> 00:22:03,756
Well, having the votes
doesn't matter that much
678
00:22:03,823 --> 00:22:06,192
if the leader decides
there isn't going to be a vote.
679
00:22:06,258 --> 00:22:08,995
There is going to be a vote,
straight up or down
680
00:22:09,061 --> 00:22:11,631
and if there isn't,
we'll offer the wage hike
681
00:22:11,698 --> 00:22:14,066
as an amendment
on everything that moves.
682
00:22:14,133 --> 00:22:15,702
Say that again?
683
00:22:15,768 --> 00:22:18,771
You heard me the first time.
684
00:22:18,838 --> 00:22:21,140
Do you not remember
that I am the same person
685
00:22:21,207 --> 00:22:22,809
who bought you a can of syrup?
686
00:22:22,875 --> 00:22:23,876
Ann...
687
00:22:23,943 --> 00:22:24,877
Toby
688
00:22:24,944 --> 00:22:25,878
what have I done
689
00:22:25,945 --> 00:22:27,680
to make you think
I'm scared of you?
690
00:22:30,383 --> 00:22:32,284
The Patients'
Bill of Rights.
691
00:22:32,351 --> 00:22:33,853
We can talk about it?
692
00:22:33,920 --> 00:22:36,423
We can spend 15
minutes on dropping
the litigation shield.
693
00:22:36,489 --> 00:22:37,724
In exchange for what?
694
00:22:37,790 --> 00:22:39,459
Some flowers wouldn't
be out of line.
695
00:22:39,526 --> 00:22:40,727
In exchange for what?
696
00:22:40,793 --> 00:22:42,294
The spirit of
bipartisanship.
697
00:22:42,361 --> 00:22:44,030
In exchange for what?
698
00:22:44,096 --> 00:22:46,433
I want the press conference
at the Hill.
699
00:22:46,499 --> 00:22:48,067
Our guys are tired of looking
700
00:22:48,134 --> 00:22:50,102
like the President's
stupid cousin.
701
00:22:53,205 --> 00:22:53,973
That's all?
702
00:22:54,040 --> 00:22:55,141
Yeah.
703
00:22:55,207 --> 00:22:57,610
You want the press conference
on the Hill?
704
00:22:57,677 --> 00:22:58,711
Yeah.
705
00:22:58,778 --> 00:22:59,612
Done.
706
00:22:59,679 --> 00:23:01,548
C.J. Cregg says no.
707
00:23:01,614 --> 00:23:03,450
C.J. works for me.
708
00:23:06,719 --> 00:23:08,354
Thank you for breakfast.
709
00:23:08,421 --> 00:23:10,022
You're welcome.
710
00:23:15,995 --> 00:23:16,996
Charlie!
711
00:23:17,063 --> 00:23:18,197
Yes, sir.
712
00:23:18,264 --> 00:23:19,432
Who's the next meeting?
713
00:23:19,499 --> 00:23:20,567
Kim Woo of
Singapore.
714
00:23:20,633 --> 00:23:21,868
You want the
cheat sheet?
715
00:23:21,934 --> 00:23:23,135
I don't need a cheat sheet.
716
00:23:23,202 --> 00:23:24,370
Kim Woo.
717
00:23:24,437 --> 00:23:26,005
He won a bronze medal
for fencing
718
00:23:26,072 --> 00:23:28,240
he's a Buddhist,
and he enjoys European history.
719
00:23:28,307 --> 00:23:30,777
You see, Charles,
even though it's a handshake
720
00:23:30,843 --> 00:23:32,779
I'm able to make him
feel like a friend
721
00:23:32,845 --> 00:23:35,482
and that's a little thing
they call people skills.
722
00:23:35,548 --> 00:23:36,783
Kim Woo's a woman, sir.
723
00:23:36,849 --> 00:23:38,184
The man's an Olympic athlete,
Charlie.
724
00:23:38,250 --> 00:23:39,318
I wouldn't say that to his face.
725
00:23:39,385 --> 00:23:40,887
Sir.
What else?
726
00:23:40,953 --> 00:23:43,122
Sam wanted me to show you
some remarks he jotted down
727
00:23:43,189 --> 00:23:44,156
for your toast
728
00:23:44,223 --> 00:23:45,625
at the breakfast
tomorrow.
729
00:23:45,692 --> 00:23:47,159
"Ladies and gentlemen..."
730
00:23:47,226 --> 00:23:48,695
That's funny.
731
00:23:48,761 --> 00:23:50,096
Yeah, that's funny.
732
00:23:50,162 --> 00:23:51,263
She's a woman?
733
00:23:51,330 --> 00:23:52,431
Yes, sir.
734
00:23:52,499 --> 00:23:53,933
Did you mark
that down?
Yes, sir.
735
00:23:54,000 --> 00:23:57,003
"We spend so much time
demonizing the other side
736
00:23:57,069 --> 00:23:59,906
"treating our opponents as if
they were threatening strangers
737
00:23:59,972 --> 00:24:01,841
"with whom
we share nothing in common
738
00:24:01,908 --> 00:24:04,343
that we've lost sight, perhaps,
of the greater truths."
739
00:24:04,410 --> 00:24:06,579
Did you know it's bad luck
to toast with water?
740
00:24:06,646 --> 00:24:08,280
I didn't.
741
00:24:08,347 --> 00:24:10,116
Yeah, you don't want
to make a toast with water.
742
00:24:10,182 --> 00:24:11,518
Should we go, sir?
743
00:24:11,584 --> 00:24:13,452
It's from Greek mythology,
I'm almost sure.
744
00:24:13,520 --> 00:24:14,453
You lose your spirit.
745
00:24:14,521 --> 00:24:15,187
To what?
746
00:24:15,254 --> 00:24:16,255
Hmm?
747
00:24:16,322 --> 00:24:17,824
To what do you
lose your spirit?
748
00:24:17,890 --> 00:24:20,226
That's a good question, Charlie,
and I could tell you
749
00:24:20,292 --> 00:24:22,328
but I think it's better
if you look it up on your own.
750
00:24:22,394 --> 00:24:23,763
I'll hit the library
751
00:24:23,830 --> 00:24:26,098
as soon as I get off work
tonight at 1:00 a.m.
752
00:24:26,165 --> 00:24:29,335
"...that we've lost sight,
perhaps, of the greater truths.
753
00:24:29,401 --> 00:24:33,039
There is a lot more that unites
Americans than divides them."
754
00:24:33,105 --> 00:24:34,541
That's good.
755
00:24:34,607 --> 00:24:38,044
"There's a lot more that unites
Americans than divides them."
756
00:24:38,110 --> 00:24:39,378
Remind me to tell
Sam that's good.
757
00:24:39,445 --> 00:24:40,580
Yes, sir.
758
00:24:40,647 --> 00:24:42,314
And remind me not
to toast with water.
759
00:24:42,381 --> 00:24:43,315
Yes, sir.
760
00:24:43,382 --> 00:24:44,651
Ah, let's go.
761
00:24:50,790 --> 00:24:52,058
I said the wrong one.
Maybe not.
762
00:24:52,124 --> 00:24:54,226
I'm fairly certain.
You had a 50-50 chance.
763
00:24:54,293 --> 00:24:55,728
It was Karen Cahill.
764
00:24:55,795 --> 00:24:57,530
If there was a 99
in 100 chance of
saying the right one
765
00:24:57,597 --> 00:24:58,731
I said the wrong one.
766
00:24:58,798 --> 00:25:00,332
Why do you guys get
worked into a lather
767
00:25:00,399 --> 00:25:01,400
over Karen Cahill?
768
00:25:01,467 --> 00:25:02,735
She's a very influential woman.
769
00:25:02,802 --> 00:25:04,070
You're a very
influential man.
770
00:25:04,136 --> 00:25:05,805
She's a columnist.
She gets the last word.
771
00:25:05,872 --> 00:25:06,939
You talk to lots
of columnists.
772
00:25:07,006 --> 00:25:08,007
She has some kind
of special powers.
773
00:25:08,074 --> 00:25:09,341
You think?
Yeah.
774
00:25:09,408 --> 00:25:11,377
Maybe you didn't
get it wrong.
I got it wrong.
775
00:25:11,443 --> 00:25:12,945
Maybe there really
are remaining nuclear
weapons in Kyrgyzstan.
776
00:25:13,012 --> 00:25:14,814
There are barely pots and pans
in Kyrgyzstan.
777
00:25:14,881 --> 00:25:16,448
You think New York Times is
going to make fun of you?
778
00:25:16,515 --> 00:25:18,017
I do.
You've got to be used
to that by now, right?
779
00:25:18,084 --> 00:25:20,186
Yeah. Here's what
we're going to do.
780
00:25:20,252 --> 00:25:22,021
We're going to
do something?
781
00:25:22,088 --> 00:25:23,656
You're going
to talk to her.
I don't even
know her.
782
00:25:23,723 --> 00:25:25,424
You've met her.
We've been
introduced.
783
00:25:25,491 --> 00:25:27,727
You said you felt the two
of you made a connection.
That's true.
784
00:25:27,794 --> 00:25:28,761
Here's what you're
going to do.
785
00:25:28,828 --> 00:25:29,996
I connect
with people.
Yes.
786
00:25:30,062 --> 00:25:31,664
I'm a people person.
That's great.
787
00:25:31,731 --> 00:25:33,265
You're going to
the South Street
exhibit tonight?
788
00:25:33,332 --> 00:25:34,967
How did you know?
You told me.
She's going, too.
789
00:25:35,034 --> 00:25:36,936
How do you know?
She told me.
790
00:25:37,003 --> 00:25:39,338
So there's quite a bit
of reconnaissance work
that went into this.
791
00:25:39,405 --> 00:25:41,674
Yes. You're going to go
up to her, "Hi, I'm Donna Moss.
792
00:25:41,741 --> 00:25:42,775
"I don't know
if you remember me.
793
00:25:42,842 --> 00:25:43,743
I'm Josh Lyman's assistant."
794
00:25:43,810 --> 00:25:45,211
You just had to come up to her
795
00:25:45,277 --> 00:25:46,946
'cause you knew she'd get
a kick out of this.
796
00:25:47,013 --> 00:25:48,214
"Sam Seaborn
is being so cute.
797
00:25:48,280 --> 00:25:49,616
"He was talking to you
798
00:25:49,682 --> 00:25:51,017
"and he thinks
he may have said 'Kyrgyzstan'
799
00:25:51,083 --> 00:25:52,619
when he obviously meant
'Kazakhstan.'"
800
00:25:52,685 --> 00:25:53,720
"Sam Seaborn's
being so cute"?
801
00:25:53,786 --> 00:25:54,987
It'd kill you?
No.
802
00:25:55,054 --> 00:25:56,122
Thank you.
803
00:25:57,690 --> 00:25:59,091
( knocking )
804
00:25:59,158 --> 00:26:00,092
Yeah?
805
00:26:00,159 --> 00:26:02,028
Yeah.
806
00:26:02,094 --> 00:26:06,098
Listen, I just had breakfast
with Ann Stark.
807
00:26:06,165 --> 00:26:07,399
Minimum wage?
808
00:26:07,466 --> 00:26:08,735
No.
809
00:26:08,801 --> 00:26:09,802
It's for the best.
Why?
810
00:26:09,869 --> 00:26:11,470
'Cause there'll be a fight.
811
00:26:11,537 --> 00:26:12,438
Yes.
Toby...
812
00:26:12,504 --> 00:26:13,773
There should be a fight.
813
00:26:13,840 --> 00:26:15,875
We disagree on something
important and immediate.
814
00:26:15,942 --> 00:26:17,610
Which means there should be
a compromise.
815
00:26:17,677 --> 00:26:19,445
Which isn't going
to happen by posing
for a picture.
816
00:26:19,511 --> 00:26:21,981
It isn't going to happen
eating pancakes, either, Toby
817
00:26:22,048 --> 00:26:23,582
so let them tell dirty jokes
818
00:26:23,650 --> 00:26:25,351
for 90 minutes, shake hands,
and start the year.
819
00:26:25,417 --> 00:26:27,086
Not when it's
the taxpayers' pancakes.
820
00:26:27,153 --> 00:26:29,321
The taxpayers will be happy
to know that the Democrats
821
00:26:29,388 --> 00:26:32,058
are trying to tighten
their belts where they can.
822
00:26:32,124 --> 00:26:33,726
They're willing to put
a provision
823
00:26:33,793 --> 00:26:35,261
of the Patients' Bill
up for discussion.
824
00:26:35,327 --> 00:26:37,563
Well, that's a little something
you can all disagree on.
825
00:26:37,630 --> 00:26:38,931
15 minutes.
826
00:26:38,998 --> 00:26:40,532
You can do a lot of shouting
in 15 minutes.
827
00:26:40,599 --> 00:26:43,670
In exchange, she wants the
press conference on the Hill.
828
00:26:43,736 --> 00:26:45,738
Now, she wants
the whole thing on the Hill?
829
00:26:45,805 --> 00:26:47,073
Yeah, listen...
830
00:26:47,139 --> 00:26:48,708
I said no yesterday
to the split conference.
831
00:26:48,775 --> 00:26:50,076
What makes her think
832
00:26:50,142 --> 00:26:51,711
I'm going to put
the whole thing on the...?
833
00:26:51,778 --> 00:26:53,112
'Cause I'm
asking you to.
834
00:26:53,179 --> 00:26:54,313
What?!
835
00:26:54,380 --> 00:26:56,382
That's what they get
in exchange for...
836
00:26:56,448 --> 00:26:57,549
You kidding me?
837
00:26:57,616 --> 00:26:59,385
Look...
Toby,
are you kidding me?
838
00:26:59,451 --> 00:27:00,319
Who cares where the...?
839
00:27:00,386 --> 00:27:01,553
First of all...
840
00:27:01,620 --> 00:27:03,389
I don't even know
where to start!
841
00:27:03,455 --> 00:27:05,725
C.J., who...?
But first of all, if they say
anything that needs a response
842
00:27:05,792 --> 00:27:06,793
I need 20 minutes with staff.
843
00:27:06,859 --> 00:27:08,094
I can't stand around there
844
00:27:08,160 --> 00:27:09,328
and huddle in front
of the White House
845
00:27:09,395 --> 00:27:10,529
and Congressional Press Corps.
846
00:27:10,596 --> 00:27:12,131
There's not going
to be a surprise.
847
00:27:12,198 --> 00:27:14,100
You've already decided
what you're going to say
848
00:27:14,166 --> 00:27:16,035
which is not much
of anything at all.
849
00:27:16,102 --> 00:27:18,270
We don't speak for the President
on the steps of the Capitol.
850
00:27:18,337 --> 00:27:20,039
We don't need to be offered
their microphone.
851
00:27:20,106 --> 00:27:21,841
It makes us look like
less than what we are.
852
00:27:21,908 --> 00:27:23,075
In fact, it makes us
look small.
853
00:27:23,142 --> 00:27:25,111
We're calling tax
breaks "tax reliefs"
854
00:27:25,177 --> 00:27:26,946
refusing to discuss
raising the salary
855
00:27:27,013 --> 00:27:29,648
of those living in poverty,
arguing the seating arrangement
856
00:27:29,716 --> 00:27:32,919
and you think that that's what's
going to make us look small?
857
00:27:32,985 --> 00:27:34,754
Toby...
We're talking
about the no-litigation clause
858
00:27:34,821 --> 00:27:36,155
for 15 minutes.
859
00:27:36,222 --> 00:27:38,357
I don't care
if the damn press conference
860
00:27:38,424 --> 00:27:40,159
is outside
the Rotary Club!
861
00:27:45,497 --> 00:27:46,899
It shouldn't be me, then.
862
00:27:46,966 --> 00:27:48,434
It should be Henry.
863
00:27:48,500 --> 00:27:49,902
Fine.
864
00:27:49,969 --> 00:27:52,338
It should be a deputy.
865
00:27:52,404 --> 00:27:54,573
I'll tell Ann it's
not going to be you.
866
00:27:54,640 --> 00:27:55,942
I think
this is a bad idea.
867
00:27:56,008 --> 00:27:57,576
I think
the first visual we get
868
00:27:57,643 --> 00:27:59,078
is that Congress
is the seat of power
869
00:27:59,145 --> 00:28:00,446
and the President is irrelevant.
870
00:28:00,512 --> 00:28:01,948
Not only that
871
00:28:02,014 --> 00:28:04,216
but you just took my legs out
from under me with Ann.
872
00:28:04,283 --> 00:28:07,754
Are you ordering me
to move it to the Hill?
873
00:28:07,820 --> 00:28:09,588
I don't like doing that.
874
00:28:09,655 --> 00:28:11,423
You're going to have to.
875
00:28:15,527 --> 00:28:17,263
Do it.
876
00:28:24,170 --> 00:28:27,139
( camera shutters clicking )
877
00:28:27,206 --> 00:28:28,507
C.J.:
It's about to start.
878
00:28:28,574 --> 00:28:30,676
C.J.
Hey, Steve, you should be
up on the Hill.
879
00:28:30,743 --> 00:28:31,778
I'm going to
watch it on TV.
880
00:28:31,844 --> 00:28:33,379
I wanted to ask you
881
00:28:33,445 --> 00:28:35,647
are you guys
thinking about
moving the press room
882
00:28:35,714 --> 00:28:36,448
across the street?
883
00:28:36,515 --> 00:28:37,984
No.
884
00:28:38,050 --> 00:28:39,718
I heard you were
discussing it.
From who?
885
00:28:39,786 --> 00:28:41,153
Chris.
It's starting.
886
00:28:41,220 --> 00:28:43,155
She seemed pretty sure
you were discussing it.
887
00:28:43,222 --> 00:28:44,556
Why?
She got called
by a pollster
888
00:28:44,623 --> 00:28:46,025
who asked her how she felt...
889
00:28:46,092 --> 00:28:47,894
She got called
by a pollster?
Yeah.
890
00:28:47,960 --> 00:28:49,395
She herself got called?
891
00:28:49,461 --> 00:28:50,930
CAROL:
It's starting.
Anyway, uh...
892
00:28:50,997 --> 00:28:52,331
Let me get into it.
893
00:28:52,398 --> 00:28:54,666
Thanks.
894
00:28:54,733 --> 00:28:56,168
Good morning.
895
00:28:56,235 --> 00:28:58,504
We're joined today
with, uh, Congressman Dade
896
00:28:58,570 --> 00:28:59,671
Congressman Shallick
897
00:28:59,738 --> 00:29:01,440
Senator Hammond
and Senator Ford.
898
00:29:01,507 --> 00:29:04,043
Unfortunately, the Majority
Leader has a sore throat
899
00:29:04,110 --> 00:29:05,711
and is unable to join us here.
900
00:29:05,778 --> 00:29:07,379
He's gone back to his office.
901
00:29:07,446 --> 00:29:10,149
We've just concluded a very
frank and productive meeting...
902
00:29:10,216 --> 00:29:11,483
When did he get a sore throat?
903
00:29:11,550 --> 00:29:12,852
I-I don't...
904
00:29:12,919 --> 00:29:14,821
She took the Majority Leader
off the board.
905
00:29:14,887 --> 00:29:16,422
...what we all feel is
an important moment
906
00:29:16,488 --> 00:29:20,359
of bipartisanship as we face
the coming legislative session.
907
00:29:20,426 --> 00:29:22,461
We thought we'd answer questions
for a few moments this morning.
908
00:29:22,528 --> 00:29:23,863
Yes?
909
00:29:23,930 --> 00:29:26,165
Was the Patients' Bill of Rights
discussed?
910
00:29:26,232 --> 00:29:28,835
The Comprehensive Access
and Responsibility Act...
911
00:29:28,901 --> 00:29:30,102
Yes, it was discussed
912
00:29:30,169 --> 00:29:31,537
though I hesitate
to comment on...
913
00:29:31,603 --> 00:29:32,604
She took him off the board.
914
00:29:32,671 --> 00:29:33,840
...it was agreed that...
915
00:29:33,906 --> 00:29:35,374
Was it a balance thing?
916
00:29:35,441 --> 00:29:38,010
No. She didn't want balance,
she wanted power.
917
00:29:38,077 --> 00:29:40,146
Why'd she take her boss
off the board?
918
00:29:40,212 --> 00:29:42,281
We discussed
the litigation clause
919
00:29:42,348 --> 00:29:45,451
but again, I don't want
to get into the specifics of...
920
00:29:45,517 --> 00:29:46,953
We're about to get hit.
921
00:29:47,019 --> 00:29:48,420
WOMAN:
What about
the minimum wage hike?
922
00:29:48,487 --> 00:29:49,956
The wage hike
was not discussed.
923
00:29:50,022 --> 00:29:51,590
Well, are you considering
a two-dollar increase
924
00:29:51,657 --> 00:29:53,125
over two years?
925
00:29:53,192 --> 00:29:55,161
Well, we want the same thing,
but over three years.
926
00:29:55,227 --> 00:29:56,762
Certainly,
the Leader's position...
927
00:29:56,829 --> 00:29:58,430
Call on Simon.
928
00:29:58,497 --> 00:29:59,866
...but we didn't discuss it.
Craig?
929
00:29:59,932 --> 00:30:01,400
Call on Simon.
930
00:30:01,467 --> 00:30:03,069
Is it fair to say
it's the Majority Leader
931
00:30:03,135 --> 00:30:04,603
who's holding this up
and not the majority?
932
00:30:04,670 --> 00:30:06,839
Well, I don't think it's fair
to say either.
933
00:30:06,906 --> 00:30:08,440
Uh, yeah?
In the back. Simon.
934
00:30:08,507 --> 00:30:12,111
Congressman, I'm quoting
a senior White House aide
935
00:30:12,178 --> 00:30:13,412
who says they have the votes.
936
00:30:13,479 --> 00:30:15,147
The aide said that
unless they get
937
00:30:15,214 --> 00:30:17,116
a straight up or down vote
from the Leader--
938
00:30:17,183 --> 00:30:19,151
and this is the quote--
"We're going to attach it
939
00:30:19,218 --> 00:30:21,420
as an amendment to
everything that moves."
940
00:30:21,487 --> 00:30:22,955
THOMAS:
Could you say that again
to me, please?
941
00:30:23,022 --> 00:30:24,456
This senior
aide said...
942
00:30:24,523 --> 00:30:26,392
Yeah. Listen, I don't want
to comment on this.
943
00:30:26,458 --> 00:30:29,228
I think I'd like to get back
to the breakfast meeting
944
00:30:29,295 --> 00:30:30,129
and then for...
945
00:30:30,196 --> 00:30:32,231
But, uh... I'm sorry.
946
00:30:32,298 --> 00:30:36,235
My friend from Michigan is far
too polite to comment on this.
947
00:30:36,302 --> 00:30:39,505
I am not burdened with
any such sense of etiquette.
948
00:30:39,571 --> 00:30:40,839
This is disgraceful
949
00:30:40,907 --> 00:30:42,875
and I think
the record should show
950
00:30:42,942 --> 00:30:44,310
that a spitball contest
951
00:30:44,376 --> 00:30:47,947
was begun behind our backs,
through the press
952
00:30:48,014 --> 00:30:52,018
and before the 107th Congress
was even gaveled into session.
953
00:30:52,084 --> 00:30:53,419
You want some quotes?
954
00:30:53,485 --> 00:30:54,420
( phone rings )
955
00:30:54,486 --> 00:30:55,821
Open your notepads.
956
00:30:55,888 --> 00:30:57,423
It's Toby.
957
00:30:57,489 --> 00:30:59,091
It is sadly not atypical
958
00:30:59,158 --> 00:31:01,527
of this White House
to make a public show...
959
00:31:01,593 --> 00:31:02,694
I'm the senior aide.
960
00:31:02,761 --> 00:31:04,230
No kidding. Get me Henry.
961
00:31:04,296 --> 00:31:07,466
We came here in an honest effort
to find common ground...
962
00:31:07,533 --> 00:31:08,500
Henry.
963
00:31:08,567 --> 00:31:09,535
...so we could make...
964
00:31:09,601 --> 00:31:11,237
I've got Henry.
What do you want?
965
00:31:11,303 --> 00:31:12,939
...on the myriad of challenges
that are facing us
966
00:31:13,005 --> 00:31:14,506
in the legislative session.
967
00:31:14,573 --> 00:31:16,943
If the White House insists
on saying one thing to our face
968
00:31:17,009 --> 00:31:18,978
and another to us
through the media
969
00:31:19,045 --> 00:31:21,047
if the White House insists
on ambushing us
970
00:31:21,113 --> 00:31:23,249
with ultimatums in the press...
971
00:31:23,315 --> 00:31:25,484
What do you want me
to do, Toby?
972
00:31:25,551 --> 00:31:27,853
...please deliver this message
to the White House:
973
00:31:27,920 --> 00:31:28,854
Don't let him take the podium.
974
00:31:28,921 --> 00:31:30,389
...minimum wage will be...
975
00:31:30,456 --> 00:31:32,391
You'll take questions in
the briefing room in 20 minutes.
976
00:31:32,458 --> 00:31:34,626
...there will be
no up or down vote in...
977
00:31:34,693 --> 00:31:35,627
Henry, get home.
978
00:31:35,694 --> 00:31:36,662
Thank you.
979
00:31:36,728 --> 00:31:37,896
( slams phone down )
980
00:31:37,964 --> 00:31:39,631
WOMAN:
Congressman, one last question!
981
00:31:44,070 --> 00:31:45,837
Hey, what the hell happened?
982
00:31:45,904 --> 00:31:48,207
That was me.
983
00:31:48,274 --> 00:31:50,809
( sighing ):
I gave Ann Stark the quote,
and she fed it to a reporter.
984
00:31:50,876 --> 00:31:52,344
Why'd you give her
the quote?
985
00:31:52,411 --> 00:31:53,479
It wasn't a
quote when I
gave it to her.
986
00:31:53,545 --> 00:31:54,580
What the hell was it?
987
00:31:54,646 --> 00:31:56,348
I was letting her know
that we had the votes...
988
00:31:56,415 --> 00:31:58,150
She knows
we have the votes.
I wasn't...
989
00:31:58,217 --> 00:31:59,718
She was just promoted
to Chief of Staff
990
00:31:59,785 --> 00:32:01,053
for the Senate Majority Leader.
991
00:32:01,120 --> 00:32:04,957
You don't think she knows
we have the votes?
992
00:32:05,024 --> 00:32:07,459
( sighing ):
I misunderstood my relationship
with Ann Stark.
993
00:32:07,526 --> 00:32:08,627
Yes, you did.
994
00:32:08,694 --> 00:32:10,096
And now it looks like
we went to the press
995
00:32:10,162 --> 00:32:11,830
and went for his knees.
996
00:32:11,897 --> 00:32:14,700
Excuse me, but Toby's not the
one who gave it to the press.
997
00:32:14,766 --> 00:32:17,736
You think the Majority Leader's
going to believe that?
998
00:32:17,803 --> 00:32:18,937
No.
999
00:32:19,005 --> 00:32:20,106
It was a breakfast!
1000
00:32:20,172 --> 00:32:22,108
It was
a damn photo opportunity.
1001
00:32:22,174 --> 00:32:23,475
The year is one week old
1002
00:32:23,542 --> 00:32:25,744
the legislative session
hasn't begun
1003
00:32:25,811 --> 00:32:29,081
and we can't put a forkful
of waffles in our mouth
1004
00:32:29,148 --> 00:32:32,051
without coughing up the ball.
1005
00:32:32,118 --> 00:32:34,420
You got beat.
1006
00:32:34,486 --> 00:32:36,422
Yes.
1007
00:32:38,124 --> 00:32:39,558
I have press
in ten minutes.
1008
00:32:39,625 --> 00:32:40,826
Figure it out.
1009
00:32:40,892 --> 00:32:43,129
Tell me what you're going to do.
1010
00:32:45,831 --> 00:32:48,367
( Toby clears throat )
1011
00:32:48,434 --> 00:32:50,236
JOSH:
We can take
the high road
1012
00:32:50,302 --> 00:32:53,639
and say we don't want
it to disintegrate
into a war of words.
1013
00:32:53,705 --> 00:32:56,175
We don't want to disrupt
the fragile peace.
1014
00:32:56,242 --> 00:32:57,643
The fragile peace
has been disrupted.
1015
00:32:57,709 --> 00:32:59,478
We've been accused
of ambushing the Majority Leader
1016
00:32:59,545 --> 00:33:00,612
in the press.
1017
00:33:00,679 --> 00:33:01,980
Also, Labor's going
to want to know
1018
00:33:02,048 --> 00:33:03,149
we stand by
the minimum wage.
1019
00:33:03,215 --> 00:33:04,583
Why don't we pass it off
to Labor?
1020
00:33:04,650 --> 00:33:06,185
Have the Labor Secretary
make a statement:
1021
00:33:06,252 --> 00:33:07,753
"We support the
two dollar minimum wage."
1022
00:33:07,819 --> 00:33:09,888
JOSH:
Yeah. Let's emphasize
how close we are on this.
1023
00:33:09,955 --> 00:33:12,058
"We support the two dollar
minimum wage hike spread
over two years.
1024
00:33:12,124 --> 00:33:13,592
"The Republicans want it
over three years.
1025
00:33:13,659 --> 00:33:15,194
We're close
to an agreement."
1026
00:33:15,261 --> 00:33:16,628
Sounds like we're close
to agreeing on 30 months
1027
00:33:16,695 --> 00:33:18,164
which we're not,
and no one's going to want
1028
00:33:18,230 --> 00:33:19,465
to cover a statement
from the Labor Secretary
1029
00:33:19,531 --> 00:33:20,999
which is good,
'cause if they did
1030
00:33:21,067 --> 00:33:22,201
it'd look like
we're ducking.
1031
00:33:22,268 --> 00:33:23,802
No, I don't think...
She's right.
1032
00:33:23,869 --> 00:33:25,337
We can't be passive
1033
00:33:25,404 --> 00:33:27,906
and the high road doesn't go
where we need it to.
1034
00:33:27,973 --> 00:33:29,341
( all sighing )
1035
00:33:29,408 --> 00:33:32,144
Be cool, be funny,
smack them down hard.
1036
00:33:32,211 --> 00:33:33,612
SAM:
The Majority Leader
1037
00:33:33,679 --> 00:33:35,347
is tragically out of touch
with the needs of real people.
1038
00:33:35,414 --> 00:33:37,816
And why wasn't he
at the podium?
A sore throat?
1039
00:33:37,883 --> 00:33:39,685
We know how tough
that can be.
1040
00:33:39,751 --> 00:33:42,088
Thank goodness he had
health insurance.
There it is.
1041
00:33:42,154 --> 00:33:43,122
That's the sound bite.
1042
00:33:43,189 --> 00:33:44,523
And that's the new story.
1043
00:33:44,590 --> 00:33:45,824
Toby?
1044
00:33:45,891 --> 00:33:47,359
Do it.
1045
00:33:47,426 --> 00:33:49,595
Carol, I need voting
stats on health care.
1046
00:33:49,661 --> 00:33:51,263
Five minutes.
1047
00:33:52,464 --> 00:33:54,666
JOSH:
How's this for a phrase?
1048
00:33:54,733 --> 00:33:56,802
"You can lay down
in front of the train
1049
00:33:56,868 --> 00:33:58,104
or you can get on board."
1050
00:33:58,170 --> 00:34:00,072
That's a really
bad phrase.
1051
00:34:00,139 --> 00:34:01,240
Is it better if it's
1052
00:34:01,307 --> 00:34:02,908
"You can get
on board the train
1053
00:34:02,974 --> 00:34:04,410
or you can lay down
in front of it"?
1054
00:34:04,476 --> 00:34:06,112
No. It's really
bad either way.
1055
00:34:06,178 --> 00:34:07,913
Josh, this was delivered
by messenger.
1056
00:34:07,979 --> 00:34:09,181
What is it?
1057
00:34:09,248 --> 00:34:10,616
It's... wait, wait...
1058
00:34:10,682 --> 00:34:12,618
No. Damn, my X-ray vision
is failing me today.
1059
00:34:12,684 --> 00:34:13,952
Give me that.
1060
00:34:14,019 --> 00:34:14,986
How did it go?
Last night?
1061
00:34:15,053 --> 00:34:16,155
Did you talk to her?
1062
00:34:16,222 --> 00:34:17,489
Yes, I did,
and I explained
1063
00:34:17,556 --> 00:34:19,091
that you might have said
"Kyrgyzstan"
1064
00:34:19,158 --> 00:34:20,859
when of course
you meant "Kazakhstan."
1065
00:34:20,926 --> 00:34:22,494
Did you say how
it was cute the way
I worried about it?
1066
00:34:22,561 --> 00:34:24,463
I did.
Did it turn out
I got it wrong?
1067
00:34:24,530 --> 00:34:26,365
She said she wasn't
really listening
1068
00:34:26,432 --> 00:34:28,467
while you were talking.
Okay...
1069
00:34:28,534 --> 00:34:30,302
I, on the hand
1070
00:34:30,369 --> 00:34:32,204
had a most stimulating
conversation with her.
1071
00:34:32,271 --> 00:34:34,140
It was pithy, it was erudite,
and most of all
1072
00:34:34,206 --> 00:34:36,007
it required no
next-day-follow-up explanation.
1073
00:34:36,074 --> 00:34:37,276
JOSH:
Donna?
1074
00:34:37,343 --> 00:34:39,645
What was
in the envelope?
Your underwear.
1075
00:34:39,711 --> 00:34:41,980
What?
1076
00:34:42,047 --> 00:34:44,283
I'm holding
your underwear
1077
00:34:44,350 --> 00:34:45,651
in my hand
right now.
1078
00:34:45,717 --> 00:34:47,519
And the way I know
it's your underwear
1079
00:34:47,586 --> 00:34:49,588
is that your name
is sewn in the back
1080
00:34:49,655 --> 00:34:50,756
which obviously
1081
00:34:50,822 --> 00:34:51,790
we'll spend
some time
1082
00:34:51,857 --> 00:34:53,292
talking about
at a later date.
1083
00:34:53,359 --> 00:34:54,426
How did you get
my underwear?
1084
00:34:54,493 --> 00:34:56,027
Donna, did you
by any chance
1085
00:34:56,094 --> 00:34:58,597
wear the same pair of pants
two days in a row this week?
1086
00:34:58,664 --> 00:34:59,598
No.
1087
00:34:59,665 --> 00:35:01,833
Donna?
1088
00:35:01,900 --> 00:35:03,335
Yes.
1089
00:35:03,402 --> 00:35:05,003
Okay, when you
got dressed
1090
00:35:05,070 --> 00:35:06,238
on day two
1091
00:35:06,305 --> 00:35:07,373
did you check
the pant leg
1092
00:35:07,439 --> 00:35:08,907
for the previous
day's underwear?
1093
00:35:08,974 --> 00:35:11,076
I don't need
to check the pant leg...
Donna...
1094
00:35:11,143 --> 00:35:12,678
( sighs )
1095
00:35:12,744 --> 00:35:14,646
They fell out of my pants?
1096
00:35:14,713 --> 00:35:16,415
It would appear
that way.
1097
00:35:16,482 --> 00:35:18,417
Where?
1098
00:35:18,484 --> 00:35:19,885
The South
Street exhibit.
1099
00:35:19,951 --> 00:35:21,187
Where?
1100
00:35:21,253 --> 00:35:24,356
On the floor in front
of Karen Cahill.
1101
00:35:24,423 --> 00:35:26,592
Please tell me
she's not the one...
1102
00:35:26,658 --> 00:35:27,759
She sent a note.
1103
00:35:27,826 --> 00:35:29,195
( gasps )
1104
00:35:29,261 --> 00:35:32,198
C.J.:
Fred and Ethel, would
you follow me, please?
1105
00:35:32,264 --> 00:35:33,532
She's talking
about us.
1106
00:35:33,599 --> 00:35:35,534
( grunts )
1107
00:35:42,841 --> 00:35:45,444
C.J.:
Did a question get tacked onto
the monthly DNC tracking poll
1108
00:35:45,511 --> 00:35:47,112
about moving the press room?
1109
00:35:47,179 --> 00:35:48,514
Yes, it did.
1110
00:35:48,580 --> 00:35:49,915
Because I at least wanted
to shoot down the argument
1111
00:35:49,981 --> 00:35:51,217
that the public...
1112
00:35:51,283 --> 00:35:52,284
The public get their news
from the press
1113
00:35:52,351 --> 00:35:53,985
and the press
gets their news...
1114
00:35:54,052 --> 00:35:55,654
It's a private poll.
The press doesn't
have access to it.
1115
00:35:55,721 --> 00:35:57,189
So they don't know what
questions we're asking?
1116
00:35:57,256 --> 00:35:58,824
Yeah.
Are you sure?
1117
00:35:58,890 --> 00:36:00,626
The only way they'd
know what questions
were being asked
1118
00:36:00,692 --> 00:36:02,728
is if they were
actually called by
one of the pollsters
1119
00:36:02,794 --> 00:36:04,430
and... oh, my God.
Yes.
1120
00:36:04,496 --> 00:36:06,097
A reporter got called
by one of the pollsters?
1121
00:36:06,164 --> 00:36:07,266
Yes, indeed, yes.
1122
00:36:07,333 --> 00:36:09,000
Wow. What are the chances
of that?
1123
00:36:09,067 --> 00:36:10,602
The chances of that
are astronomical.
1124
00:36:10,669 --> 00:36:11,903
Guys...
1125
00:36:11,970 --> 00:36:13,672
We can calculate it.
They sample 800 respondents...
1126
00:36:13,739 --> 00:36:16,208
Would the two of you stop
being amazed by the mathematics?
1127
00:36:16,275 --> 00:36:18,410
All right,
I'd pass it off.
1128
00:36:18,477 --> 00:36:20,212
Just say some poor schnook
in the management office
1129
00:36:20,279 --> 00:36:22,514
got the idea and wanted
to kick it around.
1130
00:36:22,581 --> 00:36:23,449
Sam...
1131
00:36:23,515 --> 00:36:26,785
It's going to be me, right?
1132
00:36:26,852 --> 00:36:28,920
Okay.
Yeah.
1133
00:36:28,987 --> 00:36:30,522
You ready?
Yeah.
1134
00:36:30,589 --> 00:36:32,724
You had a lot of opportunities
today
1135
00:36:32,791 --> 00:36:35,961
to say "I told you so"
and score some points with Leo.
1136
00:36:36,027 --> 00:36:37,529
You're a class act.
1137
00:36:37,596 --> 00:36:40,198
Why were you holding
women's underwear before?
1138
00:36:40,266 --> 00:36:43,602
Never really
needed a reason.
1139
00:36:43,669 --> 00:36:44,970
Eat them up.
1140
00:36:46,204 --> 00:36:50,208
REPORTERS:
C.J.! C.J.! C.J.!
1141
00:36:50,276 --> 00:36:53,745
NEWSCASTER:
White House Press Secretary
C.J. Cregg characterized
1142
00:36:53,812 --> 00:36:56,315
the Republican response
as bizarre.
1143
00:36:56,382 --> 00:36:58,950
C.J.:
There was no intent to "ambush"
the Republican party
1144
00:36:59,017 --> 00:37:01,753
with an issue that's been
on the table for over a year.
1145
00:37:01,820 --> 00:37:03,555
ANNOUNCER:
Ann Stark, recently installed
Chief of Staff
1146
00:37:03,622 --> 00:37:05,190
in the Majority Leader's office
1147
00:37:05,257 --> 00:37:07,893
said that she was surprised
by the White House information.
1148
00:37:07,959 --> 00:37:09,227
And shocked.
1149
00:37:09,295 --> 00:37:10,862
Shocked, I say, to discover
1150
00:37:10,929 --> 00:37:13,299
that there's gambling going on
in this establishment.
1151
00:37:16,001 --> 00:37:18,437
Maybe if you'd gotten me
a gift of some kind.
1152
00:37:18,504 --> 00:37:21,440
You think this is funny?
1153
00:37:21,507 --> 00:37:23,442
You used to have a sense
of humor, Toby.
1154
00:37:24,943 --> 00:37:27,746
Nah, you never had a sense
of humor, Toby.
1155
00:37:27,813 --> 00:37:29,648
Ann...
1156
00:37:29,715 --> 00:37:31,249
I think you'll have to start
getting next to the idea
1157
00:37:31,317 --> 00:37:32,384
that your party
isn't in the majority.
1158
00:37:32,451 --> 00:37:34,553
My party's in the White House.
1159
00:37:34,620 --> 00:37:36,488
A building
to which the Constitution
1160
00:37:36,555 --> 00:37:38,590
does not endow sovereign power.
1161
00:37:40,526 --> 00:37:42,127
You think
I'm going to sit around
1162
00:37:42,193 --> 00:37:44,663
while you reduce the President
to Prime Minister?
1163
00:37:44,730 --> 00:37:47,566
Stand or sit,
we're in the majority
1164
00:37:47,633 --> 00:37:49,735
and things are going
to have to look it.
1165
00:37:49,801 --> 00:37:52,003
And by the way,
don't ever walk into my office
1166
00:37:52,070 --> 00:37:53,539
without an appointment.
1167
00:37:53,605 --> 00:37:57,343
You'd think this could wait
until an election year.
1168
00:37:57,409 --> 00:37:59,144
When is it not an election year?
1169
00:37:59,210 --> 00:38:00,379
Because ten years ago
1170
00:38:00,446 --> 00:38:02,147
we used to be able to sit down
1171
00:38:02,213 --> 00:38:05,016
we'd order a couple of bourbons,
we'd talk about health care
1172
00:38:05,083 --> 00:38:07,218
we'd talk
1173
00:38:07,285 --> 00:38:09,488
about the minimum wage.
1174
00:38:09,555 --> 00:38:11,957
( chuckles softly )
1175
00:38:13,425 --> 00:38:15,026
He didn't have a sore throat.
1176
00:38:15,093 --> 00:38:17,028
No.
1177
00:38:17,095 --> 00:38:20,332
You kept him off the board so he
could come back on and fix it.
1178
00:38:20,399 --> 00:38:22,300
Yeah.
1179
00:38:22,368 --> 00:38:23,969
When are you going to announce?
1180
00:38:24,035 --> 00:38:25,036
Announce what?
1181
00:38:25,103 --> 00:38:26,472
That he's running for President?
1182
00:38:26,538 --> 00:38:30,308
I'm pretty sure we just did.
1183
00:38:37,483 --> 00:38:38,750
Good morning.
1184
00:38:38,817 --> 00:38:40,051
I'm going to read
a short statement
1185
00:38:40,118 --> 00:38:41,553
in response
to the rather bizarre take
1186
00:38:41,620 --> 00:38:42,888
on what was an otherwise
unremarkable...
1187
00:38:42,954 --> 00:38:44,756
I think the whole damn thing
is bizarre.
1188
00:38:44,823 --> 00:38:47,158
Mr. President, I don't know
if this is the right moment.
1189
00:38:47,225 --> 00:38:48,293
Right moment for what?
1190
00:38:48,360 --> 00:38:49,495
Donna Moss needs a favor.
1191
00:38:49,561 --> 00:38:51,296
While talking last night
to Karen Cahill
1192
00:38:51,363 --> 00:38:52,631
she accidentally dropped
her underwear.
1193
00:38:52,698 --> 00:38:53,932
She feels there's a chance
1194
00:38:53,999 --> 00:38:56,134
that Karen Cahill may
have misinterpreted that
1195
00:38:56,201 --> 00:38:59,004
and Donna asked me to ask you
if you would call Karen Cahill
1196
00:38:59,070 --> 00:39:02,508
and make it clear she wasn't
making a sexual advance.
1197
00:39:02,574 --> 00:39:04,042
Well, I'm not sure
1198
00:39:04,109 --> 00:39:06,244
there is a right moment
to ask me that, Charlie.
1199
00:39:06,311 --> 00:39:07,846
So I should tell her no?
1200
00:39:07,913 --> 00:39:09,014
Yeah.
1201
00:39:09,080 --> 00:39:10,582
Good evening, Mr. President.
1202
00:39:10,649 --> 00:39:12,183
Donna wants me
to call Karen Cahill
1203
00:39:12,250 --> 00:39:14,520
and make it clear
she wasn't hitting on her
1204
00:39:14,586 --> 00:39:16,054
when she gave her
her underwear.
1205
00:39:16,121 --> 00:39:18,056
Yeah, that's 'cause I made fun
of her shoes
1206
00:39:18,123 --> 00:39:20,692
and then Sam said there were
nuclear weapons in Kyrgyzstan
1207
00:39:20,759 --> 00:39:22,461
and Donna went to clear up
the mix-up
1208
00:39:22,528 --> 00:39:24,029
and accidentally left
her underwear.
1209
00:39:24,095 --> 00:39:26,498
There can't possibly be
nuclear weapons in Kyrgyzstan.
1210
00:39:26,565 --> 00:39:29,267
Mr. President, please don't wade
1211
00:39:29,334 --> 00:39:30,902
hip deep
into this story.
1212
00:39:30,969 --> 00:39:31,970
Sir?
Okay. Yeah?
1213
00:39:32,037 --> 00:39:32,938
Toby.
1214
00:39:34,540 --> 00:39:36,007
I'm going to bed.
1215
00:39:36,074 --> 00:39:38,710
If anybody thinks of new ways
for us to make friends
1216
00:39:38,777 --> 00:39:40,078
don't hesitate to wake me.
1217
00:39:40,145 --> 00:39:42,448
Or, you know, just feel free
to start a fire.
1218
00:39:42,514 --> 00:39:44,049
Thank you, Mr. President.
1219
00:39:44,115 --> 00:39:45,751
Good night.
1220
00:39:56,895 --> 00:39:58,697
Toby.
1221
00:40:08,540 --> 00:40:10,041
He didn't want to see me?
1222
00:40:10,108 --> 00:40:11,943
He'll be all right
in the morning.
1223
00:40:12,010 --> 00:40:13,512
Yeah.
1224
00:40:15,213 --> 00:40:18,950
You're the Communications
Director. It was a TV show.
1225
00:40:19,017 --> 00:40:22,087
It was a blunder
from top to bottom.
1226
00:40:22,153 --> 00:40:23,955
You should know
1227
00:40:24,022 --> 00:40:26,391
that it could have been avoided
at several points along the way
1228
00:40:26,458 --> 00:40:28,026
if I'd listened to C.J.
1229
00:40:28,093 --> 00:40:29,728
Or me.
1230
00:40:29,795 --> 00:40:31,096
Yeah.
1231
00:40:32,698 --> 00:40:34,466
Alexander Hamilton
didn't think
1232
00:40:34,533 --> 00:40:36,067
we should have
political parties.
1233
00:40:36,134 --> 00:40:37,302
Neither did John Adams.
1234
00:40:37,368 --> 00:40:40,071
They thought
political parties
led to divisiveness.
1235
00:40:40,138 --> 00:40:41,840
They do.
1236
00:40:41,907 --> 00:40:43,141
They should.
1237
00:40:43,208 --> 00:40:46,311
We have honest disagreements.
Arguments are good.
1238
00:40:46,377 --> 00:40:49,681
Only if they lead
to statesmanship.
1239
00:40:49,748 --> 00:40:52,618
Or it's just theater.
1240
00:40:54,419 --> 00:40:56,354
And statesmanship
is compromise.
1241
00:40:56,421 --> 00:40:58,924
What about persuasion?
1242
00:41:04,429 --> 00:41:07,065
They're coming for us, Leo.
1243
00:41:07,132 --> 00:41:08,567
I know.
1244
00:41:08,634 --> 00:41:11,036
I mean they're coming
for us now.
1245
00:41:13,739 --> 00:41:15,507
Toby, if you knew
what it was like
1246
00:41:15,574 --> 00:41:17,075
getting him to run
the first time...
1247
00:41:17,142 --> 00:41:18,710
I know.
1248
00:41:18,777 --> 00:41:21,479
Like pushing molasses
up a sandy hill.
1249
00:41:21,547 --> 00:41:24,315
If I go and tell him
it's time to run again
1250
00:41:24,382 --> 00:41:26,351
he's going
to get crazy...
1251
00:41:26,417 --> 00:41:28,620
and frustrated.
1252
00:41:28,687 --> 00:41:30,756
He's going to sink into his head
1253
00:41:30,822 --> 00:41:33,892
and he's going to say
he's not running.
1254
00:41:36,227 --> 00:41:37,462
Yeah.
1255
00:41:37,529 --> 00:41:39,631
Yeah.
1256
00:41:39,698 --> 00:41:42,634
So we've got to do it for him.
1257
00:41:45,003 --> 00:41:47,372
We'll keep it away
from this office
1258
00:41:47,438 --> 00:41:50,208
but we've got
1259
00:41:50,275 --> 00:41:52,744
to get real now.
1260
00:41:52,811 --> 00:41:55,280
Leo, Ann Stark's
a wartime consigliere.
1261
00:41:55,346 --> 00:41:56,982
That's why she was bumped up.
1262
00:41:57,048 --> 00:41:59,918
I'm a wartime consigliere,
too, Toby.
1263
00:41:59,985 --> 00:42:02,153
Yeah.
1264
00:42:02,220 --> 00:42:06,057
I was just hoping it'd be
peacetime a little longer.
1265
00:42:06,124 --> 00:42:08,226
Yeah.
1266
00:42:10,996 --> 00:42:12,931
Son of a bitch.
1267
00:42:12,998 --> 00:42:14,299
Yeah.
1268
00:42:17,002 --> 00:42:18,937
Shake my hand.
1269
00:42:22,473 --> 00:42:23,541
We just formed it.
1270
00:42:23,609 --> 00:42:24,743
Formed what?
1271
00:42:24,810 --> 00:42:27,245
The Committee to
Reelect the President.
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