1 00:00:02,136 --> 00:00:04,938 PREVIOUSLY ON THE WEST WING. 2 00:00:05,005 --> 00:00:07,508 I CAME HERE WITH SOMEONE. 3 00:00:07,575 --> 00:00:08,842 AL. 4 00:00:08,909 --> 00:00:11,279 C.J.: HAVE EITHER OF YOU HEARD ANYTHING 5 00:00:11,345 --> 00:00:12,846 ABOUT A PIECE OF PAPER THAT'S GOING AROUND? 6 00:00:12,913 --> 00:00:14,848 I KNOW EVERYTHING ABOUT IT. WHAT DO YOU MEAN? 7 00:00:14,915 --> 00:00:15,983 I WROTE IT. 8 00:00:16,050 --> 00:00:16,984 YOU KNOW WHAT IT IS? 9 00:00:17,051 --> 00:00:17,985 IT'S A STRATEGY MEMO. 10 00:00:18,052 --> 00:00:18,986 TO DO WHAT? 11 00:00:19,053 --> 00:00:19,953 BEAT US IN THREE YEARS. 12 00:00:20,020 --> 00:00:20,788 WHO HAS IT? 13 00:00:20,854 --> 00:00:22,190 I DO. 14 00:00:22,256 --> 00:00:25,626 I AM A RECOVERING ALCOHOLIC AND DRUG ADDICT. 15 00:00:25,693 --> 00:00:27,995 TWO SEATS OPENED UP ON THE FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION? 16 00:00:28,062 --> 00:00:29,563 AND THE SENATE LEADERSHIP WILL FILL THEM. 17 00:00:29,630 --> 00:00:31,732 WHAT IF THIS TIME WE SAY WE WANT OUR GUYS? 18 00:00:31,799 --> 00:00:34,702 EMBARRASS US LIKE THIS, AND WE WILL GIVE THE SAME BACK TO YOU TENFOLD. 19 00:00:36,770 --> 00:00:43,311 President: I GET NERVOUS AROUND LAWS THAT FUNDAMENTALLY ASSUME 20 00:00:43,377 --> 00:00:46,980 THAT AMERICANS CAN'T BE TRUSTED. 21 00:00:47,047 --> 00:00:48,849 WE'D BETTER HAVE MANDATORY SENTENCING 22 00:00:48,916 --> 00:00:52,986 BECAUSE JUDGES CAN'T BE TRUSTED TO DISPERSE EVENHANDED JUSTICE. 23 00:00:53,053 --> 00:00:56,757 ( applause ) 24 00:00:56,824 --> 00:00:58,492 WE'D BETTER HAVE TERM LIMITS 25 00:00:58,559 --> 00:01:02,530 'CAUSE VOTERS CAN'T BE TRUSTED TO RECOGNIZE CORRUPTION. 26 00:01:02,596 --> 00:01:05,599 OH, AND BY THE WAY-- I SAY, BY THE WAY 27 00:01:05,666 --> 00:01:07,501 WHEN THE PLAYING FIELD IS LEVELED 28 00:01:07,568 --> 00:01:09,270 AND THE PROCESS IS FAIR AND OPEN 29 00:01:09,337 --> 00:01:12,039 IT TURNS OUT WE HAVE TERM LIMITS. 30 00:01:12,106 --> 00:01:16,110 THEY'RE CALLED ELECTIONS. 31 00:01:16,177 --> 00:01:19,847 ( cheering ) 32 00:01:19,913 --> 00:01:22,550 And I tell you... I tell you I get nervous... 33 00:01:22,616 --> 00:01:24,318 THE PRESIDENT ATE HIS WHEATIES THIS MORNING. 34 00:01:24,385 --> 00:01:25,586 AS A MATTER OF FACT, THE PRESIDENT HAD 35 00:01:25,653 --> 00:01:27,355 A BOWL OF OATMEAL THIS MORNING. 36 00:01:27,421 --> 00:01:31,459 HE SAID IT WAS SOMETHING HE'S ALWAYS WANTED TO TRY. 37 00:01:31,525 --> 00:01:32,793 or we won't be able to prosper in the new economic... 38 00:01:32,860 --> 00:01:34,628 FOLKS, LISTEN UP. IN A MOMENT OR TWO 39 00:01:34,695 --> 00:01:36,497 THE PRESIDENT'S GOING TO SAY SOMETHING 40 00:01:36,564 --> 00:01:39,633 THAT'S SURE TO GET YOU ALL SHOUTING MY NAME AT ONCE. 41 00:01:39,700 --> 00:01:42,936 THERE'LL BE A FULL BRIEFING TONIGHT AT THE WHITE HOUSE. 42 00:01:43,003 --> 00:01:46,940 C.J., LOOK... YOU DON'T WANT TO MISS THIS. 43 00:01:47,007 --> 00:01:48,609 EXCUSE ME. WHAT'S GOING ON? 44 00:01:48,676 --> 00:01:50,344 THE PRESIDENT'S THROWING HIS CAP OVER THE WALL. 45 00:01:50,411 --> 00:01:52,846 WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? YOU'RE ABOUT TO FIND OUT. 46 00:01:52,913 --> 00:01:55,449 ...and put American democracy on the auction block. 47 00:01:55,516 --> 00:01:58,252 MY FATHER WAS VERY FOND OF THE ANALOGY 48 00:01:58,319 --> 00:02:01,322 OF THE IRISH LADS WHOSE JOURNEY WAS BLOCKED 49 00:02:01,389 --> 00:02:03,757 BY A BRICK WALL, SEEMINGLY TOO HIGH 50 00:02:03,824 --> 00:02:06,160 to scale. 51 00:02:06,227 --> 00:02:08,496 THROWING THEIR CAPS OVER THE WALL 52 00:02:08,562 --> 00:02:10,631 THE LADS HAD NO CHOICE BUT TO FOLLOW. 53 00:02:10,698 --> 00:02:14,368 HOW MANY TIMES IN THE GREAT HISTORY OF OUR COUNTRY 54 00:02:14,435 --> 00:02:15,836 HAVE WE COME TO A WALL 55 00:02:15,903 --> 00:02:17,571 seemingly too high to scale 56 00:02:17,638 --> 00:02:20,073 only to throw our caps to the other side? 57 00:02:20,140 --> 00:02:22,009 THIS WAS GIVEN TO ME BY A CONSTITUENT 58 00:02:22,075 --> 00:02:23,677 WHO READ IN TIME MAGAZINE THAT I LIKE COGNAC. 59 00:02:23,744 --> 00:02:28,115 THE PROBLEM IS THAT THIS IS BRANDY, NOT COGNAC. 60 00:02:28,182 --> 00:02:30,150 ANYONE KNOW THE DIFFERENCE? 61 00:02:30,218 --> 00:02:31,685 COGNAC IS SUPPOSED TO COME FROM THE... 62 00:02:31,752 --> 00:02:34,955 SENATOR? ...COGNAC REGION OF FRANCE, THAT'S RIGHT. 63 00:02:35,022 --> 00:02:37,591 STEVE, SIT DOWN WITH US, WOULD YOU? 64 00:02:37,658 --> 00:02:40,160 THE MAN'S NOT GOING TO SAY ANYTHING OF INTEREST. 65 00:02:40,228 --> 00:02:41,429 I THINK HE IS. 66 00:02:41,495 --> 00:02:42,730 WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? 67 00:02:42,796 --> 00:02:44,298 LISTEN. 68 00:02:44,365 --> 00:02:47,401 Tomorrow morning, we're going to begin to change 69 00:02:47,468 --> 00:02:50,571 the way elections are supervised in this country. 70 00:02:50,638 --> 00:02:52,606 HE'S GOING TO NAME TWO FINANCE REFORMERS TO THE F.E.C. 71 00:02:52,673 --> 00:02:54,242 WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? 72 00:02:54,308 --> 00:02:57,044 LISTEN. YOU SAID IT WASN'T GOING TO HAPPEN. 73 00:02:57,110 --> 00:02:57,878 I WAS WRONG. 74 00:02:57,945 --> 00:02:58,879 WRONG? 75 00:02:58,946 --> 00:03:00,414 HE'S GOING TO NAME... 76 00:03:00,481 --> 00:03:01,549 SOMEBODY? JOHN BACON. 77 00:03:01,615 --> 00:03:03,050 JOHN BACON AND PATTY CALHOUN. 78 00:03:03,116 --> 00:03:05,719 YOU TOLD HIM THEY TAKE ON CAMPAIGN FINANCE REFORM 79 00:03:05,786 --> 00:03:09,290 I ROLL OUT A LEGISLATIVE AGENDA THAT WILL MAKE HIS BOSS 80 00:03:09,357 --> 00:03:10,324 SIT DOWN AND CRY? 81 00:03:10,391 --> 00:03:12,326 I MADE IT VERY CLEAR. 82 00:03:12,393 --> 00:03:14,995 Tomorrow, I am proud to nominate John Branford Bacon 83 00:03:15,062 --> 00:03:19,900 and Patricia Calhoun to the Federal Election Commission. 84 00:03:19,967 --> 00:03:21,302 GET HIM ON THE PHONE. WHO? 85 00:03:21,369 --> 00:03:23,737 JOSH LYMAN. GET HIM ON THE PHONE. 86 00:03:23,804 --> 00:03:25,839 I'M GOING TO REACH DOWN HIS THROAT 87 00:03:25,906 --> 00:03:29,277 AND TAKE OUT HIS LUNGS WITH AN ICE-CREAM SCOOP. 88 00:03:29,343 --> 00:03:31,211 YOU'RE ABOUT TO GET A CALL. YEAH. 89 00:03:31,279 --> 00:03:33,013 BIG CALL. YEAH. 90 00:03:33,080 --> 00:03:34,715 POWERFUL GUY. YEAH. 91 00:03:34,782 --> 00:03:36,183 I'M JUST SAYING YOU'RE PROBABLY ROCKED BACK 92 00:03:36,250 --> 00:03:37,651 FROM YOUR MEETING LAST WEEK. 93 00:03:37,718 --> 00:03:38,919 A LITTLE. 94 00:03:38,986 --> 00:03:40,488 THEY THREATENED YOU WITH A LEGISLATIVE AGENDA. 95 00:03:40,554 --> 00:03:41,455 YEAH. 96 00:03:41,522 --> 00:03:42,823 THEY MADE YOU FEEL POWERLESS 97 00:03:42,890 --> 00:03:44,258 AND YOU'RE A LITTLE OFF YOUR GAME. 98 00:03:44,325 --> 00:03:45,659 YEAH. A LITTLE GUN SHY. 99 00:03:45,726 --> 00:03:46,460 LEAVE HIM ALONE. 100 00:03:46,527 --> 00:03:47,695 I'M BUCKING HIM UP. 101 00:03:47,761 --> 00:03:48,629 LEAVE HIM ALONE. 102 00:03:48,696 --> 00:03:50,163 YOU ASKED ME TO BUCK HIM UP. 103 00:03:50,230 --> 00:03:51,799 NOW I'M TELLING YOU TO LEAVE HIM ALONE. 104 00:03:51,865 --> 00:03:53,801 GUYS, I'M TRYING TO WATCH THIS SPEECH. 105 00:03:53,867 --> 00:03:54,802 JOSH-- THE CALL? 106 00:03:54,868 --> 00:03:56,036 ON THE CELL. 107 00:03:56,103 --> 00:03:57,571 The choice of nominees constitutionally belongs 108 00:03:57,638 --> 00:03:59,172 to the President of the United States 109 00:03:59,239 --> 00:04:00,708 YOU NEED US, WE'RE RIGHT NEXT TO YOU. 110 00:04:00,774 --> 00:04:04,512 HI, SENATOR. WHY DON'T YOU TAKE YOUR LEGISLATIVE AGENDA 111 00:04:04,578 --> 00:04:06,179 AND SHOVE IT UP YOUR ASS. 112 00:04:06,246 --> 00:04:07,247 ( cheering ) 113 00:04:07,315 --> 00:04:10,618 TURNS OUT I WAS FINE. 114 00:05:01,502 --> 00:05:03,270 Man: C.J., IS THE WHITE HOUSE CONCERNED 115 00:05:03,337 --> 00:05:05,806 THAT THE F.E.C. WILL BECOME A PARTISAN POLITICAL FOOTBALL? 116 00:05:05,873 --> 00:05:09,343 I'D LIKE TO EMPHASIZE AGAIN THAT THE PRESIDENT HAS NOMINATED 117 00:05:09,410 --> 00:05:11,679 ONE DEMOCRAT AND ONE REPUBLICAN 118 00:05:11,745 --> 00:05:15,048 WHICH HE WAS CERTAINLY UNDER NO LEGAL OBLIGATION TO DO. 119 00:05:15,115 --> 00:05:16,650 ( all clamoring ) JESSIE. 120 00:05:16,717 --> 00:05:19,219 IN THE PAST, THE F.E.C. COMMISSIONERS WERE CHOSEN... 121 00:05:19,286 --> 00:05:20,621 IN THE PAST THE F.E.C. COMMISSIONERS 122 00:05:20,688 --> 00:05:22,456 HAVE BEEN CHOSEN BY THE PRESIDENT SIGNING OFF 123 00:05:22,523 --> 00:05:24,592 ON WHOMEVER THE CONGRESSIONAL LEADERSHIP POINTED TO. 124 00:05:24,658 --> 00:05:26,326 WAS THE CONGRESSIONAL LEADERSHIP AWARE IN ADVANCE 125 00:05:26,394 --> 00:05:27,628 THAT THE PRESIDENT WOULD BE SLIPPING 126 00:05:27,695 --> 00:05:30,498 THIS ANNOUNCEMENT INTO HIS SPEECH TONIGHT? 127 00:05:30,564 --> 00:05:33,100 I THINK IT'S POSSIBLE WE FORGOT TO TELL THEM. 128 00:05:33,166 --> 00:05:35,202 ( all clamoring ) 129 00:05:35,268 --> 00:05:36,837 C.J., IS THE PRESIDENT 130 00:05:36,904 --> 00:05:38,706 declaring war on Congress? SAY IT'S A POLICE ACTION. 131 00:05:38,772 --> 00:05:40,541 The President is not empowered to declare war. 132 00:05:40,608 --> 00:05:42,910 The President is empowered, in fact he's obligated 133 00:05:42,976 --> 00:05:45,278 to nominate Federal Agency Directors. 134 00:05:45,345 --> 00:05:47,481 I call it more of a police action. 135 00:05:47,548 --> 00:05:50,217 HOW ABOUT THAT. 136 00:05:50,283 --> 00:05:50,984 TOBY WANTS YOU. 137 00:05:51,051 --> 00:05:51,819 ON THE PHONE? 138 00:05:51,885 --> 00:05:53,253 IN HIS OFFICE. 139 00:05:53,320 --> 00:05:53,854 YOU KNOW WHY? 140 00:05:53,921 --> 00:05:54,988 POLLING. 141 00:05:55,055 --> 00:05:56,123 HE'S BRINGING IN AL KIEFER? 142 00:05:56,189 --> 00:05:57,190 LET HIM TELL YOU. 143 00:05:57,257 --> 00:05:58,559 WHY CAN'T YOU TELL ME? 144 00:05:58,626 --> 00:05:59,793 'CAUSE YOU'RE GOING TO HIS OFFICE NOW 145 00:05:59,860 --> 00:06:01,695 AND I'VE GOT 37 DIFFERENT THINGS... 146 00:06:01,762 --> 00:06:04,131 FINE. JOSH? 147 00:06:04,197 --> 00:06:06,700 YES, HE'S BRING IN AL KIEFER. 148 00:06:06,767 --> 00:06:08,936 I FIGURED HE WAS BRINGING IN KIEFER. 149 00:06:09,002 --> 00:06:10,170 THAT'S WHAT YOU WERE AFRAID TO TELL ME? 150 00:06:10,237 --> 00:06:12,573 I WASN'T AFRAID. 151 00:06:12,640 --> 00:06:14,107 THE THING IS, IT'S GOING TO BE INTERESTING 152 00:06:14,174 --> 00:06:15,509 TO SEE HOW YOU REACT TO THIS 153 00:06:15,576 --> 00:06:17,978 BUT KIEFER WANTS TO BRING IN A CALIFORNIA EXPERT. 154 00:06:18,045 --> 00:06:19,747 THAT'S A GOOD IDEA, 'CAUSE... 155 00:06:19,813 --> 00:06:21,415 WAIT. YEAH. 156 00:06:21,482 --> 00:06:22,683 JOEY LUCAS. 157 00:06:22,750 --> 00:06:24,351 SHE'S COMING OUT WITH KIEFER TOMORROW. 158 00:06:24,418 --> 00:06:25,586 OKAY. 159 00:06:25,653 --> 00:06:26,854 OKAY. BY THE WAY 160 00:06:26,920 --> 00:06:28,656 THAT'S WHAT I WAS AFRAID TO TELL YOU. 161 00:06:28,722 --> 00:06:29,923 YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE BEEN. YOU KNOW WHY? 162 00:06:29,990 --> 00:06:31,391 IT'S NO BIG DEAL. 163 00:06:31,459 --> 00:06:32,893 IT'S NO BIG DEAL, AND I'LL TELL YOU WHAT ELSE. 164 00:06:32,960 --> 00:06:34,394 YOU'RE A PRO? 165 00:06:34,462 --> 00:06:35,996 I AM A PRO, BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT I WAS GOING TO SAY. 166 00:06:36,063 --> 00:06:37,197 WHAT WERE YOU GOING TO SAY? 167 00:06:37,264 --> 00:06:39,299 THAT'S WHAT I WAS GOING TO SAY. 168 00:06:39,366 --> 00:06:40,601 BUT BOTH THOSE THINGS ARE TRUE-- I'M A PRO 169 00:06:40,668 --> 00:06:41,969 AND WHAT WAS THE OTHER ONE? 170 00:06:42,035 --> 00:06:42,870 IT'S NO BIG DEAL. 171 00:06:42,936 --> 00:06:43,804 THAT'S RIGHT. 172 00:06:43,871 --> 00:06:45,939 RAMBO! YOU TALKING TO ME? 173 00:06:46,006 --> 00:06:47,441 NICE PHONE CALL. 174 00:06:47,508 --> 00:06:49,710 THAT'S HOW WE DO THINGS IN NEW ENGLAND, MY FRIENDS. 175 00:06:49,777 --> 00:06:51,512 IN INDIANA, WE'RE NOT ALLOWED TO TALK LIKE THAT. 176 00:06:51,579 --> 00:06:53,180 IN NEW JERSEY, WE ENCOURAGE IT. 177 00:06:53,246 --> 00:06:54,081 WHERE'S TOBY? 178 00:06:54,147 --> 00:06:56,684 IN SAM'S OFFICE. 179 00:06:57,284 --> 00:06:57,951 HEY. 180 00:06:58,018 --> 00:06:59,620 HANG ON. 181 00:07:01,154 --> 00:07:02,823 THAT'S GOOD. 182 00:07:06,059 --> 00:07:07,461 GOOD. 183 00:07:08,929 --> 00:07:10,030 OKAY. 184 00:07:10,397 --> 00:07:10,931 SAM? 185 00:07:10,998 --> 00:07:12,065 YEAH? 186 00:07:12,132 --> 00:07:14,267 YOU'RE GOING TO COME TO A VERB SOON, RIGHT? 187 00:07:14,334 --> 00:07:15,769 OKAY. YOU KNOW WHAT THIS IS CALLED? 188 00:07:15,836 --> 00:07:16,804 BAD WRITING? 189 00:07:16,870 --> 00:07:17,538 IMAGERY. 190 00:07:17,605 --> 00:07:19,206 WELL, YOU SAY POTATO. 191 00:07:19,272 --> 00:07:20,474 JOSH, IT'S A BIG POLLING WEEK. 192 00:07:20,541 --> 00:07:21,742 I'M BRINGING IN AL KIEFER. 193 00:07:21,809 --> 00:07:24,311 YOU'VE TURNED 180 DEGREES ON KIEFER. 194 00:07:24,377 --> 00:07:26,179 I DON'T WANT HIM ADVISING THE PRESIDENT. 195 00:07:26,246 --> 00:07:27,515 I WANT HIM BRINGING US NUMBERS. 196 00:07:27,581 --> 00:07:29,282 ADVISING PEOPLE IS WHAT POLLSTERS DO. 197 00:07:29,349 --> 00:07:30,751 HE'LL DO WHAT I TELL HIM TO DO. 198 00:07:30,818 --> 00:07:32,553 ENGLISH AS THE NATIONAL LANGUAGE. 199 00:07:32,620 --> 00:07:34,087 IT'S THE FIRST THING THEY'LL FIRE BACK WITH. 200 00:07:34,154 --> 00:07:35,388 WE NEED HISPANICS. 201 00:07:35,455 --> 00:07:37,090 YOU KNOW WHAT STATE HAS A LARGE POPULATION 202 00:07:37,157 --> 00:07:37,991 OF HISPANICS? 203 00:07:38,058 --> 00:07:39,392 UH, I WANT TO SAY MAINE. 204 00:07:39,459 --> 00:07:40,528 CALIFORNIA. 205 00:07:40,594 --> 00:07:41,695 CALIFORNIA. DAMN. 206 00:07:41,762 --> 00:07:43,396 AND I WAS ONLY OFF BY A CONTINENT. 207 00:07:43,463 --> 00:07:44,264 JOSH... 208 00:07:44,331 --> 00:07:45,332 IT'S FINE. 209 00:07:45,398 --> 00:07:46,600 BRING HER OUT HERE. 210 00:07:46,667 --> 00:07:48,235 SHE'LL BE HERE TOMORROW. 211 00:07:48,301 --> 00:07:50,270 THIS ISN'T A THING. 212 00:07:50,337 --> 00:07:51,304 OKAY. 213 00:07:51,371 --> 00:07:52,806 I MET HER TWICE, TOBY. 214 00:07:52,873 --> 00:07:55,809 YEAH, BUT ONE OF THOSE TIMES SHE BROKE YOUR HEART. 215 00:07:56,409 --> 00:07:57,310 YOU KNOW, THE WAY 216 00:07:57,377 --> 00:07:58,612 WOMEN CAN DO-- 217 00:07:58,679 --> 00:07:59,947 THE WAY THEY TAKE YOUR HEART 218 00:08:00,013 --> 00:08:01,815 AND THEY THROW IT ON THE FLOOR 219 00:08:01,882 --> 00:08:04,084 AND THEN THEY STOMP ON IT WITH THEIR BIG HIG H-HEELS. 220 00:08:04,151 --> 00:08:05,152 SHE'S A VERY BEAUTIFUL 221 00:08:05,218 --> 00:08:06,520 AND INTERESTING WOMAN, JOSH. 222 00:08:06,587 --> 00:08:09,122 I CAN SEE HOW A LOT OF GUYS WOULD GO FOR HER. 223 00:08:11,158 --> 00:08:13,927 YOU KNOW, THERE'S NOTHING AT ALL THAT I'M SAYING NOW OF ANY VALUE 224 00:08:13,994 --> 00:08:15,395 SO I THINK THE THING TO DO IS 225 00:08:15,462 --> 00:08:18,165 I THINK I SHOULD JUST KEEP WRITING. 226 00:08:18,231 --> 00:08:19,232 OKAY. 227 00:08:19,299 --> 00:08:21,101 ( clearing throat ) 228 00:08:23,203 --> 00:08:24,104 WE HAD A GOOD NIGHT. 229 00:08:24,171 --> 00:08:25,405 YEAH. 230 00:08:25,472 --> 00:08:28,642 C.J.'s DOING GREAT IN THERE. 231 00:08:34,314 --> 00:08:38,485 ANYTIME YOU WANT TO USE PUNCTUATION, THAT'D BE FINE. 232 00:08:38,552 --> 00:08:39,887 Reporters: C.J.? 233 00:08:39,953 --> 00:08:41,121 C.J.: I'LL TAKE ONE MORE QUESTION. 234 00:08:41,188 --> 00:08:42,389 KATIE? 235 00:08:42,455 --> 00:08:44,457 THE FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION'S ROLE 236 00:08:44,524 --> 00:08:45,893 HAS NEVER BEEN MUCH MORE THAN SYMBOLIC. 237 00:08:45,959 --> 00:08:47,360 I WOULDN'T SAY 238 00:08:47,427 --> 00:08:49,630 F.E.C.'s MERELY SYMBOLIC, BUT IF YOU'RE SUGGESTING 239 00:08:49,697 --> 00:08:51,665 THAT THEY'RE TOOTHLESS, I'LL AGREE. 240 00:08:51,732 --> 00:08:53,601 DOES THE WHITE HOUSE FEEL THAT TWO NEW COMMISSIONERS 241 00:08:53,667 --> 00:08:54,702 WILL MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE? 242 00:08:54,768 --> 00:08:55,903 NO. THEN WHY DO IT? 243 00:08:55,969 --> 00:08:56,970 SYMBOLISM. 244 00:08:57,037 --> 00:08:58,305 THERE'LL BE PLENTY MORE TOMORROW. 245 00:08:58,371 --> 00:09:01,274 EVERYBODY, HAVE A GOOD NIGHT. 246 00:09:01,341 --> 00:09:03,443 CAROL? ( clamoring ) 247 00:09:03,510 --> 00:09:05,045 ( whispering ) 248 00:09:07,815 --> 00:09:09,883 JACK, C.J.'s INVITING YOU BACK 249 00:09:09,950 --> 00:09:11,451 TO FOLLOW UP ON A COUPLE OF THINGS. 250 00:09:11,518 --> 00:09:12,452 ME? 251 00:09:12,519 --> 00:09:13,553 YEAH. 252 00:09:13,621 --> 00:09:14,554 SHE DOESN'T WANT ME. 253 00:09:14,622 --> 00:09:16,590 SHE'S WANTS DANNY. 254 00:09:16,657 --> 00:09:18,759 NO, SHE ASKED FOR YOU. 255 00:09:18,826 --> 00:09:21,228 DANNY-- THE SENIOR WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT-- 256 00:09:21,294 --> 00:09:23,463 IF THERE'S GOING TO BE AN EXCLUSIVE WITH THE PRESS SECRETARY... 257 00:09:23,530 --> 00:09:25,833 NO. SHE WANT'S YOU. 258 00:09:37,845 --> 00:09:39,312 Sam: MANDATORY MINIMUMS ARE RACIST... 259 00:09:39,379 --> 00:09:40,280 Toby: I UNDERSTAND THAT. 260 00:09:40,347 --> 00:09:41,181 THEY'RE A RED HERRING. 261 00:09:41,248 --> 00:09:42,750 I UNDERSTAND THAT, TOO. 262 00:09:42,816 --> 00:09:44,517 IT'S A WAY OF LOOKING LIKE YOU'RE TOUGH ON CRIME 263 00:09:44,584 --> 00:09:46,153 WITHOUT ASSUMING THE BURDEN OF BEING TOUGH ON CRIME. 264 00:09:46,219 --> 00:09:47,487 EVERYTHING YOU'VE SAID, I UNDERSTAND. 265 00:09:47,554 --> 00:09:49,156 WE DO THINGS ONE THING AT A TIME. 266 00:09:49,222 --> 00:09:50,658 BUT WE DON'T HAVE TIME TO DO THINGS ONE THING AT A TIME. 267 00:09:50,724 --> 00:09:51,759 WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TREATMENT. 268 00:09:51,825 --> 00:09:53,060 I'M TALKING ABOUT TREATMENT. 269 00:09:53,126 --> 00:09:54,527 AND I'M TALKING ABOUT MANDATORY MINIMUMS 270 00:09:54,594 --> 00:09:55,696 AND I'M SAYING IT'S A RED HERRING 271 00:09:55,763 --> 00:09:56,730 AND I'M SAYING IT'S RACIST. 272 00:09:56,797 --> 00:09:58,165 WHEN YOU TALK TO THE PRESIDENT 273 00:09:58,231 --> 00:10:01,869 I WANT YOU TALKING ABOUT TREATMENT VERSUS ENFORCEMENT 274 00:10:01,935 --> 00:10:03,103 AND I DON'T WANT YOU TO STRAY FROM THAT. 275 00:10:03,170 --> 00:10:04,638 TOBY, IS THIS WHAT YOU MEANT WHEN YOU SAID 276 00:10:04,705 --> 00:10:06,073 "SAM, YOU'RE COMPLETELY IN CHARGE OF THIS"? 277 00:10:06,139 --> 00:10:08,008 YES. I MEANT YOU'RE COMPLETELY IN CHARGE OF THIS 278 00:10:08,075 --> 00:10:10,243 IN THE SENSE THAT YOU ARE SUBORDINATE TO ME IN EVERY WAY. 279 00:10:10,310 --> 00:10:11,344 WHERE IS THIS PLACE? 280 00:10:11,411 --> 00:10:13,313 WHAT PLACE? THE BREAKFAST PLACE. 281 00:10:13,380 --> 00:10:14,782 IT'S STILL ON THE LAST STREET. 282 00:10:14,848 --> 00:10:16,516 WHY DIDN'T YOU SAY ANYTHING? 283 00:10:16,583 --> 00:10:19,052 WE WERE HAVING A NICE CONVERSATION. 284 00:10:22,723 --> 00:10:24,658 MR. McGARRY, WOULD YOU LIKE SOME TOMATO JUICE 285 00:10:24,725 --> 00:10:26,293 WHILE YOU'RE WAITING FOR THE OTHERS? 286 00:10:26,359 --> 00:10:27,327 THANKS, CELIA. 287 00:10:43,110 --> 00:10:44,344 ALL SET THERE? 288 00:10:44,411 --> 00:10:45,679 YEAH. 289 00:10:45,746 --> 00:10:47,047 LEO. 290 00:10:47,114 --> 00:10:49,049 WE COULDN'T MEET CLOSER TO THE OFFICE? 291 00:10:49,116 --> 00:10:50,951 I DON'T WANT PEOPLE COMING BY THE TABLE. 292 00:10:51,018 --> 00:10:52,552 WE COULDN'T MEET IN THE OFFICE? 293 00:10:52,619 --> 00:10:53,887 I WAS HUNGRY. 294 00:10:53,954 --> 00:10:54,888 WE COULDN'T HAVE FOOD ORDERED? 295 00:10:54,955 --> 00:10:56,123 OH, SIT DOWN, WOULD YOU? 296 00:10:56,924 --> 00:10:58,558 THAT JOSH HAS ON YOU SHOULD NOTICA NICE SUIT. 297 00:10:58,625 --> 00:11:00,093 WE'LL CALL IT HIS JOEY LUCAS SUIT. 298 00:11:00,160 --> 00:11:01,528 DONNA! YOU KNOW, FROM NOW ON. 299 00:11:01,594 --> 00:11:03,530 JOEY LUCAS IS COMING? WE NEED A CALIFORNIA EXPERT 300 00:11:03,596 --> 00:11:05,665 AND THIS IS MY REGULAR TUESDAY SUIT. 301 00:11:05,733 --> 00:11:07,667 YOU ASSIGN YOUR CLOTHES DAYS OF THE WEEK? 302 00:11:07,735 --> 00:11:11,271 I'M SAYING THERE'S NO PARTICULAR M.O. BEHIND... 303 00:11:11,338 --> 00:11:12,305 WE FOUND IT. 304 00:11:12,372 --> 00:11:13,606 ABOUT TIME. SIT DOWN. 305 00:11:13,673 --> 00:11:15,242 UH, LEO... HANG ON. 306 00:11:15,308 --> 00:11:17,477 TALK TO ME ABOUT DRUGS. 307 00:11:17,544 --> 00:11:20,013 WE CAN MAKE A CASE FOR TREATMENT VERSUS ENFORCEMENT 308 00:11:20,080 --> 00:11:21,782 AND WE'RE READY TO GO TO THE PRESIDENT. 309 00:11:21,849 --> 00:11:23,550 WE'RE ALSO READY TO GO TO THE PRESIDENT 310 00:11:23,616 --> 00:11:24,818 WITH MANDATORY MINIMUMS ON CRACK 311 00:11:24,885 --> 00:11:26,353 VERSUS POWDER COCAINE. 312 00:11:26,419 --> 00:11:27,420 ONE STEP AT A TIME. 313 00:11:27,487 --> 00:11:28,756 THAT'S WHAT TOBY JUST SAID. 314 00:11:28,822 --> 00:11:29,823 TOBY'S RIGHT. 315 00:11:29,890 --> 00:11:30,958 YES. DOES ANYONE REMEMBER 316 00:11:31,024 --> 00:11:32,192 THAT I WAS PUT IN CHARGE? 317 00:11:32,259 --> 00:11:34,327 IT WAS AN HONORARY THING, SAM. 318 00:11:34,394 --> 00:11:36,296 LEO. 319 00:11:36,363 --> 00:11:37,630 YEAH? 320 00:11:37,697 --> 00:11:39,266 ARE YOU READY TO ORDER? 321 00:11:39,332 --> 00:11:40,834 WRITE THESE NAMES DOWN. 322 00:11:40,901 --> 00:11:42,502 DALTON... 323 00:11:42,569 --> 00:11:43,503 DAWSON... 324 00:11:43,570 --> 00:11:45,705 FOXWORTHY, GREER... 325 00:11:45,773 --> 00:11:47,741 MORGENTHAU... 326 00:11:47,808 --> 00:11:48,776 STACKHOUSE... 327 00:11:48,842 --> 00:11:50,577 SUGARBAKER. 328 00:11:50,643 --> 00:11:52,612 THANK YOU. 329 00:11:52,679 --> 00:11:54,381 WHAT WAS THAT? 330 00:11:54,447 --> 00:11:55,883 YOU KNOW WHAT THAT WAS. 331 00:11:55,949 --> 00:11:58,651 LEO, WHAT DO YOU WANT ME TO DO WITH THESE NAMES? 332 00:11:58,718 --> 00:11:59,953 HOLD ON TO THEM UNTIL I SAY SO. 333 00:12:00,020 --> 00:12:02,756 IT'S EXACTLY THE RIGHT THING TO DO. 334 00:12:02,823 --> 00:12:04,457 FROM ANYBODY BUT ME. 335 00:12:04,524 --> 00:12:05,926 I'D LIKE TO CLEAR UP 336 00:12:05,993 --> 00:12:09,997 THAT I DON'T HAVE SUITS FOR DAYS OF THE WEEK. 337 00:12:10,063 --> 00:12:11,698 THIS IS JUST A REGULAR SUIT. 338 00:12:11,765 --> 00:12:12,732 IT'S A NICE SUIT. 339 00:12:12,800 --> 00:12:13,767 SURE IT'S A NICE SUIT. 340 00:12:13,834 --> 00:12:14,968 IT'S HIS JOEY LUCAS SUIT. 341 00:12:15,035 --> 00:12:16,336 DONNA! I'M BEGINNING TO REGRET 342 00:12:16,403 --> 00:12:17,404 NOT GETTING THE WAFFLES. 343 00:12:17,470 --> 00:12:18,738 I AM BEGINNING TO REGRET 344 00:12:18,806 --> 00:12:20,407 HAVING HIRED ANY OF YOU. 345 00:12:20,473 --> 00:12:21,975 WE HAVE A 42% JOB APPROVAL 346 00:12:22,042 --> 00:12:23,944 AND YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT WAFFLES 347 00:12:24,011 --> 00:12:26,346 AND SOMETHING WITH JOSH I DON'T UNDERSTAND. 348 00:12:26,413 --> 00:12:28,715 HE'S WEARING A SPECIAL SUIT FOR JOEY LUCAS. 349 00:12:28,782 --> 00:12:30,750 YOU GOT DRESSED UP FOR A GUY NAMED JOEY? 350 00:12:30,818 --> 00:12:32,085 JOEY LUCAS IS A WOMAN 351 00:12:32,152 --> 00:12:33,887 AND I'M NOT GETTING DRESSED UP FOR HER. 352 00:12:33,954 --> 00:12:35,455 IT'S HIS REGULAR TUESDAY SUIT. 353 00:12:35,522 --> 00:12:38,058 MY POINT IS, WE HAVE TO MAKE IT THROUGH THE WEEK 354 00:12:38,125 --> 00:12:39,860 WITHOUT MAKING ANY MISTAKES. 355 00:12:39,927 --> 00:12:40,961 WE WILL. I'M SAYING... 356 00:12:41,028 --> 00:12:42,896 I'M SAYING, CALM DAWN. 357 00:12:42,963 --> 00:12:43,831 I'M PERFECTLY CALM. 358 00:12:43,897 --> 00:12:45,298 YOU'RE NOT CALM, LEO. 359 00:12:45,365 --> 00:12:48,501 YOU'RE ACTING LIKE A NERVOUS HOOLEELIA. 360 00:12:48,568 --> 00:12:50,070 A WHAT? 361 00:12:51,404 --> 00:12:52,840 IT MAY NOT BE A WORD. 362 00:12:52,906 --> 00:12:55,775 IT MAY JUST BE SOMETHING MY MOTHER USED TO SAY. 363 00:13:02,916 --> 00:13:04,351 Kiefer: IT'S A HUGE MISTAKE. 364 00:13:04,417 --> 00:13:05,886 IT IS A HUGE MISTAKE, MR. PRESIDENT 365 00:13:05,953 --> 00:13:07,320 AND POSSIBLY A FATAL ONE. 366 00:13:07,387 --> 00:13:09,289 IT'LL DOOM THE MIDTERMS IN NOVEMBER 367 00:13:09,356 --> 00:13:11,258 IT WILL HAUNT YOU AT THE CONVENTION 368 00:13:11,324 --> 00:13:13,426 AND, IF YOU MANAGE TO GET RENOMINATED-- 369 00:13:13,493 --> 00:13:14,928 WHICH IS FAR FROM A LOCK-- 370 00:13:14,995 --> 00:13:16,997 THERE'S NO WAY YOU WIN REELECTION. 371 00:13:17,064 --> 00:13:19,132 AL'S MR. GOOD NEWS HAPPY-GUY. 372 00:13:19,199 --> 00:13:19,900 SAM... 373 00:13:19,967 --> 00:13:21,468 FOR THE FIRST TIME 374 00:13:21,534 --> 00:13:23,370 MORE VOTERS DISAPPROVE THAN APPROVE 375 00:13:23,436 --> 00:13:25,372 OF THE PRESIDENT'S JOB PERFORMANCE. 376 00:13:25,438 --> 00:13:26,739 42% APPROVAL. 377 00:13:26,806 --> 00:13:29,376 THIS IS NOT THE TIME TO COME OUT FOR LEGALIZATION. 378 00:13:29,442 --> 00:13:31,211 WE'RE NOT COMING OUT FOR LEGALIZATION. 379 00:13:31,278 --> 00:13:33,346 IT'S GOING TO BE A LONG DAY. 380 00:13:33,413 --> 00:13:35,715 KIEFER'S JUST GETTING WARMED UP. 381 00:13:35,782 --> 00:13:38,018 LISTEN. 382 00:13:40,720 --> 00:13:42,455 YOU'RE KIDDING. 383 00:13:42,522 --> 00:13:43,590 NO. 384 00:13:43,656 --> 00:13:44,892 HE DOESN'T WANT ME IN THERE? 385 00:13:44,958 --> 00:13:46,259 LEO'S NOT COMFORTABLE WITH IT. 386 00:13:46,326 --> 00:13:47,961 LEO'S NOT COMFORTABLE WITH IT? NO. 387 00:13:48,028 --> 00:13:49,396 I'LL TALK TO THE PRESIDENT. 388 00:13:49,462 --> 00:13:51,331 YOU CAN'T. C.J.... 389 00:13:51,398 --> 00:13:53,400 IT WAS JUST A MEMO. 390 00:13:53,466 --> 00:13:54,501 IT WASN'T JUST A MEMO. 391 00:13:54,567 --> 00:13:55,735 DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA 392 00:13:55,802 --> 00:13:57,704 HOW PISSED PEOPLE ARE AT YOU? 393 00:13:57,770 --> 00:13:59,306 C.J.... THEY'RE PISSED AT ME. 394 00:13:59,372 --> 00:14:01,208 THAT'S HOW PISSED THEY ARE AT YOU. 395 00:14:01,274 --> 00:14:03,276 THEY WANT TO KNOW WHY I DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT THE MEMO. 396 00:14:03,343 --> 00:14:05,245 I CAN BE TRUSTED. 397 00:14:05,312 --> 00:14:07,114 WE'LL SEE. 398 00:14:07,180 --> 00:14:08,815 THERE'S PLENTY FOR YOU TO DO. 399 00:14:08,882 --> 00:14:10,683 LEO WOULD FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE 400 00:14:10,750 --> 00:14:12,752 IF YOU STAYED OUT OF THIS MEETING. 401 00:14:12,819 --> 00:14:14,321 OKAY. OKAY! 402 00:14:17,657 --> 00:14:19,626 YOU'RE COMING... DRUG CONTROL... 403 00:14:19,692 --> 00:14:21,161 MR. PRESIDENT... LISTEN TO ME. 404 00:14:21,228 --> 00:14:23,530 DRUG CONTROL APPROPRIATIONS... 405 00:14:23,596 --> 00:14:24,965 WHICH TOTAL $17.6 BILLION... 406 00:14:25,032 --> 00:14:27,034 ARE DIVIDED INTO A RATIO OF TWO-THIRDS 407 00:14:27,100 --> 00:14:28,868 ENFORCEMENT, ONE-THIRD TREATMENT. 408 00:14:28,936 --> 00:14:30,603 WE WANT TO REVERSE THAT RATIO. 409 00:14:30,670 --> 00:14:31,704 SPEND LESS MONEY 410 00:14:31,771 --> 00:14:33,073 ON DRUG ENFORCEMENT? 411 00:14:33,140 --> 00:14:34,507 SO WE CAN SPEND MORE ON TREATMENT. 412 00:14:34,574 --> 00:14:35,708 SO YOU'RE SOFT ON CRIME. 413 00:14:35,775 --> 00:14:37,110 YOU DON'T CARE IF KIDS SHOOT UP 414 00:14:37,177 --> 00:14:38,511 ON THE PLAYGROUND AT RECESS. 415 00:14:38,578 --> 00:14:39,746 WE DON'T CARE, DO WE, SAM? 416 00:14:39,812 --> 00:14:40,914 WHAT DID I MISS? 417 00:14:40,981 --> 00:14:42,549 KIEFER'S BEEN HERE 45 MINUTES. 418 00:14:42,615 --> 00:14:44,851 HE'S ALREADY GOT ME ON THE PLAYGROUND AT RECESS. 419 00:14:44,918 --> 00:14:46,619 TOOK YOU 45 MINUTES? 420 00:14:46,686 --> 00:14:50,523 Toby: MR. PRESIDENT, SAM AND I HAVE BEEN WORKING 421 00:14:50,590 --> 00:14:52,759 WITH THE OFFICE OF NATIONAL DRUG CONTROL POLICY. 422 00:14:52,825 --> 00:14:54,461 WE HAVE SOME NUMBERS YOU SHOULD HEAR. 423 00:14:54,527 --> 00:14:56,029 LET'S HEAR THEM. 424 00:14:59,366 --> 00:15:00,100 WHAT'S UP? 425 00:15:00,167 --> 00:15:01,701 JOEY LUCAS IS HERE. 426 00:15:01,768 --> 00:15:03,303 SHE'S WAITING IN YOUR OFFICE. 427 00:15:03,370 --> 00:15:04,437 OKAY. OKAY. 428 00:15:06,573 --> 00:15:07,807 WHAT ARE YOU SMILING AT? 429 00:15:07,874 --> 00:15:09,309 FINE-LOOKING WOMAN, JOSH. 430 00:15:09,376 --> 00:15:10,510 YES. 431 00:15:10,577 --> 00:15:11,544 I COULD HELP YOU OUT. 432 00:15:11,611 --> 00:15:12,679 HELP ME OUT WITH WHAT? 433 00:15:12,745 --> 00:15:13,913 SHE'S A FINE-LOOKING WOMAN. 434 00:15:13,981 --> 00:15:14,914 STOP SAYING THAT. 435 00:15:14,982 --> 00:15:15,983 I OWE YOU A LOT, JOSH. 436 00:15:16,049 --> 00:15:17,050 YOU GOT ME THIS JOB. 437 00:15:17,117 --> 00:15:18,385 I'D LIKE TO PAY YOU BACK. 438 00:15:18,451 --> 00:15:20,120 BY HELPING ME OUT? BY HELPING YOU OUT. 439 00:15:20,187 --> 00:15:21,921 WHAT MAKES YOU THINK I NEED ANY HELP? 440 00:15:21,989 --> 00:15:23,523 SHE'S A FINE-LOOKING WOMAN, JOSH. 441 00:15:23,590 --> 00:15:25,092 GET AWAY FROM ME. 442 00:15:29,196 --> 00:15:30,663 HEY, JOEY. HEY, KENNY. 443 00:15:30,730 --> 00:15:31,999 GOOD TO SEE YOU. 444 00:15:32,065 --> 00:15:33,666 I'VE GOT YOUR DESK SET UP OUT HERE. 445 00:15:33,733 --> 00:15:35,235 WHY DON'T YOU COME WITH ME. 446 00:15:35,902 --> 00:15:37,304 HEY! 447 00:15:37,370 --> 00:15:38,338 YEAH? 448 00:15:38,405 --> 00:15:39,906 MY FLIGHT WAS FINE, THANK YOU. 449 00:15:39,973 --> 00:15:41,574 JOEY, WE'RE IN A BIT OF A MODE HERE 450 00:15:41,641 --> 00:15:43,610 AND I THINK IT'S BEST IF WE JUST DO BUSINESS. 451 00:15:43,676 --> 00:15:45,178 PLUS, THIS IS THE WHITE HOUSE. 452 00:15:45,245 --> 00:15:48,581 I WOULDN'T EXPECT CANDY AND FLOWERS ON YOUR ARRIVAL. 453 00:15:48,648 --> 00:15:49,882 EXCUSE ME. 454 00:15:49,949 --> 00:15:50,883 JOEY, THESE ARE FROM LEO McGARRY. 455 00:15:50,950 --> 00:15:52,285 HE SAYS WELCOME 456 00:15:52,352 --> 00:15:54,554 AND LET HIM KNOW IF THERE'S ANYTHING YOU NEED. 457 00:15:54,621 --> 00:15:56,723 OH, THAT'S SO SWEET. 458 00:15:56,789 --> 00:15:58,025 THANK HIM FOR ME. 459 00:15:58,091 --> 00:15:59,492 I WILL. HAVE A GOOD FLIGHT? 460 00:15:59,559 --> 00:16:02,229 GO BACK TO YOUR OFFICE. 461 00:16:02,295 --> 00:16:03,963 THEY'RE CARNATIONS. 462 00:16:04,031 --> 00:16:05,498 THIS IS YOUR DESK. 463 00:16:05,565 --> 00:16:06,899 YOU GOT A PHONE. 464 00:16:06,966 --> 00:16:07,900 YOU GOT A COMPUTER. 465 00:16:07,967 --> 00:16:09,269 YOU GOT ACCESS TO A STAFF. 466 00:16:09,336 --> 00:16:10,237 I KNOW HOW WOMEN LIKE 467 00:16:10,303 --> 00:16:11,404 TO PERSONALIZE THEIR DESKS 468 00:16:11,471 --> 00:16:13,106 WITH FLOWERS, PLANTS AND HAND LOTION 469 00:16:13,173 --> 00:16:15,475 BUT I PREFER THE PLACE TO BE PROFESSIONAL. 470 00:16:15,542 --> 00:16:19,646 YOUR STAFF LIKES TO DECORATE THEIR DESKS 471 00:16:19,712 --> 00:16:20,980 WITH HAND LOTION? 472 00:16:21,048 --> 00:16:22,749 SOME OF THEM MIGHT 473 00:16:22,815 --> 00:16:25,752 AND I'M SAYING WE DON'T DO THAT ON MY SIDE OF THE BUILDING. 474 00:16:25,818 --> 00:16:29,189 I'M GOING TO GO BACK TO THIS MEETING 475 00:16:29,256 --> 00:16:31,258 AND THEN I'LL BRIEF YOU ON WHAT I NEED. 476 00:16:31,324 --> 00:16:32,892 OKAY. 477 00:16:32,959 --> 00:16:35,162 OKAY. 478 00:16:37,064 --> 00:16:40,633 I'M NOT SLEEPING WITH AL KIEFER ANYMORE. 479 00:16:42,635 --> 00:16:44,604 COME HERE. 480 00:16:44,671 --> 00:16:46,273 CAN I HELP YOU? 481 00:16:46,339 --> 00:16:47,274 YES. 482 00:16:47,340 --> 00:16:48,075 HOW? 483 00:16:48,141 --> 00:16:49,742 BY COMING HERE. 484 00:16:54,314 --> 00:16:57,084 THIS IS A PLACE WHERE SOLEMN WORK IS DONE. 485 00:16:57,150 --> 00:16:59,018 THIS IS A PLACE THAT... 486 00:16:59,086 --> 00:17:00,387 THIS IS A PLACE... 487 00:17:00,453 --> 00:17:02,389 LET ME SAY THIS: THIS IS NOT A PLACE 488 00:17:02,455 --> 00:17:04,224 WHERE ONE'S PERSONAL THINGS... 489 00:17:04,291 --> 00:17:05,892 WHERE THINGS AMONG PEOPLE... 490 00:17:05,958 --> 00:17:07,827 THIS IS NOT PLACE... LET'S JUST... 491 00:17:07,894 --> 00:17:09,796 THIS IS A PLACE WHERE WORK IS DONE 492 00:17:09,862 --> 00:17:11,298 AND NOTHING ELSE. 493 00:17:11,364 --> 00:17:13,433 YOU BET. 494 00:17:13,500 --> 00:17:15,102 OKAY. 495 00:17:15,168 --> 00:17:16,669 NICE SUIT. 496 00:17:18,305 --> 00:17:20,006 I'LL... I'LL BE BACK. 497 00:17:20,073 --> 00:17:21,841 JOSH, I MISSPOKE LAST NIGHT. 498 00:17:21,908 --> 00:17:23,110 I SAID THE PRESIDENT 499 00:17:23,176 --> 00:17:25,212 NOMINATED A DEMOCRAT AND A REPUBLICAN 500 00:17:25,278 --> 00:17:26,546 EVEN THOUGH HE WAS 501 00:17:26,613 --> 00:17:28,715 UNDER NO LEGAL OBLIGATION TO DO SO. 502 00:17:28,781 --> 00:17:29,949 IT TURNS OUT HE IS. 503 00:17:30,016 --> 00:17:31,951 THIS IS FROM THE WHITE HOUSE COUNSEL? 504 00:17:32,018 --> 00:17:32,952 YEAH. 505 00:17:33,019 --> 00:17:33,953 YOU'RE SURE? 506 00:17:34,020 --> 00:17:35,455 ABOUT WHAT? 507 00:17:35,522 --> 00:17:37,690 YOU SAID HE NOMINATED A DEMOCRAT AND A REPUBLICAN... 508 00:17:37,757 --> 00:17:39,959 THOUGH HE WAS UNDER NO LEGAL OBLIGATION TO DO SO. 509 00:17:40,026 --> 00:17:42,462 I JUST LOOKED AT THE TRANSCRIPT. 510 00:17:42,529 --> 00:17:44,964 ALL RIGHT, YOU'LL FIX IT AT THE BRIEFING? 511 00:17:45,031 --> 00:17:46,666 YEAH. 512 00:17:46,733 --> 00:17:48,535 DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT. 513 00:17:57,244 --> 00:17:59,078 Sam: THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION 514 00:17:59,146 --> 00:18:01,181 SAYS THAT ADDICTION IS A DISEASE. 515 00:18:01,248 --> 00:18:03,250 Kiefer: YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO SELL THAT. 516 00:18:03,316 --> 00:18:05,152 AL, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO SELL IT. 517 00:18:05,218 --> 00:18:06,286 THE A.M.A. SAYS IT. 518 00:18:06,353 --> 00:18:07,487 WHY DOES HE HAVE TO SELL IT? 519 00:18:07,554 --> 00:18:08,488 BECAUSE. 520 00:18:08,555 --> 00:18:09,722 DRUG ADDICTION IS A DISEASE. 521 00:18:09,789 --> 00:18:10,723 IT'S A MEDICAL PROBLEM. 522 00:18:10,790 --> 00:18:11,724 IT CAN BE TREATED. 523 00:18:11,791 --> 00:18:12,825 THIS ISN'T IDEOLOGICAL. 524 00:18:12,892 --> 00:18:13,860 IT'S SCIENCE. 525 00:18:13,926 --> 00:18:15,262 IT'S SCIENCE TO YOU. 526 00:18:15,328 --> 00:18:19,098 SCIENCE IS SCIENCE TO EVERYBODY, AL. 527 00:18:19,166 --> 00:18:20,833 WHAT DID I MISS? 528 00:18:20,900 --> 00:18:22,402 TOBY WAS JUST EXPLAINING TO AL 529 00:18:22,469 --> 00:18:24,304 THAT SCIENCE IS SCIENCE TO EVERYONE. 530 00:18:24,371 --> 00:18:27,674 AND I BELIEVE THAT SCIENCE IS SCIENCE TO EVERYBODY. 531 00:18:27,740 --> 00:18:29,909 I JUST DON'T THINK YOU CAN SELL THAT. 532 00:18:29,976 --> 00:18:31,411 MR. PRESIDENT, WHILE AL TRIES 533 00:18:31,478 --> 00:18:33,546 TO COME UP WITH SOMETHING EASIER TO SELL 534 00:18:33,613 --> 00:18:34,347 THAN SCIENCE 535 00:18:34,414 --> 00:18:35,782 WOULD YOU MIND IF I SPOKE 536 00:18:35,848 --> 00:18:36,949 TO TOBY AND LEO ALONE? 537 00:18:37,016 --> 00:18:38,818 GO. 538 00:18:42,755 --> 00:18:44,924 HEY, JOEY LUCAS SAYS 539 00:18:44,991 --> 00:18:47,927 SHE'S NOT WITH KIEFER ANYMORE. 540 00:18:47,994 --> 00:18:49,128 THAT'S A LOAD OFF OUR MINDS. 541 00:18:49,196 --> 00:18:51,264 YEAH. UH... C.J. MISSPOKE LAST NIGHT 542 00:18:51,331 --> 00:18:52,565 DURING HER BRIEFING. 543 00:18:52,632 --> 00:18:54,934 SHE'LL FIX IT WHEN SHE'S BACK IN THERE. 544 00:18:55,001 --> 00:18:56,002 WHAT DID SHE SAY? 545 00:18:56,068 --> 00:18:57,204 SHE SAID THE PRESIDENT 546 00:18:57,270 --> 00:18:58,805 NOMINATED A DEMOCRAT AND A REPUBLICAN 547 00:18:58,871 --> 00:19:00,607 WHEN HE WAS UNDER NO LEGAL OBLIGATION TO DO SO. 548 00:19:00,673 --> 00:19:03,210 HE IS UNDER A LEGAL OBLIGATION. 549 00:19:03,276 --> 00:19:05,144 SHE KNOWS THAT NOW. THIS IS JUST THE KIND 550 00:19:05,212 --> 00:19:06,679 OF DUMB MISTAKE WE DON'T NEED RIGHT NOW. 551 00:19:06,746 --> 00:19:08,248 SHE KNOWS THAT, TOO. 552 00:19:10,283 --> 00:19:12,219 ALL RIGHT, WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO? 553 00:19:12,285 --> 00:19:13,753 HOW'S IT GOING IN THERE? 554 00:19:13,820 --> 00:19:15,021 SAM'S JUST STARTING. 555 00:19:15,087 --> 00:19:16,723 DID YOU TALK TO HIM ABOUT 556 00:19:16,789 --> 00:19:18,425 THE THING YET? NO. 557 00:19:18,491 --> 00:19:19,759 ME? Leo: YEAH. LISTEN. 558 00:19:19,826 --> 00:19:21,228 Josh: WE WANT YOU TO GO 559 00:19:21,294 --> 00:19:22,529 TO A MEETING. 560 00:19:22,595 --> 00:19:23,563 WITH WHO? 561 00:19:23,630 --> 00:19:25,097 A PROMINENT HOUSE DEMOCRAT 562 00:19:25,164 --> 00:19:27,166 WHO HAS A VOICE ON CAMPAIGN FINANCE REFORM 563 00:19:27,234 --> 00:19:29,202 AND IF IT WAS SOMEONE ON THE ETHICS COMMITTEE 564 00:19:29,269 --> 00:19:30,403 THAT WOULD BE EVEN BETTER 565 00:19:30,470 --> 00:19:31,538 BECAUSE THEN SHE COULD ANSWER 566 00:19:31,604 --> 00:19:33,440 SOME OF LEO'S QUESTIONS. 567 00:19:33,506 --> 00:19:34,841 I USED TO BE MARRIED 568 00:19:34,907 --> 00:19:37,377 TO SOMEONE WHO FITS THAT DESCRIPTION. 569 00:19:37,444 --> 00:19:39,111 I SET UP LUNCH FOR THE TWO OF YOU. 570 00:19:39,178 --> 00:19:41,581 YOU SET ME UP ON A DATE WITH MY EX-WIFE? 571 00:19:41,648 --> 00:19:43,750 YEAH. LET HER KNOW THAT THE PRESIDENT 572 00:19:43,816 --> 00:19:46,586 WON'T ASK THE DEMOCRATS TO UNILATERALLY DROP SOFT MONEY. 573 00:19:46,653 --> 00:19:48,721 MAKE THAT CLEAR. 574 00:19:48,788 --> 00:19:51,591 ALSO TAKE HER TEMPERATURE ON THE ETHICS THING. 575 00:19:51,658 --> 00:19:53,360 OKAY. 576 00:19:56,829 --> 00:19:58,498 SEE YOU LATER. 577 00:20:00,667 --> 00:20:01,601 LEO? 578 00:20:01,668 --> 00:20:02,835 HMM? 579 00:20:02,902 --> 00:20:04,170 YOU HAD TO SEND FLOWERS? 580 00:20:04,237 --> 00:20:06,473 IT'S A NICE THING TO DO. 581 00:20:06,539 --> 00:20:10,777 YEAH, BUT I HAD THIS WHOLE PATTER THING GOING, AND THEN... 582 00:20:10,843 --> 00:20:12,579 THE HELL WITH IT. 583 00:20:12,645 --> 00:20:14,113 MARGARET? 584 00:20:14,180 --> 00:20:15,615 YES? 585 00:20:15,682 --> 00:20:17,417 THE LIST OF NAMES I GAVE YOU BEFORE? 586 00:20:17,484 --> 00:20:18,751 DALTON, DAWSON, FOXWORTHY, GREER 587 00:20:18,818 --> 00:20:20,653 MORGENTHAU, STACKHOUSE, SUGARBAKER. 588 00:20:20,720 --> 00:20:22,255 YOU DIDN'T NEED TO MEMORIZE THEM. 589 00:20:22,322 --> 00:20:23,356 COULDN'T HELP IT. OKAY. 590 00:20:23,423 --> 00:20:24,457 MY MIND WORKS THAT WAY. 591 00:20:24,524 --> 00:20:25,892 YES, CALL THEIR OFFICES. 592 00:20:25,958 --> 00:20:27,960 I WANT TO SEE ONE REPRESENTATIVE APIECE AT 2:00. 593 00:20:28,027 --> 00:20:29,128 I WANT THEM AS A GROUP. 594 00:20:29,195 --> 00:20:30,229 IN THE OFFICE? 595 00:20:30,297 --> 00:20:32,665 IN THE PRESS BRIEFING ROOM. 596 00:20:32,732 --> 00:20:33,800 LEO? YEAH? 597 00:20:33,866 --> 00:20:35,568 WHAT DO THOSE SEVEN PEOPLE HAVE IN COMMON? 598 00:20:35,635 --> 00:20:38,004 DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT. 599 00:20:54,921 --> 00:20:56,323 HELLO. HELLO. 600 00:20:56,389 --> 00:20:57,890 I SEE YOU'RE ALL SETTLED IN. 601 00:20:57,957 --> 00:20:58,891 UH, YES, YES. 602 00:20:58,958 --> 00:21:00,126 YOUR AREA LOOKS GOOD. 603 00:21:00,192 --> 00:21:01,794 NOT TOO MANY PERSONAL ITEMS. 604 00:21:01,861 --> 00:21:03,896 GOT YOUR LITTLE CLOCK-- THAT'S FINE. 605 00:21:03,963 --> 00:21:04,897 THANK YOU. 606 00:21:04,964 --> 00:21:06,366 HERE'S THE STORY: 607 00:21:06,433 --> 00:21:08,134 THE PRESIDENT ANNOUNCED LAST NIGHT HE'S NAMING 608 00:21:08,200 --> 00:21:09,836 TWO CAMPAIGN FINANCE REFORM-MINDED NOMINEES TO THE F.E.C. 609 00:21:09,902 --> 00:21:12,539 THIS WILL ANGER THE REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP 610 00:21:12,605 --> 00:21:14,073 TO THE EXTENT THAT THEY'LL RETALIATE. 611 00:21:14,140 --> 00:21:16,376 RETALIATE HOW? THEY'LL INTRODUCE A SERIES OF BILLS 612 00:21:16,443 --> 00:21:18,210 DESIGNED TO PUT THE PRESIDENT 613 00:21:18,277 --> 00:21:20,146 ON THE WRONG SIDE OF PUBLIC DEBATES. 614 00:21:20,212 --> 00:21:23,215 THE FIRST WILL BE A LAW MAKING ENGLISH THE NATIONAL LANGUAGE. 615 00:21:23,282 --> 00:21:24,951 I ALREADY KNOW THIS, JOSH. 616 00:21:25,017 --> 00:21:27,954 I'VE BEEN WORKING ON IT SINCE TOBY CALLED ME. 617 00:21:28,020 --> 00:21:30,289 JOEY... 618 00:21:30,357 --> 00:21:32,325 ( alarm rings ) 619 00:21:32,392 --> 00:21:34,961 LUNCHTIME. 620 00:21:42,034 --> 00:21:45,204 OVER 30% OF THE ENTIRE FEDERAL PRISON POPULATION 621 00:21:45,271 --> 00:21:47,340 ARE NONVIOLENT, FIRST-TIME OFFENDERS 622 00:21:47,407 --> 00:21:49,241 IN JAIL FOR DRUG-RELATED CRIMES. 623 00:21:49,308 --> 00:21:50,777 SAM... 624 00:21:50,843 --> 00:21:53,212 AT A COST, FOR THOSE PRISONERS ALONE... SAM... 625 00:21:53,279 --> 00:21:54,914 OF $2 MILLION A DAY. 626 00:21:54,981 --> 00:21:57,149 MR. PRESIDENT, WE CAN SELL THE PUBLIC ON THE IDEA 627 00:21:57,216 --> 00:22:00,052 THAT TWO MILLION BUCKS A DAY CAN BE PUT TO BETTER USE. 628 00:22:00,119 --> 00:22:01,388 NOT IF IT'S FOR TREATMENT. 629 00:22:01,454 --> 00:22:02,589 YES, IF IT'S FOR TREATMENT. 630 00:22:02,655 --> 00:22:04,023 YES, IF WE CAN DEMONSTRATE 631 00:22:04,090 --> 00:22:06,058 THAT TREATMENT IS WHAT PREVENTS SUBSTANCE ABUSE. 632 00:22:06,125 --> 00:22:07,860 AND YES, IF YOU CAN GET PEOPLE TO SIT STILL LONG ENOUGH 633 00:22:07,927 --> 00:22:10,029 TO HEAR THAT ARGUMENT, BUT IT TAKES A LOT LESS TIME 634 00:22:10,096 --> 00:22:12,064 TO HEAR "JUST SAY NO" 635 00:22:12,131 --> 00:22:14,333 AND "ANYONE ON THE OTHER SIDE IS SOFT ON CRIME." 636 00:22:14,401 --> 00:22:15,201 THE A.M.A.... 637 00:22:15,267 --> 00:22:16,903 I CAN'T SELL IT! 638 00:22:16,969 --> 00:22:17,970 HE CAN'T SELL SCIENCE. 639 00:22:18,037 --> 00:22:19,606 MR. PRESIDENT... I'M HUNGRY 640 00:22:19,672 --> 00:22:21,173 AND NOBODY HAS CONVINCED ME OF ANYTHING. 641 00:22:21,240 --> 00:22:25,144 LET'S GO EAT LUNCH AND MEET BACK HERE IN AN HOUR. 642 00:22:25,211 --> 00:22:26,813 THANK YOU, SIR. 643 00:22:34,621 --> 00:22:35,755 HOW'S IT GOING? 644 00:22:35,822 --> 00:22:38,725 UH, WE'RE IN THE EARLY STAGES. 645 00:22:38,791 --> 00:22:40,427 DO YOU KNOW WHAT YOU WANT FOR LUNCH? 646 00:22:40,493 --> 00:22:41,694 THAT'S AN INTERESTING QUESTION. 647 00:22:41,761 --> 00:22:43,029 SAM... I COULD HAVE TURKEY. 648 00:22:43,095 --> 00:22:44,330 SAM... I COULD HAVE FISH. 649 00:22:44,397 --> 00:22:45,865 WOULD YOU LIKE TO LOOK AT THE MENUS? 650 00:22:45,932 --> 00:22:47,867 A NICE PIECE OF FISH NEVER HURT ANYBODY, CATHY. 651 00:22:47,934 --> 00:22:48,968 HEY, SAM. STEVE. 652 00:22:49,035 --> 00:22:50,603 THERE WAS AN O.M.B. MEETING DOWNSTAIRS. 653 00:22:50,670 --> 00:22:52,271 I WANTED TO SEE YOU. 654 00:22:52,338 --> 00:22:55,307 THEY SAID YOU WERE WITH THE PRESIDENT; I SHOULD WAIT HERE. 655 00:22:55,374 --> 00:22:56,876 IS THIS ABOUT THE F.E.C. NOMINEES? 656 00:22:56,943 --> 00:22:58,578 LOOK... YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE ME; 657 00:22:58,645 --> 00:23:00,012 YOU WANT TO SEE JOSH. 658 00:23:00,079 --> 00:23:01,748 WELL, JOSH ISN'T QUITE HIMSELF LATELY. 659 00:23:01,814 --> 00:23:03,683 "STEVE, TAKE YOUR LEGISLATIVE AGENDA 660 00:23:03,750 --> 00:23:04,951 AND SHOVE IT UP YOUR ASS"? 661 00:23:05,017 --> 00:23:07,787 THAT SOUNDS EXACTLY LIKE JOSH TO ME. 662 00:23:07,854 --> 00:23:09,656 MY BOSS IS READY TO SET THE BUILDING ON FIRE... 663 00:23:09,722 --> 00:23:11,323 THEN YOUR BOSS WILL BE ARRESTED 664 00:23:11,390 --> 00:23:13,025 AS I'M QUITE SURE THAT'S AGAINST THE LAW. 665 00:23:13,092 --> 00:23:14,927 LOOK, DON'T MESS WITH ME, SAM. I'M SERIOUS. 666 00:23:14,994 --> 00:23:17,497 AND I'M TIRED AND THIS ISN'T MY THING-- GO SEE JOSH. 667 00:23:17,564 --> 00:23:18,665 YOU GOING TO EAT? 668 00:23:18,731 --> 00:23:20,332 WHAT? LUNCH. YOU GOING TO EAT? 669 00:23:20,399 --> 00:23:22,635 YEAH, BUT AT MY DESK. I WAS JUST GOING TO GET A... 670 00:23:22,702 --> 00:23:23,903 WHAT WERE YOU HAVING? 671 00:23:23,970 --> 00:23:24,904 TURKEY. 672 00:23:24,971 --> 00:23:26,639 GET TWO. 673 00:23:28,374 --> 00:23:29,776 IT'S A BEAUTIFUL DAY. 674 00:23:29,842 --> 00:23:30,977 YES. 675 00:23:32,679 --> 00:23:34,614 THIS IS NICE. IT'S LIKE A PICNIC. 676 00:23:34,681 --> 00:23:36,583 THERE ARE RESTAURANTS, YOU KNOW. 677 00:23:36,649 --> 00:23:38,618 INDOORS, WITH WAITERS AND TABLES. 678 00:23:38,685 --> 00:23:42,054 YOU SHOULD COME SIT NEXT TO ME. 679 00:23:42,121 --> 00:23:43,155 I'M WEARING A SUIT. 680 00:23:43,222 --> 00:23:44,591 SO AM I. 681 00:23:44,657 --> 00:23:46,959 I'M A RESPONSIBLE ADULT. 682 00:23:47,026 --> 00:23:49,862 I'M A MEMBER OF THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS. 683 00:23:49,929 --> 00:23:51,531 I REST MY CASE. 684 00:23:52,632 --> 00:23:54,333 YOU KNOW WHAT I GOT? 685 00:23:54,400 --> 00:23:55,234 WHAT? 686 00:23:55,301 --> 00:23:56,202 I GOT PIE. 687 00:23:56,268 --> 00:23:57,904 ANDY... 688 00:23:57,970 --> 00:24:01,173 TOBY, I'VE GOT REALLY GOOD PIE. 689 00:24:01,240 --> 00:24:02,441 IT'S HOMEMADE. 690 00:24:02,509 --> 00:24:04,711 YOU BAKED A PIE? 691 00:24:04,777 --> 00:24:07,514 NO, I DIDN'T MEAN I MADE IT IN MY HOME. 692 00:24:07,580 --> 00:24:09,115 LET'S GO. 693 00:24:11,317 --> 00:24:14,086 THIS PIE WAS BAKED FOR ME BY ONE OF MY CONSTITUENTS. 694 00:24:14,153 --> 00:24:15,755 AND YOU TRUST IT? 695 00:24:15,822 --> 00:24:17,790 WELL, THAT'S WHY I WAS HOPING YOU'D EAT IT FIRST. 696 00:24:17,857 --> 00:24:18,825 ANDY? 697 00:24:18,891 --> 00:24:20,259 WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE F.E.C.? 698 00:24:20,326 --> 00:24:21,761 PRESIDENT'S NOT GOING TO ASK ANYONE 699 00:24:21,828 --> 00:24:23,530 TO GIVE UP SOFT MONEY UNILATERALLY. 700 00:24:23,596 --> 00:24:25,732 YOU'RE STILL GOING TO HEAR FROM STADLER AND ROSS. 701 00:24:25,798 --> 00:24:27,534 YEAH. PROBABLY McCOVEY, LESTER, BROCK. 702 00:24:27,600 --> 00:24:29,536 PROBABLY KLESKO, TRASK... 703 00:24:29,602 --> 00:24:30,703 RITCHIE. YEAH. 704 00:24:30,770 --> 00:24:32,371 BUT WE HAVE YOUR PEOPLE IN LINE? 705 00:24:32,438 --> 00:24:33,205 YEAH. 706 00:24:33,272 --> 00:24:34,240 WHAT ABOUT DRUGS? 707 00:24:34,306 --> 00:24:35,642 THAT'S A DIFFERENT STORY. 708 00:24:35,708 --> 00:24:36,475 ANDY... MANDATORY MINIMUMS ARE RACIST. 709 00:24:36,543 --> 00:24:37,910 ONE STEP AT A TIME. 710 00:24:37,977 --> 00:24:39,979 IT'S PART OF THE SAME STEP. TREATMENTS. 711 00:24:40,046 --> 00:24:41,614 I'M SAYING MANDATORY MINIMUMS... I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. 712 00:24:41,681 --> 00:24:43,349 I DON'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT MANDATORY MINIMUMS. 713 00:24:43,415 --> 00:24:45,484 THE SENTENCING COMMISSION'S PROPOSALS REGARDING COCAINE 714 00:24:45,552 --> 00:24:47,554 RECOMMEND THAT RELATIVE TO MANDATORY FEDERAL SENTENCING... 715 00:24:47,620 --> 00:24:49,088 THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS. THIS IS WHAT YOU DO. 716 00:24:49,155 --> 00:24:51,157 I SAY I DON'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT MANDATORY MINIMUMS 717 00:24:51,223 --> 00:24:53,292 AND WE TALK ABOUT MANDATORY MINIMUMS ANYWAY. 718 00:24:53,359 --> 00:24:56,763 YOU HIJACK MY ABILITY TO MAKE THAT DECISION FOR MYSELF, ANDREA 719 00:24:56,829 --> 00:25:01,568 AND MAKING DECISIONS FOR MYSELF IS MY BIRTHRIGHT. 720 00:25:01,634 --> 00:25:03,435 GOOD TO GET THAT OFF YOUR CHEST, THERE, POKEY? 721 00:25:03,502 --> 00:25:05,838 YES. 722 00:25:05,905 --> 00:25:07,306 GOOD. 723 00:25:07,373 --> 00:25:10,877 YOU DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH WHAT LEO'S GOING TO DO? 724 00:25:10,943 --> 00:25:13,212 NO. BUT I WANT TO BE THERE. 725 00:25:13,279 --> 00:25:14,313 WHY? 726 00:25:14,380 --> 00:25:16,282 JUST FOR FUN. 727 00:25:16,348 --> 00:25:17,917 IT'S NOT FUN, ANDY. 728 00:25:17,984 --> 00:25:19,285 OKAY. 729 00:25:19,351 --> 00:25:20,787 IT'S NOT FUN. 730 00:25:20,853 --> 00:25:22,254 OKAY. NOT EVERYTHING'S FUN. 731 00:25:22,321 --> 00:25:24,023 OKAY! 732 00:25:24,090 --> 00:25:26,425 YOU WANT TO BE THERE, YOU CAN BE THERE 733 00:25:26,492 --> 00:25:29,028 BUT THIS IS A SERIOUS THING. 734 00:25:29,796 --> 00:25:30,797 CAN I BRING MY PIE? 735 00:25:30,863 --> 00:25:31,931 ANDY... 736 00:25:31,998 --> 00:25:33,065 I'M JUST SAYING IT'S A SERIOUS THING. 737 00:25:33,132 --> 00:25:34,333 THERE MIGHT NOT BE ANY FOOD THERE. 738 00:25:34,400 --> 00:25:35,735 CAN YOU WALK FASTER, PLEASE? 739 00:25:35,802 --> 00:25:36,936 I REALLY DON'T LIKE BEING OUTDOORS THIS LONG. 740 00:25:37,003 --> 00:25:38,270 THE FACT IS, WE'RE PROBABLY 741 00:25:38,337 --> 00:25:39,939 GOING TO HAVE TO CONFIRM YOUR NOMINEES. YEP. 742 00:25:40,006 --> 00:25:41,941 THEY'RE TOO QUALIFIED. THEY'RE TOO QUALIFIED? 743 00:25:42,008 --> 00:25:44,744 TOO QUALIFIED NOT TO CONFIRM. THAT'S A PROBLEM. 744 00:25:44,811 --> 00:25:46,579 I'M SAYING THERE'S NO POLITICAL COVER. 745 00:25:46,646 --> 00:25:48,280 I UNDERSTOOD WHAT YOU WERE SAYING. 746 00:25:48,347 --> 00:25:51,183 SO MY QUESTION IS... STEVE, THE F.E.C. NOMINEES AREN'T MY THING. 747 00:25:51,250 --> 00:25:53,019 I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT THE F.E.C. NOW. 748 00:25:53,085 --> 00:25:54,754 I'M TALKING ABOUT DRUGS. 749 00:25:54,821 --> 00:25:57,123 YOU'RE GEARING UP TO ANNOUNCE NEW DRUG POLICY. 750 00:25:57,189 --> 00:25:58,891 WE'VE BEEN GEARING UP FOR 14 MONTHS. 751 00:25:58,958 --> 00:26:01,427 YEAH, BUT NOW YOU'RE TAKING DAYLONG STRATEGY SESSIONS 752 00:26:01,493 --> 00:26:03,295 IN THE OVAL OFFICE. 753 00:26:03,362 --> 00:26:05,164 DRUGS ARE OBVIOUSLY IMPORTANT TO YOU. 754 00:26:05,231 --> 00:26:06,265 IMPORTANT TO EVERYONE. 755 00:26:06,332 --> 00:26:07,867 I MEAN PARTICULARLY TO YOU. 756 00:26:07,934 --> 00:26:09,435 YOU'VE BEEN THE POINT MAN AT THE WHITE HOUSE. 757 00:26:09,501 --> 00:26:10,637 SO WHY DO YOU WANT TO TRADE IT 758 00:26:10,703 --> 00:26:12,038 FOR A MOVE ON CAMPAIGN FINANCES? 759 00:26:12,104 --> 00:26:14,340 IT'S NOT GOING TO GET YOU ANYWHERE. 760 00:26:14,406 --> 00:26:16,275 IT'S GOING TO GET ME SOMEWHERE AND I'M NOT TRADING IT IN. 761 00:26:16,342 --> 00:26:17,343 YOU ARE. 762 00:26:17,409 --> 00:26:18,177 WE'RE NOT BARTERING. 763 00:26:18,244 --> 00:26:19,979 I'M SAYING 764 00:26:20,046 --> 00:26:22,782 WITHOUT THE F.E.C. NOMINATIONS, THERE'S ROOM TO WORK WITH US. 765 00:26:22,849 --> 00:26:24,150 AND WITH THE NOMINATIONS? 766 00:26:24,216 --> 00:26:25,918 YOU CAN HAVE ALL THE STRATEGY SESSIONS YOU WANT. 767 00:26:25,985 --> 00:26:29,121 NO ONE YOU NEED'S GOING TO TAKE YOUR PHONE CALL. 768 00:26:29,188 --> 00:26:30,723 AND YOU, SAM, CAN GO BACK TO WRITING SPEECHES 769 00:26:30,790 --> 00:26:32,725 FOR WHEN THE PRESIDENT MEETS THE GIRL SCOUT 770 00:26:32,792 --> 00:26:34,060 WHO SOLD THE MOST CUPCAKES. 771 00:26:34,126 --> 00:26:37,496 ( knocking ) 772 00:26:37,563 --> 00:26:38,965 SAM? 773 00:26:39,031 --> 00:26:40,199 COOKIES. 774 00:26:40,266 --> 00:26:42,601 HUH? 775 00:26:42,669 --> 00:26:44,737 GIRL SCOUTS SELL COOKIES, NOT CUPCAKES. 776 00:26:44,804 --> 00:26:47,273 AND THAT WAS A PRETTY GOOD SPEECH I WROTE. 777 00:26:47,339 --> 00:26:48,507 IT WAS ABOUT VOLUNTEERISM. 778 00:26:48,574 --> 00:26:50,242 WELL, KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK, SAM! 779 00:26:50,309 --> 00:26:51,343 I WILL. 780 00:26:54,647 --> 00:26:55,982 LEO? 781 00:26:56,048 --> 00:26:57,984 YEAH? I WAS JUST COMING TO SEE YOU. 782 00:26:58,050 --> 00:27:00,820 I DON'T HAVE MUCH TIME. YOUR PEOPLE ARE IN THE PRESS BRIEFING ROOM. 783 00:27:00,887 --> 00:27:03,089 CAROL'S KEEPING THE PRESS IN THE NORTHWEST LOBBY. 784 00:27:03,155 --> 00:27:04,523 SHE'LL WAIT FOR YOUR HIGH SIGN. 785 00:27:04,590 --> 00:27:06,425 I'LL BE OVER IN A MINUTE. 786 00:27:06,492 --> 00:27:08,160 WE'RE TELLING ANYONE WHO ASKS WHY THE PRESS IS OUT OF THERE 787 00:27:08,227 --> 00:27:09,428 THAT IT'S A SPECIAL EVENT. 788 00:27:09,495 --> 00:27:10,763 GOOD. 789 00:27:10,830 --> 00:27:12,131 LEO, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HEARD... 790 00:27:12,198 --> 00:27:13,332 YEAH, I DID HEAR, C.J. 791 00:27:13,399 --> 00:27:15,835 YOU WANT ME TO TELL YOU HOW MANY DIFFERENT WAYS 792 00:27:15,902 --> 00:27:17,203 THAT SCREWUP WAS STUPID? 793 00:27:17,269 --> 00:27:19,205 I KNOW. 794 00:27:19,271 --> 00:27:21,440 FOR ONE THING, DON'T PASS YOURSELF OFF AS A LEGAL AUTHORITY. 795 00:27:21,507 --> 00:27:23,743 FOR ANOTHER, WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING USING A PHRASE LIKE 796 00:27:23,810 --> 00:27:25,644 "UNDER NO LEGAL OBLIGATION"? 797 00:27:25,712 --> 00:27:28,147 YOU'RE PARSING YOUR WORDS AT A TIME WHEN THE WHOLE IDEA... 798 00:27:28,214 --> 00:27:30,416 I KNOW. SO RIGHT OUT THE GATE, WE GOT TO GO BACK... 799 00:27:30,482 --> 00:27:32,785 YES. THESE AMATEUR MISTAKES MAKE ME CRAZY, C.J. 800 00:27:32,852 --> 00:27:34,520 YES. I'LL BE IN THERE IN A MINUTE. 801 00:27:34,586 --> 00:27:35,955 Danny: THAT WAS BUSH LEAGUE. 802 00:27:38,190 --> 00:27:40,192 THAT WAS BUSH LEAGUE WHAT YOU DID LAST NIGHT. 803 00:27:40,259 --> 00:27:43,362 WE'LL TALK IN MY OFFICE. AND WHY CAN'T ANYONE GO IN THE PRESS ROOM? 804 00:27:43,429 --> 00:27:45,631 THERE'S A MEETING IN THERE. WHAT KIND OF MEETING? 805 00:27:45,698 --> 00:27:47,633 NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS. IT'S THE PRESS ROOM. 806 00:27:47,700 --> 00:27:48,701 HI, CAROL. HI, CAROL. 807 00:27:48,768 --> 00:27:50,102 HI. 808 00:27:52,138 --> 00:27:54,373 DON'T TALK TO ME LIKE THAT IN FRONT OF PEOPLE. LOOK... 809 00:27:54,440 --> 00:27:55,808 NO. I JUST GOT CALLED "AMATEUR" TWICE IN TEN SECONDS. 810 00:27:55,875 --> 00:27:57,076 THE WHITE HOUSE CHIEF OF STAFF 811 00:27:57,143 --> 00:27:58,644 CAN DO IT TO ME WHEREVER HE WANTS. 812 00:27:58,711 --> 00:28:00,212 YOU DON'T DO IT IN FRONT OF PEOPLE. 813 00:28:00,279 --> 00:28:01,914 IF I DON'T HAVE ACCESS ANYMORE, I DON'T HAVE A JOB. 814 00:28:01,981 --> 00:28:03,515 I WOULD THINK A MAN WITH YOUR CREDENTIALS... 815 00:28:03,582 --> 00:28:05,017 YOU THINK I'M KIDDING AROUND? YOU THINK I AM?! 816 00:28:05,084 --> 00:28:06,886 THE MEMO WAS NEWS. SAYS YOU. 817 00:28:06,953 --> 00:28:09,421 THAT'S RIGHT, SAYS ME-- SAYS ME, SAYS MY EDITOR 818 00:28:09,488 --> 00:28:10,823 SAYS EVERY PAPER WHO PICKED IT UP THE NEXT DAY 819 00:28:10,890 --> 00:28:12,058 SAYS TIME, SAYS NEWSWEEK. 820 00:28:12,124 --> 00:28:13,826 CONGRATULATIONS, YOU'RE A MOVIE STAR. 821 00:28:13,893 --> 00:28:14,727 YOU'RE ALSO ON THE OUTSIDE LOOKING IN FOR A WHILE 822 00:28:14,794 --> 00:28:15,862 SO GET USED TO IT. 823 00:28:15,928 --> 00:28:17,063 "USED TO IT"? I'M PAID FOR IT. 824 00:28:17,129 --> 00:28:18,765 AND WHAT YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND... 825 00:28:18,831 --> 00:28:20,166 DON'T TELL ME WHAT I DON'T UNDERSTAND! 826 00:28:20,232 --> 00:28:21,633 I'M NOT IN MY FRESHMAN YEAR ANYMORE. 827 00:28:21,700 --> 00:28:23,302 I UNDERSTAND MORE THAN YOU THINK. 828 00:28:23,369 --> 00:28:24,370 ( knocking ) 829 00:28:24,436 --> 00:28:25,471 Carol: C.J.? YEAH. 830 00:28:25,537 --> 00:28:27,740 LEO'S ON HIS WAY IN. 831 00:28:27,807 --> 00:28:28,941 THANKS. 832 00:28:29,008 --> 00:28:30,709 WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE PRESS ROOM? 833 00:28:30,777 --> 00:28:32,011 IT'S A SPECIAL EVENT. 834 00:28:37,516 --> 00:28:38,951 GOOD AFTERNOON. 835 00:28:39,018 --> 00:28:41,754 I'LL MAKE THIS AS QUICK AND DIRECT AS I CAN. 836 00:28:41,821 --> 00:28:44,190 Man: WHY ARE WE IN THE PRESS ROOM? 837 00:28:44,256 --> 00:28:45,724 THIS'LL BE PRETTY FAST, STUART. 838 00:28:45,792 --> 00:28:47,760 FASTER STILL IF I'M NOT INTERRUPTED. 839 00:28:47,827 --> 00:28:50,662 THERE'S A CHANCE A DEBATE IS ABOUT TO BEGIN 840 00:28:50,729 --> 00:28:53,565 OVER THE BEST WAY TO FIGHT THE DRUG PROBLEM IN THIS COUNTRY 841 00:28:53,632 --> 00:28:55,734 THE WHITE HOUSE, BEING AMONG THOSE WHO BELIEVE 842 00:28:55,802 --> 00:28:57,336 MORE MONEY SHOULD BE PUT INTO TREATMENT; 843 00:28:57,403 --> 00:28:59,839 THE PEOPLE YOU WORK FOR BEING AMONG THOSE WHO BELIEVE 844 00:28:59,906 --> 00:29:01,440 WE SHOULD PUT MORE MONEY INTO PRISONS. 845 00:29:01,507 --> 00:29:03,943 IS EVERYONE WITH ME SO FAR? 846 00:29:04,010 --> 00:29:07,313 LEO, WHY THE SEVEN OF US? 847 00:29:07,379 --> 00:29:11,050 DICK, IN JULY OF '96, YOUR BOSS'S SON WAS ARRESTED 848 00:29:11,117 --> 00:29:14,053 FOR CARRYING 25 GRAMS OF COCAINE. 849 00:29:14,120 --> 00:29:16,655 THAT'S A CRIME THAT USUALLY CARRIES, WHAT, TOBY? 850 00:29:16,722 --> 00:29:18,057 EIGHT TO 15 YEARS. 851 00:29:18,124 --> 00:29:19,926 AND WHAT DID THE CONGRESSMAN'S SON GET? 852 00:29:19,992 --> 00:29:22,061 SIX MONTHS HOUSE ARREST. 853 00:29:22,128 --> 00:29:24,763 LYNN, YOUR BOSS'S HUSBAND WAS CAUGHT 854 00:29:24,831 --> 00:29:26,799 STEALING VICODIN AND PERCOCET 855 00:29:26,866 --> 00:29:28,734 FROM THE HOSPITAL AT WHICH HE SERVED 856 00:29:28,801 --> 00:29:30,536 AS CHIEF OF THORACIC SURGERY. 857 00:29:30,602 --> 00:29:33,405 THE VICODIN AND PERCOCET ARE SCHEDULE-TWO DRUGS 858 00:29:33,472 --> 00:29:35,774 IN THE SAME LEGAL CATEGORY AS OPIUM. 859 00:29:35,842 --> 00:29:37,743 WHAT'S THE BLUE BOOK VALUE, TOBY? 860 00:29:37,810 --> 00:29:39,946 EACH STOLEN PILL CARRIES A PENALTY 861 00:29:40,012 --> 00:29:42,014 OF ONE YEAR IN PRISON AND A MONETARY FINE. 862 00:29:42,081 --> 00:29:43,515 AND WHAT DID WE HAVE FOR THE CONGRESSWOMAN'S HUSBAND? 863 00:29:43,582 --> 00:29:45,417 HE WENT TO A PRETRIAL DIVERSION PROGRAM. 864 00:29:45,484 --> 00:29:50,456 THERE'S NO LONGER ANY CRIMINAL RECORD. THAT'S NOT BAD. 865 00:29:50,522 --> 00:29:51,623 LEO, I... 866 00:29:51,690 --> 00:29:52,925 STUART, YOURS IS MY FAVORITE. 867 00:29:52,992 --> 00:29:55,561 YOUR BOSS HAS A DAUGHTER WHO WAS PULLED OVER 868 00:29:55,627 --> 00:29:57,596 WITH 31 GRAMS OF COKE 869 00:29:57,663 --> 00:30:00,099 AND CHARGED WITH INTENT TO DELIVER. 870 00:30:00,166 --> 00:30:02,768 MOREOVER, SHE'D JUST BEEN INDICTED BY A FEDERAL GRAND JURY 871 00:30:02,835 --> 00:30:05,737 IN GREENVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA, ALONG WITH 18 OTHER PEOPLE 872 00:30:05,804 --> 00:30:08,607 FOR CONSPIRACY TO DISTRIBUTE. 873 00:30:08,674 --> 00:30:09,641 TOBY? 874 00:30:09,708 --> 00:30:11,477 SHE PAID A FINE OF $2,800 875 00:30:11,543 --> 00:30:14,480 AND FORFEITED THE CAR IN WHICH THE DRUGS WERE FOUND. 876 00:30:14,546 --> 00:30:17,149 Leo: THE PRESIDENT WANTS A LIVELY DEBATE. 877 00:30:17,216 --> 00:30:20,019 HE WANTS TO HEAR OPPOSITION 878 00:30:20,086 --> 00:30:22,454 BUT HE'S NOT GOING TO STOMACH HYPOCRISY. 879 00:30:24,256 --> 00:30:27,226 WE START HEARINGS "SOFT ON CRIME, SOFT ON DRUGS" 880 00:30:27,293 --> 00:30:29,061 FROM ANY OF THE PEOPLE YOU WORK FOR 881 00:30:29,128 --> 00:30:32,498 WE'VE GOT SEVEN STORIES READY FOR PAGE ONE. 882 00:30:32,564 --> 00:30:34,833 YOU'RE SABER RATTLING. 883 00:30:34,901 --> 00:30:37,436 HERE COMES THE WHITE HOUSE PRESS CORPS. 884 00:30:37,503 --> 00:30:39,338 LET'S FIND OUT. 885 00:30:39,405 --> 00:30:40,739 WE'RE DONE HERE. 886 00:30:40,806 --> 00:30:44,210 WE PLAY THE FULL NINE INNINGS AT THIS LEVEL, STUART. 887 00:30:44,276 --> 00:30:46,612 TELL YOUR FRIENDS ABOUT IT. 888 00:30:46,678 --> 00:30:49,081 TAKE YOUR SEATS, PLEASE. 889 00:30:49,148 --> 00:30:50,950 C.J. WILL START THE BRIEFING. 890 00:30:51,017 --> 00:30:52,784 CAN I TELL YOU SOMETHING? 891 00:30:52,851 --> 00:30:54,320 WATCHING YOU GUYS DO THAT-- 892 00:30:54,386 --> 00:30:55,421 IT WAS A LITTLE FUN. 893 00:30:55,487 --> 00:30:56,455 IT WAS NOT FUN. 894 00:30:56,522 --> 00:30:59,625 YOU SHOULD HAVE HAD SOME PIE. 895 00:30:59,691 --> 00:31:01,560 I HAVE TO GET BACK TO WORK 896 00:31:01,627 --> 00:31:03,729 AND YOU BEING A CONGRESSWOMAN 897 00:31:03,795 --> 00:31:06,632 I'M SURE YOU NEED TO BE BACK OUT THERE 898 00:31:06,698 --> 00:31:08,700 YOU KNOW, SCREWING THE PEOPLE. 899 00:31:08,767 --> 00:31:10,869 I SHOULD TELL YOU SOMETHING. 900 00:31:10,937 --> 00:31:12,771 WHAT? 901 00:31:12,838 --> 00:31:15,107 IN THE INTEREST OF FULL DISCLOSURE. 902 00:31:15,174 --> 00:31:16,175 WHAT? 903 00:31:16,242 --> 00:31:18,077 THE OTHER NIGHT, I WAS OUT ON A DATE. 904 00:31:18,144 --> 00:31:19,578 WE HAD A COUPLE GLASSES OF WINE 905 00:31:19,645 --> 00:31:20,779 HE PULLED THE CAR UP 906 00:31:20,846 --> 00:31:22,148 BUMPED THE GUY AHEAD OF US. 907 00:31:22,214 --> 00:31:24,283 A COP WAS THERE AND WAS GOING TO GIVE HIM 908 00:31:24,350 --> 00:31:28,387 A BLOOD-ALCOHOL TEST, BUT THEN HE RECOGNIZED ME. 909 00:31:28,454 --> 00:31:29,455 THAT'S FINE. 910 00:31:29,521 --> 00:31:31,023 I'MJUST SAYING. 911 00:31:31,090 --> 00:31:32,358 YOU DIDN'T SAY, "OFFICER, I'M A MEMBER OF CONGRESS. 912 00:31:32,424 --> 00:31:34,660 ISN'T THERE ANYTHING WE CAN DO ABOUT THIS?" 913 00:31:34,726 --> 00:31:36,462 NO. 914 00:31:36,528 --> 00:31:37,964 WHO WERE YOU OUT WITH? 915 00:31:38,030 --> 00:31:39,898 A GUY NAMED VICTOR STIPE. 916 00:31:39,966 --> 00:31:41,300 EXECUTIVE ADVISOR FOR THE ORIOLES? 917 00:31:41,367 --> 00:31:42,001 YEAH. 918 00:31:42,068 --> 00:31:43,635 YOU WENT OUT ON A DATE 919 00:31:43,702 --> 00:31:48,040 WITH THE EXECUTIVE ADVISOR FOR THE BALTIMORE ORIOLES? 920 00:31:48,107 --> 00:31:50,809 TOBY, ARE YOU UPSET THAT I WENT OUT ON A DATE? 921 00:31:50,876 --> 00:31:53,145 OR ARE YOU UPSET THAT I WENT OUT ON A DATE 922 00:31:53,212 --> 00:31:56,915 WITH SOMEONE WHO PLAYS IN THE SAME DIVISION AS THE YANKEES? 923 00:31:56,983 --> 00:31:59,618 HONEST TO GOD, I'M NOT SURE. 924 00:31:59,685 --> 00:32:01,720 MANDATORY MINIMUMS, TOBY. 925 00:32:01,787 --> 00:32:02,888 WHAT ARE YOU DOING GETTING INTO CARS 926 00:32:02,955 --> 00:32:04,023 WITH GUYS THAT HAVE BEEN DRINKING? 927 00:32:04,090 --> 00:32:05,657 THAT'S WHAT TAXICABS ARE FOR. 928 00:32:05,724 --> 00:32:08,127 ALSO, I CAN STILL DO THAT. 929 00:32:08,194 --> 00:32:09,996 YOU'D COME PICK ME UP WITH A DATE? 930 00:32:10,062 --> 00:32:11,597 IF HE WASN'T AN ORIOLE, ABSOLUTELY-- 931 00:32:11,663 --> 00:32:13,032 OR A RED SOCK. 932 00:32:13,099 --> 00:32:17,069 IN FACT, JUST DATE THE NATIONAL LEAGUE, WOULD YOU? 933 00:32:17,136 --> 00:32:19,771 TOBY, I'M NOT KIDDING. 934 00:32:19,838 --> 00:32:22,308 MANDATORY MINIMUMS. 935 00:32:22,374 --> 00:32:24,643 GO AWAY. 936 00:32:24,710 --> 00:32:27,213 IT'S GOOD SEEING YOU. 937 00:32:32,584 --> 00:32:33,852 ANDY? 938 00:32:33,919 --> 00:32:35,921 YEAH? 939 00:32:35,988 --> 00:32:39,025 LET ME HAVE THE PIE. 940 00:32:45,597 --> 00:32:49,101 ( sighing ) OH... 941 00:33:08,554 --> 00:33:09,955 ( knocking ) 942 00:33:10,022 --> 00:33:11,590 MR. PRESIDENT? YEAH? 943 00:33:11,657 --> 00:33:12,391 OH, YOU'RE IN BED? 944 00:33:12,458 --> 00:33:15,661 YEAH. 945 00:33:15,727 --> 00:33:17,296 WHEN I CALLED, YOU WERE AWAKE. 946 00:33:17,363 --> 00:33:19,465 WELL, YEAH, THAT'S 'CAUSE I ANSWERED THE PHONE. 947 00:33:19,531 --> 00:33:21,633 I WAS JUST COMING BY TO TALK. IT CAN WAIT. 948 00:33:21,700 --> 00:33:23,469 WHAT'S ON YOUR MIND? 949 00:33:23,535 --> 00:33:24,303 YOU SURE? 950 00:33:24,370 --> 00:33:26,305 YEAH. I GOT TO BE UP 951 00:33:26,372 --> 00:33:28,674 IN FOUR HOURS ANYWAY. 952 00:33:34,246 --> 00:33:35,447 ( knocks ) 953 00:33:35,514 --> 00:33:36,248 HEY. HEY. 954 00:33:36,315 --> 00:33:38,317 WHAT ARE YOU DOING? 955 00:33:38,384 --> 00:33:39,218 F.E.C. 956 00:33:39,285 --> 00:33:41,019 WHERE'S THE PRESIDENT? 957 00:33:41,087 --> 00:33:42,888 HE WENT TO THE RESIDENCE ABOUT AN HOUR AGO. 958 00:33:42,954 --> 00:33:44,290 OKAY. 959 00:33:44,356 --> 00:33:46,692 SO, I COULDN'T HELP NOTICING COMING OVER HERE 960 00:33:46,758 --> 00:33:48,927 THAT THE LIGHT IN JOEY LUCAS'S OFFICE IS ON. 961 00:33:48,994 --> 00:33:49,928 SHE STILL HERE? YEAH. 962 00:33:49,995 --> 00:33:51,263 WHY YOU TELLING ME? 963 00:33:51,330 --> 00:33:52,831 SHE'S A FINE-LOOKING... 964 00:33:52,898 --> 00:33:53,832 CHARLIE. OKAY. 965 00:33:53,899 --> 00:33:55,101 HAVE A GOOD NIGHT. 966 00:33:55,167 --> 00:33:56,835 YOU GIVE HER A LITTLE SOMETHING. 967 00:33:56,902 --> 00:33:58,970 "HERE, THIS IS FOR YOU 'CAUSE IT'S YOUR FIRST DAY. 968 00:33:59,037 --> 00:34:00,139 YOU DON'T KNOW ANYBODY." 969 00:34:00,206 --> 00:34:01,307 BAM-- YOU GIVE IT TO HER 970 00:34:01,373 --> 00:34:02,641 YOU SAY SOMETHING NICE. 971 00:34:02,708 --> 00:34:03,675 SEE YOU TOMORROW. 972 00:34:03,742 --> 00:34:05,611 TAKE IT EASY. 973 00:34:06,945 --> 00:34:07,879 HEY, CHARLIE. 974 00:34:07,946 --> 00:34:09,148 HEY. 975 00:34:11,983 --> 00:34:13,219 TELL HIM WHAT YOU TOLD ME. 976 00:34:13,285 --> 00:34:14,353 SEE, I STILL DON'T UNDERSTAND... 977 00:34:14,420 --> 00:34:15,787 TELL HIM WHAT YOU TOLD ME. 978 00:34:15,854 --> 00:34:17,723 STEVE ONORATO CAME TO SEE ME THIS AFTERNOON. 979 00:34:17,789 --> 00:34:19,091 WE HAD LUNCH. 980 00:34:20,326 --> 00:34:21,593 ONORATO CAME TO YOU? 981 00:34:21,660 --> 00:34:22,394 YEAH. 982 00:34:22,461 --> 00:34:24,096 TELL HIM WHAT HE SAID. 983 00:34:24,163 --> 00:34:26,865 HE SAID THAT IF WE DROPPED F.E.C., HE COULD 984 00:34:26,932 --> 00:34:28,334 WARM THINGS UP FOR DRUGS. 985 00:34:28,400 --> 00:34:30,269 ( both snickering ) 986 00:34:30,336 --> 00:34:31,937 I DON'T UNDERSTAND. 987 00:34:32,003 --> 00:34:34,706 HE SAID THAT? 988 00:34:34,773 --> 00:34:36,442 HE EVEN POINTED OUT TO SAM 989 00:34:36,508 --> 00:34:40,045 THAT SAM WAS WORKING ON DRUGS FOR THE WHITE HOUSE. 990 00:34:40,112 --> 00:34:41,913 YOU'VE MADE THE BIG TIME, SAM. 991 00:34:41,980 --> 00:34:42,881 WHAT'S GOING ON? 992 00:34:42,948 --> 00:34:43,715 HE KNOWS ABOUT LAURIE. 993 00:34:43,782 --> 00:34:45,117 WHAT DO YOU MEAN? 994 00:34:45,184 --> 00:34:46,385 HE KNOWS YOU'RE FRIENDS WITH A CALL GIRL. 995 00:34:46,452 --> 00:34:47,819 WHAT DOES THAT HAVE TO DO WITH ANYTHING? 996 00:34:47,886 --> 00:34:49,087 HE WANTS TO MOVE YOU OUT TO THE FRONT OF THE FIELD 997 00:34:49,155 --> 00:34:50,889 SO HE CAN DROP LAURIE ON YOU. 998 00:34:50,956 --> 00:34:52,891 ARE YOU SERIOUS? 999 00:34:52,958 --> 00:34:54,193 YEAH. 1000 00:34:54,260 --> 00:34:55,194 ARE YOU SERIOUS?! 1001 00:34:55,261 --> 00:34:56,328 IT'S OKAY, SAM. 1002 00:34:56,395 --> 00:34:57,729 YOU HAVEN'T DONE ANYTHING WRONG. 1003 00:34:57,796 --> 00:34:59,165 OH, I KNOW I HAVEN'T DONE ANYTHING WRONG. 1004 00:34:59,231 --> 00:35:00,532 ARE YOU SERIOUS? 1005 00:35:00,599 --> 00:35:02,067 WE'RE SERIOUS. DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT. 1006 00:35:02,134 --> 00:35:03,101 HE... 1007 00:35:03,169 --> 00:35:04,170 ARE YOU SAYING HE...? 1008 00:35:04,236 --> 00:35:06,738 HE TRIED TO PRACTICE ON MY...? 1009 00:35:06,805 --> 00:35:08,407 CREDULOUS SIMPLICITY? 1010 00:35:08,474 --> 00:35:09,541 YEAH. 1011 00:35:09,608 --> 00:35:10,609 YEAH. 1012 00:35:10,676 --> 00:35:12,110 I WANT TO KNOW WHAT I CAN DO RIGHT NOW. 1013 00:35:12,178 --> 00:35:13,345 SAM... 1014 00:35:13,412 --> 00:35:14,513 NO! RIGHT NOW AT 11:35. 1015 00:35:14,580 --> 00:35:15,647 I WANT TO KNOW WHAT I CAN DO. 1016 00:35:15,714 --> 00:35:16,815 TAKE IT EASY. 1017 00:35:16,882 --> 00:35:17,816 I WON'T TAKE IT EASY! 1018 00:35:17,883 --> 00:35:19,017 GIVE ME THE PHONE. 1019 00:35:19,084 --> 00:35:20,118 I'M GOING TO CALL A SENATOR 1020 00:35:20,186 --> 00:35:21,453 AND I'M GOING TO TELL HIM 1021 00:35:21,520 --> 00:35:23,289 HE CAN SHOVE HIS LEGISLATIVE AGENDA UP HIS ASS! 1022 00:35:23,355 --> 00:35:24,190 I'VE ALREADY DONE THAT. 1023 00:35:24,256 --> 00:35:25,224 I'LL DO IT AGAIN. 1024 00:35:25,291 --> 00:35:26,892 YOU KNOW WHAT THIS IS LIKE? 1025 00:35:26,958 --> 00:35:29,261 THIS IS LIKE THE GODFATHER WHEN PACINO TELLS JAMES CAAN 1026 00:35:29,328 --> 00:35:30,829 THAT HE'S GOING TO KILL THE COP. 1027 00:35:30,896 --> 00:35:32,097 IT'S A LOT LIKE THAT SCENE 1028 00:35:32,164 --> 00:35:34,200 ONLY NOT REALLY. 1029 00:35:34,266 --> 00:35:36,001 DID LEO GO HOME? 1030 00:35:36,067 --> 00:35:37,969 HE'S STILL AROUND HERE SOMEWHERE. 1031 00:35:38,036 --> 00:35:39,070 HE'S IN THE RESIDENCE. 1032 00:35:39,137 --> 00:35:40,839 IT IS LIKE THAT SCENE. 1033 00:35:40,906 --> 00:35:41,973 I'M JAMES CAAN 1034 00:35:42,040 --> 00:35:42,974 YOU'RE AL PACINO. 1035 00:35:43,041 --> 00:35:44,243 LET'S GO. 1036 00:35:44,310 --> 00:35:45,877 TOBY, YOU'RE THE GUY WHO SHOWS PACINO HOW 1037 00:35:45,944 --> 00:35:46,878 TO MAKE TOMATO SAUCE. 1038 00:35:46,945 --> 00:35:47,879 LET'S GO. 1039 00:35:47,946 --> 00:35:49,315 I'M RIGHT BEHIND. 1040 00:35:49,381 --> 00:35:52,384 I'M GOING TO PICK UP THE LATE WIRES. 1041 00:36:06,632 --> 00:36:07,633 HELLO. 1042 00:36:07,699 --> 00:36:08,767 HI. 1043 00:36:08,834 --> 00:36:09,768 HEY, KENNY. 1044 00:36:09,835 --> 00:36:11,169 HEY, JOSH. 1045 00:36:11,237 --> 00:36:12,671 SAW A LIGHT WAS ON. YOU GUYS ARE HERE LATE. 1046 00:36:14,773 --> 00:36:16,642 I WANTED TO GIVE YOU A FIRST-LOOK ANALYSIS 1047 00:36:16,708 --> 00:36:18,977 IN THE MORNING. 1048 00:36:19,044 --> 00:36:20,612 THERE'S REALLY SOME DECENT MODELS 1049 00:36:20,679 --> 00:36:22,113 IN MARIN COUNTY AND THE BAY AREA 1050 00:36:22,180 --> 00:36:25,984 BUT SAN JOSE IS A MESS AND SO IS ORANGE COUNTY 1051 00:36:26,051 --> 00:36:28,153 LONG BEACH, ANAHEIM, AND SAN DIEGO. 1052 00:36:28,220 --> 00:36:31,189 I BROUGHT YOU A COFFEE MUG. 1053 00:36:31,923 --> 00:36:33,492 WHY? 1054 00:36:33,559 --> 00:36:36,462 JUST AS A THING-- 'CAUSE YOU DON'T KNOW ANYBODY. 1055 00:36:36,528 --> 00:36:38,964 IT'S GOT A PICTURE OF THE WHITE HOUSE. 1056 00:36:39,030 --> 00:36:42,501 IT SAYS, "THE WHITE HOUSE." 1057 00:36:42,568 --> 00:36:46,238 SEAL OF THE PRESIDENT. 1058 00:36:46,305 --> 00:36:48,507 IT'S A WHITE HOUSE COFFEE MUG. 1059 00:36:50,175 --> 00:36:52,844 THANK YOU. 1060 00:36:52,911 --> 00:36:55,213 KENNY, CAN YOU GIVE US A SECOND? 1061 00:36:55,281 --> 00:36:56,582 OH, SURE. 1062 00:36:56,648 --> 00:36:58,717 I'M GOING TO STEP OUTSIDE. 1063 00:37:02,588 --> 00:37:05,491 I WORE THIS SUIT SPECIAL TODAY. 1064 00:37:07,626 --> 00:37:09,761 THIS ISN'T MY REGULAR TUESDAY SUIT. 1065 00:37:13,465 --> 00:37:15,967 YOU HAVE A REGULAR TUESDAY SUIT? 1066 00:37:16,034 --> 00:37:17,969 NO. 1067 00:37:20,672 --> 00:37:22,308 FOR ME? 1068 00:37:24,075 --> 00:37:26,244 YES. 1069 00:37:30,582 --> 00:37:32,751 SO... 1070 00:37:32,818 --> 00:37:35,287 OKAY, I GOT TO GO. 1071 00:37:40,292 --> 00:37:43,662 SO... 1072 00:37:43,729 --> 00:37:44,696 I DON'T WANT 1073 00:37:44,763 --> 00:37:47,265 TO BELABOR THE POINT, THOUGH. 1074 00:37:47,333 --> 00:37:50,402 I DO THINK THAT THIS IS UNDERSTANDABLE. 1075 00:37:50,469 --> 00:37:53,004 I FEEL A LITTLE SELF-CONSCIOUS 1076 00:37:53,071 --> 00:37:54,640 COMING DOWN THE MOUNTAIN ON DRUGS 1077 00:37:54,706 --> 00:37:57,976 TWO MONTHS AFTER I ANNOUNCED I WAS A RECOVERING DRUG ADDICT. 1078 00:37:58,043 --> 00:38:02,314 WHAT DO YOU THINK? 1079 00:38:02,381 --> 00:38:03,815 ABOUT WHAT? 1080 00:38:03,882 --> 00:38:05,150 WHAT I JUST SAID. 1081 00:38:05,216 --> 00:38:08,354 WELL, I WASN'T LISTENING TO A LOT OF IT. 1082 00:38:08,420 --> 00:38:09,555 SIR... 1083 00:38:09,621 --> 00:38:10,489 LEO... 1084 00:38:10,556 --> 00:38:12,257 IF THERE'S ANYONE QUALIFIED 1085 00:38:12,324 --> 00:38:14,460 TO TALK ABOUT THE BENEFITS OF TREATMENT 1086 00:38:14,526 --> 00:38:16,495 VERSUS CRIMINAL ACTION, IT'S YOU. 1087 00:38:16,562 --> 00:38:19,465 IS THERE ANYONE WHOSE LIFE WOULD BE BETTER RIGHT NOW 1088 00:38:19,531 --> 00:38:20,432 IF YOU'D GONE TO JAIL 1089 00:38:20,499 --> 00:38:22,634 INSTEAD OF REHAB? 1090 00:38:22,701 --> 00:38:24,102 NO. 1091 00:38:24,169 --> 00:38:25,103 THANK YOU. 1092 00:38:25,170 --> 00:38:27,439 IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE? 1093 00:38:27,506 --> 00:38:29,307 APPARENTLY THERE IS. 1094 00:38:29,375 --> 00:38:30,442 MR. PRESIDENT. YEAH? 1095 00:38:30,509 --> 00:38:31,943 I'M SORRY. I HEARD LEO WAS HERE. 1096 00:38:32,010 --> 00:38:32,711 I ASSUMED YOU WERE AWAKE. 1097 00:38:32,778 --> 00:38:34,446 I AM. 1098 00:38:34,513 --> 00:38:35,947 I HADN'T SEEN YOU ALL DAY. 1099 00:38:36,014 --> 00:38:38,116 I JUST WANTED TO APOLOGIZE FOR THE GAFFE 1100 00:38:38,183 --> 00:38:39,518 AT THE BRIEFING LAST NIGHT. 1101 00:38:39,585 --> 00:38:41,353 YOU FIXED IT THIS AFTERNOON, RIGHT? 1102 00:38:41,420 --> 00:38:42,220 YEAH. 1103 00:38:42,287 --> 00:38:43,188 THEN LET'S MOVE ON. 1104 00:38:43,254 --> 00:38:44,623 I DO APOLOGIZE, SIR. 1105 00:38:44,690 --> 00:38:47,393 NO NEED TO APOLOGIZE, BUT I ACCEPT YOUR APOLOGY 1106 00:38:47,459 --> 00:38:49,395 AND NOW I'M READY, IF NOT EAGER TO MOVE ON. 1107 00:38:49,461 --> 00:38:50,462 MR. PRESIDENT? 1108 00:38:50,529 --> 00:38:51,597 HOW YOU DOING? 1109 00:38:51,663 --> 00:38:53,031 YOU WERE SLEEPING? 1110 00:38:53,098 --> 00:38:54,566 NOT FOR A LITTLE WHILE NOW. 1111 00:38:54,633 --> 00:38:56,835 THIS IS GREAT, MR. PRESIDENT, BECAUSE USUALLY YOU HAVE 1112 00:38:56,902 --> 00:38:59,304 A HARD TIME GETTING TO SLEEP BEFORE 1:00 OR 2:00. 1113 00:38:59,371 --> 00:39:00,672 NOT TONIGHT. 1114 00:39:00,739 --> 00:39:01,640 THAT'S GOT TO FEEL GOOD, SIR. 1115 00:39:01,707 --> 00:39:03,041 GUYS, LET ME TELL YOU 1116 00:39:03,108 --> 00:39:04,976 WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE HAPPEN RIGHT NOW. 1117 00:39:05,043 --> 00:39:06,778 GOOD EVENING, MR. PRESIDENT. 1118 00:39:06,845 --> 00:39:09,481 JOSH WALKING IN THE DOOR WASN'T EVEN CLOSE. 1119 00:39:09,548 --> 00:39:10,849 HOW YOU DOING TONIGHT? 1120 00:39:10,916 --> 00:39:12,451 I'M FINE, THANKS, JOSH. HOW YOU DOING? 1121 00:39:12,518 --> 00:39:16,655 GOOD. I GAVE JOEY LUCAS A COFFEE MUG. 1122 00:39:16,722 --> 00:39:18,156 SHE DOESN'T KNOW ANYBODY HERE 1123 00:39:18,223 --> 00:39:19,425 AND SHE'S ALREADY WORKING HARD 1124 00:39:19,491 --> 00:39:21,126 SHE'S VERY COMMITTED. 1125 00:39:21,192 --> 00:39:24,362 I THINK I DID THE RIGHT THING. 1126 00:39:24,430 --> 00:39:28,400 SEE, THE PART I DON'T UNDERSTAND IS I GOT, LIKE, 24 ARMED GUARDS 1127 00:39:28,467 --> 00:39:30,201 RIGHT OUTSIDE MY BEDROOM DOOR. 1128 00:39:30,268 --> 00:39:32,370 MR. PRESIDENT, AFTER A DAY OF MEETINGS 1129 00:39:32,438 --> 00:39:34,305 ARE YOU ANY CLOSER TO A DECISION ON DRUGS? 1130 00:39:34,372 --> 00:39:36,808 I'M A DAY CLOSER. 1131 00:39:36,875 --> 00:39:38,844 THERE'LL BE MORE MEETINGS TOMORROW. 1132 00:39:38,910 --> 00:39:41,012 IN THE MEANTIME, EVERYBODY CALM DOWN. 1133 00:39:41,079 --> 00:39:44,115 LEO'S GOT YOUR ENGINES FIRED LIKE YOU'RE RUNNING DAYTONA. 1134 00:39:44,182 --> 00:39:45,250 THAT'S FINE. 1135 00:39:45,316 --> 00:39:46,552 KEEP THEM THERE. 1136 00:39:46,618 --> 00:39:47,819 GUESS WHAT? 1137 00:39:47,886 --> 00:39:49,821 MISTAKES ARE GOING TO BE MADE. 1138 00:39:49,888 --> 00:39:52,190 MINIMIZE THEM. FIX THEM, MOVE ON. 1139 00:39:52,257 --> 00:39:54,192 KIEFER'S NUMBERS GOT YOU SCARED. 1140 00:39:54,259 --> 00:39:56,462 LISTEN TO ME. 1141 00:39:56,528 --> 00:39:59,798 I HAVE NEVER LOST AN ELECTION IN MY LIFE. 1142 00:39:59,865 --> 00:40:03,602 WE DO THIS RIGHT, PEOPLE ARE GOING TO RESPOND. 1143 00:40:03,669 --> 00:40:05,236 YOU ALL HAD A GOOD DAY. 1144 00:40:05,303 --> 00:40:06,572 Josh: WE SHOULD GO. 1145 00:40:06,638 --> 00:40:07,606 LEAVE YOU NOW. 1146 00:40:07,673 --> 00:40:09,140 YOU GUYS SHOULD FEEL FREE 1147 00:40:09,207 --> 00:40:10,642 TO DO THIS WHEN MY WIFE IS HERE. 1148 00:40:10,709 --> 00:40:11,843 ( all chuckle ) 1149 00:40:11,910 --> 00:40:13,645 Sam: SIR, SOMETHING HAS COME UP 1150 00:40:13,712 --> 00:40:15,581 AND FRANKLY, IT'S GOT ME AS HOT AS A PISTOL. 1151 00:40:15,647 --> 00:40:18,183 APPARENTLY... SAM? 1152 00:40:18,249 --> 00:40:22,287 WE CAN TALK ABOUT THIS TOMORROW. 1153 00:40:22,353 --> 00:40:23,522 EVERYBODY... 1154 00:40:23,589 --> 00:40:25,190 MANDY WAS DOING HER JOB. 1155 00:40:25,256 --> 00:40:27,358 IT'S TIME TO LET HER OUT OF THE DOGHOUSE. 1156 00:40:27,425 --> 00:40:28,727 THAT'S ME. SHE WAS DOING HER JOB. 1157 00:40:28,794 --> 00:40:30,128 C.J.? 1158 00:40:30,195 --> 00:40:31,229 YES, SIR. 1159 00:40:31,296 --> 00:40:32,831 SO WAS DANNY. 1160 00:40:32,898 --> 00:40:33,965 YES, SIR. 1161 00:40:34,032 --> 00:40:35,366 GOOD NIGHT. 1162 00:40:35,433 --> 00:40:37,536 GOOD NIGHT, MR. PRESIDENT. 1163 00:40:37,603 --> 00:40:38,537 MR. PRESIDENT? 1164 00:40:38,604 --> 00:40:40,672 WE WERE ALMOST DONE. 1165 00:40:40,739 --> 00:40:45,844 I... MET WITH CONGRESSWOMAN WYATT TODAY. 1166 00:40:45,911 --> 00:40:47,312 WHEN YOU WERE MARRIED TO HER 1167 00:40:47,378 --> 00:40:49,347 DID YOU CALL HER CONGRESSWOMAN WYATT? 1168 00:40:49,414 --> 00:40:52,383 NO, SIR. 1169 00:40:52,450 --> 00:40:55,353 SOMETIMES I CALL MY WIFE "DR. BARTLETT." 1170 00:40:55,420 --> 00:41:00,726 NO, I CALL HER "ANDY" OR "ANDREA." 1171 00:41:00,792 --> 00:41:01,527 OKAY. 1172 00:41:01,593 --> 00:41:02,661 MANDATORY MINIMUMS. 1173 00:41:02,728 --> 00:41:03,929 YOU'RE WHUPPED, MY FRIEND. 1174 00:41:03,995 --> 00:41:05,163 SIR? 1175 00:41:05,230 --> 00:41:07,132 NO, SHE'S BEEN TALKING TO YOU FOR A YEAR 1176 00:41:07,198 --> 00:41:08,233 ABOUT MANDATORY MINIMUMS. 1177 00:41:08,299 --> 00:41:09,668 YOU'VE BEEN SAYING NO 1178 00:41:09,735 --> 00:41:11,537 BUT IT LOOKS LIKE WE KNOW WHO WEARS THE PANTS 1179 00:41:11,603 --> 00:41:12,971 IN THE ZIEGLER FAMILY. 1180 00:41:13,038 --> 00:41:15,040 YOU CALL YOUR WIFE "DR. BARTLET." 1181 00:41:15,106 --> 00:41:17,242 JUST FOR THE TURN-ON. 1182 00:41:17,308 --> 00:41:20,211 ( snickering ) 1183 00:41:20,278 --> 00:41:21,312 UH, THE THING IS SHE'S RIGHT. 1184 00:41:21,379 --> 00:41:22,681 ANDY? 1185 00:41:22,748 --> 00:41:24,816 MANDATORY MINIMUMS ARE CONSIDERABLY HIGHER 1186 00:41:24,883 --> 00:41:26,251 FOR CRACK THAN FOR POWDERED COCAINE. 1187 00:41:26,317 --> 00:41:27,653 YES. 1188 00:41:27,719 --> 00:41:30,155 THE VAST MAJORITY OF CRACK USERS ARE BLACK. 1189 00:41:30,221 --> 00:41:32,658 THE VAST MAJORITY OF DRUG USERS ARE WHITE. 1190 00:41:32,724 --> 00:41:35,460 THE MANDATORY MINIMUMS ARE RACIST. 1191 00:41:35,527 --> 00:41:36,695 YES, THEY ARE. 1192 00:41:36,762 --> 00:41:38,129 SHOULD BE PART OF THE DISCUSSION. 1193 00:41:38,196 --> 00:41:40,532 AND IT WILL BE. 1194 00:41:42,033 --> 00:41:43,935 GOOD. 1195 00:41:44,002 --> 00:41:45,871 GOOD NIGHT. 1196 00:41:45,937 --> 00:41:47,973 GOOD NIGHT. GOOD NIGHT. 1197 00:41:53,144 --> 00:41:55,647 I'M SLEEPING BETTER. 1198 00:41:55,714 --> 00:42:00,819 AND WHEN I SLEEP I DREAM ABOUT A GREAT DISCUSSION 1199 00:42:00,886 --> 00:42:06,758 WITH EXPERTS AND IDEAS AND DICTION AND ENERGY AND HONESTY 1200 00:42:06,825 --> 00:42:09,728 AND WHEN I WAKE UP I THINK... 1201 00:42:09,795 --> 00:42:11,730 "I CAN SELL THAT." 1202 00:42:14,900 --> 00:42:16,267 GOOD NIGHT, MR. PRESIDENT. 1203 00:42:16,334 --> 00:42:17,535 GOOD NIGHT. 1204 00:42:43,261 --> 00:42:45,163 ( sighs )