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Liberty's moving.
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The 10:15 event's been moved inside
to the Indian Treaty room.
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10:15 is American Fisheries?
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Yes, sir.
They're giving you a 200 pound halibut.
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Janie, make a note.
We need to schedule more events
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where somebody gives me a really big fish.
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- Yes, sir.
- Janie, I'm kidding.
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Of course, sir.
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- Hey, Cooper.
- Morning, Mr. President.
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Mr. Rothschild asked to have
a moment with you this morning, sir.
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Is he upset about the speech last night?
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He seemed concerned.
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Well, it wouldn't be a Monday morning
unless Lewis was concerned
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about something I did Sunday night.
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- You skipped a whole paragraph!
- And Monday morning it is.
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"Americans can no longer afford
to pretend they live in a great society..."
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And then, nothing, you dumped
the whole handguns paragraph.
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This is a time for prudence, Lewis.
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But, sir, that was he kick-ass section.
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Well, I thought what with being
President and all...
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I'm sorry, sir, I didn't mean to imply.
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I thought you'd be turning
cartwheels this morning, Lewis.
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- 63 % job approval.
- That is good news, sir.
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Morning, Mr. President.
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- Charlie.
- Morning, Charlie.
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Sir, the press is gonna need an explanation.
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For what?
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Well, because you dumped
the whole kick-ass section.
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Now we've just got this thing
hanging out there.
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There's this thing hanging out there?
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"Americans can no longer afford
to pretend they live in a great society..."
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And then nothing.
I mean, no explanation, no context.
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- It's just this thing.
- And it's... It's hanging out there?
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- Yes, sir.
- Maria.
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- Good morning, sir.
- Good morning.
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Tell ya I'm gonna need the consumers...
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Overall consumer spending
and not just first homes?
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- We'll have it for you in 15 minutes.
- Thanks.
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Mr. President, I really feel...
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Lewis, however much coffee you drink
in the morning, I want you to reduce it by half.
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I don't drink coffee, sir.
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Then hit yourself over the head
with a baseball bat, would you please?
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- Yes, sir.
- Happy birthday, Laura.
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- Laura, happy birthday.
- Thank you, sir.
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I should send her some flowers.
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- You already did, sir.
- Oh, good.
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- Good morning, Mr. President.
- How are you today, Mrs. Chapil?
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Fine, thank you, sir.
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Mr. Kodak left a detailed breakdown
of the approval poll for you.
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He seemed to indicate
that it was very good news.
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63 % of it, at any rate.
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Lucy called just a moment ago.
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You forgot to sign her permission slip
for her class.
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Ah, the museum trip.
I'll go get it, sir.
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- What time is she getting home today?
- 3:20.
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- How's my afternoon look?
- Very crowded.
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- Schedule some time at 3:45.
- Buenos días, Señor Presidente.
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Too-tall McCall!
So how was Mexico?
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I didn't truly appreciate it until I came back
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and discovered that America
isn't a great society.
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He dumped a whole section.
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Now there's this thing hanging out there.
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Not a great society, sir?
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What, with you out of the country, it wasn't.
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Now that you're back, Robin,
we're great again.
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Well, there's a press room
full of people saying,
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- "What did he mean by that?"
- See?
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- AJ, did you get one of these?
- Is that the letter from Solomon at the GDC?
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Well, it appears to be a letter
from the entire environmental community.
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- These people are out of control.
- Well, they're frustrated, Mr. President.
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Are they blaming the President
for global warming?
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Well, they don't think he caused it,
if that's what you mean.
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Sir, I'm on the phone
with these people twice a week.
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I honestly don't know
what they want at this point.
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What they want is a 20 % reduction
in fossil fuel emissions.
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- It won't pass at 20 %.
- Well, we haven't really tried.
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Lewis, McSorley, McClusky and Shane
hold too many markers.
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If we try to push this through and lose,
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there will be a very loud thud
when we hit the ground,
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and that's not what you want
in an election year.
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Talk to the GDC again, AJ,
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tell them the President resents the implication
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he's turned his back on the environment.
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Tell them, I'll send 455 to the floor,
but I'm gonna ask for a 10 % reduction.
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If they want to pull their support, fine.
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With a 63 % job approval rating,
I don't need their help to get a bill passed.
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- Good deal.
- All right. Let's get going. Where's Leon?
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John, will you call Mr. Kodak
and tell him the President's waiting.
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I'm sorry. My fault.
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Never mind, John.
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Excuse me.
Good morning, Mr. President.
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- Are you all right?
- They keep moving that big ficus plant.
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We're all here, Mr. President.
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Okay. First of all,
I wanted to say congratulations.
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Three years ago,
we were elected the White House
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by one of the narrowest margins in history,
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and today, Kodak here tells us
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63 % of registered voters
think we're doing a good job.
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Wait a second.
You wanted me to poll registered voters?
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But the poll also tells us
what we already know.
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If we don't get our crime bill
through Congress,
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those numbers are gonna be a memory.
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So starting today, we're shifting it into gear.
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Can I tell my morning press gaggle
that gun control...
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Crime control, Robin.
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Gun control means we're wimps,
and we're soft on crime.
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- Well, hang on. Are we not...
- Lewis, please.
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Are we not putting back
the handgun restrictions?
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No, we're leaving them out.
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Mr. President, we campaigned on this issue.
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I understand, we took them out
when we were in the, what, '40s,
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but we could push it through now.
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After the elections, Lewis.
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We may never have
an opportunity like this again.
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Sir, let's take this 63 % out for a spin.
Let's see what it could do.
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We can't take it out for a spin.
We need it to get reelected.
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For reasons passing understanding, people
do not relate guns to gun-related crime.
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Robin, you can brief the press this afternoon.
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As of today, the crime bill is Priority 1
on the President's domestic agenda.
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- Got it.
- Leon, you're gonna run the war room.
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We're gonna need detailed projections for all
the target districts by the end of the week.
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Oh, and, Leon, don't be the nice, sweet guy
from Brooklyn on this one.
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- Do what the NRA does.
- What, scare the shit out of them?
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- Exactly.
- I can do that.
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Lewis, we want you to be
legislative liaison on this.
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You're gonna run the show on the Hill.
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Can I just say,
to return to the subject for one moment
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that it might be easier to fight a war on drugs
if we weren't arming drug dealers?
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We gotta fight the fights we can win, Lewis.
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Yes, sir.
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Now we want to announce the crime bill
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at the State of the Union,
which is 72 days from today.
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The last nose count put us 18 votes short.
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Eighteen votes in 72 days.
Thank you, everyone.
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- Okay Janie, what's next?
- Security briefing, sir.
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Good morning.
Global Defense Council.
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You wanted to see me?
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I just got off the phone with AJ MacInerney.
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Did the President read the letter?
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The President's pissed as hell, Susan.
That letter was a stupid move.
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It was aggressive,
and I think we should stand by every word...
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This isn't the guy who needed our help
four years ago, Susan.
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He's incredibly popular.
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He's gonna win re-election in a walk,
and he could give a shit what we stand by!
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If the President passes the most important
piece of environmental legislation in history,
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and does it despite
our negative endorsement,
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our political weight in the future will rank
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somewhere below
the Save the Spotted Owl Society.
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I'm bringin' in some help.
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We don't need
another environmental expert
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to confirm what every
other environmental expert...
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Not an environmental expert.
A professional political strategist.
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We're playing hardball with
Andrew Shepherd, and we need a heavy bat.
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- Who?
- Sydney Ellen Wade.
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Christ, Leo!
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That woman doesn't know the first thing
about the environmental lobby!
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She's a closer, Susan.
She gets the job done.
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- What if I lose this?
- Then move this up here.
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David Sasser from The Times called,
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want to know what the White House
felt was a great society.
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What did you tell him?
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I told him that
I couldn't speak for the President
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but for my money, Bermuda.
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Perfect.
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Mr. President, your cousin Judith
has come down with the flu
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and won't be able to
join you Thursday night.
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I'm sorry to hear that.
Remind me to give her a call later today.
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- Yes, sir.
- You gonna go stag?
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- Is that a problem?
- No, we've never gone wrong
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parading you around as the lonely widower.
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I can't believe I said that.
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Mr. President, that was an incredibly
thoughtless remark.
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I would never dream of insulting you
or the memory of your wife.
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That's okay. Forget it.
What time is it?
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It's 3:30, sir.
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I'm gonna go up and say hi to Lucy.
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Uh, you have the attorney general at 4:00
and the trade rep at 4:30.
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Somewhere in there you promised NPR
five minutes.
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Mr. President?
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Robin, don't worry about it.
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Well, don't stop. It sounds great.
What is it?
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Scales.
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Well, you're playing with gusto.
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- Are my lips swollen?
- Are they supposed to be?
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- Yeah.
- Well, you're doin' just fine.
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- What ya got behind your back?
- I have a little surprise for you.
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- Is it a dirt bike?
- No.
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Hmm.
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Is it a really old
seventh grade textbook of yours
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that you're gonna make me read
cover to cover
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and discuss at dinner
and drive me crazy with?
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Well, I'm not comfortable
with the "really old" part,
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- but everything else you said was true.
- Mmm...
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"Understanding the Constitution."
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I hear your Social Studies teacher said
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your class is going to begin
studying the Constitution this week.
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Wait a minute, you talked to Mr. Linder?
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Yes. It's called a parent-teacher conference.
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Mr. Linder and I were the key players
in the discussion.
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So why don't you like Social Studies, Luce?
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- I like it fine, Dad.
- Oh, come on.
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All your other teachers say you're happy,
you're enthusiastic.
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You always raise your hand.
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Mr. Linder says you never participate
unless he calls on you,
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and even then it's a one-word answer.
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I don't know, Dad.
I guess I'm just not...
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I don't know.
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Luce, take a look at this book.
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This is exciting stuff.
It's about who we are and what we want.
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Read what it says on the first page.
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"Property of Gilmore Junior High."
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The next page, Luce.
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"We the people of the United States,
in order to form a more perfect union..."
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Now you see what I mean? It grabs
you right off the bat. This is a page-turner.
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- I can't wait.
- Well, good.
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Because it's possible this subject
may come up at dinner tonight.
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Do you see it as part of your job
to torture me?
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No, just one of the perks.
See you tonight, honey.
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Yeah.
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The C-STAD hardware's
been in place for a month.
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We have 22 instructors
from the Army Air Defense School
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waiting to go down and train the Israelis.
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- How soon can you deploy them?
- We can airlift them in the morning.
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They'll have C-STAD operational in 20 days.
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Any security concerns?
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If anybody wanted to hit it,
they'd have hit it by now.
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Okay, let's move on it.
Thank you, gentlemen.
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- Thank you, Mr. President.
- Good night, John.
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- Thank you.
- Good night, sir.
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- Good seeing you.
- You too.
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- Good night.
- Good night.
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Have a good evening, Mrs. Chapil.
Janie, I'll see you tomorrow morning.
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- You will, Mr. President.
- Good night, Janie. Good night, Mrs. Chapil.
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- Mr. President, sir.
- Thank you. Phew!
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Leo Solomon brought in
a hired gun at the GDC.
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Well, it's about time.
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She's a lawyer from Virginia.
Her name is Sydney Ellen Wade.
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I know her pretty well. She's had a lot
of success getting congressmen elected.
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Maybe we should try to steal her.
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10 %, AJ Don't let them leave the room
until they're clear about that.
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Yes, sir.
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You know, if you've got a free second,
maybe you could stop in and say hello.
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- It might smooth the way.
- Why don't you mention it to Janie tomorrow?
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- Good deal.
- And let's clear this off the table
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and get focused on the crime bill.
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I don't want to just win this one.
I want to win it by a couple of touchdowns.
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We will, Mr. President.
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- AJ?
- Sir.
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Robin said something to me today,
and I know she wouldn't have said it if...
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I mean, she wasn't saying it to me, I realize.
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Forget it. I'll see you in the morning.
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- Good night, Mr. President.
- AJ?
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- Yes, sir?
- When we're out of the office,
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and alone, you can call me Andy.
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I beg your pardon?
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You were the best man at my wedding,
for crying out loud.
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- Call me Andy.
- Whatever you say, Mr. President.
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- Good night, sir.
- Good night, AJ
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- Hi, I'm Sydney Ellen Wade.
- He just needs your driver's license.
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- I'm from Virginia.
- He doesn't care.
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I'm here for a meeting with Mr. MacInerney.
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He doesn't need to know that.
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Forgive me. This is my first time
at the White House.
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I'm trying to savor the "Capra-esque" quality.
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He doesn't know what
"Capra-esque" means.
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Yeah, I do. Frank Capra,
great American director.
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It's a Wonderful Life,
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington.
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Sydney Ellen Wade of Virginia,
knock 'em dead.
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Thanks.
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...start subsidizing private schools is the day
that we give up on public education.
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I know the proposal only scratches
the surface, but it's the least we can do.
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We'll let Harold take a look at this.
We'll revisit it early next week.
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Jerry, say hello to Linda for me,
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and if I don't see you before Thanksgiving,
have a good holiday.
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Thank you, Mr. President. Thank you.
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So how are we doing?
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You're running four minutes
ahead of schedule.
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- Ahead?
- Yes, sir.
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Gee, that's unprecedented.
I don't know what to do with myself.
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- Mr. MacInerney asked me to remind you...
- Oh, right, the GDC meeting. Yeah.
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Rest assured, your concerns
are not falling on deaf ears.
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The environmental lobby
has known no greater ally
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in the White House than President Shepherd.
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Hardly an impressive distinction, AJ
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Sydney, we should leave Mr. MacInerney
alone now. He's already given us more time...
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Susan, Mr. MacInerney doesn't
want us to leave him alone
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because Mr. MacInerney has not yet done
what he needs to do today.
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Sir, uh, Ms. Wade's been thrown
into the deep end of the pool on her first day.
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She hasn't even had a chance to read
the report of the Quebec Conference.
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You're right. I haven't read it.
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If someone were to ask me yesterday,
I'd have told them that the Quebec Conference
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was made up of six
professional hockey teams.
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But what I do know is that it's time
for the President to run for President again.
294
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Leon Kodak is as good as it gets
when it comes to electoral strategy
295
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and I'm sure he's told the President
exactly what I'd tell him.
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You gotta nail down Michigan and California
297
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where they make cars and airplanes
and they burn plenty of fossil fuels,
298
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but if I'd read these 800 pages,
I would have discovered
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that it's burning of fossil fuels, which is
mostly responsible for global warming,
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and that the 20 % reduction recommended
by the GDC is a necessary first step
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toward arresting the catastrophic
greenhouse effect
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which has gone unchecked
by this administration.
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- It's really time for us...
- Susan, I promise you
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the White House Chief of Staff will not let us
leave here until he's broken the bad news.
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I'm afraid Sydney's right,
although not about Michigan and California.
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The President has asked me to convey to you
that he's sending his energy bill to the floor
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with a call for a 10 % reduction.
308
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Now the President is willing to go it alone
on this, but he's asking for,
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and frankly, he's expecting
the full support of the GDC
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- The President's expecting our full support?
- Yes, he is.
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- The President's dreaming, AJ
- Sydney!
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The President has critically misjudged reality.
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If he honestly thinks that the environmental
community is going to whistle a happy tune
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while rallying support around this pitifully
lame mockery of environmental leadership
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just because he's a nice guy and
he's done better than his predecessors,
316
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then your boss is the Chief Executive
of Fantasyland.
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Let's take him out back
and beat the shit out of him.
318
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Good morning, Mr. President.
How are you today?
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Couldn't be better.
My apologies for the interruption.
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AJ suggested I come by and say hello.
321
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You wouldn't be Sydney Ellen Wade
by any chance, would you?
322
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Mr. President, I'm... Um...
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I don't know what to say.
I am speechless.
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All evidence to the contrary.
325
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Mr. President, we haven't met.
I'm Susan Sloan.
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I used to work with Congressman Myers.
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And I hope that this incident in no way
jeopardizes the good relationship...
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- Sydney.
- Yes, sir?
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Do you have a second?
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Uh, of course.
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I thought maybe we might talk in private
someplace less intimidating.
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- Janie?
- Yes, sir?
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This is Janie Basdin, my personal aide.
334
00:18:18,888 --> 00:18:21,850
Janie, would you show Ms. Wade
to the rec room, please?
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This way.
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I'll be with you in a second.
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- Sorry to keep you waiting.
- Mr. President, I...
338
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Is it all right if I call you "Sydney"?
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00:18:50,920 --> 00:18:53,923
- Of course. Mr. President...
- Have you ever been in the Oval Office?
340
00:18:54,007 --> 00:18:56,885
Uh, I've just been on the regular tour.
It didn't include...
341
00:18:57,260 --> 00:18:58,887
I hear it's pretty good.
342
00:18:58,928 --> 00:19:01,931
Mr. President, what you saw in there
was nothing more than vanity run amuck.
343
00:19:02,015 --> 00:19:04,934
I was showing off for a colleague
who doesn't think very much of me.
344
00:19:04,976 --> 00:19:09,773
It would be a real injustice for you to hold
the GDC accountable for my behavior today.
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On top of which, I am monumentally sorry
for having insulted you like that.
346
00:19:16,321 --> 00:19:18,490
Are you under the impression
that I'm mad at you?
347
00:19:18,865 --> 00:19:19,949
Well, I...
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00:19:19,949 --> 00:19:22,952
Sydney, seldom does a day go by
when I'm not burned in effigy.
349
00:19:22,952 --> 00:19:26,956
Not by a professional political operative
standing 30 feet from the Oval Office!
350
00:19:27,207 --> 00:19:28,958
- I'll grant you that.
- Mr. President...
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00:19:28,958 --> 00:19:32,629
Did you know the city planners when
they sat down to design Washington D.C.,
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their intention was to build a city that would
intimidate humble foreign heads of state?
353
00:19:37,550 --> 00:19:39,928
- It's true.
- I didn't know that.
354
00:19:40,053 --> 00:19:44,557
The White House is the single greatest
home-court advantage in the modern world.
355
00:19:44,641 --> 00:19:46,559
I learned that one the hard way.
356
00:19:47,227 --> 00:19:49,145
Sydney, this bill is important to me.
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00:19:49,354 --> 00:19:52,190
Yes, sir.
I'll convey your message.
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- But you don't believe me.
- The GDC is asking for 20 %, sir.
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00:19:56,778 --> 00:19:59,614
It's not gonna pass at 20 %.
It's a long shot at 10.
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00:19:59,698 --> 00:20:02,826
How do you know that until you put
the full weight of the White House behind it?
361
00:20:02,909 --> 00:20:06,287
Sydney, at 20 %,
we're 34 votes shy in the House.
362
00:20:06,371 --> 00:20:07,997
It can't be done.
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00:20:08,748 --> 00:20:10,250
But I'll tell you what.
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I'll make you a deal.
365
00:20:13,545 --> 00:20:17,590
If you can get 24 votes,
I'll get you the last 10.
366
00:20:17,966 --> 00:20:19,008
Twenty-four votes?
367
00:20:19,008 --> 00:20:21,928
If you can swing 24 votes
by the State of the Union,
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00:20:22,011 --> 00:20:24,973
I will promise you
full White House support.
369
00:20:25,014 --> 00:20:27,016
Do I have your word on that, sir?
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00:20:27,183 --> 00:20:28,518
Absolutely.
371
00:20:30,019 --> 00:20:33,022
Listen, um, are you hungry?
372
00:20:33,022 --> 00:20:36,025
I skipped breakfast.
You want to have a donut?
373
00:20:36,818 --> 00:20:38,570
Coffee or something?
374
00:20:41,823 --> 00:20:44,367
Sir, I'm a little intimidated
by my surroundings,
375
00:20:44,451 --> 00:20:47,746
and yes, I have gotten off to a rocky
and a somewhat stilted beginning,
376
00:20:47,829 --> 00:20:50,582
but don't let that diminish
the weight of my message.
377
00:20:50,665 --> 00:20:53,752
The GDC has been at every president
for the last decade and a half.
378
00:20:53,835 --> 00:20:56,045
That global warming is a calamity,
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00:20:56,045 --> 00:20:58,882
the effects of which will be second
only to nuclear war.
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00:20:58,965 --> 00:21:03,511
The best scientists in the world have given
you every reason to take the GDC seriously,
381
00:21:03,595 --> 00:21:05,180
but I'm gonna give you one more.
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00:21:05,263 --> 00:21:07,307
If you don't live up
to the deal you just made,
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00:21:07,390 --> 00:21:10,685
come New Hampshire,
we're gonna go shopping for a new candidate.
384
00:21:11,060 --> 00:21:12,645
You can't do that, Sydney.
385
00:21:13,062 --> 00:21:16,065
With all due respect, Mr. President,
who's going to stop me?
386
00:21:16,149 --> 00:21:19,778
Well, if you go through that door,
the United States Secret Service.
387
00:21:19,861 --> 00:21:21,070
That's my private office.
388
00:21:22,030 --> 00:21:23,031
Ah.
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00:21:23,281 --> 00:21:26,618
You have to go out that door over there.
390
00:21:44,177 --> 00:21:47,472
McSorley, McClusky and Shane know that
we're making our move on the crime bill.
391
00:21:47,555 --> 00:21:49,599
They're circling the wagons
on the assault weapons.
392
00:21:49,682 --> 00:21:52,769
- Should I meet with them?
- Oh, let Lewis take a pass at them first.
393
00:21:52,852 --> 00:21:55,021
Fine. Two-ball in the side.
394
00:21:58,441 --> 00:22:02,153
- Nice shot, Mr. President.
- "Nice shot, Mr. President"?
395
00:22:02,237 --> 00:22:05,114
You won't even call me by my name
when we're playing pool?
396
00:22:05,156 --> 00:22:07,784
I will not do it playing pool.
I will not do it in a school.
397
00:22:07,867 --> 00:22:10,954
I do not like green eggs and ham.
I do not like them, Sam I am.
398
00:22:11,037 --> 00:22:12,664
At ease, AJ! At ease!
399
00:22:14,916 --> 00:22:17,836
- Would you get away from the pocket?
- I beg your pardon, sir.
400
00:22:18,086 --> 00:22:20,046
Nine-ball in the corner.
401
00:22:24,133 --> 00:22:25,510
Leo Solomon phoned.
402
00:22:25,593 --> 00:22:27,846
He said he was thrilled with the deal
you made this morning.
403
00:22:28,137 --> 00:22:31,182
- I forgot to tell you.
- It's a waste of time.
404
00:22:31,266 --> 00:22:34,477
But it's not our time!
GDC makes a big push to get the votes.
405
00:22:34,561 --> 00:22:37,146
When they come up short,
we move in with a softer bill.
406
00:22:37,146 --> 00:22:39,440
Get it passed.
We're everybody's hero.
407
00:22:39,858 --> 00:22:42,610
- Three-ball in the side.
- Also, Sydney Wade called.
408
00:22:45,738 --> 00:22:46,823
Sydney Wade?
409
00:22:46,906 --> 00:22:50,159
She wanted to apologize
one more time for her behavior.
410
00:22:51,160 --> 00:22:52,537
Excuse me, sir.
411
00:22:54,163 --> 00:22:55,707
Three in the side.
412
00:22:58,209 --> 00:23:01,087
- Did she say anything about me?
- Ms. Wade?
413
00:23:01,170 --> 00:23:03,882
- When she called.
- Did she say anything about you?
414
00:23:03,965 --> 00:23:06,175
Well, no. It's just that we had
a nice couple of minutes together.
415
00:23:06,217 --> 00:23:08,219
She threatened me.
I patronized her.
416
00:23:08,303 --> 00:23:09,762
We didn't have anything to eat,
417
00:23:09,846 --> 00:23:11,431
- but I thought there was a connection.
- Mmm-hmm.
418
00:23:12,348 --> 00:23:13,808
- Excuse me, sir.
- Sure.
419
00:23:13,892 --> 00:23:15,268
Thirteen in the corner.
420
00:23:18,021 --> 00:23:19,856
She didn't say anything about me?
421
00:23:19,939 --> 00:23:22,859
Well, no, sir, but I could pass her
a note before study hall.
422
00:23:25,987 --> 00:23:28,197
Well, tell me this. Hypothetically...
423
00:23:28,197 --> 00:23:29,824
I feel a nightmare coming on.
424
00:23:30,033 --> 00:23:33,828
What would happen if I called Sydney Wade
and asked her to be my date
425
00:23:33,912 --> 00:23:36,164
at the State Dinner on Thursday evening?
426
00:23:37,498 --> 00:23:40,293
- You're not serious?
- Don't I sound serious?
427
00:23:41,169 --> 00:23:42,795
The President can't just go out on a date.
428
00:23:42,879 --> 00:23:45,590
Well, why not?
Jefferson did. Wilson did.
429
00:23:45,673 --> 00:23:49,177
Wilson was widowed during his first term.
He met a woman named Edith Galt.
430
00:23:49,218 --> 00:23:51,304
He dated her, courted her and married her.
431
00:23:51,387 --> 00:23:54,349
And somewhere in there he managed
to form the League of Nations.
432
00:23:54,432 --> 00:23:57,393
Uh, Mr. President, this is an election year.
433
00:23:57,518 --> 00:23:59,228
If you're looking for female companionship,
434
00:23:59,228 --> 00:24:02,523
we can make certain arrangements
that'll insure total privacy.
435
00:24:02,607 --> 00:24:05,276
I don't want you to get me a girl, AJ!
I mean, what is this, Vegas?
436
00:24:05,526 --> 00:24:07,028
No, sir, this is the White House.
437
00:24:07,111 --> 00:24:10,490
And I'm talking about something that is,
in no way, conflict with my oath of office.
438
00:24:10,573 --> 00:24:14,243
I'm a single adult. I met a woman
who I'd like to see again socially.
439
00:24:14,243 --> 00:24:16,287
Now how is that different
from what Wilson did?
440
00:24:16,371 --> 00:24:19,374
The difference is he didn't
have to be President on television.
441
00:24:19,457 --> 00:24:21,459
You said it yourself a million times.
442
00:24:21,542 --> 00:24:24,462
"If there had been a TV
in every living room 60 years ago,
443
00:24:24,545 --> 00:24:27,298
"this country does not elect
a man in a wheelchair."
444
00:24:28,216 --> 00:24:29,258
So what are you saying?
445
00:24:30,134 --> 00:24:31,511
I'm saying we'll take a hit.
446
00:24:32,011 --> 00:24:35,264
- How big?
- I don't know. Five points, maybe more.
447
00:24:35,807 --> 00:24:38,059
Five points, we're sitting here
talking about five points?
448
00:24:38,142 --> 00:24:39,185
It could be more.
449
00:24:39,268 --> 00:24:42,105
I drop five points when Wisconsin
doesn't make it to the Rose Bowl.
450
00:24:42,188 --> 00:24:43,272
Five-ball in the corner.
451
00:24:45,274 --> 00:24:47,276
Do you want me to have Kodak
put together some numbers,
452
00:24:47,276 --> 00:24:48,486
so we know what we're talking about?
453
00:24:48,569 --> 00:24:49,654
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
454
00:24:49,737 --> 00:24:52,198
No! No, no! I don't want
to check a polling sample
455
00:24:52,281 --> 00:24:56,494
to see if it's okay like I'm asking permission
to stay out an hour past curfew.
456
00:24:56,577 --> 00:24:59,122
This is not the business
of the American people.
457
00:24:59,372 --> 00:25:01,958
With all due respect, sir,
the American people have a funny way
458
00:25:02,041 --> 00:25:04,836
of deciding on their own
what is and what is not their business.
459
00:25:07,296 --> 00:25:09,173
I like her, AJ
460
00:25:13,302 --> 00:25:16,264
Stop being my chief of staff for one minute.
461
00:25:18,307 --> 00:25:19,392
Give her a call.
462
00:25:20,435 --> 00:25:21,728
Janie!
463
00:25:23,312 --> 00:25:25,314
She didn't say anything about me?
464
00:25:25,648 --> 00:25:28,901
Uh, she did say you were taller
than she thought you'd be.
465
00:25:29,318 --> 00:25:31,320
Well, that's something.
466
00:25:32,280 --> 00:25:33,322
Yes, sir?
467
00:25:33,322 --> 00:25:36,242
Janie, I need you to track down
a phone number for me.
468
00:25:38,327 --> 00:25:40,621
Richard, Richard...
469
00:25:40,705 --> 00:25:42,248
It wasn't funny.
470
00:25:42,331 --> 00:25:45,418
I acted like a college freshman
at a protest rally.
471
00:25:45,501 --> 00:25:47,462
Tell him the part about
walking out the wrong door.
472
00:25:47,545 --> 00:25:49,630
Oh, God, I forgot about that.
473
00:25:50,506 --> 00:25:54,385
No, Richard, no. No, I don't want
to hear your Andrew Shepherd imitation.
474
00:25:54,469 --> 00:25:57,513
- I want to hear it.
- I'm hanging up now, Richard.
475
00:25:57,597 --> 00:26:01,934
Uh, tonight I was gonna go to bed early
and wake up when there's a new president.
476
00:26:03,978 --> 00:26:05,980
The President must think
I'm a third-rate jerk.
477
00:26:06,064 --> 00:26:09,150
No, if he thinks you're a jerk,
I'm sure he thinks you're a first-rate jerk.
478
00:26:09,358 --> 00:26:12,028
I tell you one thing, boy. I regrouped.
479
00:26:12,111 --> 00:26:14,906
You gotta give me that.
I pulled it together at the end.
480
00:26:14,989 --> 00:26:17,909
I stood in the middle of the Oval Office
and I made it absolutely clear
481
00:26:17,992 --> 00:26:21,871
that from now on he who doesn't take
the GDC seriously, does so at his peril.
482
00:26:21,954 --> 00:26:23,748
And then you walked out the wrong door.
483
00:26:24,373 --> 00:26:26,375
Are you gonna be throwing that
back at me the rest of my life?
484
00:26:26,375 --> 00:26:28,086
That's my current plan. Yes.
485
00:26:29,378 --> 00:26:32,381
Ah, that's gonna be Leo Solomon.
He said he'd call at 9:00.
486
00:26:32,799 --> 00:26:35,384
- Hello?
- Yeah, hi. Is this Sydney?
487
00:26:35,551 --> 00:26:38,387
- Leo?
- No, this is Andrew Shepherd.
488
00:26:38,805 --> 00:26:41,015
- Oh, it's Andrew Shepherd.
- Oh.
489
00:26:41,099 --> 00:26:42,433
Yeah, you're hilarious, Richard.
490
00:26:42,517 --> 00:26:44,393
You're just a regular riot.
491
00:26:44,519 --> 00:26:47,522
No, this isn't Richard.
This is Andrew Shepherd.
492
00:26:47,730 --> 00:26:49,398
Oh, well, I'm so glad you called
493
00:26:49,398 --> 00:26:52,443
because I forgot to tell you today
what a nice ass you have.
494
00:26:52,527 --> 00:26:54,821
I'm also impressed that you were
able to get my phone number
495
00:26:54,904 --> 00:26:57,323
given the fact that I don't have a phone.
496
00:26:57,865 --> 00:26:59,867
- Good night, Richard.
- This isn't Richard...
497
00:27:02,954 --> 00:27:05,081
This used to be easier.
498
00:27:09,627 --> 00:27:12,421
- I don't believe this.
- Do you want me to deal with him?
499
00:27:12,421 --> 00:27:16,175
No way. I may choke in front of Shepherd.
Richard Reynolds I can handle.
500
00:27:16,259 --> 00:27:17,260
Hello?
501
00:27:18,219 --> 00:27:20,555
- Sydney?
- Are you learning impaired?
502
00:27:20,638 --> 00:27:23,099
Listen, do me a favor.
Hang up the phone.
503
00:27:23,766 --> 00:27:28,646
- What?
- Hang up the phone, then dial 456-1414.
504
00:27:29,272 --> 00:27:30,648
When you get the White House operator,
505
00:27:30,731 --> 00:27:34,443
give her your name and tell her
you want to speak to the President.
506
00:27:40,449 --> 00:27:43,452
Oh, my God. This isn't happening to me.
507
00:27:44,036 --> 00:27:45,204
What's going on?
508
00:27:45,454 --> 00:27:48,624
No, it's not possible
I did this twice in one day.
509
00:27:55,464 --> 00:27:57,466
Good evening,
the White House.
510
00:27:58,467 --> 00:27:59,719
- Hello?
- Hi.
511
00:28:00,011 --> 00:28:02,138
My name's Sydney Ellen Wade. I'd like to...
512
00:28:02,221 --> 00:28:05,474
The President's expecting your call, ma'am.
I'll put you right through.
513
00:28:08,811 --> 00:28:11,105
- Hello?
- Mr. President.
514
00:28:11,189 --> 00:28:12,356
Um...
515
00:28:12,607 --> 00:28:16,485
I'm sure there's an appropriate
thing to say at this moment, uh...
516
00:28:16,485 --> 00:28:19,947
Probably some formal apology
for the nice ass remark would be in order.
517
00:28:20,031 --> 00:28:23,201
I just... I don't quite know how to word it.
518
00:28:23,492 --> 00:28:25,494
Nah, it's my fault.
I shouldn't have called you at home.
519
00:28:25,494 --> 00:28:29,248
- Should I call you at the office tomorrow?
- No, no, of course not.
520
00:28:29,498 --> 00:28:32,043
I mean, yes.
You can call me anytime you want.
521
00:28:32,126 --> 00:28:35,713
This is fine. Right now is fine.
When I said, "Of course not," I meant...
522
00:28:36,088 --> 00:28:38,925
You know what? The hell with it.
I'm moving to another country.
523
00:28:39,258 --> 00:28:41,802
What did you mean when you said
that you didn't have a phone?
524
00:28:41,886 --> 00:28:44,013
Oh, I just moved to Washington
over the weekend,
525
00:28:44,096 --> 00:28:45,514
and my apartment isn't ready yet.
526
00:28:45,514 --> 00:28:47,516
This is my sister's apartment.
527
00:28:47,516 --> 00:28:50,061
Come to think of it,
how did you get this number?
528
00:28:50,144 --> 00:28:52,521
How did I get the number?
That's a good question.
529
00:28:52,521 --> 00:28:55,358
Um... I don't know. Probably the FBI.
530
00:28:55,566 --> 00:28:57,610
Oh, the FBI? Sure!
531
00:28:57,693 --> 00:29:01,530
'Cause if you want to find someone and
you're the President, that's who you'd call.
532
00:29:01,656 --> 00:29:05,493
- You know who else is good at that?
- Uh, CIA?
533
00:29:05,868 --> 00:29:08,496
Well, yeah, but I was thinking
of the Internal Revenue Service.
534
00:29:08,537 --> 00:29:11,707
You know,
they have these computer files that, uh...
535
00:29:12,041 --> 00:29:14,418
Well...
I should stop stalling.
536
00:29:14,502 --> 00:29:19,548
Um... As you probably know, the French
have elected themselves a new president.
537
00:29:19,590 --> 00:29:21,968
We're having a formal state dinner
at the White House,
538
00:29:22,051 --> 00:29:25,721
and I was wondering,
and you're under no obligation law,
539
00:29:25,805 --> 00:29:27,223
but I thought it might be fun,
540
00:29:27,306 --> 00:29:30,810
and I was wondering
if maybe you wanted to go with me.
541
00:29:31,227 --> 00:29:32,561
And, um...
542
00:29:33,145 --> 00:29:35,564
That's it. That's why I was calling.
543
00:29:41,612 --> 00:29:42,822
Sydney?
544
00:29:44,323 --> 00:29:47,285
- Sydney, Congress doesn't take this long.
- Mr. President.
545
00:29:49,620 --> 00:29:53,582
You have asked me to join you
in representing our country.
546
00:29:54,583 --> 00:29:58,379
I'm honored. I'm equal to the task.
I won't let you down, sir.
547
00:29:59,714 --> 00:30:03,592
Sydney, this is just dinner. We're not
gonna be doing espionage or anything.
548
00:30:03,676 --> 00:30:05,720
No, of course.
549
00:30:05,970 --> 00:30:07,555
I'm a little, um...
550
00:30:07,596 --> 00:30:08,597
Uh...
551
00:30:08,848 --> 00:30:11,350
What do I do?
552
00:30:11,434 --> 00:30:15,396
I mean, you know, where do I go?
Will you... Will you meet me?
553
00:30:15,479 --> 00:30:16,480
Should I...
554
00:30:16,564 --> 00:30:19,608
I'm gonna have a very nice woman
named Marsha Bridgeport call you,
555
00:30:19,608 --> 00:30:21,652
and she's the White House Social Secretary,
556
00:30:21,736 --> 00:30:23,654
and she's gonna help you
with anything that you want.
557
00:30:23,738 --> 00:30:28,451
Now, when she calls you
and tells you her name is Marsha Bridgeport,
558
00:30:28,534 --> 00:30:30,619
it'll help if you give her
the benefit of the doubt.
559
00:30:30,786 --> 00:30:34,623
- Of course.
- I'll see you Thursday night.
560
00:30:35,624 --> 00:30:39,128
Mr. President, thanks for asking me, really.
561
00:30:39,628 --> 00:30:41,464
This is a first for me.
562
00:30:41,630 --> 00:30:43,007
Me, too.
563
00:30:49,555 --> 00:30:51,390
Okay, who's on Indiana?
564
00:30:51,640 --> 00:30:52,933
Excuse me, new people.
I can't remember your names.
565
00:30:53,017 --> 00:30:55,353
Could you raise your hands
if you're on Indiana, please?
566
00:30:55,436 --> 00:30:57,229
No, put your hands down.
You're on Illinois.
567
00:30:57,480 --> 00:30:59,398
- We got Jarrett.
- What?
568
00:30:59,690 --> 00:31:02,443
George Jarrett.
He's ours. Solid yes.
569
00:31:02,651 --> 00:31:04,653
I don't believe it. You, new guy.
570
00:31:05,071 --> 00:31:08,783
Jarrett, Democrat, Minnesota.
Slide his name on over to yes.
571
00:31:09,575 --> 00:31:11,660
We just had his name
laminated to "undecided."
572
00:31:11,660 --> 00:31:13,371
How'd you get the fence
poll out of his butt?
573
00:31:13,454 --> 00:31:14,705
I wish I could take credit for it.
574
00:31:14,789 --> 00:31:17,124
He says,
"Lewis, I support the President 100 %."
575
00:31:17,208 --> 00:31:18,709
Not the bill, the President.
576
00:31:18,793 --> 00:31:22,171
We're gonna win this in a walk. You know,
it's like a kissing booth at a carnival.
577
00:31:22,254 --> 00:31:24,715
Give us a vote,
get a photo op with number 63.
578
00:31:24,840 --> 00:31:26,675
We should've gone after the handguns.
579
00:31:26,675 --> 00:31:28,386
I know, we gotta do one thing at a time.
580
00:31:28,677 --> 00:31:31,180
We don't have time to do
one thing at a time.
581
00:31:32,056 --> 00:31:34,850
Yeah, hi. It's David in Sydney Wade's office.
582
00:31:34,934 --> 00:31:36,685
Yeah, I'll hold.
583
00:31:37,520 --> 00:31:39,355
Carol, it's David in Sydney Wade's office.
584
00:31:39,438 --> 00:31:41,357
I want to confirm her lunch
with the congressman.
585
00:31:41,440 --> 00:31:44,276
We could do with a little
party leadership, Mike.
586
00:31:44,860 --> 00:31:47,738
I mean, is the majority whip taking a break?
587
00:31:48,114 --> 00:31:50,950
Congress is in session, right?
I'm not wrong about that?
588
00:31:51,158 --> 00:31:54,120
I just got off with Luther Simons.
Brook's on board.
589
00:31:54,203 --> 00:31:55,579
Terrific.
590
00:31:55,663 --> 00:31:58,290
All right.
Well, have him get back to me.
591
00:32:00,209 --> 00:32:01,210
You okay, Syd?
592
00:32:02,711 --> 00:32:03,754
Sure. Why?
593
00:32:03,921 --> 00:32:06,340
I don't know.
You seem a little tense.
594
00:32:06,465 --> 00:32:07,716
What do you mean?
595
00:32:11,929 --> 00:32:13,431
What do you have?
Big date tonight?
596
00:32:36,328 --> 00:32:39,206
Senator? Senator Rumson,
if I can have a moment with you, sir?
597
00:32:39,707 --> 00:32:40,749
Certainly.
598
00:32:40,749 --> 00:32:43,752
I'm standing here with
Senate Minority Leader Robert Rumson,
599
00:32:43,794 --> 00:32:47,131
just one of the many guests arriving at what,
for the next few hours at least,
600
00:32:47,214 --> 00:32:49,091
will be a non-partisan White House.
601
00:32:49,675 --> 00:32:52,887
Senator, the latest public opinion
surveys show the President
602
00:32:52,970 --> 00:32:56,974
with approval ratings that would make him
all but unbeatable come next November.
603
00:32:57,099 --> 00:32:59,768
Is there a Republican
who can mount a serious challenge,
604
00:32:59,768 --> 00:33:01,145
and are you that candidate?
605
00:33:01,228 --> 00:33:03,772
Well, Lloyd, it's a long time
till next November.
606
00:33:03,772 --> 00:33:05,858
Right now, I'm just looking forward
to a pleasant evening.
607
00:33:05,941 --> 00:33:07,109
Thank you, Senator.
608
00:33:08,777 --> 00:33:11,071
That's... That's a little tight, Luce.
609
00:33:11,155 --> 00:33:14,492
It's supposed to be tight.
It's supposed to make you look regal.
610
00:33:14,575 --> 00:33:17,161
Is it supposed to cutoff
the blood flow to my face?
611
00:33:19,580 --> 00:33:20,789
All done.
612
00:33:25,252 --> 00:33:26,795
Well, that's not bad.
613
00:33:26,795 --> 00:33:29,798
- Where'd you learn how to do that?
- Social Studies.
614
00:33:29,798 --> 00:33:32,301
Very funny. No, really,
where'd you learn that?
615
00:33:32,885 --> 00:33:35,804
I don't know. I just...
I guess I picked it up somewhere.
616
00:33:37,056 --> 00:33:39,391
Sweetie, did Mom teach you how to do that?
617
00:33:40,559 --> 00:33:41,685
Yeah.
618
00:33:44,605 --> 00:33:48,817
Lucy, is this okay?
My having dinner with a lady?
619
00:33:49,151 --> 00:33:50,819
- Dad, it's totally okay.
- You sure?
620
00:33:50,819 --> 00:33:52,488
Because if there's anything
you want to talk about...
621
00:33:52,571 --> 00:33:55,824
Dad, it's cool. Just go for it.
622
00:33:56,659 --> 00:33:57,826
Okay.
623
00:33:59,787 --> 00:34:01,830
You know, I'm a little nervous.
624
00:34:02,081 --> 00:34:03,916
You'll be fine. Just be yourself.
625
00:34:04,583 --> 00:34:05,960
Be myself, huh?
626
00:34:06,252 --> 00:34:08,837
Yeah, and, um, compliment her shoes.
627
00:34:09,838 --> 00:34:10,839
Her shoes?
628
00:34:11,215 --> 00:34:13,050
Yeah. Girls like that.
629
00:34:15,094 --> 00:34:16,845
Okay. Thanks.
630
00:34:27,856 --> 00:34:29,775
- Thank you.
- Ms. Wade?
631
00:34:29,858 --> 00:34:30,859
- Oh, hi.
- Good evening.
632
00:34:30,901 --> 00:34:33,571
The President would like you
to join him upstairs in the residence.
633
00:34:33,654 --> 00:34:35,864
- May I show you the way?
- Of course.
634
00:34:49,628 --> 00:34:52,047
Sydney! Come on in. You look beautiful.
635
00:34:52,131 --> 00:34:54,383
Thanks. I have no idea what I'm doing here.
636
00:34:54,466 --> 00:34:57,094
I promise you, there's no hidden agenda.
This is my wife Esther.
637
00:34:57,177 --> 00:34:58,721
Oh, sure. It's nice to see you.
638
00:34:59,013 --> 00:35:02,891
Sydney, Andrew Shepherd.
We spoke on the phone.
639
00:35:03,309 --> 00:35:05,436
Yes, sir. I remember.
640
00:35:05,853 --> 00:35:07,354
Excuse me one minute.
641
00:35:07,646 --> 00:35:09,898
The President told me
how you two met, Sydney.
642
00:35:09,982 --> 00:35:12,901
- I think it's priceless.
- I don't know what happened.
643
00:35:12,901 --> 00:35:15,904
One minute, I was calling him
a mockery of an environmental leader.
644
00:35:15,988 --> 00:35:19,908
- The next minute, I had a date.
- Men like being insulted by women.
645
00:35:19,908 --> 00:35:22,620
It makes them feel loved. Don't ask me why.
646
00:35:22,703 --> 00:35:24,872
Mr. President,
would you allow me to introduce to you
647
00:35:24,913 --> 00:35:27,458
Sydney Ellen Wade
of the Commonwealth of Virginia?
648
00:35:27,916 --> 00:35:30,377
Sydney, this is President Rene Jean D'Astier
649
00:35:30,544 --> 00:35:33,255
and his wife
Monique Danielle D'Astier of France.
650
00:35:33,339 --> 00:35:34,840
A great pleasure to meet you.
651
00:35:34,923 --> 00:35:38,093
- Oh, it's an honor to meet you both.
- I'm so pleased to meet you.
652
00:35:38,177 --> 00:35:42,139
Ahem, Mr. President, I'm sorry to interrupt.
The receiving line is in place.
653
00:35:42,222 --> 00:35:44,558
Sydney, I think our table's ready.
654
00:35:52,399 --> 00:35:53,942
When we get to the bottom of the stairs,
655
00:35:53,984 --> 00:35:56,028
I've got to do a thing,
but you'll be escorted to...
656
00:35:56,111 --> 00:35:58,113
- They took me through it.
- Oh, good.
657
00:35:58,781 --> 00:36:00,824
Do you do this often, sir?
658
00:36:01,283 --> 00:36:03,952
Well, this is actually
only our second state dinner.
659
00:36:03,952 --> 00:36:06,330
The first one was for the Emperor of Japan,
660
00:36:06,413 --> 00:36:09,583
who died shortly after, so we stopped
having them for a while, just in case.
661
00:36:09,667 --> 00:36:12,503
No, I meant, do you go out on...
Do you often...
662
00:36:12,586 --> 00:36:13,962
- Do I date a lot?
- Yeah.
663
00:36:14,004 --> 00:36:15,714
No. How about you?
664
00:36:15,798 --> 00:36:19,760
Me? Well, lately I seem to be
going on a lot of first dates.
665
00:36:19,843 --> 00:36:22,721
- Then you're experienced at this.
- Oh, yeah. Yeah, you can ask me anything.
666
00:36:22,805 --> 00:36:25,265
- Well, how are we doing so far?
- It's hard to say at this point.
667
00:36:25,349 --> 00:36:28,477
So far, it's just your typical first-date stuff.
668
00:36:29,144 --> 00:36:31,647
Damn. And I wanted to be different
from the other guys.
669
00:36:31,730 --> 00:36:35,150
Ladies and gentlemen,
the President of the United States...
670
00:36:35,234 --> 00:36:37,653
Oh, by the way, nice shoes.
671
00:36:37,736 --> 00:36:41,323
...accompanied by the President
of France and Madame D'Astier.
672
00:37:16,817 --> 00:37:20,738
Mr. President, the President
and Mrs. D'Astier look bored.
673
00:37:21,864 --> 00:37:23,866
They're not talking to anybody.
674
00:37:25,701 --> 00:37:27,494
They're hammered.
675
00:37:27,578 --> 00:37:30,038
- Esther, do you speak French?
- Latin.
676
00:37:30,289 --> 00:37:32,916
- I thought you spoke French.
- No, Latin.
677
00:37:33,041 --> 00:37:35,961
Great, next time Julius Caesar
comes to town, you're our gal.
678
00:37:37,212 --> 00:37:39,047
Sydney, I don't suppose...
679
00:37:48,056 --> 00:37:49,349
That's my date.
680
00:38:01,195 --> 00:38:03,280
Really?
681
00:38:03,989 --> 00:38:06,658
Sydney, you didn't dissolve
our trade agreements, did you?
682
00:38:06,742 --> 00:38:09,620
No, I just said we're sitting
in this beautiful room,
683
00:38:09,703 --> 00:38:12,080
listening to the music
of this wonderful orchestra,
684
00:38:12,080 --> 00:38:14,082
and I wondered why nobody was dancing.
685
00:38:14,082 --> 00:38:16,877
And I informed Ms. Wade that in my country,
686
00:38:16,960 --> 00:38:20,464
a guest at the palace
of Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette
687
00:38:20,547 --> 00:38:22,591
would soon find their head in a guillotine
688
00:38:22,674 --> 00:38:25,260
if they made the impertinent gesture
of dancing
689
00:38:25,344 --> 00:38:28,764
without so much as a by-your-leave
from the king and the queen.
690
00:38:30,098 --> 00:38:32,518
I'll bet no one accused Louis
of being soft on crime.
691
00:38:34,311 --> 00:38:38,106
- There's a lesson there, Mr. President.
- More beheadings at the White House.
692
00:38:38,106 --> 00:38:40,108
Bob Rumson would embrace it.
693
00:38:40,108 --> 00:38:42,110
Yes, I'm sure he would.
694
00:38:43,570 --> 00:38:45,405
I have a better idea.
695
00:38:49,576 --> 00:38:51,119
Would you like to dance?
696
00:38:52,120 --> 00:38:53,121
Uh...
697
00:38:53,121 --> 00:38:54,623
Yeah, I guess.
698
00:38:55,123 --> 00:38:58,210
I mean, yes, sir, I'd love to.
699
00:39:34,288 --> 00:39:36,415
I don't know how you do it.
700
00:39:37,165 --> 00:39:40,168
It's Arthur Murray, six lessons.
701
00:39:40,252 --> 00:39:42,170
That's not what I mean.
702
00:39:42,671 --> 00:39:46,925
Two hundred pairs of eyes are focused
on you right now with two questions...
703
00:39:47,509 --> 00:39:50,929
Who's this girl?
And why is the President dancing with her?
704
00:39:52,014 --> 00:39:55,976
Well, first of all,
the 200 pairs of eyes are not focused on me.
705
00:39:56,268 --> 00:39:58,186
They're focused on you.
706
00:39:59,104 --> 00:40:01,732
And the answers are, Sydney Ellen Wade,
707
00:40:02,190 --> 00:40:04,109
because she said yes.
708
00:40:37,225 --> 00:40:39,186
Does this setup work for you?
709
00:40:44,900 --> 00:40:47,235
- Good morning, Mrs. Chapil.
- Good morning, Mr. President.
710
00:40:47,235 --> 00:40:49,905
Mr. Rothschild and Ms. McCall
are in the office, sir.
711
00:40:49,988 --> 00:40:52,240
They said they need to speak with you
before scheduling.
712
00:40:52,240 --> 00:40:54,952
Fine. Janie, can you get me
the number of a local florist?
713
00:40:55,035 --> 00:40:56,620
I'll take care of it, sir.
Where do you want them sent?
714
00:40:56,703 --> 00:40:59,498
No, I want to do it myself.
I just need the number.
715
00:41:00,248 --> 00:41:01,416
I don't understand.
716
00:41:04,336 --> 00:41:07,130
I want the phone number of a florist.
717
00:41:07,381 --> 00:41:09,257
You just want the phone number?
718
00:41:10,300 --> 00:41:11,385
Yeah.
719
00:41:12,260 --> 00:41:13,637
I don't understand, sir.
Is there a problem...
720
00:41:13,720 --> 00:41:15,138
Janie, I want to send some flowers.
721
00:41:15,222 --> 00:41:16,974
I want to do it myself.
I don't want to staff it out.
722
00:41:17,057 --> 00:41:20,352
I don't want to issue an executive order.
I just want a phone number.
723
00:41:21,269 --> 00:41:23,897
I'll get it for you right away, sir.
724
00:41:24,731 --> 00:41:26,108
- Good morning.
- Good morning.
725
00:41:26,191 --> 00:41:28,151
Mr. President, we need five minutes
of your time...
726
00:41:28,235 --> 00:41:31,488
I'll be with you in two minutes.
I just need to make a call.
727
00:41:31,571 --> 00:41:32,906
Thank you, Janie.
728
00:41:37,744 --> 00:41:39,204
Who are we calling, sir?
729
00:41:39,913 --> 00:41:42,290
I'm calling the Organization
of the United Brotherhood
730
00:41:42,290 --> 00:41:43,667
of It's-None-of-Your-Damn-Business, Lewis.
731
00:41:43,750 --> 00:41:46,294
- I'll be with you in a second.
- Yes, sir.
732
00:41:52,300 --> 00:41:55,762
Yeah, hi. Good morning.
How do I get an outside line?
733
00:41:57,806 --> 00:41:59,307
That was simple.
734
00:42:01,935 --> 00:42:03,311
- Janie.
- Yes?
735
00:42:04,312 --> 00:42:06,273
What's the President doing?
736
00:42:06,565 --> 00:42:09,317
I'm sorry. I'm really not at liberty to say.
737
00:42:10,652 --> 00:42:14,322
Yes, hi. Good morning.
Is this Carmen's House of Flowers?
738
00:42:14,656 --> 00:42:17,617
Good. I'd like to order some flowers, please.
739
00:42:19,202 --> 00:42:22,080
Well, tell me,
what is the state flower of Virginia?
740
00:42:22,497 --> 00:42:25,333
Does this have something
to do with Sydney Wade?
741
00:42:25,417 --> 00:42:27,919
I'm really not at liberty to say.
742
00:42:28,336 --> 00:42:30,756
Well, is there anybody there who might know?
743
00:42:32,090 --> 00:42:34,342
No, I'm not trying to be difficult.
744
00:42:35,260 --> 00:42:36,762
Hang on, please.
745
00:42:38,305 --> 00:42:40,807
Janie, What is the state flower of Virginia?
746
00:42:40,891 --> 00:42:42,601
Mrs. Chapil, state flower of Virginia?
747
00:42:43,185 --> 00:42:44,728
The dogwood.
748
00:42:44,811 --> 00:42:46,438
The dogwood, sir.
749
00:42:47,064 --> 00:42:48,356
Thank you.
750
00:42:49,441 --> 00:42:51,234
It's the dogwood.
751
00:42:52,611 --> 00:42:53,904
Really?
752
00:42:54,613 --> 00:42:56,615
Hold on, please.
753
00:42:57,365 --> 00:43:00,368
Janie, the dogwood is a tree.
It's not a flower.
754
00:43:00,452 --> 00:43:02,412
Actually, it's a tree and a flower.
755
00:43:02,496 --> 00:43:04,372
- Are you sure?
- Yes. What's going on?
756
00:43:04,873 --> 00:43:07,375
Sir, it's a tree and a flower.
757
00:43:09,377 --> 00:43:13,173
The dogwood is a tree and a flower.
I'd like a dozen, please.
758
00:43:14,382 --> 00:43:16,051
Really? No dogwoods?
759
00:43:16,510 --> 00:43:19,554
How about, uh, roses?
760
00:43:19,721 --> 00:43:22,099
Simple. Classic.
Two dozen?
761
00:43:22,307 --> 00:43:25,644
Janie, I'm the President's
Senior Domestic Policy Advisor,
762
00:43:25,727 --> 00:43:27,687
and it's important
I have a full understanding...
763
00:43:27,771 --> 00:43:30,649
Janie, do you know
Where my credit cards are?
764
00:43:32,317 --> 00:43:35,070
They're in storage in Wisconsin
with the rest of your personal items.
765
00:43:36,154 --> 00:43:37,405
Right.
766
00:43:37,572 --> 00:43:40,200
Uh, perhaps it would be better
if you bill me for the flowers.
767
00:43:40,283 --> 00:43:42,577
I'm sure it'll be all right with your boss.
768
00:43:43,870 --> 00:43:45,664
Well, I don't know
if you recognize my voice,
769
00:43:45,747 --> 00:43:47,707
but this is the President.
770
00:43:48,917 --> 00:43:50,794
Of the United States.
771
00:43:52,337 --> 00:43:54,422
Hello? Hello?
772
00:43:56,049 --> 00:43:57,968
Leo. You wanted to see me?
773
00:43:58,510 --> 00:44:01,596
So there I was thinking,
maybe I should give Sydney a call.
774
00:44:01,680 --> 00:44:03,807
She's new in town,
doesn't know many people.
775
00:44:03,890 --> 00:44:05,976
- Leo.
- Then I picked up The Times.
776
00:44:06,059 --> 00:44:09,187
Leo, it was crazy.
He called me at home.
777
00:44:09,437 --> 00:44:11,439
- What's going on?
- Nothing.
778
00:44:11,439 --> 00:44:15,110
It was innocent.
His cousin got the flu at the last minute.
779
00:44:15,360 --> 00:44:17,445
- Did you sleep with him?
- Leo.
780
00:44:17,445 --> 00:44:20,448
- Did you sleep with him?
- That's none of your business, Leo.
781
00:44:20,490 --> 00:44:21,741
Yeah, it is, Sydney.
782
00:44:21,825 --> 00:44:24,161
Well, you wanna tell me
how my personal life is...
783
00:44:24,244 --> 00:44:27,038
Because when it's the President,
it's not personal.
784
00:44:27,122 --> 00:44:30,750
I hired your reputation, Sydney.
I hired a pit bull, not a prom queen.
785
00:44:31,084 --> 00:44:33,879
- That's unfair.
- It's incredibly unfair!
786
00:44:35,088 --> 00:44:36,715
But you've spent a lot of
time over the years
787
00:44:36,798 --> 00:44:38,800
telling me the trouble
with the environmental lobby
788
00:44:38,884 --> 00:44:41,136
is that we don't understand
the fundamental truth,
789
00:44:41,219 --> 00:44:43,388
that politics is perception.
790
00:44:43,471 --> 00:44:44,931
This is a bad time to develop ignorance.
791
00:44:45,098 --> 00:44:47,475
- You're making way too much of this.
- Am I?
792
00:44:48,226 --> 00:44:50,437
This is your time, Sydney.
793
00:44:50,478 --> 00:44:52,314
You're sitting at the grown-ups' table.
794
00:44:52,397 --> 00:44:54,733
You have a chance to get
everything you want,
795
00:44:54,816 --> 00:44:58,486
run a national campaign,
be a major player inside the party.
796
00:44:59,446 --> 00:45:01,323
But this relationship had better go all the way
797
00:45:01,406 --> 00:45:04,492
because with the leader of the free world,
there's no halfway.
798
00:45:05,410 --> 00:45:07,287
Politics is perception.
799
00:45:07,495 --> 00:45:08,914
And if this doesn't work out,
800
00:45:08,997 --> 00:45:11,333
the amount of time it'll take you
to go from being a hired gun
801
00:45:11,416 --> 00:45:14,294
to a cocktail party joke
can be clocked with an egg timer.
802
00:45:14,502 --> 00:45:18,506
Leo, there's no relationship.
It was one night. It's done.
803
00:45:19,007 --> 00:45:21,885
Mr. Solomon, this was just delivered
by a White House messenger.
804
00:45:21,968 --> 00:45:23,136
It's marked "perishable."
805
00:45:23,428 --> 00:45:25,513
The White House has sent me
something perishable?
806
00:45:25,513 --> 00:45:28,141
- It's for Ms. Wade.
- Oh, well, here we go.
807
00:45:28,225 --> 00:45:31,436
Relax, Leo. I'm sure it's just a formality.
808
00:45:31,519 --> 00:45:33,521
- It's from him.
- Of course it's from him.
809
00:45:33,521 --> 00:45:36,316
So he had some staff flunky
send me a fruit basket.
810
00:45:36,524 --> 00:45:39,819
- Well, he wrote the note himself.
- I'm sure he didn't take the time to...
811
00:45:39,903 --> 00:45:42,113
The messenger said he waited
in the Oval Office for 10 minutes
812
00:45:42,197 --> 00:45:43,531
while the President wrote the card.
813
00:45:43,865 --> 00:45:45,533
Okay, listen...
814
00:45:46,743 --> 00:45:48,536
It took him 10 minutes to write the card?
815
00:45:48,703 --> 00:45:51,498
Apparently, he went through several drafts.
816
00:46:07,430 --> 00:46:09,474
- What is it?
- A ham.
817
00:46:11,518 --> 00:46:13,645
He sent me a Virginia ham!
818
00:46:14,354 --> 00:46:17,023
Dig it, Ms. Wade.
You're the President's girlfriend.
819
00:46:18,108 --> 00:46:20,402
There's never an egg timer
around when you need one.
820
00:46:25,573 --> 00:46:26,783
Thanks.
821
00:46:29,703 --> 00:46:31,955
Sir, they're going to be pressing today
about whether the White House
822
00:46:32,038 --> 00:46:34,582
is prepared to soften
the assault weapon section the crime bill.
823
00:46:34,582 --> 00:46:37,168
There's no need to entertain
that at this point.
824
00:46:39,587 --> 00:46:41,589
How do you want me to handle
the Sydney issue?
825
00:46:43,675 --> 00:46:45,593
"The Sydney issue?"
826
00:46:45,885 --> 00:46:48,930
Well, we should have a consensus on how
the White House is gonna handle it.
827
00:46:49,180 --> 00:46:52,100
Well, I certainly hope this Sydney issue
refers in some way
828
00:46:52,183 --> 00:46:54,060
to a problem that we're having with Australia.
829
00:46:54,144 --> 00:46:56,646
- Because if it's anything other than that...
- Mr. President.
830
00:46:56,730 --> 00:46:58,606
Ms. Wade is here to see you.
831
00:46:58,606 --> 00:47:01,609
Have her come in, please.
I am finished here.
832
00:47:01,609 --> 00:47:04,612
- Yes, sir.
- There is no Sydney issue.
833
00:47:07,615 --> 00:47:08,700
Good morning.
834
00:47:08,783 --> 00:47:10,618
Oh, hi. Hi. Hi.
835
00:47:10,952 --> 00:47:13,538
Uh, thanks for seeing me
on such short notice.
836
00:47:13,621 --> 00:47:16,124
No problem. Did you get the ham?
837
00:47:16,207 --> 00:47:17,834
Yes, I got the ham.
838
00:47:17,917 --> 00:47:21,129
I wanted to send you some flowers, but there
appear to be some kinks in the system.
839
00:47:21,212 --> 00:47:22,213
Oh, uh...
840
00:47:22,297 --> 00:47:25,884
I'm so glad you stopped by.
I had such a good time last night.
841
00:47:26,634 --> 00:47:28,511
So did I. Um, it's just that I...
842
00:47:28,595 --> 00:47:30,221
You have 45 seconds.
843
00:47:30,305 --> 00:47:33,141
I have to deliver a luncheon speech at
the Governors' Conference today. I'm sorry...
844
00:47:33,224 --> 00:47:35,643
- Oh, no, no, no, of course.
- Are you free for dinner tomorrow evening?
845
00:47:35,810 --> 00:47:37,645
- Dinner?
- Casual, at the residence,
846
00:47:37,645 --> 00:47:39,064
without the United Nations.
847
00:47:39,147 --> 00:47:41,691
My daughter will be there,
so it may seem like the United Nations.
848
00:47:41,775 --> 00:47:43,985
- I'd love to meet Lucy, but...
- I'm sure she'd love to meet you.
849
00:47:44,069 --> 00:47:46,821
- Excuse me, Jeff...
- Actually, I have some concerns...
850
00:47:46,905 --> 00:47:48,573
- Yes, sir?
- I can't do this.
851
00:47:48,656 --> 00:47:50,950
- Which? Robbins or Stackhouse?
- Either one. I have to be in and out.
852
00:47:51,034 --> 00:47:52,660
Sir, Governor Stackhouse
said he just needed 10 minutes.
853
00:47:52,660 --> 00:47:54,454
I think he wants to talk about
the assault weapons.
854
00:47:54,537 --> 00:47:56,748
Stackhouse wants to talk
about grazing rights, trust me.
855
00:47:56,831 --> 00:47:59,209
- Got it.
- I'm sorry. You... You have concerns?
856
00:47:59,292 --> 00:48:01,669
Yes. Uh, not many. A few.
857
00:48:02,504 --> 00:48:04,172
One. I have one concern.
858
00:48:04,255 --> 00:48:06,674
This wouldn't have to do with
the fact that one of us is President?
859
00:48:07,675 --> 00:48:09,594
You know, you like to make jokes about this.
860
00:48:09,677 --> 00:48:11,012
I am not mocking you, honest.
861
00:48:11,096 --> 00:48:13,681
I'm just a guy asking
a girl over for a meal.
862
00:48:13,681 --> 00:48:16,309
- What... What's that?
- That's my ride.
863
00:48:17,102 --> 00:48:18,186
Oh.
864
00:48:18,269 --> 00:48:19,354
Um...
865
00:48:20,021 --> 00:48:22,440
Leo Solomon has some serious concerns
866
00:48:22,524 --> 00:48:25,777
about me exploring a social, you know...
867
00:48:27,320 --> 00:48:29,823
...scenario with the President
of the United States.
868
00:48:29,989 --> 00:48:32,700
When you put it that way,
it doesn't sound that good to me either.
869
00:48:32,700 --> 00:48:34,702
Have dinner with Lucy and me.
It's meat loaf night.
870
00:48:34,744 --> 00:48:36,830
- I mean, how presidential can that be?
- Oh, well...
871
00:48:36,996 --> 00:48:38,164
7:30?
872
00:48:39,541 --> 00:48:40,708
Hmm...
873
00:48:40,708 --> 00:48:41,835
Mmm-hmm.
874
00:49:11,489 --> 00:49:13,950
- Hi. Are you Ms. Wade?
- Uh, Sydney.
875
00:49:14,159 --> 00:49:17,620
- Hi. Lucy Shepherd. Nice to meet you.
- Hi. Nice to meet you.
876
00:49:17,871 --> 00:49:22,750
Um, my dad told me to tell you that
he's on the phone with his dentist,
877
00:49:23,168 --> 00:49:25,837
and that I should behave myself
and entertain you until he gets back.
878
00:49:26,087 --> 00:49:28,631
Oh. Your father's on the phone
with his dentist?
879
00:49:28,756 --> 00:49:31,759
No, he told me to tell you that
he's on the phone with his dentist.
880
00:49:31,759 --> 00:49:33,678
He wants you to think he's a regular guy.
881
00:49:33,761 --> 00:49:35,972
Oh. Well, who's he on the phone with?
882
00:49:36,431 --> 00:49:37,849
The Prime Minister of Israel.
883
00:49:38,224 --> 00:49:40,685
Oh. They're probably
not discussing his teeth.
884
00:49:40,810 --> 00:49:42,812
I hope not.
885
00:49:42,896 --> 00:49:45,773
No, you know, they're discussing
an abbreviation I can never remember.
886
00:49:45,773 --> 00:49:48,776
- Mmm, C-STAD?
- Yeah.
887
00:49:49,068 --> 00:49:52,489
- Capricorn Surface-To-Air Defense?
- Right.
888
00:49:52,989 --> 00:49:55,783
Okay, let meat loaf night begin.
889
00:49:55,783 --> 00:49:58,495
- Hi.
- Hi. How's everything with your teeth?
890
00:49:58,578 --> 00:50:00,371
- My teeth?
- The dentist.
891
00:50:00,455 --> 00:50:04,209
Oh, right, right. Yeah, I got a cavity
in my upper bicuspid region.
892
00:50:04,292 --> 00:50:07,295
You have a short-range
weapons system outside Tel Aviv.
893
00:50:07,378 --> 00:50:10,590
- I think somebody told on me.
- Well, I... Dad! Stop!
894
00:50:22,310 --> 00:50:23,603
You're over thinking this.
895
00:50:23,686 --> 00:50:27,232
Voters aren't interested
in how to achieve economic growth.
896
00:50:27,315 --> 00:50:30,276
They don't want to hear our plans
to strengthen foreign policy.
897
00:50:30,360 --> 00:50:33,154
- So it comes down to character.
- The press like him, Senator.
898
00:50:33,238 --> 00:50:35,823
- The networks, the newspapers.
- Reporters like him.
899
00:50:35,823 --> 00:50:39,410
Networks and newspapers
like ratings and circulation.
900
00:50:39,869 --> 00:50:43,456
For all the bitching we do
about liberal bias in the press,
901
00:50:43,540 --> 00:50:45,333
when it comes to a good character debate...
902
00:50:45,750 --> 00:50:48,044
The press is an unwitting accomplice.
903
00:50:48,127 --> 00:50:50,171
Bob, the character debate didn't work for us.
904
00:50:50,255 --> 00:50:52,257
Because it couldn't.
905
00:50:52,340 --> 00:50:55,593
Our polling told us that attacking
his character less than a year
906
00:50:55,677 --> 00:50:57,845
after he'd lost his wife
was going to be a turnoff,
907
00:50:57,845 --> 00:50:59,389
it was gonna make people feel sorry for him.
908
00:50:59,472 --> 00:51:03,351
We couldn't run the campaign we wanted
because the opponent was a widower.
909
00:51:03,643 --> 00:51:06,479
But he's still a widower, Bob.
Time's passed, but...
910
00:51:08,398 --> 00:51:11,401
You'll have to forgive my friend here.
He's been on a hunting trip.
911
00:51:11,484 --> 00:51:14,445
- He's been cut off from the world.
- Why? What's going on?
912
00:51:21,828 --> 00:51:24,080
The President's got a girlfriend.
913
00:51:26,874 --> 00:51:29,377
Your dad says you're studying
the Constitutional Convention.
914
00:51:29,460 --> 00:51:31,629
- She's not having any fun, though.
- Dad!
915
00:51:31,879 --> 00:51:34,882
- You're not having any fun?
- This is a nightmare.
916
00:51:35,008 --> 00:51:37,468
- This is a Social Studies nightmare.
- Well, they're doing a mock congress.
917
00:51:37,552 --> 00:51:39,887
Each kid plays the role
of one of the original delegates,
918
00:51:39,887 --> 00:51:41,180
and they debate the amendments.
919
00:51:41,264 --> 00:51:43,433
- Now, what's not fun about that?
- Good night, Dad.
920
00:51:43,516 --> 00:51:45,184
Good night, sweetheart.
921
00:51:46,936 --> 00:51:49,647
- It was nice meeting you, Sydney.
- Thanks. It was nice to meet you.
922
00:51:49,731 --> 00:51:51,482
- Good night.
- Sleep well, honey. I love you.
923
00:51:51,566 --> 00:51:53,484
Love you, too, Dad.
924
00:51:54,402 --> 00:51:57,071
- She's wonderful.
- She's her mother.
925
00:51:58,906 --> 00:52:00,158
She's you.
926
00:52:05,663 --> 00:52:07,665
Would you like the 25-cent tour?
927
00:52:08,666 --> 00:52:09,834
Okay.
928
00:52:13,212 --> 00:52:16,049
I thought C-STAD wasn't gonna be
operational until January.
929
00:52:16,132 --> 00:52:20,261
It was ready ahead of schedule.
We've just been waiting for the personnel.
930
00:52:20,345 --> 00:52:22,138
- The Israelis?
- No, our guys.
931
00:52:22,221 --> 00:52:24,932
We sent a team of army instructors
to train the Israelis.
932
00:52:25,016 --> 00:52:26,643
Good evening.
933
00:52:26,809 --> 00:52:28,394
I think, uh...
934
00:52:28,978 --> 00:52:31,064
Yeah, this is the Dish Room.
935
00:52:32,940 --> 00:52:36,611
- It's not the Dish Room.
- Yeah it is. It's the room with all the dishes.
936
00:52:36,694 --> 00:52:40,865
- It's the China Room.
- Well, I'm more of a West Wing president.
937
00:52:40,948 --> 00:52:42,325
If you're curious about the mansion,
938
00:52:42,408 --> 00:52:44,494
I'm sure there's probably
a book that you can get.
939
00:52:44,577 --> 00:52:48,331
There are about 7,000.
I'll get one for you.
940
00:53:03,054 --> 00:53:04,389
Sydney.
941
00:53:07,141 --> 00:53:11,771
Mr. President, have you ever noticed
how similar the Van Buren flatware is
942
00:53:11,854 --> 00:53:13,981
to the Buchanan flatware?
943
00:53:18,444 --> 00:53:22,990
Do you think there'll ever be a time
when you can stand in a room with me
944
00:53:23,991 --> 00:53:26,285
and not think of me as the President?
945
00:53:27,787 --> 00:53:30,998
This isn't a state of mind.
You are the President.
946
00:53:32,875 --> 00:53:36,587
And when I'm in a room with you,
oval or any other shape,
947
00:53:37,922 --> 00:53:42,135
I'm always gonna be a lobbyist and
you're always gonna be the President.
948
00:53:43,428 --> 00:53:45,596
I have news for you, Sydney.
949
00:53:46,097 --> 00:53:47,724
As a lobbyist,
950
00:53:48,015 --> 00:53:51,769
you'd never be alone
in a room with the President.
951
00:54:00,570 --> 00:54:02,864
Do you think this is a good idea?
952
00:54:06,033 --> 00:54:07,368
Probably not.
953
00:54:14,041 --> 00:54:15,209
Mr. President.
954
00:54:19,297 --> 00:54:21,340
We have a secure call from the sit room.
955
00:54:24,177 --> 00:54:25,636
Excuse me.
956
00:54:31,559 --> 00:54:34,562
- I'm... I'm sorry, ma'am.
- Oh, no. Of course not.
957
00:54:41,027 --> 00:54:42,987
I'm sorry,
we're gonna have to cut our evening short.
958
00:54:43,070 --> 00:54:45,281
The Libyans have just bombed C-STAD.
959
00:54:45,364 --> 00:54:48,493
I'll try to call you in the morning.
Would you please show Ms. Wade out?
960
00:54:51,078 --> 00:54:53,080
The response scenario's in place.
961
00:54:53,581 --> 00:54:57,001
The F-18 are fired up
on the Nimitz and the Kitty Hawk.
962
00:54:57,168 --> 00:55:00,004
They're just waiting for your attack order,
Mr. President.
963
00:55:01,339 --> 00:55:03,758
And we're gonna hit
Libyan Intelligence Headquarters?
964
00:55:04,091 --> 00:55:07,094
The NSA confirmed they're the ones
who planned the bombing.
965
00:55:07,428 --> 00:55:10,389
- And what's the estimate?
- We'll level the building.
966
00:55:11,599 --> 00:55:14,811
Well, the Libyan I.H.Q. looks like
it's in the center of downtown Tripoli.
967
00:55:14,894 --> 00:55:16,103
What else are we gonna hit?
968
00:55:17,021 --> 00:55:18,981
Nothing, unless we miss.
969
00:55:19,190 --> 00:55:21,567
- Are we gonna miss?
- No, sir.
970
00:55:25,112 --> 00:55:26,614
How many people
are working in the building?
971
00:55:26,697 --> 00:55:27,782
We've been all through this.
972
00:55:27,865 --> 00:55:30,117
How many people are working
in the damn building?
973
00:55:30,409 --> 00:55:33,538
I have the numbers here, Mr. President.
There are three shifts of...
974
00:55:33,621 --> 00:55:35,623
The fewest?
What shift has the fewest people?
975
00:55:35,706 --> 00:55:37,041
The night shift, right?
976
00:55:37,333 --> 00:55:39,585
By far, sir. Mostly custodial staff.
977
00:55:39,669 --> 00:55:42,004
What time does the night shift start?
978
00:55:43,130 --> 00:55:44,632
They're on now, sir.
979
00:55:52,223 --> 00:55:53,349
AJ?
980
00:55:54,141 --> 00:55:57,812
Sir, it's immediate,
it's decisive, it's low risk,
981
00:55:58,145 --> 00:56:00,064
and it's a proportional response.
982
00:56:00,690 --> 00:56:05,570
Someday someone's gonna have to explain
to me the virtue of a proportional response.
983
00:56:08,155 --> 00:56:09,574
Mr. President?
984
00:56:10,157 --> 00:56:11,158
Attack.
985
00:56:13,744 --> 00:56:17,164
Robin, as soon as our planes have cleared
Libyan airspace, you can call the press,
986
00:56:17,164 --> 00:56:19,542
but I don't know what time
we'll have the full B.D.A.
987
00:56:19,625 --> 00:56:22,795
- Oh, General Rork says around 0800.
- 0800.
988
00:56:23,379 --> 00:56:25,506
Sir, what do you think
about a national address?
989
00:56:26,382 --> 00:56:29,594
Last thing I want to do
is put the Libyans center stage.
990
00:56:29,760 --> 00:56:31,304
Uh, I think it's a great idea, sir.
991
00:56:31,679 --> 00:56:35,182
I mean, you know Rumson's gonna be talking
about your lack of military service.
992
00:56:35,182 --> 00:56:37,184
It's not about Rumson.
993
00:56:37,184 --> 00:56:39,979
What I did tonight
was not about political gain.
994
00:56:40,062 --> 00:56:44,191
Yes, but it can be, sir.
What you did tonight was very presidential.
995
00:56:46,193 --> 00:56:49,822
Leon, somewhere in Libya right now,
996
00:56:49,906 --> 00:56:53,200
a janitor is working the night shift
at the Libyan Intelligence Headquarters.
997
00:56:53,200 --> 00:56:55,745
He's going about doing his job
998
00:56:56,203 --> 00:57:01,083
'cause he has no idea in about an hour
he's gonna die in a massive explosion.
999
00:57:04,795 --> 00:57:09,508
He's just going about his job 'cause
he has no idea that about an hour ago,
1000
00:57:10,009 --> 00:57:12,386
I gave an order to have him killed.
1001
00:57:14,388 --> 00:57:17,683
You've just seen me
do the least presidential thing I do.
1002
00:57:21,437 --> 00:57:22,605
Mary.
1003
00:57:22,688 --> 00:57:25,232
Is there anything at all
about the C-STAD weapons system
1004
00:57:25,232 --> 00:57:27,318
that could have been mistaken
by Libyan Intelligence
1005
00:57:27,401 --> 00:57:29,612
as offensive rather than defensive?
1006
00:57:29,946 --> 00:57:32,239
No, we did everything
but show them the blueprints.
1007
00:57:32,281 --> 00:57:36,243
The hardware had been sitting
in an airplane hangar for more than a month.
1008
00:57:36,243 --> 00:57:38,955
They didn't hit it until
the American personnel arrived. Leslie?
1009
00:57:39,038 --> 00:57:41,123
Sir, there's an unconfirmed report
1010
00:57:41,207 --> 00:57:43,250
that you were with Sydney Wade
when you learned of the attack.
1011
00:57:43,334 --> 00:57:45,252
- Can you comment?
- Yes, we had just finished dinner.
1012
00:57:45,252 --> 00:57:47,296
- Get him off.
- Last question.
1013
00:57:47,380 --> 00:57:51,050
Sir? Sir, would you care to comment
on the status of your relationship?
1014
00:57:51,133 --> 00:57:54,095
We don't have a relationship.
We just had dinner. Thank you.
1015
00:57:54,178 --> 00:57:56,013
Could you tell us if she spent the night
at the White House?
1016
00:57:56,097 --> 00:57:59,225
Folks, a lot of people were killed last night.
1017
00:57:59,850 --> 00:58:02,812
Let's try to keep our eye on the ball, okay?
Thank you.
1018
00:58:05,314 --> 00:58:07,316
That was my fault, sir.
We should have prepped you for that.
1019
00:58:07,400 --> 00:58:09,610
- It's nothing that needs prepping. AJ?
- Yes, sir.
1020
00:58:09,694 --> 00:58:11,821
Let's meet with the leadership
after we meet with the Security Council.
1021
00:58:11,904 --> 00:58:12,905
All right.
1022
00:58:12,989 --> 00:58:15,282
Newsweek is begging for 10 minutes today.
Any 10 minutes that you got.
1023
00:58:15,282 --> 00:58:17,284
Nobody gets 10 minutes today.
1024
00:58:17,785 --> 00:58:20,287
Lewis, tell the speaker to wait.
I want to talk to him.
1025
00:58:20,287 --> 00:58:22,331
No, I'll be right down.
1026
00:58:22,665 --> 00:58:25,918
Last night,
the cost of those liberal programs
1027
00:58:26,002 --> 00:58:29,338
was raised to include the blood
of 22 American soldiers.
1028
00:58:29,422 --> 00:58:31,841
Now, Mr. Shepherd's read a lot of books,
1029
00:58:31,924 --> 00:58:36,178
but it doesn't take a Harvard degree
to see this one coming a mile down the road.
1030
00:58:36,303 --> 00:58:38,389
I went to Stanford, you blowhole.
1031
00:58:38,472 --> 00:58:41,017
...Commander-in-Chief
has never served one day in uniform...
1032
00:58:43,310 --> 00:58:45,312
This box just says "miscellaneous."
1033
00:58:45,396 --> 00:58:48,315
Is it bedroom miscellaneous
or kitchen miscellaneous?
1034
00:58:50,735 --> 00:58:51,986
Sydney?
1035
00:58:52,778 --> 00:58:54,655
Why did I have to kiss him?
1036
00:58:55,573 --> 00:58:57,408
- You kissed him?
- Yeah.
1037
00:58:59,535 --> 00:59:01,412
- You didn't tell me that.
- I kissed him.
1038
00:59:01,495 --> 00:59:03,497
- Where?
- On the mouth.
1039
00:59:03,789 --> 00:59:06,751
- Where in the White House?
- In the dish room.
1040
00:59:06,834 --> 00:59:09,211
- The dish room?
- The China Room.
1041
00:59:10,004 --> 00:59:11,881
And then what happened?
1042
00:59:11,964 --> 00:59:13,758
He had to go and attack Libya.
1043
00:59:13,841 --> 00:59:15,426
- It's always something.
- Yeah.
1044
00:59:15,509 --> 00:59:19,346
I gotta nip this in the bud.
This has catastrophe written all over it.
1045
00:59:19,513 --> 00:59:21,057
In what language?
1046
00:59:21,140 --> 00:59:23,642
Sydney,
the man is the leader of the free world.
1047
00:59:23,726 --> 00:59:27,354
He's brilliant. He's funny. He's handsome.
He's an above average dancer.
1048
00:59:27,438 --> 00:59:31,150
Isn't it possible our standards
are just a tad high?
1049
00:59:38,074 --> 00:59:39,867
- Answer the phone.
- It's him.
1050
00:59:39,950 --> 00:59:42,119
- Answer the phone.
- He's gonna ask me to come over there.
1051
00:59:42,203 --> 00:59:43,579
- Answer the phone!
- I don't want to go over there!
1052
00:59:43,662 --> 00:59:44,914
Answer the phone!
1053
00:59:45,164 --> 00:59:47,374
All right,
but I'm gonna end it on the phone.
1054
00:59:49,794 --> 00:59:52,630
Uh, I just came over to tell you
why I can't see you anymore.
1055
00:59:54,381 --> 00:59:55,925
Come on in. Thanks, Coop.
1056
01:00:00,179 --> 01:00:02,098
Uh, look, I know you've had a tough day...
1057
01:00:02,181 --> 01:00:03,557
Well, not as tough as some.
1058
01:00:03,641 --> 01:00:05,392
Would you like a drink?
Here, let me take your coat.
1059
01:00:05,434 --> 01:00:08,020
Mr. President, this isn't gonna work.
1060
01:00:08,104 --> 01:00:10,397
Well, sure it will. You button the top button,
it won't fall off the hanger...
1061
01:00:10,481 --> 01:00:12,775
- That's not what I mean.
- I didn't think it was.
1062
01:00:12,858 --> 01:00:15,444
Listen, I really enjoyed the time
we've spent together,
1063
01:00:15,528 --> 01:00:18,155
but this has catastrophe written on it.
1064
01:00:18,239 --> 01:00:21,951
Please, Mr. President,
don't pursue me outside the political arena.
1065
01:00:22,284 --> 01:00:25,079
Well, I have no intention of pursuing you
inside the political arena,
1066
01:00:25,162 --> 01:00:28,165
and that leaves everything out,
and that's unacceptable to me.
1067
01:00:28,249 --> 01:00:32,294
If I were on your staff, I would tell you
that the absolute worst thing you can do
1068
01:00:32,378 --> 01:00:35,798
coming into an election year
is to open yourself up to character attacks.
1069
01:00:35,881 --> 01:00:39,426
The quickest way to do that is to prance
like the playboy of the western world.
1070
01:00:39,468 --> 01:00:41,554
Let's clear up a couple things here.
1071
01:00:41,637 --> 01:00:44,306
Number 1, I seldom prance.
1072
01:00:44,390 --> 01:00:47,434
Number 2, I have no intention
of engaging in a character debate.
1073
01:00:47,434 --> 01:00:49,436
Number 3, you're not on my staff.
1074
01:00:49,478 --> 01:00:54,108
- Yes, of course, but if you'll follow...
- Why is that, by the way? Please.
1075
01:00:54,441 --> 01:00:57,403
- Why is what?
- Why aren't you on my staff?
1076
01:00:57,945 --> 01:01:00,447
- You can't afford me.
- How much do you make?
1077
01:01:00,447 --> 01:01:01,949
More than you do, Mr. President.
1078
01:01:02,283 --> 01:01:04,577
The name is Andy.
How much money do you make?
1079
01:01:04,660 --> 01:01:06,620
What the hell does it matter
how much money I make?
1080
01:01:06,996 --> 01:01:08,664
You raise your voice to the President?
1081
01:01:08,789 --> 01:01:11,500
I'm only thinking
about the health of your presidency.
1082
01:01:11,584 --> 01:01:14,670
You know, this morning's press conference
isn't gonna be the end of this.
1083
01:01:14,753 --> 01:01:16,630
Bob Rumson's gotta be drooling over this.
1084
01:01:17,464 --> 01:01:19,216
Are you attracted to me?
1085
01:01:20,217 --> 01:01:21,343
I beg your pardon?
1086
01:01:21,677 --> 01:01:24,430
I asked if you were attracted to me.
1087
01:01:24,471 --> 01:01:25,472
That's not the issue.
1088
01:01:25,556 --> 01:01:29,435
Tell you what. Let's make it the issue.
Let's try something new.
1089
01:01:29,476 --> 01:01:32,521
Because I know that most couples
when they first get together are inclined
1090
01:01:32,605 --> 01:01:36,483
to slam on the brakes because
they're concerned about Bob Rumson's drool.
1091
01:01:36,567 --> 01:01:39,403
- You're not most people.
- You know what your problem is?
1092
01:01:39,486 --> 01:01:40,487
What's my problem?
1093
01:01:41,363 --> 01:01:43,365
Sex and nervousness.
1094
01:01:44,116 --> 01:01:46,744
- Sex and nervousness is my problem?
- Yes.
1095
01:01:46,827 --> 01:01:50,247
Last night when we were looking
at those place settings in the dish room,
1096
01:01:50,331 --> 01:01:53,500
I realized that those place settings
were provided by the first ladies.
1097
01:01:53,500 --> 01:01:56,795
And I'll bet none of those
first ladies were nervous
1098
01:01:56,879 --> 01:02:00,007
about having sex with
their president husbands.
1099
01:02:00,507 --> 01:02:02,218
And do you know why?
1100
01:02:03,093 --> 01:02:04,970
No, but I'm sure you'll explain it to me.
1101
01:02:05,054 --> 01:02:09,099
I will. Because they weren't Presidents
when they first met them.
1102
01:02:09,516 --> 01:02:11,310
That's not the case here.
1103
01:02:11,769 --> 01:02:12,770
Ah.
1104
01:02:12,853 --> 01:02:15,147
- You see what I'm getting at?
- Yes.
1105
01:02:17,524 --> 01:02:21,111
- May I use your bathroom for a minute?
- Go right through there, right behind you.
1106
01:02:21,779 --> 01:02:23,530
I just want to freshen up.
1107
01:02:23,614 --> 01:02:26,492
As you pass through,
you'll see a large closet on the right,
1108
01:02:26,533 --> 01:02:28,911
and if you feel comfortable,
hang up your coat.
1109
01:02:28,994 --> 01:02:30,579
When you come back,
I'll have fixed us a drink.
1110
01:02:30,663 --> 01:02:34,083
We'll sit on the couch,
and I will explain to you my plan.
1111
01:02:34,541 --> 01:02:37,378
You got a plan? Don't make me wait.
You're on a roll.
1112
01:02:37,461 --> 01:02:39,922
Okay. You're attracted to me,
1113
01:02:40,005 --> 01:02:42,591
but the idea of physical intimacy
is uncomfortable
1114
01:02:42,675 --> 01:02:45,344
because you only know me as the President.
1115
01:02:45,552 --> 01:02:47,554
But it's not always gonna be that way.
1116
01:02:47,554 --> 01:02:51,058
And the reason I know that
is there was a moment last night
1117
01:02:51,141 --> 01:02:54,228
when you were with me
and not the President.
1118
01:02:54,645 --> 01:02:57,564
And I know what a big step
that was for you.
1119
01:02:58,440 --> 01:03:02,319
So, Sydney, I'm in no rush.
Here's my plan.
1120
01:03:02,569 --> 01:03:04,280
We're gonna slow down,
1121
01:03:04,363 --> 01:03:07,574
and when you're comfortable,
that's when it's gonna happen.
1122
01:03:18,252 --> 01:03:21,964
Perhaps I didn't properly explain
the fundamentals of the slow-down plan.
1123
01:03:22,631 --> 01:03:24,842
No, you explained it great.
1124
01:03:27,594 --> 01:03:28,929
Are you nervous?
1125
01:03:30,597 --> 01:03:32,266
Good.
1126
01:03:33,475 --> 01:03:36,353
My nervousness exists on several levels.
1127
01:03:36,603 --> 01:03:39,606
Number 1, and this is in no particular order,
1128
01:03:40,274 --> 01:03:43,110
I haven't done this in a pretty long time.
1129
01:03:43,402 --> 01:03:46,613
Number 2, uh, any...
1130
01:03:46,613 --> 01:03:50,617
...expectations that you might have
given the fact that I'm, you know...
1131
01:03:51,618 --> 01:03:54,163
- The most powerful man in the world?
- Exactly. Thank you.
1132
01:03:54,246 --> 01:03:56,790
I think it's important you remember
that's a political distinction
1133
01:03:56,874 --> 01:03:58,125
that comes with the office.
1134
01:03:58,208 --> 01:04:02,629
I mean, if Eisenhower were here
instead of me, he'd be dead by now.
1135
01:04:03,005 --> 01:04:04,798
- Number 3...
- Andy.
1136
01:04:06,592 --> 01:04:09,803
Does New Hampshire
want traditional American values
1137
01:04:09,887 --> 01:04:11,638
back in the White House?
1138
01:04:15,601 --> 01:04:18,354
Does New Hampshire want the pride back?
1139
01:04:21,398 --> 01:04:25,444
My name is Bob Rumson,
and I'm running for President.
1140
01:04:38,665 --> 01:04:39,792
Yeah.
1141
01:04:43,003 --> 01:04:44,797
Put him through.
1142
01:04:44,880 --> 01:04:48,926
Lewis, it is 5:00 a.m.
You've gotta get yourself a life, man.
1143
01:04:50,719 --> 01:04:51,887
Yeah?
1144
01:04:52,679 --> 01:04:53,847
All right.
1145
01:05:02,940 --> 01:05:03,982
Sydney?
1146
01:05:04,441 --> 01:05:05,526
Hi!
1147
01:05:06,026 --> 01:05:07,694
What are you doin'?
1148
01:05:07,986 --> 01:05:11,990
Uh... I wanted to leave the building
before the press corps got here.
1149
01:05:12,783 --> 01:05:15,077
I have those same thoughts
every day of my life.
1150
01:05:16,328 --> 01:05:18,038
Say, you know Lewis Rothschild, don't you?
1151
01:05:18,372 --> 01:05:21,625
Sure. Boy, Lewis would go nuts
if he knew I spent the night.
1152
01:05:21,708 --> 01:05:24,128
- Well, he's on his way up.
- What?
1153
01:05:24,294 --> 01:05:26,588
Come on in, Lewis.
1154
01:05:26,672 --> 01:05:28,715
Good morning, Mr. President. Hi, Sydney.
1155
01:05:29,007 --> 01:05:31,718
Hi, Lewis. Well, Mr. President...
1156
01:05:32,428 --> 01:05:33,554
Uh...
1157
01:05:33,637 --> 01:05:36,723
Thanks for taking the time
to go over those fossil fuel numbers.
1158
01:05:36,723 --> 01:05:39,351
I'll just get my coat, be on my way.
1159
01:05:39,685 --> 01:05:42,396
- So, what's the situation?
- Camped out at every exit.
1160
01:05:42,479 --> 01:05:45,190
- Who? Who's camped out?
- The press.
1161
01:05:45,274 --> 01:05:46,733
The press is camped out?
1162
01:05:46,817 --> 01:05:48,569
You should have taken a cab, Sydney.
1163
01:05:48,652 --> 01:05:50,028
- They know my car?
- Good morning, Mr. President.
1164
01:05:50,112 --> 01:05:51,280
- Good morning, Sydney.
- Hi.
1165
01:05:51,363 --> 01:05:53,365
- I came as soon as Lewis called.
- Oh, thank God.
1166
01:05:53,449 --> 01:05:55,617
I think the important thing
is not to make it look like we're panicking.
1167
01:05:55,742 --> 01:05:58,287
See, and I think the important thing
is actually not to be panicking.
1168
01:06:00,122 --> 01:06:01,748
- Morning, Mr. President.
- Morning.
1169
01:06:01,748 --> 01:06:03,500
- Morning, Ms. Wade.
- Hello.
1170
01:06:03,584 --> 01:06:05,586
I see everyone's getting an early start today.
1171
01:06:05,669 --> 01:06:09,590
So, how do we exit Sydney from the building
and what do we say to the press at that point?
1172
01:06:09,673 --> 01:06:11,675
- We need a diversion.
- A diversion?
1173
01:06:11,758 --> 01:06:12,759
You understand, by diversion,
1174
01:06:12,801 --> 01:06:14,511
I'm not suggesting that
we burn down the White House.
1175
01:06:14,595 --> 01:06:17,097
- Oh, please, let's do.
- Can I just state very clearly,
1176
01:06:17,181 --> 01:06:19,766
- I can't be party to anything illegal.
- Good for you, Lewis.
1177
01:06:19,850 --> 01:06:21,935
Say what you want.
It's always the guy in my job
1178
01:06:22,019 --> 01:06:24,897
who ends up doing 18 months
in Danbury minimum-security Prison.
1179
01:06:24,980 --> 01:06:26,773
Rest easy, Lewis.
We're not gonna create a diversion.
1180
01:06:26,857 --> 01:06:27,858
No diversion.
1181
01:06:27,941 --> 01:06:30,777
- We're gonna have somebody take you home.
- Esther's over in my office.
1182
01:06:30,777 --> 01:06:34,698
- She has the station wagon standing by.
- Okay. Good. Now, press statement.
1183
01:06:34,781 --> 01:06:36,992
Sydney, when you leave here,
1184
01:06:37,075 --> 01:06:39,661
you're gonna run into
reporters and photographers.
1185
01:06:39,745 --> 01:06:43,832
They're gonna take your picture every day.
They're gonna ask you questions every day.
1186
01:06:43,916 --> 01:06:47,669
Answer them. Don't answer them.
It's entirely up to you.
1187
01:06:47,753 --> 01:06:53,091
The White House has no official position
except to say, "No comment."
1188
01:06:53,175 --> 01:06:54,176
No comment?
1189
01:06:54,259 --> 01:06:57,513
The White House does not comment
on the President's personal life.
1190
01:06:57,596 --> 01:06:59,264
We can't just leave it at that, sir.
1191
01:06:59,348 --> 01:07:02,226
- I'll tell you what, Lewis, we just did.
- But, sir...
1192
01:07:02,309 --> 01:07:04,811
Thank you very much, Mr. President.
Come, friends. Let us away.
1193
01:07:04,853 --> 01:07:08,232
- Thank you, Mr. President.
- Thank you, Mr. President.
1194
01:07:08,315 --> 01:07:10,400
Sydney, Esther will be in my office.
1195
01:07:10,484 --> 01:07:12,819
- Take your time.
- Thanks, AJ.
1196
01:07:16,740 --> 01:07:18,492
I'm sorry about this.
1197
01:07:20,369 --> 01:07:21,954
We'll do it better next time.
1198
01:07:22,329 --> 01:07:25,082
I'm no expert, but I thought
we did it pretty good this time.
1199
01:07:25,832 --> 01:07:28,210
- No, I didn't mean that, I...
- I know.
1200
01:07:29,294 --> 01:07:30,879
I had a good time.
1201
01:07:31,713 --> 01:07:34,132
Me too. I'll call you.
1202
01:07:34,216 --> 01:07:36,468
I'll be in Panama, but I'll call you.
1203
01:07:36,552 --> 01:07:37,928
I'd like that.
1204
01:07:40,764 --> 01:07:41,932
- Bye.
- Bye.
1205
01:07:52,359 --> 01:07:54,653
All right. Okay. This is good.
1206
01:07:57,197 --> 01:07:58,865
David, what about an incentive program?
1207
01:07:58,907 --> 01:08:01,410
Sydney Ellen Wade,
the political strategist
1208
01:08:01,493 --> 01:08:04,705
who accompanied President Shepherd
to last week's state dinner,
1209
01:08:04,788 --> 01:08:07,916
reportedly spent the night at the
White House as a guest of the President.
1210
01:08:08,000 --> 01:08:10,669
The President
returned from Panama this evening
1211
01:08:10,752 --> 01:08:13,380
after a three-day tour
through Central America.
1212
01:08:13,463 --> 01:08:14,881
His first order of business,
1213
01:08:14,965 --> 01:08:19,177
an intimate dinner with Sydney Wade
at a romantic Georgetown bistro.
1214
01:08:19,261 --> 01:08:21,638
Conservative and religious
family organizations
1215
01:08:21,722 --> 01:08:24,016
are starting to smell blood in the water,
1216
01:08:24,099 --> 01:08:27,561
as the polling numbers
of the President are dropping.
1217
01:08:28,145 --> 01:08:31,940
...and Showbiz Weekly
was in Hollywood for the star-studded gala.
1218
01:08:32,024 --> 01:08:36,320
Also on tonight's program,
Day 15 of the Sydney watch.
1219
01:08:36,403 --> 01:08:39,656
Is the world's most eligible bachelor
off the market?
1220
01:08:39,740 --> 01:08:41,199
All right, next caller,
you're on the air.
1221
01:08:41,283 --> 01:08:45,746
Dan, What about Lucy Shepherd?
Is anyone concerned about this little girl?
1222
01:08:45,829 --> 01:08:49,041
Can we now, finally, have
a serious debate about family values?
1223
01:08:49,124 --> 01:08:50,584
Americans can no longer afford...
1224
01:08:50,667 --> 01:08:52,294
Political polling analyst,
Ed Earl,
1225
01:08:52,377 --> 01:08:54,921
with the President's job approval
taking an eight-point dip
1226
01:08:54,963 --> 01:08:57,924
from his personal best
of 63 % three weeks ago,
1227
01:08:58,008 --> 01:09:00,927
should the White House be concerned
that the girlfriend factor
1228
01:09:00,927 --> 01:09:03,722
has left Shepherd vulnerable
to the kinds of character questions
1229
01:09:03,805 --> 01:09:05,766
he was able to avoid three years ago?
1230
01:09:05,849 --> 01:09:07,809
Well, if they're not concerned,
they sure ought to be.
1231
01:09:07,893 --> 01:09:10,312
Columnist, Cynthia Skyler,
how much Will this new wrinkle
1232
01:09:10,395 --> 01:09:12,814
affect his ability to put together
a Win on his crime bill?
1233
01:09:12,898 --> 01:09:14,941
We're gonna take
a commercial break. When we come back,
1234
01:09:14,941 --> 01:09:17,778
we're gonna meet a junior high school
classmate of Sydney Wade's,
1235
01:09:17,861 --> 01:09:20,489
who has some intimate details to share.
1236
01:09:21,281 --> 01:09:23,867
Well, I agree with you 110 %, Mrs. Harper.
1237
01:09:23,950 --> 01:09:27,287
That's why I'm up here in the dead of winter
talkin' about it with you folks.
1238
01:09:27,371 --> 01:09:29,956
That's very generous of you, ma'am.
1239
01:09:29,956 --> 01:09:32,876
I'll be taking that money
off your hands right now.
1240
01:09:32,959 --> 01:09:34,419
What do you got?
1241
01:09:34,544 --> 01:09:37,798
Call me Santa Claus, Senator.
She's got an FBI file.
1242
01:09:37,881 --> 01:09:40,592
Oh, shit, Stu!
My mother's got an FBI file.
1243
01:09:40,676 --> 01:09:42,761
Yeah, but I got art.
1244
01:09:45,430 --> 01:09:48,100
It's a demonstration outside
the Department of Commerce.
1245
01:09:48,183 --> 01:09:51,812
The picture's old, and some of the faces
are obscured by the fire,
1246
01:09:51,895 --> 01:09:53,939
but that's a burning flag,
1247
01:09:54,606 --> 01:09:57,859
and that's Sydney Ellen Wade
right there in front.
1248
01:09:58,652 --> 01:10:02,989
It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas
1249
01:10:04,116 --> 01:10:05,450
Harry...
1250
01:10:05,534 --> 01:10:06,660
No...
1251
01:10:06,743 --> 01:10:07,953
Harry!
1252
01:10:08,078 --> 01:10:09,913
Think like a father for a second.
1253
01:10:09,996 --> 01:10:14,000
Wouldn't you like your kids to be able
to take a deep breath when they're 30?
1254
01:10:15,544 --> 01:10:19,005
Thank you! You're doing the right thing.
1255
01:10:21,049 --> 01:10:24,219
- Tote board's heavy.
- How's this?
1256
01:10:27,097 --> 01:10:29,057
Terrell, North Carolina.
1257
01:10:29,391 --> 01:10:34,271
Syd, I saw on your schedule you're gonna
meet with McSorley, McClusky and Shane?
1258
01:10:35,021 --> 01:10:38,650
Yeah. The Motown Three said
they'd give me 30 minutes next week.
1259
01:10:38,734 --> 01:10:42,738
Sydney, these are people who represent
people who make cars for a living.
1260
01:10:42,821 --> 01:10:46,491
- Yeah.
- Cars, you understand, run on gasoline.
1261
01:10:46,616 --> 01:10:49,035
Hey. I know it's a long shot,
1262
01:10:49,035 --> 01:10:52,247
but if I can get one of them,
it's gonna be a huge payoff in visibility.
1263
01:10:52,330 --> 01:10:55,292
Well, if we're gonna try, we should do
some prep work. You wanna order in?
1264
01:10:55,959 --> 01:10:58,837
Uh, I can't.
I'm having dinner at the White House.
1265
01:10:58,920 --> 01:11:01,173
So, let's start early tomorrow morning.
Say 7:30?
1266
01:11:01,256 --> 01:11:06,094
Okay. I'm having lunch at The Kremlin,
so we'll have to start even earlier than that.
1267
01:11:06,178 --> 01:11:07,179
Good night, David.
1268
01:11:07,262 --> 01:11:09,139
In order for me to catch
the morning plane to Moscow.
1269
01:11:09,222 --> 01:11:11,057
Good night, David.
1270
01:11:13,894 --> 01:11:18,648
Douglas, does the NRA have videotapes
of you playing golf with Satan?
1271
01:11:18,732 --> 01:11:20,817
We've already softened the assault weapons.
1272
01:11:20,901 --> 01:11:24,613
We're leaving the SKS, the Mini-14
and 250 other types on the street.
1273
01:11:24,696 --> 01:11:27,449
I mean, how much pull can one lobby have?
1274
01:11:29,034 --> 01:11:31,077
Okay. We're gonna have to
continue this conversation tomorrow.
1275
01:11:31,161 --> 01:11:32,412
I'm late for the party fundraiser.
1276
01:11:32,496 --> 01:11:35,582
And, Douglas, I'll put in a good word for you.
1277
01:11:36,082 --> 01:11:38,084
- You're incredibly late.
- Excuse me, Mr. President.
1278
01:11:38,084 --> 01:11:40,712
I just got off the phone with
the federal mediator in Saint Louis.
1279
01:11:40,796 --> 01:11:43,632
Management just walked away from the table.
The baggage handlers, pilots,
1280
01:11:43,715 --> 01:11:46,343
and flight attendants are all
gettin' set to walk out in 48 hours.
1281
01:11:46,426 --> 01:11:49,095
You know, I studied under
a Nobel Prize-winning economist.
1282
01:11:49,137 --> 01:11:50,180
You know what he taught me?
1283
01:11:50,263 --> 01:11:52,140
Never have an airline strike at Christmas?
1284
01:11:52,265 --> 01:11:54,100
I'm going to Saint Louis.
1285
01:11:54,100 --> 01:11:56,061
You're gonna leave straight
from the fundraiser, sir.
1286
01:11:56,102 --> 01:11:58,647
- Thanks, AJ.
- Good luck, Mr. President.
1287
01:12:00,065 --> 01:12:01,608
Liberty's moving.
1288
01:12:04,694 --> 01:12:07,280
- Mr. President, can we have a moment please?
- He's incredibly late.
1289
01:12:07,364 --> 01:12:09,658
Hop in.
We'll talk in the car.
1290
01:12:11,368 --> 01:12:13,703
- What is it, Lewis?
- We have a small problem.
1291
01:12:13,787 --> 01:12:14,788
It could've been a small problem.
1292
01:12:14,871 --> 01:12:16,206
Now, at the very least,
it's a medium-sized nightmare.
1293
01:12:16,289 --> 01:12:18,124
Robin sees it as a problem.
I see it as an opportunity.
1294
01:12:18,124 --> 01:12:19,417
It could've been an opportunity
if we'd caught it.
1295
01:12:19,501 --> 01:12:22,128
- We caught it.
- At 5:45. 5:45 doesn't do me any good, Lewis.
1296
01:12:22,128 --> 01:12:25,131
- 5:45, network news is in make-up.
- You have 12 people working for you.
1297
01:12:25,215 --> 01:12:28,260
Guys, do I have to be here for this meeting?
1298
01:12:28,343 --> 01:12:30,720
Sorry, sir. It's on the evening news.
1299
01:12:30,804 --> 01:12:33,723
- It's buried as the third story.
- It's got a bullet.
1300
01:12:33,807 --> 01:12:37,102
Sydney was at a protest rally.
They burned a flag.
1301
01:12:37,143 --> 01:12:39,896
- Today?
- About 13 years ago.
1302
01:12:39,980 --> 01:12:42,148
In front of the Department of Commerce.
Anti-apartheid.
1303
01:12:43,692 --> 01:12:47,445
Let me see if I got this.
The third story on the news tonight
1304
01:12:47,529 --> 01:12:50,907
was that someone I didn't know
13 years ago, when I wasn't President,
1305
01:12:50,991 --> 01:12:53,994
participated in a demonstration
where no laws were being broken
1306
01:12:54,077 --> 01:12:56,955
in protest of something that
so many people were against
1307
01:12:57,038 --> 01:12:59,040
it doesn't exist anymore?
1308
01:12:59,541 --> 01:13:02,168
Just out of curiosity,
what was the fourth story?
1309
01:13:02,627 --> 01:13:05,171
Right. See, I think it's important
when we deal with it...
1310
01:13:05,171 --> 01:13:07,716
- Don't deal with it.
- Excuse me?
1311
01:13:07,799 --> 01:13:09,509
They're trying to get us
to swing at a pitch in the dirt.
1312
01:13:09,593 --> 01:13:12,178
Nobody wins these fights. It'll go away.
1313
01:13:15,181 --> 01:13:17,726
Sir, I'm not sure
that's the wisest course of action.
1314
01:13:17,809 --> 01:13:18,810
AW, hell!
1315
01:13:18,894 --> 01:13:21,605
See? It's already distracting you.
Why don't you let us put together...
1316
01:13:21,688 --> 01:13:24,441
No, you reminded me I'm
supposed to have dinner with Sydney tonight.
1317
01:13:25,650 --> 01:13:28,236
Oh, it's terrific, Beth. I love it.
1318
01:13:28,361 --> 01:13:30,238
I can't believe I'm loaning you clothes.
1319
01:13:30,363 --> 01:13:33,199
I thought you owned
every piece of clothing there was.
1320
01:13:33,199 --> 01:13:35,869
Work clothes. I always have dinner
at the White House wearing a suit.
1321
01:13:35,952 --> 01:13:38,204
- I thought a dress would be nice.
- Go ahead, try it on.
1322
01:13:39,205 --> 01:13:41,207
I brought earrings, too.
1323
01:13:42,542 --> 01:13:43,543
Hello.
1324
01:13:43,627 --> 01:13:46,963
- Hi. What are you doing?
- Uh, just trying on dresses.
1325
01:13:47,047 --> 01:13:50,091
Listen, I feel terrible, but I'm going
to have to cancel our date tonight.
1326
01:13:50,175 --> 01:13:51,927
- Another woman?
- No.
1327
01:13:52,010 --> 01:13:55,055
I've gotta go to Saint Louis
to avert a massive airline strike.
1328
01:13:55,138 --> 01:13:57,307
Boy, if I had a nickel
for every time I heard that one.
1329
01:13:57,390 --> 01:13:59,684
Thanks for understanding,
and I'll call you later this evening.
1330
01:13:59,768 --> 01:14:01,227
Okay. Bye.
1331
01:14:02,646 --> 01:14:05,231
I hate doing that.
She was tryin' on dresses.
1332
01:14:05,231 --> 01:14:08,234
I tell any girl I'm going out with
to assume that all plans are soft
1333
01:14:08,234 --> 01:14:11,905
until she receives confirmation
from me 30 minutes beforehand.
1334
01:14:11,988 --> 01:14:15,450
- And they find this romantic?
- I say it with a great deal of charm.
1335
01:14:15,533 --> 01:14:18,536
Look! Look, there it is!
Carmen's House of Flowers.
1336
01:14:18,620 --> 01:14:20,330
- Hey, Coop. We gotta stop.
- What?
1337
01:14:20,413 --> 01:14:21,748
I gotta get her some flowers.
1338
01:14:21,831 --> 01:14:23,124
- Here?
- Now?
1339
01:14:23,208 --> 01:14:25,126
That's what men do when they break a date.
1340
01:14:25,210 --> 01:14:27,379
That's not what men do.
I know no men who do that.
1341
01:14:27,462 --> 01:14:29,756
Hey, Coop, I'm gonna hop out
at the flower shop.
1342
01:14:29,839 --> 01:14:33,385
- You're gonna hop out, sir?
- No, he's not hopping. No hopping, sir.
1343
01:14:33,843 --> 01:14:37,263
- Stay in the car. I'll get the flowers.
- Then it's not gonna be personal.
1344
01:14:37,263 --> 01:14:40,266
At least let the agents do a security sweep.
We don't know who's in there.
1345
01:14:40,350 --> 01:14:42,769
You think there's a florist in there
planning an assassination
1346
01:14:42,852 --> 01:14:45,146
on the off chance I might be stopping by?
1347
01:14:45,230 --> 01:14:46,606
It's possible.
1348
01:14:47,273 --> 01:14:49,150
No. No.
1349
01:14:49,526 --> 01:14:52,612
You're not hearing me.
Listen to what I'm saying.
1350
01:14:52,696 --> 01:14:56,074
- It was at the basketball game.
- Excuse me.
1351
01:14:56,157 --> 01:14:59,285
No, girl, at the game.
I'm telling you, Kiki wasn't even there.
1352
01:14:59,327 --> 01:15:01,871
- Excuse me.
- Hold on.
1353
01:15:02,288 --> 01:15:04,290
I will be right with you.
1354
01:15:04,582 --> 01:15:07,794
Hey, I don't know if you're the one
that I talked to on the phone.
1355
01:15:07,877 --> 01:15:10,672
Virginia, dogwood, President.
1356
01:15:11,172 --> 01:15:13,925
Does any of this ring a bell?
1357
01:15:14,300 --> 01:15:16,136
Same girl.
She remembered me.
1358
01:15:17,303 --> 01:15:20,306
I'm glad to see that
the President has a girlfriend.
1359
01:15:20,306 --> 01:15:26,312
Never mind that she's the hired gun
of an ultra-liberal political action committee.
1360
01:15:28,815 --> 01:15:33,069
Never mind that the President takes the Fifth
1361
01:15:33,153 --> 01:15:37,532
any time a reporter has the temerity
to ask him a question about a woman
1362
01:15:37,615 --> 01:15:43,413
in a position to exert enormous influence
over a huge range of issues.
1363
01:15:46,124 --> 01:15:49,919
Never mind that this woman's idea of
how to unwind at the end of a tough day
1364
01:15:50,003 --> 01:15:54,841
is to get together with some of her ACLU pals
and to set American flags on fire.
1365
01:15:57,677 --> 01:16:00,180
No reaction from the White House.
1366
01:16:01,347 --> 01:16:04,059
Because it doesn't need to be
dignified with a response.
1367
01:16:04,142 --> 01:16:06,352
There's no upside. I'm leaving it alone.
1368
01:16:06,352 --> 01:16:08,438
What do Lewis and Robin think?
1369
01:16:08,521 --> 01:16:13,234
Brutus and Cassius? They want me to get
into a character debate and mix it up.
1370
01:16:13,443 --> 01:16:15,612
Lewis and Robin are very smart.
1371
01:16:15,695 --> 01:16:18,656
- Sydney says you guys are really stupid.
- I didn't say that.
1372
01:16:18,740 --> 01:16:22,368
- She's questioning your loyalty.
- Hell, I question it all the time.
1373
01:16:22,368 --> 01:16:25,246
Wait a minute. Here comes my favorite part.
1374
01:16:25,330 --> 01:16:29,375
My name is Bob Rumson,
and I'm running for President.
1375
01:16:29,709 --> 01:16:31,211
Sure glad he cleared that up,
1376
01:16:31,294 --> 01:16:34,380
because that crowd was about
to buy some Amway products.
1377
01:16:34,380 --> 01:16:36,382
His numbers are climbing.
1378
01:16:36,382 --> 01:16:38,593
Sydney, his numbers
have nowhere to go but up.
1379
01:16:38,676 --> 01:16:40,386
What about yours?
1380
01:16:40,678 --> 01:16:44,390
We're fine. We'll be back up in the 60s
once I get the votes for the crime bill.
1381
01:16:44,432 --> 01:16:45,767
So, what are you doin' this weekend?
1382
01:16:45,850 --> 01:16:49,187
Oh, I got some work
I was gonna bring home. Why?
1383
01:16:49,270 --> 01:16:54,400
Negotiations are going pretty well here.
Looks like the nation's gonna keep on flying.
1384
01:16:54,400 --> 01:16:56,820
And Lucy's spending Saturday night
at a friend's house.
1385
01:16:56,903 --> 01:16:58,488
What'd you have in mind?
1386
01:17:01,908 --> 01:17:03,493
You ever been to Camp David?
1387
01:17:03,576 --> 01:17:06,579
Camp David? Sure.
1388
01:17:06,663 --> 01:17:10,416
I used to go there all the time,
but then they changed chefs and I...
1389
01:17:10,458 --> 01:17:13,128
It's sass, right? You're sassing me.
1390
01:17:13,670 --> 01:17:15,421
Yes.
1391
01:17:15,421 --> 01:17:18,424
I'm gonna have somebody
pick you up on Saturday morning.
1392
01:17:18,424 --> 01:17:20,635
Okay. Bye.
1393
01:17:20,718 --> 01:17:21,803
Bye.
1394
01:17:35,733 --> 01:17:38,486
- Mmm. Good God.
- What?
1395
01:17:39,445 --> 01:17:42,532
I'm looking at your
college transcripts. This isn't human.
1396
01:17:42,615 --> 01:17:46,953
Nobody gets this many A's. You were
like a Stepford student.
1397
01:17:47,036 --> 01:17:49,080
Are you still reading
that ridiculous biography?
1398
01:17:49,164 --> 01:17:52,167
No, no, I finished
- Road to the White House.
1399
01:17:52,250 --> 01:17:54,460
The Early Years.
1400
01:17:54,460 --> 01:17:57,338
Seven-trillion-dollar communications system
at my disposal,
1401
01:17:57,422 --> 01:17:59,632
and I can't find out if the Packers won.
1402
01:17:59,716 --> 01:18:02,927
Oh, Andy. C-minus in Women's Studies?
1403
01:18:03,011 --> 01:18:06,264
Yeah, well, that course wasn't about
what I thought it was gonna be about.
1404
01:18:06,347 --> 01:18:08,016
In a related item, President Shepherd
1405
01:18:08,099 --> 01:18:11,686
was in Maryland this week
for his routine physical exam.
1406
01:18:12,020 --> 01:18:16,482
Doctors at Bethesda Naval Hospital
pronounced the President in excellent health.
1407
01:18:16,482 --> 01:18:19,360
- Ah!
- Who cares? Just give us the scores!
1408
01:18:20,612 --> 01:18:23,031
While the President
spent the day at Camp David,
1409
01:18:23,114 --> 01:18:25,867
GOP presidential hopeful, Robert Rumson,
1410
01:18:25,950 --> 01:18:29,204
continued his attacks on
President Shepherd's character.
1411
01:18:29,287 --> 01:18:33,499
During the Saturday morning news program,
Capitol Review with Kenneth Michaels,
1412
01:18:33,499 --> 01:18:38,504
Senator Rumson suggested that GDC
political director, Sydney Ellen Wade,
1413
01:18:38,546 --> 01:18:41,090
whose close personal relationship
with the President
1414
01:18:41,174 --> 01:18:44,510
has been causing the White House
headaches over the past two months,
1415
01:18:44,510 --> 01:18:49,432
may have traded sexual favors
for key votes in the Virginia State Legislature
1416
01:18:49,515 --> 01:18:52,560
while lobbying for
the Virginia Teachers Association.
1417
01:18:53,478 --> 01:18:54,854
- Wait a minute, Senator.
- I'm not saying...
1418
01:18:54,938 --> 01:18:56,522
'Cause that's a heck of
an accusation to make.
1419
01:18:56,522 --> 01:18:59,734
Let me be very clear about this.
I am not making an accusation.
1420
01:18:59,817 --> 01:19:02,946
I am saying, when you hear one thing,
you dismiss it.
1421
01:19:03,029 --> 01:19:04,530
You hear two, you dismiss it,
1422
01:19:04,530 --> 01:19:08,284
but when several,
several well-respected members
1423
01:19:08,368 --> 01:19:11,162
and former members of
the Virginia State Legislature...
1424
01:19:11,246 --> 01:19:13,331
- Can you give us names?
- My God.
1425
01:19:13,414 --> 01:19:16,459
- He's making this up as he goes along.
- I'm so sorry, Sydney.
1426
01:19:16,542 --> 01:19:19,045
I don't even know what we call her.
Is she the First Mistress?
1427
01:19:19,128 --> 01:19:22,131
Oh, man. My father heard that.
1428
01:19:22,215 --> 01:19:24,509
He's just gonna have to turn a deaf ear.
1429
01:19:24,550 --> 01:19:27,637
Yeah, well, my father doesn't have a deaf ear.
He hears fine out of both.
1430
01:19:27,720 --> 01:19:30,723
So do I, and so does my sister
and so do my friends.
1431
01:19:30,807 --> 01:19:32,183
You're the only one who seems to...
1432
01:19:32,267 --> 01:19:34,435
Sydney, I can't challenge
the school bully to a fight
1433
01:19:34,519 --> 01:19:36,062
simply because he picks on my girlfriend.
1434
01:19:36,145 --> 01:19:39,065
No, I'm not asking you to.
I can take care of myself.
1435
01:19:39,148 --> 01:19:42,235
This isn't about me. How can you keep quiet?
1436
01:19:43,111 --> 01:19:45,613
How do you have patience for people
who claim they love America
1437
01:19:45,697 --> 01:19:47,907
but clearly can't stand Americans?
1438
01:19:49,575 --> 01:19:53,997
I have one election left.
I don't have the luxury of losing my patience.
1439
01:19:56,666 --> 01:19:59,961
I... I want to say something to you,
1440
01:20:00,044 --> 01:20:02,463
but I'm gonna fumble it a little bit,
1441
01:20:02,547 --> 01:20:06,259
so please just wait till I'm done
before you respond.
1442
01:20:07,593 --> 01:20:09,595
I am in love with you.
1443
01:20:09,637 --> 01:20:13,683
I'm certain of it, and I want
to be with you more than anything.
1444
01:20:14,600 --> 01:20:19,230
But maybe things would be better for you
if I just disappeared for a while.
1445
01:20:20,648 --> 01:20:23,860
Things will be better
when I pass the crime bill.
1446
01:20:24,402 --> 01:20:27,613
And if you disappeared, I'd find you.
1447
01:20:37,373 --> 01:20:38,958
- Hi, Gill.
- Mr. President.
1448
01:20:39,042 --> 01:20:43,254
Mr. President, militant women are out
to destroy college football in this country.
1449
01:20:43,338 --> 01:20:44,630
- Is that a fact?
- Yes, sir.
1450
01:20:44,630 --> 01:20:48,551
Have you been following
the situation down in Atlanta? No.
1451
01:20:48,634 --> 01:20:50,636
- Hi, Daddy.
- These women want parity
1452
01:20:50,678 --> 01:20:53,389
for girls' softball, volleyball, field hockey...
1453
01:20:53,473 --> 01:20:57,560
If I'm not mistaken, Gill, the courts
ruled on Title IX about 20 years ago.
1454
01:20:57,643 --> 01:21:00,813
Yes, sir, but what I'm saying now
is that these women want that law enforced.
1455
01:21:00,897 --> 01:21:02,648
- It's a world gone mad, Gill.
- It is, sir.
1456
01:21:02,648 --> 01:21:04,650
- Hello, Gill, merry Christmas.
- Merry Christmas.
1457
01:21:04,692 --> 01:21:06,569
Come over here.
I want you to meet some people.
1458
01:21:07,403 --> 01:21:09,322
You see,
the country has mood swings.
1459
01:21:09,405 --> 01:21:10,656
Mood swings?
1460
01:21:10,656 --> 01:21:12,658
Nineteen postgraduate degrees
in mathematics,
1461
01:21:12,742 --> 01:21:16,746
and your best explanation of going
from a 63 to a 46 % approval rating
1462
01:21:16,829 --> 01:21:19,457
in five weeks is mood swings.
1463
01:21:19,540 --> 01:21:23,211
Well, I could explain it better,
but I'd need charts and graphs and an easel.
1464
01:21:23,294 --> 01:21:25,671
Fellas, we haven't slept in three years.
1465
01:21:25,671 --> 01:21:29,550
Can't we forget about work for one night,
take a moment to enjoy each other as friends?
1466
01:21:29,634 --> 01:21:31,677
- It's Christmas.
- It's Christmas?
1467
01:21:31,677 --> 01:21:33,805
Yeah. You didn't get the memo?
1468
01:21:38,059 --> 01:21:40,103
Sydney. Merry Christmas.
1469
01:21:40,186 --> 01:21:42,688
- Hi, Esther. Hi.
- Hello, Sydney.
1470
01:21:42,688 --> 01:21:45,358
- Merry Christmas, AJ
- And a merry Christmas to you.
1471
01:21:45,441 --> 01:21:48,403
- Where you been?
- I got stuck on Dupont Circle.
1472
01:21:49,904 --> 01:21:53,699
I can never remember
which lane I'm supposed to take.
1473
01:21:53,699 --> 01:21:57,995
Then I got cut off by this idiot cab driver
who starts screaming at me like it's my fault.
1474
01:21:58,079 --> 01:22:00,456
- Sydney, it's Christmas.
- Hiya, Syd.
1475
01:22:00,540 --> 01:22:03,709
Did you get stuck on Dupont Circle again?
1476
01:22:03,709 --> 01:22:05,670
It's not funny. I hate that place.
1477
01:22:05,711 --> 01:22:09,006
- Can't you declare it a federal disaster area?
- I'll look into it.
1478
01:22:09,090 --> 01:22:11,259
What were you doing up on the Hill anyway?
1479
01:22:11,342 --> 01:22:13,719
Oh, I had a terrible meeting today.
1480
01:22:13,803 --> 01:22:16,973
I totally lost my cool with
McSorley, McClusky and Shane.
1481
01:22:17,056 --> 01:22:20,685
- You went up to see the Motown Three?
- I pitched them the bill.
1482
01:22:20,726 --> 01:22:23,229
- On its merits?
- The woman has no fear.
1483
01:22:23,312 --> 01:22:26,732
She'd lobby the Carolinas
to the American Lung Association.
1484
01:22:26,732 --> 01:22:28,985
- It was a disaster.
- You're in good company.
1485
01:22:29,068 --> 01:22:30,653
I sat with them a week ago and they said
1486
01:22:30,736 --> 01:22:32,572
there was nothing
on the President's domestic agenda
1487
01:22:32,655 --> 01:22:35,741
they were more committed to defeating
than the crime bill.
1488
01:22:35,741 --> 01:22:37,702
Well, congratulations, fellas.
You're out of the cellar.
1489
01:22:37,743 --> 01:22:40,746
Because McSorley told me that the only thing
on the President's domestic agenda
1490
01:22:40,746 --> 01:22:43,332
that they were more committed
to defeating than the crime bill
1491
01:22:43,416 --> 01:22:45,209
was the fossil fuel package.
1492
01:22:45,293 --> 01:22:47,753
- You're kidding, right?
- No, I'm not kidding.
1493
01:22:47,753 --> 01:22:50,214
It's funny that he used the same words.
1494
01:22:50,298 --> 01:22:52,633
Yeah, Pep Boys don't know too many words.
1495
01:22:52,717 --> 01:22:54,510
I'm gonna get a drink and shake this off.
1496
01:22:54,594 --> 01:22:56,637
When I come back,
I'll have some Christmas spirit.
1497
01:22:56,721 --> 01:22:57,763
Okay.
1498
01:22:58,764 --> 01:22:59,765
Are you okay?
1499
01:23:00,725 --> 01:23:02,477
I'm fine, yeah. I'm fine.
1500
01:23:02,560 --> 01:23:05,188
- Come on, I'll lead the way.
- Thank you.
1501
01:23:05,563 --> 01:23:09,192
- Merry Christmas, Mr. President.
- Happy holidays, Bob.
1502
01:23:09,567 --> 01:23:11,819
Did what I think just happened,
just happen?
1503
01:23:11,903 --> 01:23:15,698
Did the GDC's political director just tell the
President and the White House Chief of Staff
1504
01:23:15,781 --> 01:23:18,784
that there are three votes
on the crime bill that can be bought
1505
01:23:18,784 --> 01:23:20,786
by sticking the fossil fuel package
in a drawer?
1506
01:23:20,870 --> 01:23:23,789
No. The GDC's political director
didn't tell us anything.
1507
01:23:23,789 --> 01:23:26,667
Sydney Wade told her boyfriend
and her boyfriend's best friend
1508
01:23:26,751 --> 01:23:27,793
that she had a lousy day.
1509
01:23:27,793 --> 01:23:30,004
It doesn't change the facts, Mr. President.
1510
01:23:30,087 --> 01:23:33,508
If Sydney gets her 24 votes
and we're three votes shy,
1511
01:23:33,591 --> 01:23:34,800
then there's some maneuvering to be done.
1512
01:23:34,800 --> 01:23:36,677
- I made a promise, AJ
- You made a deal, Mr. President.
1513
01:23:36,761 --> 01:23:38,846
- I made it with Sydney.
- You made it with the GDC
1514
01:23:38,930 --> 01:23:41,599
It's all academic anyway.
We're not gonna need those three votes.
1515
01:23:41,682 --> 01:23:46,604
Sir, if your approval rating continues to drop,
things are gonna get tight.
1516
01:23:50,399 --> 01:23:53,069
I'm hearing rumors that your boss
is wavering on the crime bill.
1517
01:23:53,152 --> 01:23:56,072
I wouldn't listen to rumors,
Lewis. You know this town.
1518
01:23:56,155 --> 01:23:58,199
That's what I wanted to hear.
1519
01:23:58,282 --> 01:24:01,869
I'll tell you, though, my boss
is startin' to waver on the crime bill.
1520
01:24:01,953 --> 01:24:06,165
Sydney, everybody cares about
the environment during a phone survey.
1521
01:24:06,249 --> 01:24:08,125
On election day, nobody gives a damn.
1522
01:24:08,209 --> 01:24:10,628
That's why you have a job.
1523
01:24:11,462 --> 01:24:13,339
Congressman Pennybaker, on election day,
1524
01:24:13,422 --> 01:24:16,092
people give a damn about
what I tell them to give a damn about.
1525
01:24:16,175 --> 01:24:17,760
That's why I have a job.
1526
01:24:18,427 --> 01:24:19,929
She got Pennybaker.
1527
01:24:22,807 --> 01:24:25,184
Congressman, it was our
understanding we had your support.
1528
01:24:25,268 --> 01:24:27,937
Hey, look, I like your boy.
Always have.
1529
01:24:28,020 --> 01:24:31,274
But for God's sake, kid,
does the woman have to spend the night?
1530
01:24:31,357 --> 01:24:34,318
We've got the full backing
of the White House, Catherine.
1531
01:24:34,402 --> 01:24:36,487
Yes, at 20 %.
1532
01:24:36,571 --> 01:24:39,115
Three more votes,
the President sends it to the Hill.
1533
01:24:40,491 --> 01:24:43,244
Katie. Katie, 10 years from now,
1534
01:24:43,327 --> 01:24:46,872
any car with an internal combustion engine
is gonna be considered a collector's item.
1535
01:24:46,872 --> 01:24:49,041
Come on board.
We'll make your Volvo a classic.
1536
01:24:49,125 --> 01:24:51,252
Congressman, the assault weapons are gone.
1537
01:24:51,335 --> 01:24:55,798
- The bill is priced to move.
- The bill isn't the issue.
1538
01:24:56,048 --> 01:24:59,010
I'm facing a serious challenge in November,
1539
01:24:59,093 --> 01:25:01,512
and the President's coattails
just aren't what they used to be.
1540
01:25:01,596 --> 01:25:04,181
The President's coattails are gonna
have room for you, Congressman.
1541
01:25:04,265 --> 01:25:05,641
You just leave that to us.
1542
01:25:05,725 --> 01:25:08,477
We left that to you, Leon,
and now the President's in a free-fall.
1543
01:25:08,561 --> 01:25:10,813
- I wouldn't say he's in a free-fall.
- Fellas.
1544
01:25:11,522 --> 01:25:13,899
I just can't give you my vote.
1545
01:25:13,941 --> 01:25:15,026
AJ, the well is drying up.
1546
01:25:15,109 --> 01:25:17,778
Now, the President's gotta make a move,
or we're gonna die fast and quiet.
1547
01:25:17,862 --> 01:25:20,031
What if I do a new poll?
We give him detailed public opinion.
1548
01:25:20,114 --> 01:25:22,825
- And we put Sydney in the new model.
- Right.
1549
01:25:23,909 --> 01:25:26,871
AJ, it's meaningless
unless we ask him about Sydney.
1550
01:25:29,373 --> 01:25:31,083
All right, fine. Let's do it.
1551
01:25:50,561 --> 01:25:51,896
Mmm. Mmm!
1552
01:25:52,355 --> 01:25:54,649
Oh! It's delicious. Thank you.
1553
01:25:56,150 --> 01:25:59,445
- Is there any more?
- Tons. I didn't think you liked it.
1554
01:25:59,779 --> 01:26:01,906
You kidding? Of course I did.
1555
01:26:01,947 --> 01:26:03,074
Actually, it's not for me.
1556
01:26:03,157 --> 01:26:04,950
The agent who checked the food
thought it was delicious, too.
1557
01:26:05,034 --> 01:26:07,286
I told him I'd bring him some
if there was any left.
1558
01:26:07,370 --> 01:26:10,206
- So you didn't like it.
- No, I loved it.
1559
01:26:10,289 --> 01:26:11,957
- You're lying.
- No, I'm not.
1560
01:26:11,957 --> 01:26:14,251
You are. I can tell when
you're holding something back.
1561
01:26:14,335 --> 01:26:15,670
You do a thing with your face.
1562
01:26:15,878 --> 01:26:18,297
When have you ever seen me
do a thing with my face?
1563
01:26:18,381 --> 01:26:20,132
Two days before I met you.
1564
01:26:20,216 --> 01:26:23,719
You were giving a speech for the
Daughters of the American Revolution.
1565
01:26:23,803 --> 01:26:25,346
- I was there.
- You were?
1566
01:26:25,429 --> 01:26:27,973
- You remember the speech?
- Vaguely.
1567
01:26:27,973 --> 01:26:30,685
"Americans can no longer afford
to pretend they live in a great society."
1568
01:26:30,768 --> 01:26:32,019
Ah, yes.
1569
01:26:32,603 --> 01:26:34,855
There was supposed to be
something after that, wasn't there?
1570
01:26:34,980 --> 01:26:36,273
How did you know that?
1571
01:26:36,899 --> 01:26:38,651
I told you. The face.
1572
01:26:43,072 --> 01:26:44,365
- Cheers.
- Cheers.
1573
01:26:47,993 --> 01:26:50,996
Oh, wow! Hmm! What's the occasion?
1574
01:26:51,497 --> 01:26:54,834
You're lookin' at a lady who's
two votes shy of the Promised Land.
1575
01:26:54,917 --> 01:26:57,044
- Two votes?
- I got Pennybaker.
1576
01:26:57,128 --> 01:27:01,048
- That got me Cass and Zimmer.
- Well, that's great. That's great work, Sydney.
1577
01:27:01,132 --> 01:27:02,508
I'm not there yet.
1578
01:27:02,591 --> 01:27:05,928
Well, no matter what happens, you have
every reason to be proud of yourself.
1579
01:27:06,011 --> 01:27:08,556
No, I'll be proud
when I see you sign the bill.
1580
01:27:09,014 --> 01:27:10,474
Well, yeah.
1581
01:27:11,934 --> 01:27:15,104
Andy?
You're doing that thing with your face.
1582
01:27:19,984 --> 01:27:22,778
- How are the numbers?
- Bad.
1583
01:27:22,862 --> 01:27:24,488
- How bad?
- Forty-one.
1584
01:27:24,572 --> 01:27:27,867
- Character across the board.
- No, come on. George, don't tell me that!
1585
01:27:28,117 --> 01:27:30,369
- Who is Lewis on with?
- Jarrett.
1586
01:27:30,870 --> 01:27:32,037
He's trying to keep his fingers in the dam.
1587
01:27:32,121 --> 01:27:35,374
You're supposed to be a United States
Congressman, for the love of Christ!
1588
01:27:36,041 --> 01:27:40,045
But we're not gonna stay at 41.
The numbers are gonna go back up.
1589
01:27:40,629 --> 01:27:42,423
But they're gonna go back up.
1590
01:27:43,048 --> 01:27:45,259
All right, George. Congressman...
1591
01:27:45,718 --> 01:27:47,136
Congressman Jarrett...
1592
01:27:47,219 --> 01:27:50,556
Look, George, listen to me.
It's crunch time.
1593
01:27:50,639 --> 01:27:53,058
It's personal.
This is one of those moments.
1594
01:27:53,142 --> 01:27:56,061
It's just you and the President.
Now, what's it gonna be?
1595
01:28:00,024 --> 01:28:01,066
Yeah.
1596
01:28:03,068 --> 01:28:05,070
Yeah. Yeah, all right, George.
1597
01:28:05,070 --> 01:28:07,072
Can I tell you something?
We're gonna win this thing.
1598
01:28:07,072 --> 01:28:09,074
We're gonna get the votes we need
and we're gonna win this thing.
1599
01:28:09,158 --> 01:28:11,285
And you know what I'm gonna do after that,
I mean that very night,
1600
01:28:11,368 --> 01:28:13,537
I'm gonna go to Sam & Harry's,
I'm gonna order a big steak,
1601
01:28:13,621 --> 01:28:15,998
and I'm gonna make a list of everybody
who tried to fuck us this week!
1602
01:28:16,081 --> 01:28:17,082
Lewis!
1603
01:28:17,082 --> 01:28:20,544
Yeah, well, just vote your conscience,
you chickenshit lame-ass!
1604
01:28:23,088 --> 01:28:24,298
We lost Jarrett.
1605
01:28:24,381 --> 01:28:25,633
I hope so.
1606
01:28:25,716 --> 01:28:29,303
Because if that was an undecided,
then we need to work on our people skills.
1607
01:28:29,553 --> 01:28:30,763
Yeah, hi, Karen, it's Lewis.
1608
01:28:30,846 --> 01:28:34,016
I need you to find Congressman Quincy
for me right away. Thank you.
1609
01:28:37,770 --> 01:28:39,480
We lost Quincy, too.
1610
01:28:42,608 --> 01:28:44,151
Did he give a reason?
1611
01:28:44,485 --> 01:28:47,321
Yeah. He thinks your numbers
aren't likely to rebound.
1612
01:28:49,365 --> 01:28:52,117
We're three votes down again, sir.
1613
01:28:53,911 --> 01:28:57,832
Mr. President, as of this morning,
Sydney only needed one more vote.
1614
01:28:57,915 --> 01:28:59,750
Now, the Motown Three
have gotta be scared blind.
1615
01:28:59,834 --> 01:29:02,461
I don't think there'll be a better opportunity.
1616
01:29:02,545 --> 01:29:06,215
The press is expecting an announcement
on the crime bill by the State of the Union.
1617
01:29:06,298 --> 01:29:09,385
And if you agree to stick 455 in a drawer
until after elections,
1618
01:29:09,468 --> 01:29:12,972
- they'll give you the three votes.
- And we declare victory, sir.
1619
01:29:14,849 --> 01:29:16,851
We said as a last resort.
1620
01:29:17,351 --> 01:29:20,145
We're there, sir.
The State of the Union is 48 hours away.
1621
01:29:20,229 --> 01:29:22,314
Oh, come on, Leon!
There's gotta be three votes someplace!
1622
01:29:22,398 --> 01:29:23,524
- There isn't.
- Bullshit!
1623
01:29:23,607 --> 01:29:25,276
- There's gotta be somebody out there!
- There isn't, sir.
1624
01:29:25,359 --> 01:29:26,694
- Storch!
- I beg your pardon?
1625
01:29:26,777 --> 01:29:29,154
- What about Storch?
- Storch is a no.
1626
01:29:29,154 --> 01:29:30,698
Mr. President.
1627
01:29:31,323 --> 01:29:32,908
- Wagner?
1628
01:29:32,992 --> 01:29:34,952
- Sobel? Clark?
- No. No.
1629
01:29:35,035 --> 01:29:36,871
Not that Clark! The one from Indiana.
1630
01:29:36,954 --> 01:29:38,539
That one too, sir.
1631
01:29:38,873 --> 01:29:40,958
Mr. President, I think we have to do this.
1632
01:29:41,041 --> 01:29:44,169
AJ, she is one vote away.
1633
01:29:44,169 --> 01:29:48,173
It's important legislation that for
the first time has a legitimate chance.
1634
01:29:48,173 --> 01:29:51,176
- She deserves every opportunity...
- She?
1635
01:29:52,177 --> 01:29:53,804
You meant "it," didn't you, sir?
1636
01:29:54,179 --> 01:29:56,849
You meant the important legislation
deserves every opportunity.
1637
01:29:56,932 --> 01:29:59,935
- Lewis, shut up.
- You have something to say to me, Lewis?
1638
01:30:00,185 --> 01:30:04,607
Respectfully, sir, I think we should examine
the new poll for something more than...
1639
01:30:04,690 --> 01:30:06,984
Examine what? They don't like that
I'm going outwith Sydney.
1640
01:30:07,067 --> 01:30:08,819
It's not that simple.
1641
01:30:09,194 --> 01:30:12,281
I think that this poll brings
a murky problem into specific relief.
1642
01:30:12,364 --> 01:30:17,202
Whose problem are we talking about, Lewis?
Yours? You worried about losing your job?
1643
01:30:17,202 --> 01:30:20,289
Because this poll isn't
talking about my presidency!
1644
01:30:20,372 --> 01:30:23,000
This poll is talking about my life!
1645
01:30:23,709 --> 01:30:25,210
264 million people...
1646
01:30:25,210 --> 01:30:29,465
264 million people don't give a damn about
your life! They give a damn about their own!
1647
01:30:29,548 --> 01:30:30,925
All right! That's enough!
1648
01:30:31,008 --> 01:30:34,637
Mr. President,
you've raised a daughter
1649
01:30:35,888 --> 01:30:39,642
almost entirely on your own,
and she's terrific.
1650
01:30:41,018 --> 01:30:43,103
So what does it say to you
that in the past seven weeks
1651
01:30:43,187 --> 01:30:47,232
59 % of this country has begun
to question your family values?
1652
01:30:47,232 --> 01:30:49,193
The President doesn't answer to you, Lewis.
1653
01:30:49,234 --> 01:30:52,655
Oh, yes, he does, AJ I'm a citizen.
This is my president.
1654
01:30:52,738 --> 01:30:55,532
And in this country, it is not only
permissible to question our leaders,
1655
01:30:55,616 --> 01:30:57,242
it's our responsibility.
1656
01:30:57,826 --> 01:31:00,996
But you already know that,
don't you, Mr. President?
1657
01:31:01,080 --> 01:31:05,250
Because you have a deeper love
of this country than any man I've ever known,
1658
01:31:05,250 --> 01:31:08,712
and I want to know what it says to you
that in the past seven weeks
1659
01:31:08,796 --> 01:31:11,924
59 % of Americans have begun
to question your patriotism?
1660
01:31:12,007 --> 01:31:13,425
Look, if people want to listen to Bob...
1661
01:31:13,509 --> 01:31:14,843
They don't have a choice!
1662
01:31:14,927 --> 01:31:17,930
Bob Rumson is the only one
doing the talking.
1663
01:31:18,263 --> 01:31:21,475
People want leadership, Mr. President,
and in the absence of genuine leadership,
1664
01:31:21,558 --> 01:31:24,311
they'll listen to anyone
who steps up to the microphone.
1665
01:31:24,853 --> 01:31:26,605
They want leadership.
1666
01:31:27,272 --> 01:31:30,067
They're so thirsty for it, they'll crawl
through the desert toward a mirage,
1667
01:31:30,150 --> 01:31:33,278
and when they discover there's no water,
they'll drink the sand.
1668
01:31:35,364 --> 01:31:38,784
Lewis, we have had presidents
who were beloved,
1669
01:31:38,867 --> 01:31:43,205
who couldn't find a coherent sentence
with two hands and a flashlight.
1670
01:31:44,415 --> 01:31:47,751
People don't drink the sand
because they're thirsty.
1671
01:31:47,835 --> 01:31:51,463
They drink the sand because
they don't know the difference.
1672
01:32:00,055 --> 01:32:03,767
Mr. President,
what do you want to do about 455?
1673
01:32:07,730 --> 01:32:10,315
- Make the deal.
- Yes, sir.
1674
01:32:13,819 --> 01:32:18,824
I just want to go on record and apologize
for my attitude towards you since your arrival.
1675
01:32:18,907 --> 01:32:20,576
Oh, I didn't notice.
Was there an attitude?
1676
01:32:20,659 --> 01:32:25,039
Well, I think that I have
a lot of pent-up hostility.
1677
01:32:25,122 --> 01:32:27,416
- Well, I...
- I'm wondering who I can blame that on.
1678
01:32:27,499 --> 01:32:28,792
I'm not really qualified, so...
1679
01:32:28,876 --> 01:32:32,379
You know, because I've been blaming it
on my mother and my ex-husband,
1680
01:32:32,463 --> 01:32:34,381
and, well, that doesn't seem to be working.
1681
01:32:34,840 --> 01:32:37,176
Syd, Leo needs to see you.
1682
01:32:37,259 --> 01:32:39,344
Well, tell him to get in here.
It's a party.
1683
01:32:39,344 --> 01:32:41,055
He needs to see you in his office.
1684
01:32:41,472 --> 01:32:42,681
What, it can't wait?
1685
01:32:42,765 --> 01:32:45,976
He just got off the phone with MacInerney.
There's been a development.
1686
01:32:51,940 --> 01:32:53,358
Good evening.
1687
01:33:06,371 --> 01:33:07,706
Sounds good.
1688
01:33:07,790 --> 01:33:09,958
- It's progressive.
- I'll say.
1689
01:33:10,375 --> 01:33:12,753
Dad, what's wrong with Sydney?
Did you guys have a fight or something?
1690
01:33:12,836 --> 01:33:15,380
- What do you mean?
- Only she seemed pretty mad.
1691
01:33:15,380 --> 01:33:17,508
- You saw her?
- Yeah. She's here.
1692
01:33:17,591 --> 01:33:19,343
- Where?
- In your room.
1693
01:33:19,384 --> 01:33:22,763
- Dad, why is she mad?
- Don't worry about it, honey.
1694
01:33:22,846 --> 01:33:25,390
- Were you a dork?
- Practice your music.
1695
01:33:25,390 --> 01:33:30,229
You know, if you were a dork,
you should say you're sorry. Girls like that.
1696
01:33:31,396 --> 01:33:32,397
Syd?
1697
01:33:32,940 --> 01:33:34,566
Have you seen a gray cable knit sweater?
1698
01:33:34,650 --> 01:33:37,402
A gray sweater? No.
I called you at the office today.
1699
01:33:37,402 --> 01:33:40,447
It's Beth's. I wore it here one time
and I didn't want to leave it.
1700
01:33:41,406 --> 01:33:42,407
Where you going?
1701
01:33:42,449 --> 01:33:45,410
- I'm going home, then I'm going to Hartford.
- Connecticut?
1702
01:33:45,494 --> 01:33:47,621
Yes. Do you know if it was sent
with your dry cleaning?
1703
01:33:47,704 --> 01:33:48,872
What's in Connecticut?
1704
01:33:48,956 --> 01:33:52,042
Uh, Richard Reynolds' campaign.
He may be able to give me a job.
1705
01:33:52,126 --> 01:33:53,752
When did you decide to get a new job?
1706
01:33:53,836 --> 01:33:56,880
Not long after Leo Solomon
fired me from my old one.
1707
01:33:57,339 --> 01:34:00,342
- Beth's gonna kill me.
- Why did he fire you?
1708
01:34:00,425 --> 01:34:04,012
Oh, total failure to achieve any of
the objectives for which I was hired.
1709
01:34:04,096 --> 01:34:06,431
I told him he was being unreasonable.
1710
01:34:06,431 --> 01:34:11,019
After all, I did get to dance with the President
and ride in Air Force One a couple of times.
1711
01:34:11,103 --> 01:34:12,813
But you know those
prickly environmentalists.
1712
01:34:12,896 --> 01:34:16,441
It's always gotta be something with them.
If it's not clean air, then it's clean water.
1713
01:34:16,441 --> 01:34:18,694
Like it's not good enough
that I'm on the cover of People magazine.
1714
01:34:19,361 --> 01:34:20,821
I'll call him.
1715
01:34:20,904 --> 01:34:23,115
You'll call him? You mean
you'll call him yourself, personally?
1716
01:34:23,198 --> 01:34:25,450
It'll come from the President?
1717
01:34:25,450 --> 01:34:28,912
That's a great idea.
I think you should call Leo and make a deal.
1718
01:34:28,996 --> 01:34:33,458
He hires me back for, say, 72 days.
I go around scaring the hell out of Congress,
1719
01:34:33,458 --> 01:34:37,462
making them think the President's about to
drive through a very damaging and costly bill.
1720
01:34:37,462 --> 01:34:40,966
They'll believe me, right?
Because I'm the President's Friday night girl.
1721
01:34:41,049 --> 01:34:42,885
Now, I don't know if you can
dip into that well twice,
1722
01:34:42,968 --> 01:34:45,429
especially since I've lost
all credibility in politics.
1723
01:34:45,470 --> 01:34:48,473
But you never know.
I might be able to just pull it off again.
1724
01:34:48,515 --> 01:34:50,475
I might be able to give you
just the leverage you need
1725
01:34:50,475 --> 01:34:53,478
to pass some ground-breaking
piece of crime legislation,
1726
01:34:53,478 --> 01:34:57,482
like a mandatory three-day waiting period
before a 5-year-old can buy an Uzi.
1727
01:34:57,524 --> 01:35:00,861
Oh, fuck the sweater! She'll have to learn
to live with disappointment.
1728
01:35:01,612 --> 01:35:03,822
What do you think went on here today?
1729
01:35:04,489 --> 01:35:07,784
I know exactly what went on here today.
I got screwed!
1730
01:35:07,868 --> 01:35:11,246
You saw the poll, you needed the crime bill,
you couldn't get it on your own,
1731
01:35:11,330 --> 01:35:12,706
so I got screwed!
1732
01:35:12,789 --> 01:35:16,376
The environment got screwed, Sydney.
Nothing happened to you.
1733
01:35:17,169 --> 01:35:19,504
Governing is choosing.
Governing is prioritizing.
1734
01:35:19,504 --> 01:35:23,383
I made no secret of the fact
the crime bill was my top priority.
1735
01:35:23,467 --> 01:35:26,511
Well, then, congratulations.
It's only taken you three years
1736
01:35:26,511 --> 01:35:30,849
to put together crime prevention legislation
that has no hope of preventing crime.
1737
01:35:30,933 --> 01:35:32,434
Syd, please.
1738
01:35:33,518 --> 01:35:35,646
I don't want to lose you over this.
1739
01:35:35,729 --> 01:35:39,441
Mr. President,
you got bigger problems than losing me.
1740
01:35:41,151 --> 01:35:42,986
You just lost my vote.
1741
01:35:51,536 --> 01:35:52,829
Hartford? What's in Hartford?
1742
01:35:52,913 --> 01:35:56,250
Richard Reynolds' district office.
She's thinking of running his campaign.
1743
01:35:56,333 --> 01:35:57,960
Twelve in the corner.
1744
01:35:58,043 --> 01:36:00,796
Hartford. Insurance capital of the world.
1745
01:36:02,047 --> 01:36:03,882
Have a good time, Syd.
1746
01:36:05,550 --> 01:36:08,553
Listen, I'm gonna have Janie
clear your schedule for the weekend.
1747
01:36:08,553 --> 01:36:10,764
- You need to get some rest.
- You handling me, AJ?
1748
01:36:10,847 --> 01:36:11,848
- No, sir.
- Good.
1749
01:36:11,932 --> 01:36:15,477
But I will if you don't start
taking your head out of your ass.
1750
01:36:16,561 --> 01:36:17,688
Excuse me?
1751
01:36:17,771 --> 01:36:20,315
Lewis is right. Go after this guy.
1752
01:36:22,401 --> 01:36:24,569
- Has he lied?
- What?
1753
01:36:24,569 --> 01:36:28,573
- Has Rumson lied in the past seven weeks?
- Has he lied?
1754
01:36:28,573 --> 01:36:30,617
Other than not knowing the difference
between Harvard and Stanford,
1755
01:36:30,701 --> 01:36:33,495
has he said something that isn't true?
1756
01:36:34,371 --> 01:36:37,332
Am I not a Commander in Chief
who's never served in the military?
1757
01:36:37,416 --> 01:36:41,586
Am I not opposed to a constitutional
amendment banning flag burning?
1758
01:36:41,670 --> 01:36:44,756
Am I not an unmarried father who
shared a bed with a liberal lobbyist
1759
01:36:44,840 --> 01:36:46,717
down the hall from his 12-year-old daughter?
1760
01:36:46,800 --> 01:36:48,385
And you think you're wrong?
1761
01:36:48,468 --> 01:36:51,596
I don't think you win elections
by telling 59 % of the people that they are!
1762
01:36:51,596 --> 01:36:55,600
We fight the fights we can win.
You fight the fights that need fighting!
1763
01:36:55,809 --> 01:36:58,645
Is the view pretty good
from the cheap seats, AJ?
1764
01:36:58,729 --> 01:37:00,355
I beg your pardon?
1765
01:37:00,439 --> 01:37:04,609
Because it occurs to me that in 25 years,
I've never seen your name on a ballot.
1766
01:37:04,609 --> 01:37:07,696
Now, why is that?
Why are you always one step behind me?
1767
01:37:08,238 --> 01:37:09,281
Because if I wasn't,
1768
01:37:09,364 --> 01:37:12,868
you'd be the most popular history professor
at the University of Wisconsin.
1769
01:37:13,535 --> 01:37:14,619
Fuck you!
1770
01:37:20,334 --> 01:37:23,295
Have Lewis put the final draft
of the State of the Union
1771
01:37:23,378 --> 01:37:25,589
on my desk in the morning.
1772
01:37:26,173 --> 01:37:27,507
Yes, sir.
1773
01:37:37,392 --> 01:37:39,102
If Mary hadn't died,
1774
01:37:41,646 --> 01:37:44,107
would we have won three years ago?
1775
01:37:45,859 --> 01:37:47,652
Would we have won?
1776
01:37:48,653 --> 01:37:52,449
If we had to go through a character debate
three years ago,
1777
01:37:52,657 --> 01:37:54,242
would we have won?
1778
01:37:55,369 --> 01:37:56,745
I don't know.
1779
01:37:58,663 --> 01:38:00,665
But I would have liked that campaign.
1780
01:38:02,417 --> 01:38:07,130
If my friend Andy Shepherd had shown up,
I would have liked that campaign very much.
1781
01:38:09,674 --> 01:38:10,801
Yeah.
1782
01:39:08,650 --> 01:39:10,527
Because the President
feels there's no value
1783
01:39:10,610 --> 01:39:12,195
in this kind of character debate. Arthur?
1784
01:39:12,279 --> 01:39:15,365
Robin, will the President ever respond
to Senator Rumson's question
1785
01:39:15,449 --> 01:39:17,742
about being a member
of the American Civil Liberties Union?
1786
01:39:17,742 --> 01:39:20,036
Yes, he will. Good morning.
1787
01:39:20,120 --> 01:39:23,206
That's all right. Please keep your seats.
Good morning.
1788
01:39:30,630 --> 01:39:33,467
For the last couple of months,
Senator Rumson has suggested
1789
01:39:33,550 --> 01:39:37,929
that being President of this country was,
to a certain extent, about character.
1790
01:39:38,263 --> 01:39:42,350
And although I have not been willing
to engage in his attacks on me,
1791
01:39:42,434 --> 01:39:45,729
I've been here three years and three days,
1792
01:39:46,563 --> 01:39:48,648
and I can tell you, without hesitation,
1793
01:39:49,774 --> 01:39:52,027
being President of this country
1794
01:39:52,777 --> 01:39:55,030
is entirely about character.
1795
01:39:56,239 --> 01:40:01,786
For the record, yes, I am a card-carrying
member of the ACLU.
1796
01:40:01,786 --> 01:40:05,415
But the more important question is,
why aren't you, Bob?
1797
01:40:05,499 --> 01:40:10,462
Now, this is an organization whose
sole purpose is to defend the Bill of Rights.
1798
01:40:10,545 --> 01:40:12,464
So it naturally begs the question,
1799
01:40:12,547 --> 01:40:15,884
why would a senator,
his party's most powerful spokesman,
1800
01:40:15,967 --> 01:40:20,680
and a candidate for President,
choose to reject upholding the Constitution?
1801
01:40:21,139 --> 01:40:23,808
Now, if you can answer that question, folks,
then you're smarter than I am,
1802
01:40:23,808 --> 01:40:28,104
because I didn't understand it
until a few hours ago.
1803
01:40:30,524 --> 01:40:32,192
America isn't easy.
1804
01:40:33,818 --> 01:40:36,404
America is advanced citizenship.
1805
01:40:36,488 --> 01:40:40,116
You've gotta want it bad,
'cause it's gonna put up a fight.
1806
01:40:40,492 --> 01:40:42,953
It's gonna say, "You want free speech?
1807
01:40:43,036 --> 01:40:46,164
"Let's see you acknowledge a man
whose words make your blood boil,
1808
01:40:46,248 --> 01:40:49,960
"who's standing center stage
and advocating at the top of his lungs
1809
01:40:50,043 --> 01:40:53,838
"that which you would spend a lifetime
opposing at the top of yours.
1810
01:40:53,838 --> 01:40:56,466
"You want to claim this land
as the land of the free?
1811
01:40:56,550 --> 01:41:00,053
"Then the symbol of your country
cannot just be a flag!
1812
01:41:00,136 --> 01:41:04,849
"The symbol also has to be
one of its citizens exercising his right
1813
01:41:04,849 --> 01:41:06,935
"to burn that flag in protest."
1814
01:41:07,018 --> 01:41:11,064
Now, show me that, defend that,
celebrate that in your classrooms.
1815
01:41:11,147 --> 01:41:14,859
Then you can stand up
and sing about the land of the free.
1816
01:41:15,151 --> 01:41:18,863
I've known Bob Rumson for years,
and I've been operating under the assumption
1817
01:41:18,905 --> 01:41:22,742
that the reason Bob devotes so much
time and energy to shouting at the rain
1818
01:41:22,826 --> 01:41:24,953
was that he simply didn't get it.
1819
01:41:25,036 --> 01:41:28,331
Well, I was wrong.
Bob's problem isn't that he doesn't get it.
1820
01:41:28,415 --> 01:41:30,917
Bob's problem is that he can't sell it.
1821
01:41:32,502 --> 01:41:34,879
We have serious problems to solve,
1822
01:41:34,879 --> 01:41:37,674
and we need serious people to solve them.
1823
01:41:37,757 --> 01:41:41,303
And whatever your particular problem is,
I promise you,
1824
01:41:41,386 --> 01:41:44,889
Bob Rumson's not the least bit
interested in solving it.
1825
01:41:45,890 --> 01:41:49,769
He is interested in two things,
and two things only.
1826
01:41:49,853 --> 01:41:52,897
Making you afraid of it
and telling you who's to blame for it.
1827
01:41:52,981 --> 01:41:55,900
That, ladies and gentlemen,
is how you win elections.
1828
01:41:56,568 --> 01:41:59,738
You gather a group of middle-aged,
middle-class, middle-income voters
1829
01:41:59,821 --> 01:42:01,906
who remember with longing an easier time,
1830
01:42:01,990 --> 01:42:06,202
and you talk to them about family
and American values and character.
1831
01:42:06,286 --> 01:42:08,872
Then you wave an old photo
of the President's girlfriend,
1832
01:42:08,913 --> 01:42:11,041
and you scream about patriotism
and you tell them,
1833
01:42:11,124 --> 01:42:13,918
"She's to blame for their lot in life."
1834
01:42:13,918 --> 01:42:15,920
And you go on television,
1835
01:42:16,504 --> 01:42:18,506
and you call her a whore.
1836
01:42:19,591 --> 01:42:22,052
Sydney Ellen Wade
has done nothing to you, Bob.
1837
01:42:22,135 --> 01:42:25,805
She has done nothing
but put herself through school,
1838
01:42:25,889 --> 01:42:28,183
represent the interests
of public school teachers,
1839
01:42:28,266 --> 01:42:30,935
and lobby for the safety
of our natural resources.
1840
01:42:30,977 --> 01:42:34,939
You want a character debate, Bob,
you better stick with me.
1841
01:42:34,939 --> 01:42:38,276
'Cause Sydney Ellen Wade
is way out of your league.
1842
01:42:45,950 --> 01:42:48,119
I've loved two women in my life.
1843
01:42:49,204 --> 01:42:50,955
I lost one to cancer.
1844
01:42:52,332 --> 01:42:55,794
And I lost the other 'cause
I was so busy keeping my job,
1845
01:42:55,877 --> 01:42:57,712
I forgot to do my job.
1846
01:42:59,464 --> 01:43:01,508
Well, that ends right now.
1847
01:43:02,008 --> 01:43:04,969
Tomorrow morning,
the White House is sending a bill
1848
01:43:04,969 --> 01:43:07,639
to Congress for its consideration.
1849
01:43:07,722 --> 01:43:13,978
It's White House Resolution 455,
an energy bill requiring a 20 % reduction,
1850
01:43:13,978 --> 01:43:17,482
of the emission of fossil fuels
over the next 10 years.
1851
01:43:17,857 --> 01:43:21,653
It is, by far, the most
aggressive stride ever taken
1852
01:43:21,736 --> 01:43:24,572
in the fight to reverse
the effects of global warming.
1853
01:43:24,698 --> 01:43:27,951
The other piece of legislation is the crime bill.
1854
01:43:29,077 --> 01:43:33,790
As of today, it no longer exists.
I'm throwing it out.
1855
01:43:34,165 --> 01:43:37,752
I'm throwing it out
and writing a law that makes sense.
1856
01:43:38,503 --> 01:43:40,672
You cannot address crime prevention,
1857
01:43:40,755 --> 01:43:43,758
without getting rid of
assault weapons and handguns.
1858
01:43:43,842 --> 01:43:49,013
I consider them a threat to national security,
and I will go door to door if I have to,
1859
01:43:49,013 --> 01:43:53,685
but I'm gonna convince Americans
that I'm right, and I'm gonna get the guns.
1860
01:43:54,811 --> 01:43:58,523
We've got serious problems,
and we need serious people.
1861
01:43:59,107 --> 01:44:01,276
And if you want to talk about character, Bob,
1862
01:44:01,359 --> 01:44:05,029
you better come at me with more than
a burning flag and a membership card.
1863
01:44:05,029 --> 01:44:08,783
If you want to talk about character
and American values, fine.
1864
01:44:08,867 --> 01:44:11,786
Just tell me where and when,
and I'll show up.
1865
01:44:11,870 --> 01:44:16,040
This is a time for serious people, Bob,
and your 15 minutes are up.
1866
01:44:16,082 --> 01:44:19,419
My name is Andrew Shepherd,
and I am the President.
1867
01:44:28,553 --> 01:44:30,138
Well, you don't see that
every day of the week.
1868
01:44:30,221 --> 01:44:33,349
He's got the whole White House press corps
asking each other how to spell "erudite."
1869
01:44:33,433 --> 01:44:34,601
Better call the printer, Lewis.
1870
01:44:34,684 --> 01:44:36,186
I know.
We gotta rewrite the State of the Union.
1871
01:44:36,269 --> 01:44:40,815
Every word, kid. It's a whole new ball game.
You have exactly 35 minutes.
1872
01:44:40,899 --> 01:44:44,194
Oh, good. I thought I was gonna be rushed.
1873
01:44:44,277 --> 01:44:46,738
I don't want a limousine.
I don't want an escort.
1874
01:44:46,821 --> 01:44:50,492
I want a plain, ordinary,
non-bulletproof automobile.
1875
01:44:50,575 --> 01:44:53,828
Somebody around here
must have a Chevy I can borrow.
1876
01:44:53,912 --> 01:44:57,582
Well, find one and have it outside
the West Wing entrance in five minutes.
1877
01:44:57,665 --> 01:44:59,334
Excuse me, sir. Where are you going?
1878
01:44:59,417 --> 01:45:03,630
I'm going over to her house, I'm gonna
stand outside her door until she lets me in.
1879
01:45:03,713 --> 01:45:05,799
I'm not leaving until I get her back.
1880
01:45:05,882 --> 01:45:07,675
And how are you gonna do that, sir?
1881
01:45:08,092 --> 01:45:11,805
Well, I haven't worked that out yet,
but I'm sure that groveling will be involved.
1882
01:45:12,096 --> 01:45:13,389
You're just gonna drive over?
1883
01:45:13,473 --> 01:45:16,434
AJ, I'm Commander in Chief
of the most powerful army in the world.
1884
01:45:16,518 --> 01:45:19,103
You don't think I can drive 10 blocks?
1885
01:45:19,604 --> 01:45:23,775
Just stay away from Dupont Circle.
I hear it's murder this time of day.
1886
01:45:29,697 --> 01:45:30,990
Hi, AJ
1887
01:45:31,825 --> 01:45:33,868
Nice to see you, Ms. Wade.
1888
01:45:40,250 --> 01:45:43,795
Well, if anyone needs me,
I'll be in the Roosevelt Room
1889
01:45:43,878 --> 01:45:45,588
giving Lewis oxygen.
1890
01:45:50,134 --> 01:45:51,427
I heard your speech.
1891
01:45:55,139 --> 01:45:56,766
I was in my car.
1892
01:45:58,977 --> 01:46:01,479
It just kind of steered its way over here.
1893
01:46:03,648 --> 01:46:05,024
I'm glad.
1894
01:46:13,408 --> 01:46:14,659
Sydney,
1895
01:46:15,285 --> 01:46:19,539
I didn't decide to send 455
to the floor to get you back.
1896
01:46:20,290 --> 01:46:24,002
And I didn't come back
because you sent 455 to the floor.
1897
01:46:31,092 --> 01:46:33,469
Mr. President, you might want to...
1898
01:46:34,596 --> 01:46:35,847
Hi, Sydney.
1899
01:46:36,389 --> 01:46:37,473
Hi!
1900
01:46:39,392 --> 01:46:41,436
I moved Social Security up front.
1901
01:46:41,519 --> 01:46:45,064
Mr. President, Mr. Leventhal at the Treasury
wants two minutes. Hello, Sydney.
1902
01:46:45,148 --> 01:46:49,444
Mr. President... Excuse me, Ms. Wade.
Ms. McCall is on her way over, sir.
1903
01:46:51,195 --> 01:46:53,990
I got some things to do.
1904
01:46:55,450 --> 01:46:56,951
Yes, you do.
1905
01:46:58,870 --> 01:47:01,748
We're only a moment or two
away from the arrival of President Shepherd
1906
01:47:01,831 --> 01:47:03,207
and his State of the Union address.
1907
01:47:03,291 --> 01:47:06,210
George, you've served on the staffs
on several past administrations.
1908
01:47:06,252 --> 01:47:10,840
What kind of last-minute activity
is the President engaged in right now?
1909
01:47:16,679 --> 01:47:20,099
There's something I wanted
to give you since our first date.
1910
01:47:20,183 --> 01:47:22,268
I've tried to do it a number of times,
1911
01:47:22,352 --> 01:47:25,730
but somehow I've always
managed to trip over my job.
1912
01:47:25,813 --> 01:47:27,398
But here.
1913
01:47:28,232 --> 01:47:30,526
- These are for you.
- Oh!
1914
01:47:32,862 --> 01:47:34,447
They're beautiful.
1915
01:47:38,201 --> 01:47:39,911
Ahem. Mr. President?
1916
01:47:40,453 --> 01:47:42,121
Well, I've gotta go.
1917
01:47:42,205 --> 01:47:44,248
Uh, should I stay here?
1918
01:47:45,541 --> 01:47:47,126
Walk with me.
1919
01:47:51,965 --> 01:47:53,257
How'd you finally do it?
1920
01:47:54,384 --> 01:47:55,593
Do what?
1921
01:47:55,677 --> 01:47:59,555
Manage to give a woman flowers
and be President at the same time.
1922
01:47:59,639 --> 01:48:02,433
Well, it turns out I've got a rose garden.
1923
01:48:05,395 --> 01:48:07,271
Mr. Speaker,
1924
01:48:07,271 --> 01:48:10,274
the President of the United States!
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