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Previously on The West Wing:
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-Oh, I hate this. Can I just go?
-I don't think so.
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Mom's getting remarried.
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I know that.
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-You know that?
-She called me.
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Do any of you guys know
where the dumpsters are?
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Yeah. It's okay. I'll find them.
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-Who's that?
-A walking lawsuit.
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Toby's taking first chair on State
of the Union, not just writing it.
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The agenda. Great.
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-Now I remember why I love this night.
-Because in two hours...
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...you'll have a sour mash
and nothing to rewrite.
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-The press conference was a hit.
-The president did well.
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Ranting on cable about
"that liberal pantywaist soft on crime"?
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-What we expected.
-What?
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Extra gum for your big night. It's okay.
We all get oral when nervous.
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-You heading over to pace on the Hill?
-After I finish pacing here.
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Did the special guests arrive?
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--less than two hours to deliverhis State of the Union address.
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It remains to be seen....
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-It's Gentle Ben on hold.
-You put him on hold?
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-That's what you told me to do.
-Carol, maybe you ought to--
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-C.J.
-Donna, my darling...
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...would you pick up line one
and tell this guy you can't find me?
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What's wrong?
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Leo won't wanna tell him
before the State of the Union.
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Might throw him off his game.
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-And hit him with it leaving the podium?
-Guy couldn't wait one hour.
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My God, Toby.
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Yeah. You're right. Sorry.
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Has--? He hasn't left, has he?
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They're having tea.
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-You heard?
-It hit the wires?
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I got a call.
Does the president know?
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Charlie?
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-Ms. Anders?
-"Ms. "?
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-You sorry son of a--
-Charlie, are we...?
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I beg your pardon.
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Mr. President, may I have a moment?
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-Oh, my God.
-Yeah.
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I am so-- What did I just do?
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-Not since my kid brother.
-You're a natural, then.
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-You deserved it.
-We can't do this now.
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-I shouldn't have come.
-How did you even get in?
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What, without you to wave me in?
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We really can't do this.
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-A one-night thing was better?
-Three weeks was too long.
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Charlie? They're ready.
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Less than $ 100.
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-Hey.
-Thanks for having me.
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You sneaking out?
Gonna breakdance at 3.
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Happy New Year.
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Look, I'm not proud. I'll take my rights
on the installment plan.
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-A voting delegate for the District?
-Give Utah their own chamber.
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A specially-created House seat
could be an obstacle...
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-...to D.C. statehood.
-Don't lose any sleep.
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I disagree. A seat for us, balanced
by one for Mormon missionaries.
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-That something-for-everyone feel?
-And from Congressman Drake.
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Drake didn't propose a bill.
He floated a notion.
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He took heat
over sponsoring D.C. vouchers.
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-So you think it's just talk?
-Folks in the District are no closer...
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-...to the vote than our ancestors.
-Can I quote you?
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-You're a reporter?
-Wannabe.
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I'm an intern at The Afro-American.
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Meeshell Anders.
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I read The Afro, every time
I'm in a barbershop.
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That's our market penetration.
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I can't really give you that
for attribution.
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But if you wanna say
"White House staffer" ... .
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-Am I mad at you?
-It's not my question. It's Ben's.
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Of the husky voice,
no last name and the 907 area code?
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He said you never return calls,
and are you mad at him?
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-What'd you say?
-That you'd have to get back.
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-Toby. Great draft, Shakespeare.
-Oh, thanks.
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Really, you nailed it.
State of the Union's finished.
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Okay.
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What are you gonna do
the next two weeks?
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-Dot the I's.
-I've got pollsters waiting.
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-They tested this draft?
-That's their job.
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I'm sure they're gonna love it.
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Really? Joey Lucas stopped by?
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She was sorry you weren't in yet.
Nice suit.
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Was it a heads-up, pre-meeting
kind of stopping by...
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...or a "long time no see" kind of
stopping by?
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You know, I couldn't tell.
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-How'd she look?
-Great.
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-I heard she was seeing someone.
-I think she is.
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-She say she was seeing someone?
-No.
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So who knows? Maybe the time is ripe.
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Maybe not so much.
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That's not very supportive,
here at the start of a new year...
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...with clean slates, broad horizons
and anything's possible.
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Josh.
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And with women the draft scored
even higher.
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You can see spikes
in all your policy priorities.
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In the 80 percentile
in education and job retraining.
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Where's the "room to improve"
addendum?
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There isn't any.
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We've never seen this before,
but two weeks out...
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...you've locked
the State of the Union message.
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-Well, that's impressive, Toby.
-Come on, the section on anti-terrorism.
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It didn't make people sing
"Oh, What a Beautiful Morning," but... .
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She wants you to know
she actually sang that.
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But it was well within
the "interested" range.
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We'll put it out to mall tests next week,
get feedback on the key paragraph.
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Yeah, because we haven't really
found that yet.
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It's not the writing that we'll examine.
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Mall tests are about tone, how
the president should deliver the speech.
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-We'll hire a spokesman.
-An actor?
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-Not a known actor.
-Oh, that's better.
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-Purchase intent dramatically--
-"Purchase intent"?
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What are we doing,
selling cornflakes?
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-Come out and watch.
-Good idea, Toby.
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It doesn't sound like you have
anything else to do.
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The Freeway Alert Bill
is on a fast track.
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The Senate may have something
to sign before recess.
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Grants to track kidnappers? I think
the president would welcome that.
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Yeah, well, there's an amendment.
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All your plane tickets are e-tickets.
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Flights confirmed.
Buffalo, Grand Rapids, Bradenton.
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Joey Lucas will meet you at the mall.
Your research assistant has the itinerary.
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-Then why tell me?
-I wasn't sure she--
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She's new. This position
is kind of a jump for her.
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She compiled clippings at Energy.
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Leo's been pressuring you
to hire someone...
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...and she was helpful
during the shutdown, but--
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I thought I'd give her a shot.
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-Just know if she doesn't work out... .
-Cab's here, Mr. Ziegler.
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Ready for blastoff?
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Have a good trip.
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Can she write as well
as she slow-dances?
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Leo and Josh are already in there.
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You always move in so fast,
or is she special?
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Not your business, but we hit it off.
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-You find time for a love life?
-I did have to cancel Sunday.
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-An attempted coup in Riyadh.
-Excuses, excuses.
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Tonight, I was home free
with the president at the opera...
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-...but he bailed, and you're here.
-Don't cancel.
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Go late. A demanding job
is a strong aphrodisiac.
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Are you the devil?
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It's folks who act like angels
I worry about.
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-It arrived?
-It did.
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Hicks Amendment
not in disappearing ink?
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-Unfortunately.
-He can sign this.
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The body of the bill is right-on.
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Helps communities mobilize
when a child is abducted.
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The amendment isn't limited
to kidnapping.
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It toughens federal sentencing
for all offenses.
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No congressman ever lost re-election
for looking tough on crime.
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Any president vetoing a crime bill
risks becoming the Pillsbury Doughboy.
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At least he's got 10 working days
to decide.
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If he does veto, it can wait
until after the State of the Union.
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Mr. President, Abbey.
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-Turandot wasn't all you hoped for.
-Yeah, I'm becoming a cultural wimp.
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Can't even sit through Puccini
without banking a good night's sleep.
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You certainly haven't done that lately.
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So Congress launched another assault
on judicial discretion?
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I think they were aiming at kidnappers.
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Slipped in the amendment
hoping we wouldn't notice.
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Indiana's in a budget crunch.
They had to mothball a new state prison.
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Hicks'd like to reassure voters...
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...the Federal Bureau of Prisons
will take up the slack.
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-I should've issued those pardons.
-You've had a few things to do.
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Congress doesn't know I'm serious
about these Draconian sentences.
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Sir, I don't think issuing pardons
would have stopped Congress.
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-No. They've been at it for 30 years.
-Yeah, war on drugs. War on crime.
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-It turned into a war on judges.
-We don't need subtle minds...
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...on the bench? Is Counsel
even working on a list of pardons?
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-Of course. That's ongoing.
-But never gets done.
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Let's talk to Justice.
Get back into it.
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Yes, sir.
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Of course, with the run-up to the State
of the Union, this isn't the best time.
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We need to stay focused. The fallout
over Gabriel Lessieur alone--
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Someone wants to pardon Lessieur?
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I think Lessieur's case
merits consideration.
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Sorry, ma'am.
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Not as sorry as you'll be
if she gets started...
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...on what the FBI did or didn't do
on that Indian reservation in 1977.
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Sir, you know I'm only concerned
with timing. This bill isn't perfect.
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But you sign it now, you arrive
for the State of the Union...
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-...in a spirit of renewed cooperation.
-Something to sleep on.
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-Speaking euphemistically.
-There's always hope.
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-Good night, all.
-Good night.
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Good night, Abbey.
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Good night, Charlie. Go home.
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Could there be a worse time
to consider pardons?
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-I don't want him distracted.
-Should I drag my feet?
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-Don't break your neck.
-Is that how it usually works?
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-The First Lady tees him up?
-I've never seen her weigh in like that.
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-Not on policy.
-You missed her homecoming.
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-Okay. Enough.
-But is this their dynamic?
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-It's new to me. Leo?
-He's sleeping on it. That's all I heard.
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-Where's this coming from?
-Put a damper on it.
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-The president isn't considering pardons?
-Right.
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He's not commuting tribal head
Lessieur...
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...convicted for killing two FBI agents?
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-No.
-No clemency for a former Republican...
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...governor indicted for fraud
and diagnosed with cancer?
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-No.
-Why does all the press think he is?
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Maybe because we called the assistant
A.G. in charge of clemencies...
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...asking the pardon attorney
from Justice...
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...to meet with the Counsel's office.
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So how about, "The ongoing process
of reviewing petitions is proceeding...
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...but the president is not
considering pardons now. "
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That works.
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-What's all this?
-Counsel's office sent these over.
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The case files for the meeting
with the pardon attorney.
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-I didn't think there'd be so many.
-There're only 36, but no short stories.
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Each file has the original trial record,
a petition by the prisoner...
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...the Bureau of Prisons' recommendation,
DOJ recommendation...
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-...Counsel's preliminary report.
-Don't leave them here.
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-They said you wanted to take a look.
-I said "we," and when I said we--
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-You meant me.
-I'll help you.
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-Thanks.
-Move them.
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-Right.
-You'll need a space to spread out.
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We need to be familiar with the specifics
of each of these petitions.
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-And when you say "we" ... .
-That's the spirit.
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Each participant is paid $ 10
to answer a battery of questions...
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...and then listen to one
of three versions of the speech.
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In booth A, we have execution one.
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And we know that the hard workof forming...
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... this more perfect unionbelongs to us all.
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-The state of our union is strong.
-Booth two is version B.
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The state of our union is strong.
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With courage, with faithin our democratic foundation...
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-...and the human spirit it fosters--
-And booth three.
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--that the hard work of formingthis more perfect union belongs to us all.
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-The state of our union....
-Which will they go for?
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00:14:04,583 --> 00:14:07,839
The Amana fridge, Samsonite luggage
or door number three?
232
00:14:08,762 --> 00:14:14,014
Most of my political clients are reassured
to know that these tests work in sales.
233
00:14:15,113 --> 00:14:16,943
What about your commercial clients?
234
00:14:19,082 --> 00:14:22,339
-They like knowing they work in politics.
-It's gotta be version B.
235
00:14:22,509 --> 00:14:26,514
It's strong but not mean.
That's the one, right?
236
00:14:26,687 --> 00:14:32,036
It is. B's showing a significant
26-percent movement in purchase intent.
237
00:14:32,203 --> 00:14:33,783
-I need some coffee.
-I'll get it.
238
00:14:33,958 --> 00:14:35,870
No. I'd rather, thank you.
239
00:14:36,089 --> 00:14:39,928
Okay, well, don't forget,
we're a left turn at the Mrs. Fields.
240
00:14:40,560 --> 00:14:43,020
It's usually slow on weekends.
We'll get takeout.
241
00:14:43,359 --> 00:14:45,689
And I'll give you a tour,
if that sounds okay.
242
00:14:45,866 --> 00:14:47,363
-Okay.
-E-mail me...
243
00:14:47,538 --> 00:14:51,839
...your date of birth and social so
I can wave you in. I'll call you later?
244
00:14:52,009 --> 00:14:54,968
Any chance of five minutes
for a meet-and-greet next Friday?
245
00:14:55,142 --> 00:14:57,353
-Friday?
-The vice president is in Atlanta...
246
00:14:57,524 --> 00:14:59,567
...and the Kaehlers
are coming to town.
247
00:14:59,739 --> 00:15:01,866
-They are...?
-Robert and Jean Kaehler.
248
00:15:02,037 --> 00:15:05,412
WestCo Mining. One of our best
contributors west of the Rockies.
249
00:15:05,630 --> 00:15:07,008
-I'll see.
-Thanks.
250
00:15:07,218 --> 00:15:08,929
Don't promise them.
251
00:15:14,029 --> 00:15:15,407
Yes, sir.
252
00:15:15,575 --> 00:15:20,827
Did you know Woodrow Wilson
averaged 344 acts of clemency a year?
253
00:15:21,007 --> 00:15:24,097
-I didn't.
-Calvin Coolidge managed 326.
254
00:15:24,266 --> 00:15:30,113
FDR was over 300 yearly,
for a grand total of 3687.
255
00:15:30,283 --> 00:15:34,240
Until the last 40 years, presidents
routinely exercised their power...
256
00:15:34,420 --> 00:15:38,757
...as stated in the Constitution,
to give relief against harsh sentences.
257
00:15:38,933 --> 00:15:43,687
Recent presidents have averaged 40,
20 and 7 pardons a year.
258
00:15:43,863 --> 00:15:47,404
-Why'd we get so stingy?
-Law and order's a national concern.
259
00:15:47,582 --> 00:15:49,994
And the pardon process
has become less transparent.
260
00:15:50,214 --> 00:15:52,425
No records kept, no rationales given.
261
00:15:52,596 --> 00:15:54,973
The ones we do remember,
the Eugene Debs...
262
00:15:55,145 --> 00:15:59,019
...the Jimmy Hoffas, were controversial,
if not downright scandals.
263
00:15:59,198 --> 00:16:03,417
You understand, sir, I'm not against
you issuing pardons.
264
00:16:03,585 --> 00:16:06,426
The benign prerogative,
that's what Hamilton called them.
265
00:16:06,636 --> 00:16:09,559
Benign? It's a bag of lit dynamite.
266
00:16:10,438 --> 00:16:13,230
Yeah, maybe the FBI bungled
its investigation...
267
00:16:13,405 --> 00:16:15,817
...on an Indian reservation
30 years ago.
268
00:16:16,037 --> 00:16:18,248
And maybe we let the wrong guy go...
269
00:16:18,419 --> 00:16:20,629
...from puberty to retirement
in a prison cell.
270
00:16:20,801 --> 00:16:23,557
And sure, maybe
it would be a generous act...
271
00:16:23,726 --> 00:16:27,065
...of bipartisanship to forgive
an ex-governor who's battling cancer--
272
00:16:27,235 --> 00:16:31,740
Who never would have gone to trial
if a Republican were sitting in this office.
273
00:16:32,208 --> 00:16:35,380
I know the First Lady has received
letters from tribal leaders--
274
00:16:35,592 --> 00:16:38,682
Is Josh sitting in on this meeting
with Justice today?
275
00:16:38,852 --> 00:16:41,062
-He's in and out.
-The attorney general send...
276
00:16:41,233 --> 00:16:44,156
-...a deputy with a heartbeat?
-Fisk didn't send a deputy A.G.
277
00:16:44,325 --> 00:16:45,656
Just the pardon attorney.
278
00:16:45,830 --> 00:16:48,752
The A.G. expects White House Counsel
to sit down without a--
279
00:16:48,922 --> 00:16:52,712
Actually, Counsel isn't in this either.
It's more preliminary.
280
00:16:53,518 --> 00:16:56,275
Is deputy counsel there?
281
00:16:57,989 --> 00:16:59,569
Who is in this meeting, Leo?
282
00:16:59,786 --> 00:17:02,626
So that's my main concern.
If Josh doesn't return--
283
00:17:02,794 --> 00:17:05,372
-I'll get you an answer.
-We need guidance.
284
00:17:05,594 --> 00:17:08,684
Is the president looking for
packing peanuts, or does he want--?
285
00:17:08,853 --> 00:17:11,895
-"Packing peanuts"?
-Yeah.
286
00:17:12,070 --> 00:17:13,817
Please, everyone, sit.
287
00:17:13,992 --> 00:17:17,534
-You're my pardon attorney?
-Yes, Mr. President. Portia Colgrave.
288
00:17:18,714 --> 00:17:21,673
You've survived three administrations
in this job. Am I right?
289
00:17:21,848 --> 00:17:24,390
-You are, sir.
-So how do I stack up?
290
00:17:24,564 --> 00:17:27,606
-You're about at par.
-Which ain't saying much, is it?
291
00:17:27,781 --> 00:17:30,027
-May I?
-Yes, sir.
292
00:17:30,330 --> 00:17:32,908
This is the list
that we've been discussing?
293
00:17:33,088 --> 00:17:36,545
These are first-time offenders
who've served at least five years...
294
00:17:36,723 --> 00:17:39,932
...of a 10-year or longer sentence
under the guidelines.
295
00:17:40,108 --> 00:17:42,400
Ten years or longer. All nonviolent?
296
00:17:42,615 --> 00:17:44,242
Oh, yes, Mr. President.
297
00:17:44,495 --> 00:17:46,075
So where were you?
298
00:17:46,292 --> 00:17:49,464
We were about
to discuss packing peanuts.
299
00:17:50,679 --> 00:17:53,056
The Roosevelt Room was
the president's office...
300
00:17:54,774 --> 00:17:57,983
...until FDR built the Oval.
Here's the communications bullpen.
301
00:17:58,158 --> 00:17:59,870
Slow down. I'm a little overwhelmed.
302
00:18:01,543 --> 00:18:03,872
-My plan's to sweep you off your feet.
-You have.
303
00:18:04,050 --> 00:18:05,381
You were pretty easy.
304
00:18:05,554 --> 00:18:07,800
And, boy, was I relieved
when you called again.
305
00:18:08,312 --> 00:18:11,485
I never do that.
I'm actually kind of a prude.
306
00:18:11,655 --> 00:18:14,578
Fooled me. This is the West Lobby.
307
00:18:14,747 --> 00:18:16,790
Get your bearings
for when you come back.
308
00:18:16,961 --> 00:18:19,636
-What do you mean?
-I talked to C.J. about getting you--
309
00:18:19,803 --> 00:18:22,215
-C.J. Cregg?
-Next week, the president's meeting...
310
00:18:22,393 --> 00:18:24,936
...with college editors
for Martin Luther King Day...
311
00:18:25,109 --> 00:18:28,282
...and I asked C.J. if it would be okay
for you to join.
312
00:18:28,452 --> 00:18:30,365
Did you say something
after "president"?
313
00:18:30,541 --> 00:18:32,419
lt'll be an intimate group of 60.
314
00:18:32,589 --> 00:18:36,510
-Thank you. I'm nervous already.
-I read your piece. You got game.
315
00:18:36,726 --> 00:18:38,686
-Hey, Donna.
-Hey, Charlie.
316
00:18:38,857 --> 00:18:40,437
Donna Moss, Meeshell Anders.
317
00:18:40,611 --> 00:18:42,572
-Hi, nice to meet you.
-Nice to meet you.
318
00:18:42,742 --> 00:18:45,072
-Giving Meeshell the nickel tour.
-It's great.
319
00:18:45,250 --> 00:18:47,044
-We all forget.
-Yeah, it's amazing.
320
00:18:47,213 --> 00:18:50,136
-Got food coming, if you wanna join us.
-You're too polite.
321
00:18:50,305 --> 00:18:53,265
-He's too polite.
-What are you doing here today?
322
00:18:53,439 --> 00:18:56,280
Don't ask. It's too depressing.
323
00:18:56,448 --> 00:18:58,409
Nice to meet you.
324
00:19:14,708 --> 00:19:16,918
Packing peanuts,
that's what they're called.
325
00:19:17,089 --> 00:19:18,420
The low-profile cases?
326
00:19:18,594 --> 00:19:22,646
Apparently, these nameless offenders
can be useful insulation for any cronies...
327
00:19:22,856 --> 00:19:24,899
-...I may wanna spring.
-Getting pressure?
328
00:19:25,070 --> 00:19:27,031
All over my call sheet.
329
00:19:27,201 --> 00:19:30,909
If I commute a Chippewa and an indicted
Republican, they might cancel...
330
00:19:31,087 --> 00:19:34,213
-...each other out.
-But they're off the front burner now?
331
00:19:34,388 --> 00:19:38,095
I know how you feel about Lessieur.
I'll consider him in the future.
332
00:19:38,274 --> 00:19:39,855
But it's these packing peanuts...
333
00:19:40,029 --> 00:19:42,572
...these victims of minimums
that are bugging me.
334
00:19:43,288 --> 00:19:46,414
That's what Congress pushed front
and center with this amendment.
335
00:19:46,589 --> 00:19:50,178
I can't sign a bill that toughens
guidelines and ties judges' hands...
336
00:19:50,350 --> 00:19:53,772
...then turn around next month
and advocate judicial discretion.
337
00:19:53,943 --> 00:19:55,856
-What's in this?
-Just warm milk.
338
00:19:56,032 --> 00:19:58,611
-Does this ever work?
-It has.
339
00:20:01,005 --> 00:20:04,261
Are you worried this might be
another Wallace Turner?
340
00:20:04,431 --> 00:20:06,344
A little, sure.
341
00:20:06,771 --> 00:20:10,646
You were a new governor and listened
to the advice of your parole board.
342
00:20:11,117 --> 00:20:14,872
His victim's family probably
isn't too comforted by that.
343
00:20:15,504 --> 00:20:17,964
Leo's worried it's the wrong time
for pardons.
344
00:20:18,136 --> 00:20:20,466
Leo hates to see you sleepless
and distracted...
345
00:20:20,644 --> 00:20:22,973
...as you're announcing
your agenda for the year.
346
00:20:23,151 --> 00:20:25,611
Do you hate to see me
sleepless and distracted?
347
00:20:25,783 --> 00:20:28,029
This is just your preamble.
348
00:20:28,207 --> 00:20:30,916
You're about to be inspired.
349
00:20:31,466 --> 00:20:35,173
-Wait. Never mind.
-No. It's right here.
350
00:20:43,541 --> 00:20:46,251
-Good finale.
-As seen on TV.
351
00:20:47,218 --> 00:20:50,808
-It's a little smaller than I thought.
-And dirtier.
352
00:20:51,063 --> 00:20:53,985
Why the press can't clean up
after themselves... .
353
00:20:54,531 --> 00:20:56,111
You enjoy the picnic?
354
00:20:56,286 --> 00:20:58,282
On a porch outside the Oval Office?
355
00:20:58,458 --> 00:21:01,500
-It was all right.
-And the president only called once.
356
00:21:01,676 --> 00:21:04,386
-Was that really him?
-No. I faked it.
357
00:21:04,601 --> 00:21:07,691
-It was Rick in Protocol.
-It's kind of sexy when you're all:
358
00:21:07,860 --> 00:21:11,152
"Yes, sir, did you look on the bookshelf,
Mr. President?"
359
00:21:11,621 --> 00:21:14,793
Go on. Get up behind the podium.
I'll take your picture.
360
00:21:15,005 --> 00:21:16,966
You brought a camera?
361
00:21:17,178 --> 00:21:19,935
Go on. You belong up there.
362
00:21:20,813 --> 00:21:24,022
I started to bring this up before
but didn't want to on the phone.
363
00:21:24,281 --> 00:21:27,204
-What?
-I do belong here.
364
00:21:27,373 --> 00:21:32,923
-I know it.
-No, I mean I really do belong here.
365
00:21:33,098 --> 00:21:35,938
-It wasn't for certain when we met but--
-What?
366
00:21:36,775 --> 00:21:38,188
I'm coming to work here.
367
00:21:39,449 --> 00:21:41,945
-Here?
-My internship's ending...
368
00:21:42,123 --> 00:21:45,213
...and I've been offered
an entry-level job in the press corps.
369
00:21:45,424 --> 00:21:47,219
The White House press corps?
370
00:21:47,388 --> 00:21:49,634
I'm gonna be an off-camera reporter
for NBC...
371
00:21:49,812 --> 00:21:53,353
...making sure the on-camera reporter
gets called if something happens.
372
00:21:53,530 --> 00:21:55,610
You're covering the White House...
373
00:21:56,163 --> 00:21:59,122
-...the president for a network?
-I will be.
374
00:21:59,338 --> 00:22:00,966
And you let me act like... .
375
00:22:02,263 --> 00:22:04,675
-You didn't mention this.
-I know. I didn't wanna--
376
00:22:04,854 --> 00:22:06,981
Everything I said today
was off the record.
377
00:22:07,194 --> 00:22:09,737
-No, of course.
-He depends on my discretion.
378
00:22:09,910 --> 00:22:12,584
-Charlie, I would never--
-He's not just the president.
379
00:22:14,339 --> 00:22:16,216
What do you mean?
380
00:22:18,559 --> 00:22:20,639
Never mind.
381
00:22:23,072 --> 00:22:25,746
I really don't think this
should change anything.
382
00:22:39,660 --> 00:22:43,535
We have seats on the 1: 10, Bill.
Is it Bill?
383
00:22:45,677 --> 00:22:47,970
-We'd hoped to get something earlier.
-Please.
384
00:22:49,396 --> 00:22:51,440
This is murder. I'm out of here.
385
00:22:51,611 --> 00:22:54,570
-Is something wrong, sir?
-Yeah, keep your 10 bucks.
386
00:22:54,786 --> 00:22:56,997
That might work.
387
00:22:57,210 --> 00:22:58,873
Is that into Dulles?
388
00:23:02,767 --> 00:23:04,478
Hi, are you a registered voter?
389
00:23:04,648 --> 00:23:07,190
Excuse me, sir,
I'm with the polling group inside.
390
00:23:07,364 --> 00:23:10,038
-I saw you in there.
-I was curious, why'd you walk out?
391
00:23:10,205 --> 00:23:11,536
-It's a waste of time.
-Why?
392
00:23:11,709 --> 00:23:15,334
Politics. What, are you guys trying
to target me or trying to find out...
393
00:23:15,512 --> 00:23:19,053
...what makes me, I don't know--?
What is it you want?
394
00:23:19,230 --> 00:23:21,393
You want me to feel like I'm part
of the club?
395
00:23:21,612 --> 00:23:24,238
-Oh, maybe.
-Well, you won't do it with words.
396
00:23:24,495 --> 00:23:28,334
Not words that are pre-tested
and reworked, sanded down...
397
00:23:28,507 --> 00:23:31,763
...wrapped in a bow.
Hey, you wanna impress me?
398
00:23:32,392 --> 00:23:35,732
Do something. Talk's cheap, pal.
399
00:23:36,947 --> 00:23:39,704
Ever listen to the president
when he addresses the nation?
400
00:23:39,872 --> 00:23:43,924
Yeah, sometimes. I usually end up
throwing something at the set.
401
00:23:44,176 --> 00:23:46,422
Josh calling. What was that?
402
00:23:46,599 --> 00:23:49,808
That's my guy.
That's who I write for.
403
00:23:49,984 --> 00:23:51,814
-Yeah.
-Toby, we need you back.
404
00:23:51,989 --> 00:23:55,697
President's made some decisionsthat will affect the State of the Union.
405
00:23:55,875 --> 00:23:57,253
How?
406
00:24:02,436 --> 00:24:04,646
I'm saying, if he vetoes
the bill tonight--
407
00:24:04,817 --> 00:24:06,980
How many times
do I have to tell you he's--?
408
00:24:07,157 --> 00:24:08,488
He's vetoing the amendment.
409
00:24:08,661 --> 00:24:11,454
It's a veto. It's not like Congress
will forget in a week.
410
00:24:11,628 --> 00:24:14,302
Could be an icy reception
for the State of the Union.
411
00:24:14,511 --> 00:24:18,267
I'm still not clear about the pardons.
Maybe the First Lady could explain it.
412
00:24:18,439 --> 00:24:20,815
He's not pardoning Lessieur
or any ex-governors.
413
00:24:20,988 --> 00:24:22,818
He's strictly granting commutations...
414
00:24:22,993 --> 00:24:25,953
...where minimums and guidelines
resulted in unfair sentences.
415
00:24:26,169 --> 00:24:28,130
Yeah. I've been trying
to say that, but--
416
00:24:28,300 --> 00:24:31,306
When pardons are rumored,
lobbying takes on a life of its own.
417
00:24:31,476 --> 00:24:33,187
-No chance he could delay?
-Hey.
418
00:24:33,356 --> 00:24:35,768
-You're straight from the airport?
-Welcome to hell.
419
00:24:35,947 --> 00:24:38,703
So Congress forced our hand
with a crime bill.
420
00:24:38,872 --> 00:24:41,747
The president wants to run
into the fire and issue pardons.
421
00:24:41,922 --> 00:24:44,132
Plenty of lemons we can't
make a thing out of.
422
00:24:44,345 --> 00:24:45,842
Except hemlock.
423
00:24:46,017 --> 00:24:49,059
Actually, I think the president's instinct
is right.
424
00:24:50,028 --> 00:24:52,524
We don't run away from this. We--
425
00:24:53,245 --> 00:24:55,408
We pack his veto
of the Hicks Amendment...
426
00:24:55,585 --> 00:24:57,878
...and his policy-based pardons...
427
00:24:58,051 --> 00:25:00,926
...in with the speech,
make it more than an isolated speech.
428
00:25:01,184 --> 00:25:03,514
Come out for gay marriage
in the military too.
429
00:25:03,733 --> 00:25:06,859
I'm serious. I say the president
announces his veto on the eve...
430
00:25:07,034 --> 00:25:10,576
...of the State of the Union. The next
morning, his pardons are act two--
431
00:25:10,753 --> 00:25:12,833
Of respect for federal judges.
432
00:25:13,009 --> 00:25:15,421
And prelude to his trip to the Hill
that night.
433
00:25:15,600 --> 00:25:17,561
Which now is more than hat-in-hand...
434
00:25:17,773 --> 00:25:20,268
...begging Congress
for a laundry list of priorities.
435
00:25:20,447 --> 00:25:23,407
The State of the Union becomes
a few words about his agenda...
436
00:25:23,581 --> 00:25:25,957
...from the president,
who is a busy guy.
437
00:25:26,172 --> 00:25:28,501
It's the closest
to what the president wants.
438
00:25:28,971 --> 00:25:31,728
-Can we pull it off?
-At least we come out swinging.
439
00:25:31,896 --> 00:25:34,308
Well, we own the news.
Courage of our convictions.
440
00:25:34,528 --> 00:25:37,203
Republicans will try to demagogue us
with these pardons.
441
00:25:37,412 --> 00:25:39,242
We focus on
the most sympathetic cases.
442
00:25:39,417 --> 00:25:42,043
Personal stories will make it
less abstract.
443
00:25:42,426 --> 00:25:44,588
I gotta keep writing.
444
00:25:45,476 --> 00:25:50,824
Josh, I need you to hone this list
of commutations to a perfect few.
445
00:25:50,992 --> 00:25:54,201
I understand Justice has given
some 30 names to Counsel.
446
00:25:54,376 --> 00:25:57,336
-Thirty-six. We're taking a look too.
-We need poster kids.
447
00:25:57,552 --> 00:26:01,177
-Former and future altar boys and girls.
-Are they all in for crack?
448
00:26:01,396 --> 00:26:05,448
Not all, but we're talking mandatory
minimums. That means drugs.
449
00:26:05,616 --> 00:26:07,862
-You want 10 names?
-Five or six.
450
00:26:08,040 --> 00:26:10,618
Remember how they're gonna look
in the Times photo...
451
00:26:10,797 --> 00:26:13,008
...and let's spare him any recidivists.
452
00:26:14,976 --> 00:26:18,351
The First Lady called to remind you
of your invite to New Hampshire...
453
00:26:18,528 --> 00:26:19,989
...for President's Weekend.
454
00:26:20,199 --> 00:26:24,204
She doesn't wanna pressure you,
but they won't take no for an answer.
455
00:26:31,648 --> 00:26:34,690
Do we wanna comment on a rumor
that FBI agents will picket...
456
00:26:36,453 --> 00:26:40,078
-...if the president pardons Lessieur?
-No comment on rumors. Did the FBI?
457
00:26:40,255 --> 00:26:42,716
Bureau chief said it would
only be off-duty officers.
458
00:26:42,888 --> 00:26:46,643
-Oh, good. Any other calls?
-Ben of Glacier Bay.
459
00:26:46,816 --> 00:26:50,273
Is he really a park ranger?
He did this Smokey the Bear riff--
460
00:26:50,451 --> 00:26:53,243
What are you--? Don't talk to him.
461
00:26:53,418 --> 00:26:55,330
-You want me to hang up?
-l--
462
00:26:55,507 --> 00:26:58,466
Put him on hold, and find me
if he calls again.
463
00:26:58,641 --> 00:27:00,352
lf?
464
00:27:01,691 --> 00:27:04,067
-You were looking for me?
-Your friend's name...
465
00:27:04,240 --> 00:27:07,330
-...for the MLK college junket.
-Yeah, that's-- Forget that.
466
00:27:07,499 --> 00:27:09,294
-Isn't gonna happen.
-Are you sure?
467
00:27:09,463 --> 00:27:10,960
I'm sure.
468
00:27:12,095 --> 00:27:16,766
C.J., with the press,
could you ever trust a reporter?
469
00:27:17,068 --> 00:27:20,692
-Is this the beginning of a joke?
-Never mind.
470
00:27:23,711 --> 00:27:27,253
Mr. Ziegler asked if you could give
this a read and get him notes ASAP.
471
00:27:27,430 --> 00:27:30,390
-Was he smiling?
-Does he smile?
472
00:27:30,564 --> 00:27:33,024
-The Kaehlers are in the Mural Room.
-Who are they?
473
00:27:33,196 --> 00:27:36,037
Moneybags from Colorado.
The vice president's out of town.
474
00:27:36,205 --> 00:27:38,962
The president got held up
with the Joint Chiefs.
475
00:27:45,230 --> 00:27:48,486
You don't have to be pissy.
476
00:27:48,657 --> 00:27:50,534
This is not pissy.
477
00:27:50,955 --> 00:27:54,912
It's a huge risk for the president.
We have to cull the list.
478
00:27:55,133 --> 00:27:57,213
-We have to be brutal.
-These 36 people...
479
00:27:57,390 --> 00:27:59,636
...haven't been culled enough
from thousands?
480
00:27:59,813 --> 00:28:03,105
-And in prison for at least five years.
-For committing crimes.
481
00:28:03,281 --> 00:28:05,527
They submitted petitions
that took two years...
482
00:28:05,705 --> 00:28:09,294
...to inch from desk to desk. None are
violent, although by now I would be.
483
00:28:09,465 --> 00:28:12,840
None have priors. A lot of them,
their judges spoke at sentencing...
484
00:28:13,059 --> 00:28:14,971
...against what they had to impose.
485
00:28:15,148 --> 00:28:18,987
-Doesn't mean we stop scrutinizing.
-Scrutinize away. You tell me, do we...
486
00:28:19,159 --> 00:28:21,655
...toss out Daisy Aimes,
mother of three, two jobs...
487
00:28:21,834 --> 00:28:24,246
...had a boyfriend who stored
a kilo in her closet?
488
00:28:24,424 --> 00:28:26,551
She's done eight years
and is facing 11 more.
489
00:28:26,722 --> 00:28:29,134
That's longer than rapists
and child molesters get.
490
00:28:29,313 --> 00:28:31,226
There's about 15 Daisys in here.
491
00:28:31,402 --> 00:28:32,780
-Do we pick three?
-Donna--
492
00:28:32,948 --> 00:28:36,787
You haven't read these files or looked
at these photos, and I don't blame you.
493
00:28:36,960 --> 00:28:38,706
I wish I never had.
494
00:28:38,882 --> 00:28:41,460
But I don't see a list anymore.
495
00:28:41,639 --> 00:28:43,969
These are people.
496
00:28:44,188 --> 00:28:48,574
If you wanna cull them, jump in.
I'm done.
497
00:28:48,743 --> 00:28:51,155
Sorry, am I...?
498
00:28:51,333 --> 00:28:53,911
No. He's got the Kaehlers
in the Mural Room, we know.
499
00:28:54,091 --> 00:28:56,801
You may wanna skip them.
They're not here by chance.
500
00:28:56,974 --> 00:28:59,815
-What do you mean?
-Their son petitioned for clemency.
501
00:28:59,983 --> 00:29:03,405
-They're here to plead his case.
-There's a major party contributor...
502
00:29:03,576 --> 00:29:05,656
...with a family member
under consideration?
503
00:29:05,874 --> 00:29:08,834
-No Kaehler on the list.
-The wife's son, a former marriage.
504
00:29:09,008 --> 00:29:10,921
His name is Morrisey.
505
00:29:11,766 --> 00:29:13,893
Donovan Morrisey?
506
00:29:15,234 --> 00:29:18,656
Estes Park. High school senior
who FedEx'd LSD.
507
00:29:18,869 --> 00:29:20,616
-I can tell them you're tied up.
-No.
508
00:29:21,293 --> 00:29:23,503
I will.
509
00:29:28,145 --> 00:29:29,642
Charlie.
510
00:29:29,817 --> 00:29:32,395
-He's gone for the day.
-She's gonna be working here.
511
00:29:32,575 --> 00:29:35,497
-You can't ignore her.
-Good night, Angela.
512
00:29:35,667 --> 00:29:38,709
Take her calls. Don't get mad
and write her off the guest list.
513
00:29:38,884 --> 00:29:40,927
She's beyond college editors.
Way beyond.
514
00:29:41,099 --> 00:29:44,973
-Her family founded The Afro-American.
-lf you wanna know a girl's whole life...
515
00:29:45,152 --> 00:29:48,527
...before getting involved, I have
two words for you: search engine.
516
00:29:48,703 --> 00:29:51,995
-You knew about the corps?
-I didn't. I'm friends with her aunt.
517
00:29:52,172 --> 00:29:55,594
Should've guessed. The web
of District aunts can't be avoided.
518
00:29:55,765 --> 00:29:58,261
Unless you date
the president's daughter.
519
00:29:58,941 --> 00:30:01,067
Have a nice weekend.
520
00:30:02,451 --> 00:30:05,576
-How did it ever get this far?
-He has his mother's name.
521
00:30:05,752 --> 00:30:08,378
He fit all our criteria for commutation.
522
00:30:08,718 --> 00:30:11,178
We didn't put it together.
Maybe the press won't.
523
00:30:11,392 --> 00:30:14,149
-Sir, if they do--
-Your message gets stampeded.
524
00:30:14,317 --> 00:30:16,397
"White House bends justice
for big bucks. "
525
00:30:16,574 --> 00:30:19,533
-Even though we weren't.
-And who's gonna believe that?
526
00:30:19,749 --> 00:30:22,791
The kid's parents practically
bankroll the Colorado party...
527
00:30:22,967 --> 00:30:26,057
-...and that White House visit.
-So this kid gets screwed...
528
00:30:26,226 --> 00:30:30,147
-...for having an important family.
-You can commute him in the future.
529
00:30:31,073 --> 00:30:33,913
How's Counsel doing
on the rest of the list?
530
00:30:34,123 --> 00:30:38,080
I touched base with them about an idea.
I know you and Toby need to work on...
531
00:30:38,260 --> 00:30:40,636
-...the new speech parts.
-We need to settle this.
532
00:30:40,850 --> 00:30:43,857
If you wanna throw light on how
minimums and guidelines...
533
00:30:44,026 --> 00:30:46,866
...conspire to produce
disproportionate punishment--
534
00:30:47,076 --> 00:30:48,739
And worse, leave judges impotent.
535
00:30:48,957 --> 00:30:53,092
Our judicial system is predicated on
an individual's right to a fair trial.
536
00:30:53,260 --> 00:30:59,060
But how individual is that process
if a 258-box grid seals your fate...
537
00:30:59,277 --> 00:31:02,237
...before you ever step foot
in front of a federal judge...
538
00:31:02,411 --> 00:31:05,620
...that my office has invested
considerable effort in selecting...
539
00:31:05,796 --> 00:31:09,253
...who is then constrained
from exercising basic common sense...
540
00:31:09,431 --> 00:31:13,935
...while 29-year-old prosecutors, making
their bones on their win-loss record...
541
00:31:14,111 --> 00:31:16,654
...hold the only discretion
in the whole system?
542
00:31:17,245 --> 00:31:18,742
-Were you taking notes?
-Got it.
543
00:31:18,916 --> 00:31:23,171
Sir, let's say the list stays at 36 names,
or 35 without this Colorado man.
544
00:31:23,680 --> 00:31:26,056
We don't monkey around
creating a few poster kids.
545
00:31:26,228 --> 00:31:30,364
We say all these cases represent a
larger injustice. It's not just about them.
546
00:31:35,630 --> 00:31:37,710
-Is she waiting outside?
-She is.
547
00:31:37,886 --> 00:31:40,132
-But honestly, sir, l--
-No.
548
00:31:40,352 --> 00:31:44,142
She took the bullet we all managed
to dodge. Show her in, please.
549
00:31:47,330 --> 00:31:49,872
Hey. You can come in.
550
00:31:51,717 --> 00:31:53,048
Mr. President.
551
00:31:53,221 --> 00:31:55,051
I understand you have a message
for me.
552
00:31:55,227 --> 00:31:58,067
Yes, sir. I promised Mrs. Kaehler
I'd do my best.
553
00:31:58,235 --> 00:32:00,030
What did she say?
554
00:32:01,578 --> 00:32:04,751
She said her son, Donovan,
made a terrible mistake...
555
00:32:04,921 --> 00:32:06,548
...when he was still a teenager.
556
00:32:06,718 --> 00:32:10,307
It doesn't excuse anything,
but her divorce was very hard on him.
557
00:32:10,478 --> 00:32:13,152
By the time he went to trial,
the shock of his arrest...
558
00:32:13,320 --> 00:32:15,197
...had given her family a wake-up call.
559
00:32:15,367 --> 00:32:17,696
Donovan had completed
a drug-treatment program...
560
00:32:17,874 --> 00:32:20,452
...finished high school
and been accepted to college.
561
00:32:20,674 --> 00:32:24,179
The guidelines prevented the judge
from considering any of those things.
562
00:32:25,019 --> 00:32:27,979
She said after Donovan finished
one year in prison...
563
00:32:28,153 --> 00:32:31,860
...missed one birthday, one Christmas,
one fly-fishing season...
564
00:32:32,039 --> 00:32:36,044
...the other six years he spent
in Leavenworth have been a frozen hell.
565
00:32:36,426 --> 00:32:40,431
Her words, "a frozen hell. "
She wasn't-- She's--
566
00:32:42,193 --> 00:32:44,819
She's someone who copes.
567
00:32:45,702 --> 00:32:51,217
But she said if it would make
a difference, she'd get on her knees.
568
00:32:52,137 --> 00:32:54,467
She begged for your mercy.
569
00:32:57,151 --> 00:32:58,814
That's all.
570
00:33:01,079 --> 00:33:02,790
Thank you, Donna.
571
00:33:20,551 --> 00:33:22,428
Mr. President?
572
00:33:25,063 --> 00:33:26,608
Take him.
573
00:33:27,487 --> 00:33:29,032
Take Donovan off the list.
574
00:33:31,122 --> 00:33:35,044
You can pardon him in the spring,
after the dust settles.
575
00:33:35,468 --> 00:33:37,179
Yeah.
576
00:33:44,034 --> 00:33:48,205
The price tag for our failure
to learn this lesson is far too costly.
577
00:33:50,051 --> 00:33:52,926
We must listen to what our
federal judges are telling us...
578
00:33:53,101 --> 00:33:55,941
...about the sentencing guidelines
and mandatory minimums.
579
00:33:58,073 --> 00:34:01,698
Congress has to wean itself from
the expensive high of enacting laws...
580
00:34:01,876 --> 00:34:04,371
...which appear tough on crime
but are ineffective.
581
00:34:04,550 --> 00:34:07,224
I will never surrender
in the war on drugs...
582
00:34:07,391 --> 00:34:10,813
...but if you're consistently
getting slaughtered on the battlefield...
583
00:34:10,985 --> 00:34:12,862
...you've probably misjudged
your enemy.
584
00:34:13,032 --> 00:34:16,954
I don't offer these pardons today
to kingpins or career traffickers...
585
00:34:17,127 --> 00:34:19,622
...who lay waste
to our innocent citizens.
586
00:34:19,801 --> 00:34:22,843
But I do extend these clemencies
like amnesties...
587
00:34:23,019 --> 00:34:25,514
...after a prolonged, bloody war...
588
00:34:25,693 --> 00:34:29,947
...to some among us who have fallen
to a ravaging and confounding enemy.
589
00:34:30,122 --> 00:34:34,043
I offer these clemencies confident
that if we re-enlist...
590
00:34:34,217 --> 00:34:37,924
...our judges ' wisdom, we stand a betterchance of prevailing against crime.
591
00:34:40,067 --> 00:34:42,609
We have to acceptthat to be truly tough on crime...
592
00:34:42,783 --> 00:34:44,862
... we must first understandhow to be smart.
593
00:34:45,039 --> 00:34:47,201
That's our boy.
594
00:34:48,047 --> 00:34:49,710
It is not a simple lack of....
595
00:34:49,886 --> 00:34:54,640
If it was you whispering pardons
in his ear, it was the right thing.
596
00:34:54,817 --> 00:34:57,027
I don't whisper, Leo.
597
00:34:57,324 --> 00:34:59,700
That's not how it works between us.
598
00:35:01,711 --> 00:35:05,799
My job is to help Jed
be as good a president as he is a man.
599
00:35:07,059 --> 00:35:09,519
I'm not gonna sit back
and judge anymore.
600
00:35:09,692 --> 00:35:12,068
I'm gonna jump in
and get my hands dirty.
601
00:35:12,241 --> 00:35:14,451
We can use the help.
602
00:35:15,416 --> 00:35:17,163
Come on in here.
603
00:35:17,380 --> 00:35:18,758
Let's have a cup of tea...
604
00:35:18,926 --> 00:35:21,886
...unless you ignore my invitations
on principle these days.
605
00:35:22,060 --> 00:35:24,306
About President's Weekend,
I'm thrilled.
606
00:35:25,236 --> 00:35:28,408
-But I thought I'd give you a chance--
-To back out?
607
00:35:28,578 --> 00:35:31,205
We want to see you. We invited you.
608
00:35:31,378 --> 00:35:35,299
It's been ages since we stayed up late,
arguing the proper sequence...
609
00:35:35,473 --> 00:35:40,524
-...of hands in Shanghai Rum.
-It's one set, one run, a run and a set.
610
00:35:40,696 --> 00:35:44,951
I thought you might reconsider. You
may not have gotten your invitation yet.
611
00:35:45,125 --> 00:35:47,252
-Is this about Jenny's wedding?
-Yeah.
612
00:35:47,423 --> 00:35:51,642
I can't dress for this thing without you.
Which one screams "dominance"?
613
00:35:51,811 --> 00:35:53,973
-Do I get to wear it afterwards?
-No comment.
614
00:35:54,150 --> 00:35:56,277
-Darjeeling?
-Thank you.
615
00:35:56,449 --> 00:36:00,073
Leo thinks we should reconsider
attending his ex-wife's wedding.
616
00:36:00,251 --> 00:36:02,128
-No way.
-You're old friends.
617
00:36:02,340 --> 00:36:04,551
-Jenny'd like it.
-We plan on sending them...
618
00:36:04,722 --> 00:36:07,098
-...something nice, don't we?
-For the kitchen.
619
00:36:07,271 --> 00:36:09,981
-A juicer, maybe.
-Encourage Howard to lose weight.
620
00:36:10,154 --> 00:36:13,077
Or his-and-hers binoculars.
They have these prism optics now.
621
00:36:13,288 --> 00:36:17,589
I don't think Howard goes outdoors.
He's more of a Discovery Channel type.
622
00:36:17,759 --> 00:36:20,884
That's probably better, with his asthma.
A nice book, then.
623
00:36:21,060 --> 00:36:23,270
-Something with large print, of course.
-Yeah.
624
00:36:23,441 --> 00:36:25,853
-We'll think of something.
-You two are evil.
625
00:36:26,032 --> 00:36:27,577
We've always loved Jenny.
626
00:36:27,745 --> 00:36:30,455
But you're the one
we wanna spend the weekend with.
627
00:36:30,921 --> 00:36:32,751
To union.
628
00:36:33,470 --> 00:36:36,179
-All states of it.
-Hear, hear.
629
00:36:39,111 --> 00:36:40,488
Josh Lyman's office.
630
00:36:40,657 --> 00:36:42,819
Now I remember why I love this night.
631
00:36:42,997 --> 00:36:45,207
That's me. I'm Donna Moss.
632
00:36:45,378 --> 00:36:48,135
-The press conference was a hit.
-The president did well.
633
00:36:48,303 --> 00:36:51,263
Ranting on cable about
"that liberal pantywaist soft on crime"?
634
00:36:51,437 --> 00:36:53,350
What we expected.
635
00:36:53,568 --> 00:36:55,695
Extra gum for your big night.
636
00:37:00,170 --> 00:37:02,880
-Guess this makes it official.
-You do your family proud.
637
00:37:03,053 --> 00:37:05,346
Shouldn't I just stick
my head in and say hello?
638
00:37:05,518 --> 00:37:07,349
-I wouldn't.
-I'd keep it professional.
639
00:37:07,524 --> 00:37:09,104
You know, just shake hands.
640
00:37:09,279 --> 00:37:11,857
-I don't want it to be awkward.
-I don't believe you.
641
00:37:12,037 --> 00:37:15,994
"Broken heart" is written all over you.
State of the Union's in less than an hour.
642
00:37:16,173 --> 00:37:19,133
-I just thought--
-Don't be a fool. Stay out of there.
643
00:37:33,096 --> 00:37:36,138
-It's Gentle Ben on hold.
-You put him on hold?
644
00:37:36,314 --> 00:37:39,771
-That's what you told me to do.
-Carol, maybe you ought to--
645
00:37:40,701 --> 00:37:42,697
-C.J.
-Donna, my darling...
646
00:37:42,874 --> 00:37:48,340
...would you pick up line one
and tell this guy you can't find me?
647
00:37:49,350 --> 00:37:51,263
What's wrong?
648
00:37:51,481 --> 00:37:56,448
I just had a call from Anne Kaehler,
Donovan's sister.
649
00:37:57,540 --> 00:37:59,620
He killed himself.
650
00:38:01,718 --> 00:38:03,549
Who's Donovan?
651
00:38:08,362 --> 00:38:09,990
I lost Mr. Ziegler. He was here.
652
00:38:10,159 --> 00:38:12,155
Sorry. Can't help.
653
00:38:16,510 --> 00:38:18,257
-You heard?
-It hit the wires?
654
00:38:18,474 --> 00:38:20,601
I got a call.
Does the president know?
655
00:38:20,772 --> 00:38:24,444
-Looks like the gang is hovering.
-Come on in, guys.
656
00:38:25,452 --> 00:38:27,698
What's up?
657
00:38:29,756 --> 00:38:32,334
-Go on.
-We've got this.
658
00:38:43,252 --> 00:38:44,963
Charlie?
659
00:38:45,759 --> 00:38:48,635
-Ms. Anders.
-"Ms. "?
660
00:38:49,144 --> 00:38:52,269
-You sorry son of a--
-Charlie, are we...?
661
00:38:54,785 --> 00:38:56,198
I beg your pardon.
662
00:38:56,373 --> 00:38:59,129
Mr. President, may I have a moment?
663
00:39:04,437 --> 00:39:07,562
-There's nothing you could've done.
-It's stupid.
664
00:39:07,738 --> 00:39:09,734
-I don't even know why--
-It's not stupid.
665
00:39:09,911 --> 00:39:11,622
You met them.
666
00:39:11,833 --> 00:39:13,579
They got to you.
667
00:39:13,755 --> 00:39:16,512
I need to learn how to not be so... .
668
00:39:17,014 --> 00:39:19,724
How to keep things at arm's length.
669
00:39:21,025 --> 00:39:22,986
I hope not.
670
00:39:24,243 --> 00:39:27,249
We're heading over.
The president asked if you'd escort...
671
00:39:27,418 --> 00:39:29,331
...the special guests.
672
00:39:34,104 --> 00:39:37,645
-A one-night thing was better?
-Three weeks was too long.
673
00:39:37,823 --> 00:39:40,283
Charlie, they're ready.
674
00:39:46,556 --> 00:39:49,432
Actually, the first two weeks
were pretty great.
675
00:39:49,648 --> 00:39:52,060
When you thought I was nobody?
No threat?
676
00:39:52,280 --> 00:39:54,323
I protect him. It's my job.
677
00:39:54,495 --> 00:39:56,990
And I meant no threat to you.
678
00:39:57,545 --> 00:40:01,419
When you said he wasn't
just the president, I understood.
679
00:40:02,476 --> 00:40:04,436
I'll see you around, Meeshell.
680
00:40:20,652 --> 00:40:23,028
Were you surprised by the warmthof the reception?
681
00:40:24,914 --> 00:40:27,624
I was. Consider our governmentgridlock two months ago...
682
00:40:27,797 --> 00:40:31,754
...over budget disputes, tonight's Stateof the Union had a forward momentum.
683
00:40:31,934 --> 00:40:35,309
Absolutely. Let's take another lookat some of the high points.
684
00:40:35,485 --> 00:40:40,120
The hard work of formingthis more perfect union belongs to us all.
685
00:40:40,291 --> 00:40:42,965
We need to be as wiseas we are resolute...
686
00:40:43,132 --> 00:40:44,795
...as smart as we are strong.
687
00:40:44,970 --> 00:40:47,763
The president will join us shortly
for photos.
688
00:40:47,937 --> 00:40:50,314
If anyone would like refreshments... .
689
00:40:56,378 --> 00:40:58,540
That was quite a speech
the president made.
690
00:40:58,717 --> 00:41:01,296
-Quite a day for your organization.
-Yes, ma'am.
691
00:41:01,475 --> 00:41:05,100
I wish that you could've been in there
when we made those 35 phone calls...
692
00:41:05,278 --> 00:41:07,404
...to the families this morning.
693
00:41:08,370 --> 00:41:12,244
-President Bartlet. Wonderful speech, sir.
-Thank you.
694
00:41:12,423 --> 00:41:15,964
Mr. President, this is Mr. Holmes of
Families Against Mandatory Minimums.
695
00:41:16,142 --> 00:41:17,603
-How are you, sir?
-Sir.
696
00:41:17,771 --> 00:41:20,017
-And his sister, Kandy.
-Hi.
697
00:41:20,237 --> 00:41:21,900
She just got home a few hours ago.
698
00:41:22,075 --> 00:41:24,915
Sir, there are no words
to express our gratitude.
699
00:41:25,084 --> 00:41:28,506
-Today has been overwhelming.
-Thank you, sir.
700
00:41:29,346 --> 00:41:32,435
Kandy was saying
she feels like she's been hit by lightning.
701
00:41:32,605 --> 00:41:34,898
I hope it's not quite that random.
702
00:41:35,279 --> 00:41:37,156
I can never repay you.
703
00:41:37,326 --> 00:41:38,954
Oh, yes, you can.
704
00:41:39,165 --> 00:41:43,039
You got the second chance you deserve,
but it's also a heck of a burden.
705
00:41:43,218 --> 00:41:46,224
If you screw up, you don't just
hurt yourself and your family.
706
00:41:46,394 --> 00:41:50,149
You damage me, and worse, you hurt
all those prisoners still hoping...
707
00:41:50,363 --> 00:41:53,073
...for the fair shake most
of them won't get.
708
00:41:53,497 --> 00:41:55,873
-Am I right, Donna?
-Yes, Mr. President.
709
00:41:56,046 --> 00:41:58,173
You need to take your life
in your hands...
710
00:41:58,344 --> 00:42:02,599
...and make sure that none of those left
behind are ever more deserving than you.
711
00:42:03,066 --> 00:42:05,692
I will, sir. I promise.
712
00:42:05,907 --> 00:42:07,987
-Okay.
-Thank you.
713
00:42:08,163 --> 00:42:09,826
-Keep in touch.
-Yes, sir.
714
00:42:11,381 --> 00:42:13,092
Bless you all.
715
00:42:13,261 --> 00:42:15,887
It must be an honor to work for him.
716
00:42:18,317 --> 00:42:20,278
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