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Previously on The West Wing:
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The position of White House
chief of staff...
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...will be filled by Claudia Jean Cregg.
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The president can send...
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...C.J. Cregg to Ramallah to swat
at suicide bombers with her purse.
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My purse?! Page Carol!
Get him the hell out of there!
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Can I apologize again?
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No, but let's move finding my
replacement from priority three to one.
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The president made me promise that
when I got the degree, I'd leave this job.
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He doesn't want me holding his jacket
for the rest of my life.
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You don't want
a new press secretary.
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And who exactly do you think
is gonna brief the press?
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You.
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Thinking about a Prius? Great car.
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Hybrid. Wave of the future.
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No, the future's here.
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- There's a waiting list.
- Sixty miles a gallon?
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- In the city. Fifty-one, highway.
- Isn't that...?
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Backwards. Yeah.
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Electrical battery recharges every time
you hit the brake.
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- Perfect for D.C. Car that loves gridlock.
- Like Congress.
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- And with gas prices at an all-time high...
- They're not...
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...actually.
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The record high was in '81.
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Adjusted for inflation, gas was 2.80
a gallon in today's money.
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Okay.
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In the '50s, prices were equivalent
to what they are now.
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A little more, even,
but per capita real income...
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...was less than half what it is today.
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Cost your parents twice as much
at the pump as what you pay.
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Grandparents, in your case.
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You're really up on your...
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I work at the White House.
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Great statement
for a government official:
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"Drive what reduces
our dependence on OPEC. "
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Yeah, it's foreign-made.
The symbolism's kind of a wash.
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- Thirty-five hundred over sticker?
- Some dealers getting 10,000 over.
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So I should just be happy
you're gouging me less?
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- It's a popular package.
- How many on your waiting list?
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Seven hundred.
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- How long?
- Eight months.
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Wanna take a test drive?
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No, I'm just...
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You know.
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Can I drive that?
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Prius. Congratulations.
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Thanks.
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- It's a long wait, huh?
- Oh, worth it.
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Individuals need to take
responsibility.
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The government won't do anything
about improving mileage.
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It's so deep in the pockets
of the oil and car companies.
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- Yeah, Congress is a nightmare.
- Oh, Bartlet's done squat.
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Mr. Lyman.
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All set.
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All right.
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Thank you.
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I know I sound like a dork...
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- ...but this is way cool.
- Yeah, it's a lot of machine.
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All right, so easy out of the lot.
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- Not like I'm off-roading in Baja.
- Not on the lot.
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It's a lot of machine.
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Yeah?
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Hey, McNaughton at
the DCCC needs you.
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You should see this thing
I'm driving. It's a monster.
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- What?
- My testosterone is flying.
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Try not to get any on anyone.
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I'll put my hands-free thing in.
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- What?
- Hang on.
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Look out!
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Josh?
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Are you all right?
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Tell McNaughton I may be a while.
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Thank you again.
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- Good morning.
- Hey.
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- How was your weekend?
- What weekend?
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You mean that two-day period
where briefing material...
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...invades your domicile,
finally and completely obliterating...
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...whatever pathetic distinction
you've labored mightily to maintain?
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At least you can do it in your jammies.
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- You're picturing that, aren't you?
- A little.
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- And you?
- I don't wear jammies.
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- Your weekend.
- You know, boring.
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You've got nothing to report?
Nothing adventurous or illicit?
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- Boring. Dull, even.
- In your non-jammies?
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- You're picturing that, aren't you?
- Trying furiously not to.
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You seen Toby?
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He's briefing, isn't he?
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- Okay, then.
- Yeah.
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I have no information on that
at this time. Yeah?
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The CAFE standards amendment
raising fuel-efficiency requirements...
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...comes up for House vote today.
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Will the president sign the omnibus
transportation bill without that provision?
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I can't speculate on an amendment
on a bill that hasn't passed.
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Does anybody know where
your esteemed confreres might be?
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Is it a press holiday of some kind?
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H.L. Mencken's birthday?
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Anniversary of the expense account?
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Excuse me.
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- Yes?
- Get out.
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- C.J.!
- All of you, you cannot be in here.
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- Why couldn't you...?
- A human wave. I was overwhelmed.
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- Toby is killing us.
- He won't engage.
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We do not do this anymore.
You have to leave.
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We get nothing to file.
We're gonna get fired.
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That's not the best argument
to make at the moment.
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- You gotta help us.
- I'll talk to him.
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Now, and I say this with love,
get the hell out of my office.
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- C.J., C.J.
- Gotta get him out of there.
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Have rules of engagement
been finalized...
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- ...for the Mideast?
- I'm looking for something to hurl at you.
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Mine-sniffing rats?
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Well, the Gambian giant pouched rat.
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You hit a Prius with an SUV?
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Connecting my cell phone's
hands-free device.
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- The ironies abound.
- Yeah, verily.
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- What happened to training dogs?
- Dogs get bored.
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Sniffing for land mines?
These are some jaded pooches.
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- What kind of SUV?
- A humongous one.
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- Excursion, Expedition, Escalade, what?
- One of those.
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I just wanted to drive it.
Like a Hummer.
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- Wouldn't you wanna experience that?
- I've had the pleasure.
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It's less of a giggle when
taking weapons fire.
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I don't know how we get funding
for giant mine-sniffing rats.
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Three of them found 20 live mines
in a test in Mozambique.
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- Was the Prius just totaled?
- Pretty much.
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- Isn't there a big waiting list?
- Just got longer.
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This is hilarious but not funny.
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I'd say since it's mostly
expensive and embarrassing...
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...it's funny but not hilarious.
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You ever hear of the Hubbert Peak?
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Does it have to do
with gradations of mirth...
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...or are we back on rats
of an unusual size?
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Hubbert was a geologist who predicted,
pretty much on the money...
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...when U.S. oil production
would peak, then decline.
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Did he win something?
Weekend in Shreveport?
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- A year's supply of Vaseline?
- Oil supply's a bell curve.
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The worldwide Hubbert Peak
may have hit.
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No one thinks it's more
than 20, 30 years off.
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Meaning within the lifetime of kids
today, oil production will plummet.
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- I just wanted to drive a Hummer.
- That's half.
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What's gonna happen
when everyone has a car?
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A good time to be
in the insurance business.
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- Glass houses.
- Point taken.
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Exploding demand
meets plummeting supply.
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Whether we've ever fought one up till
now, the next war will be about oil.
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See you.
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If you're coming in with more
to read, I will strangle you...
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- ...with my bare hands and enjoy it.
- Will's here.
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- I can scrag him too.
- I don't doubt it.
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I'm thinking briefing books on tape
for in the car, while jogging.
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- You jog?
- Not anymore.
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The president wants the VP to meet
the NSC on the nuclear fallout analysis.
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- Absolutely. The focus is evacuation?
- Attribution, post-event forensics.
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If terrorists know they can be traced
they'll less likely attempt.
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Terrorists being notably responsive
to logic and self-interest.
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Almost sounded important
for a minute.
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The House defeated
the CAFE standards amendment.
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- Already?
- They limited floor debate to 20 minutes.
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Car companies won't have to raise
miles per gallon from venti to grande.
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It's the other way around.
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- Not unexpected.
- Or entirely unwelcome.
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- That's the spirit.
- Dems get credit with enviros.
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But the VP doesn't have
to defend it with voters in Michigan.
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Politics more important than principle.
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This administration's had seven years
to work on fuel efficiency.
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Don't take it out on me.
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- With a hostile Congress.
- The public singing, "I want my SUV. "
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- It's regret, not guilt.
- Don't have votes. Art of the possible.
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- What Leo would say.
- I'd spend the week deciding...
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...if sounding like a dyspeptic
60-year-old is a compliment.
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- Wanted to see me?
- Where are we on a press secretary?
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- Getting up to speed.
- Time for a boost.
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No one... I don't mean this unkindly,
no one's anxious to have you briefing.
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Just curious, but how'd you have put it
had you meant it unkindly?
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You're hovering.
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He's hovering.
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- Verging on looming.
- And he's stalling.
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- I'm crafting.
- They're just remarks.
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People listening won't know
they're just remarks.
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To them, it'll sound
uncannily like a speech.
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- A short speech.
- Prompter needed this half an hour ago.
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- You're on your own.
- I'm the leader of the free world.
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People pay attention when I speak. The
job's not all waving from the chopper.
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Not as good as it might be.
It's your fault.
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I'm prepared to live with
the verdict of history.
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Charlie, one sec. Mr. President, there's
a reception in the East Room today.
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- What?
- Girls' National Field Hockey champions.
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Sir, you have to be there.
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- Charlie.
- I'll get him there.
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- Thank you.
- I'm noticing a slackening of awe.
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A certain lack of trembling
in my presence.
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- Yes, Mr. President.
- Yes, sir.
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- Josh?
- What is it?
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That gossip blog, DistrictScene.
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- How did she get this?
- Someone at the dealer, I guess.
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It's not the end of the world.
It's a weblog.
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It's not The Washington Post.
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Josh Lyman's office. Yeah.
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C.J.'s office. Now.
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- You didn't think it was a story?
- It's obviously a story.
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- I didn't think...
- Every news organization...
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...surfs these blogs.
This will be everywhere.
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- For God's sake, what possessed you?
- I don't know.
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I saw it and was taken over
by my reptilian brain stem.
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The press is gonna have a party
with this. Conga lines, pi�atas....
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They'll have fun and be done in a day.
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Not the week raising
CAFE standards goes down...
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...with us barely putting up a fight.
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Alternative Energy Resources Council
is threatening a press conference...
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...trashing our commitment,
citing your demolition derby as exhibit A.
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- I'll call.
- Do better.
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Head the White House Task Force
on Alternative Energy.
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- What...?
- The one I promised, to hold them off.
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I want a meeting that ends
with something.
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You standing with people
in Birkenstocks for press.
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- Birkenstocks.
- And bicycle clips.
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Yeah.
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Bicycle clips?
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For your pants.
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You gotta...
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- Yeah.
- Not counting today.
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Today was...
I don't know what today was.
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- But the briefings?
- Yeah.
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- They're getting better.
- Good.
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On a scale of one to 10,
10 being C.J...
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...one being a chimp throwing feces,
where do I rank?
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They're getting better.
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I gotta go get my ass kicked.
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Yeah, me too.
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Congressmen. And woman.
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Does the president believe fuel-efficiency
standards should be raised?
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- We're dispensing with the small talk.
- Answer the question.
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A shame because I've been hoarding
anecdotes, mordant observations.
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This administration's
environmental record...
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...is an embarrassment to its party
and a betrayal of its supporters.
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- Mordant enough for you?
- Betrayal. Embarrassment.
237
00:11:40,847 --> 00:11:44,840
It's that temperate rhetoric that endears
the Green movement to the electorate.
238
00:11:45,047 --> 00:11:46,958
- You rolled over.
- We did the arithmetic.
239
00:11:47,167 --> 00:11:49,635
Any increase in CAFE standards
wasn't gonna happen.
240
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- You rolled.
- An 8-year-old can count.
241
00:11:51,847 --> 00:11:55,157
- This is supposed to be about leadership.
- Leaders avoid losing battles.
242
00:11:55,327 --> 00:11:58,046
- You live to fight another day.
- You're missing the point.
243
00:11:58,207 --> 00:12:01,517
Nobody thought we were gonna win
this. But you've made it easy for them.
244
00:12:01,687 --> 00:12:04,121
Seat belts. Air bags.
The first fuel-economy standards.
245
00:12:04,287 --> 00:12:07,404
The auto industry had to be dragged
kicking and screaming into them.
246
00:12:07,567 --> 00:12:09,956
They didn't go out of business.
They figured it out.
247
00:12:10,127 --> 00:12:12,163
The White House doesn't lead
on fuel mileage.
248
00:12:12,327 --> 00:12:14,761
Opponents get to cast their vote
at no cost.
249
00:12:14,927 --> 00:12:16,201
We don't just lose a vote.
250
00:12:16,367 --> 00:12:18,039
We lose out on a national debate.
251
00:12:18,207 --> 00:12:20,402
Making it that much harder to win
the next vote.
252
00:12:20,567 --> 00:12:23,764
This isn't a poli-sci seminar.
We didn't have the votes.
253
00:12:24,727 --> 00:12:27,195
Thank you all for your time.
254
00:12:28,967 --> 00:12:31,435
- Well?
- And a pleasant good morning to you.
255
00:12:31,607 --> 00:12:32,881
You find someone?
256
00:12:33,047 --> 00:12:35,083
I slept extremely well.
Thank you for asking.
257
00:12:35,247 --> 00:12:37,681
Sleep less and get us
a new press secretary, will you?
258
00:12:37,847 --> 00:12:39,246
Sorry. When you asked me...
259
00:12:39,407 --> 00:12:43,002
...I didn't realize you expected to find
someone the first hour, my first day.
260
00:12:43,167 --> 00:12:45,283
Sooner you get someone,
sooner I can stop.
261
00:12:45,447 --> 00:12:47,836
I told you. Your doing them
for a while is good.
262
00:12:48,007 --> 00:12:50,441
I'm glad someone doesn't think
they're a total wreck.
263
00:12:50,607 --> 00:12:52,677
Oh, no. They're horrible.
But I can help you.
264
00:12:53,407 --> 00:12:57,719
Help me by doing the job you were hired
for and find us a new press secretary.
265
00:12:59,007 --> 00:13:00,440
Settling in just fine.
266
00:13:00,607 --> 00:13:03,519
But the muffin basket,
the flowers, it's too much.
267
00:13:03,687 --> 00:13:06,997
Donna, get some alternative-energy
spokespeople in here for a meeting.
268
00:13:07,167 --> 00:13:09,806
- You mean...?
- Wind, solar, hamsters in wheels.
269
00:13:09,967 --> 00:13:11,525
Whatever's out there. Today.
270
00:13:11,687 --> 00:13:14,360
- You have that...
- Cancel it. This takes priority.
271
00:13:15,287 --> 00:13:16,720
- Hey, Donna.
- Hey.
272
00:13:16,887 --> 00:13:18,161
Is Josh expecting you?
273
00:13:18,327 --> 00:13:20,636
Actually, I came by to see you.
How you doing?
274
00:13:20,807 --> 00:13:22,126
Good. I'm good.
275
00:13:22,287 --> 00:13:24,084
How soon before
you're out of that cast?
276
00:13:24,247 --> 00:13:26,602
- Soon. I can't wait.
- I bet.
277
00:13:27,527 --> 00:13:31,520
Look, we don't know each other that
well, but if you ever wanted to talk....
278
00:13:31,687 --> 00:13:34,247
- Thanks. But I...
- I'm sure you've spoken to somebody...
279
00:13:34,407 --> 00:13:36,967
...but I just thought
if you ever wanted someone...
280
00:13:37,327 --> 00:13:39,795
Another woman, I don't know.
281
00:13:39,967 --> 00:13:42,879
- Is this completely inappropriate?
- No, no. It's fine.
282
00:13:43,047 --> 00:13:45,083
I've seen the sort of
thing you went through.
283
00:13:45,247 --> 00:13:47,556
- I appreciate your concern.
- Okay.
284
00:13:47,727 --> 00:13:49,877
Well, if you ever want to....
285
00:13:50,487 --> 00:13:51,966
I should really get back to...
286
00:13:52,487 --> 00:13:53,966
Okay.
287
00:14:00,847 --> 00:14:03,156
- You're all set for lunch.
- You sure he's up to it?
288
00:14:03,327 --> 00:14:05,045
- He said so.
- He's not being polite?
289
00:14:05,207 --> 00:14:07,004
- I'm sorry. Leo?
- He has a courtly side.
290
00:14:07,167 --> 00:14:09,203
- Not with me.
- I don't wanna overtax him.
291
00:14:09,367 --> 00:14:10,641
He would've said.
292
00:14:10,807 --> 00:14:14,197
A car will pick up the food, then
swing by to take you to his hotel at 1.
293
00:14:14,367 --> 00:14:16,164
- Great.
- He asked if you play chess.
294
00:14:16,327 --> 00:14:17,919
Chess? Not really.
295
00:14:18,087 --> 00:14:19,440
I'll let him know.
296
00:14:19,607 --> 00:14:22,599
There's a picture? Get this
blogger woman on the phone.
297
00:14:22,767 --> 00:14:24,519
You didn't think
someone had a camera?
298
00:14:24,727 --> 00:14:26,285
- There wasn't.
- There's a picture.
299
00:14:26,447 --> 00:14:28,722
A guy, his wife and teenage daughter.
That was it.
300
00:14:28,887 --> 00:14:31,879
Daughter have a cell phone?
Josh Lyman's office calling, please.
301
00:14:32,047 --> 00:14:34,800
- One moment, please.
- I wouldn't do this.
302
00:14:34,967 --> 00:14:38,676
- This is Josh Lyman. This is off-record.
- She's not a journalist.
303
00:14:38,847 --> 00:14:41,919
There may be more disreputable ways
to make a living than gossip...
304
00:14:42,087 --> 00:14:44,647
...and clandestine photos,
but none spring to mind.
305
00:14:44,807 --> 00:14:47,640
My and this administration's
environmental bona fides...
306
00:14:47,807 --> 00:14:49,126
...are well-established.
307
00:14:49,287 --> 00:14:53,326
To use this incident to imply otherwise
is scurrilous and irresponsible.
308
00:14:53,487 --> 00:14:56,126
Cheap and easy irony
from what I can only surmise...
309
00:14:56,287 --> 00:14:59,040
...is a cheap and shallow person.
310
00:15:00,007 --> 00:15:02,521
- I said this was off-record.
- She's not a journalist.
311
00:15:02,687 --> 00:15:04,564
You're gonna post this?
312
00:15:05,287 --> 00:15:07,323
She's posting it now.
313
00:15:13,967 --> 00:15:15,286
He made the sushi.
314
00:15:15,487 --> 00:15:17,796
- It's his hobby.
- Nothing against the ambassador...
315
00:15:17,967 --> 00:15:20,356
...but I want my raw fish
prepared by a professional.
316
00:15:20,527 --> 00:15:22,279
Said you're not to use
a lot of wasabi.
317
00:15:22,447 --> 00:15:25,200
Said it's considered
disrespectful to the fish.
318
00:15:25,367 --> 00:15:26,880
Isn't it pretty much past caring?
319
00:15:27,047 --> 00:15:29,242
And there's such thing
as sushi being too fresh.
320
00:15:29,407 --> 00:15:30,999
- Not for me.
- Need to age the fish.
321
00:15:31,167 --> 00:15:32,441
Do I wanna know why?
322
00:15:32,607 --> 00:15:34,325
So the rigor mortis has time to pass.
323
00:15:34,487 --> 00:15:36,205
I knew you were gonna ruin it for me.
324
00:15:36,367 --> 00:15:38,244
Surprise!
325
00:15:44,927 --> 00:15:46,201
A little bird told me.
326
00:15:47,527 --> 00:15:49,563
- Congratulations.
- Thank you, Mr. President.
327
00:15:49,727 --> 00:15:51,797
- You know what this means, right?
- Yes, sir.
328
00:15:51,967 --> 00:15:53,241
Enjoy your party.
329
00:15:53,407 --> 00:15:56,524
I think everyone's blocked off
all of eight minutes.
330
00:15:58,007 --> 00:16:00,840
- Way to go, Charlie. Congratulations.
- Thanks, man.
331
00:16:01,127 --> 00:16:02,560
God, how did you do it?
332
00:16:02,727 --> 00:16:04,763
I don't even have time
to learn my TiVo.
333
00:16:04,927 --> 00:16:08,476
When the president asks
if you did your homework, it gets done.
334
00:16:08,647 --> 00:16:11,445
- I'm glad you told me.
- I just hope he is.
335
00:16:11,647 --> 00:16:13,797
I gotta get back to work.
336
00:16:17,407 --> 00:16:19,204
Carol. Cake?
337
00:16:19,367 --> 00:16:22,962
Totaled a hybrid with an SUV.
He's like an ecoterrorist in reverse.
338
00:16:23,127 --> 00:16:25,687
- We'll point that out to the press.
- What do you need?
339
00:16:25,887 --> 00:16:29,004
Draft a release about the
alternative-energy summit Josh is holding.
340
00:16:29,167 --> 00:16:30,964
- Not gonna work.
- I don't recall asking.
341
00:16:31,127 --> 00:16:33,925
No meeting's gonna counteract
the symbolism of that accident.
342
00:16:34,087 --> 00:16:37,602
You need to laugh it off. Refer questions
to the Department of Metaphor.
343
00:16:37,767 --> 00:16:41,760
Put out a statement from the
undersecretary for Whimsy and Caprice.
344
00:16:42,927 --> 00:16:44,440
Just draft the release.
345
00:16:44,607 --> 00:16:47,519
- Will you be briefing?
- I imagine.
346
00:16:50,687 --> 00:16:52,325
- What?
- How do you get women?
347
00:16:52,487 --> 00:16:54,796
- Excuse me?
- Briefing the press is a seduction.
348
00:16:54,967 --> 00:16:57,117
- You got a hot ex. How'd you get her?
- Get out.
349
00:16:57,287 --> 00:16:59,482
- Know what she says?
- God, you called Annie.
350
00:16:59,647 --> 00:17:02,957
"Smart and funny. " That's how guys
who don't look like Jude Law...
351
00:17:03,127 --> 00:17:05,925
- ...or Denzel Washington get babes.
- You trying to get fired?
352
00:17:06,087 --> 00:17:08,681
I'm trying to help you.
That Mencken line was funny.
353
00:17:08,847 --> 00:17:10,838
No one laughed
because you flung it at them.
354
00:17:11,007 --> 00:17:14,204
Briefing the press isn't a seduction.
It's war.
355
00:17:14,367 --> 00:17:17,200
What C.J. did for seven years
wasn't combat.
356
00:17:17,367 --> 00:17:20,006
It was charm and disarm.
357
00:17:20,527 --> 00:17:22,085
Just draft the release.
358
00:17:22,247 --> 00:17:23,885
Smart and funny. Seduce them.
359
00:17:24,047 --> 00:17:25,765
- Worked on your wife.
- We're divorced.
360
00:17:25,927 --> 00:17:28,839
Living with you is a whole other
ball game. I get that already.
361
00:17:29,007 --> 00:17:30,360
Charlie.
362
00:17:30,527 --> 00:17:32,836
Thanks, C.J., for whatever part
you played in that.
363
00:17:33,007 --> 00:17:34,679
I just showed up and ate corn chips.
364
00:17:34,847 --> 00:17:38,157
Leo e-mailed me something about
reminding the president to play chess.
365
00:17:38,327 --> 00:17:40,363
He and Leo played
weekly chess games.
366
00:17:40,527 --> 00:17:42,518
- Okay.
- What did Leo say about it?
367
00:17:42,687 --> 00:17:44,279
Just to remind him.
368
00:17:44,447 --> 00:17:46,085
Guess that's just it, then.
369
00:17:46,287 --> 00:17:47,800
Yeah.
370
00:17:47,967 --> 00:17:50,276
- C.J.
- Mr. Vice President.
371
00:17:50,447 --> 00:17:52,961
- How you adjusting to the new job?
- It's an adjustment.
372
00:17:53,127 --> 00:17:56,483
I gotta admit, I was surprised.
We all were. But the more I thought...
373
00:17:56,647 --> 00:17:58,285
- ...it started making sense.
- Thanks?
374
00:17:58,447 --> 00:18:01,359
Leo is Leo. No one expects you
to be him. You'll find your way.
375
00:18:01,527 --> 00:18:02,801
I'm finding it, actually.
376
00:18:02,967 --> 00:18:05,276
- I'm here to help.
- I appreciate that, sir.
377
00:18:05,447 --> 00:18:07,358
I look forward to working
closely with you.
378
00:18:07,527 --> 00:18:08,801
As do I, Mr. Vice President.
379
00:18:08,967 --> 00:18:10,525
I work well with strong women.
380
00:18:10,687 --> 00:18:13,042
- Good to know.
- My mother...
381
00:18:13,207 --> 00:18:15,277
- ...a strong woman.
- Well, there you go.
382
00:18:15,447 --> 00:18:17,278
If you'll excuse me....
383
00:18:19,567 --> 00:18:21,762
This where I might find
the puling poster boy...
384
00:18:21,927 --> 00:18:23,838
...for Bartlet's indifferent
energy policy?
385
00:18:24,007 --> 00:18:25,520
Yeah, I was shopping for a Prius.
386
00:18:25,687 --> 00:18:28,679
- Just performing your own crash test.
- A joke the blogger missed.
387
00:18:28,847 --> 00:18:30,121
Should shoot her an e-mail.
388
00:18:30,287 --> 00:18:32,676
You just had the quintessential
consumer experience.
389
00:18:32,847 --> 00:18:34,838
Your head said hybrid,
your heart said SUV.
390
00:18:35,007 --> 00:18:37,043
Reptilian brain is
what I've been going with.
391
00:18:37,207 --> 00:18:39,641
People don't want them
because they get lousy mileage.
392
00:18:39,807 --> 00:18:42,799
It's the argument for mandating
higher mileage standards.
393
00:18:42,967 --> 00:18:44,958
No one's saying
it's the wrong argument.
394
00:18:46,007 --> 00:18:49,079
You've got a pretty tight relationship
with Michael Hirsch, yes?
395
00:18:49,247 --> 00:18:51,920
Well, people in show business
are charming for a living.
396
00:18:52,087 --> 00:18:54,726
I'm one of his 4 or 5000
closest buds, yeah.
397
00:18:54,927 --> 00:18:56,963
- Enough to call?
- For the vice president?
398
00:18:57,127 --> 00:18:59,561
You're one of few who doesn't
regard him with disdain.
399
00:18:59,727 --> 00:19:01,479
Or at least has courtesy to hide it.
400
00:19:01,647 --> 00:19:05,322
Hollywood support's all going to Baker.
He's raised enough to greenlight movies.
401
00:19:05,687 --> 00:19:08,884
- Governor Baker hasn't declared.
- But he's still a front-runner.
402
00:19:09,047 --> 00:19:10,560
I mean, no offense to your guy.
403
00:19:10,727 --> 00:19:13,321
It would be great if you'd make a call.
404
00:19:13,487 --> 00:19:15,842
- Let me get back to you.
- Sure.
405
00:19:16,727 --> 00:19:18,365
You know, Hirsch has a hybrid.
406
00:19:18,527 --> 00:19:22,076
Typical Hollywood. Drives his Prius
right up to his private jet.
407
00:19:23,007 --> 00:19:25,840
I'm about to go into a meeting
with the Commerce secretary.
408
00:19:26,007 --> 00:19:27,679
A man so soporific...
409
00:19:27,847 --> 00:19:30,805
...one shouldn't operate
heavy machinery in his presence.
410
00:19:30,967 --> 00:19:33,606
A meeting that would feel
interminable at three minutes...
411
00:19:33,767 --> 00:19:36,600
...is certain to stretch into
a soul-annihilating 50 minutes.
412
00:19:36,767 --> 00:19:38,997
Presenting a perfect opportunity
for you...
413
00:19:39,167 --> 00:19:44,036
...to get started on a particular errand
pertaining to your postgraduate career.
414
00:19:44,727 --> 00:19:47,002
Fiderer prepared them.
I checked for typos.
415
00:19:47,167 --> 00:19:48,441
Thank you, sir.
416
00:19:48,607 --> 00:19:51,360
Now let's get to work
and fatten up that r�sum�.
417
00:19:51,527 --> 00:19:53,643
Yes, Mr. President.
418
00:19:59,927 --> 00:20:03,158
Meeting's set. Representatives from
solar, ethanol, hydrogen and wind.
419
00:20:03,327 --> 00:20:06,125
- Copy Toby on the roster.
- You know when we run out of oil...
420
00:20:06,287 --> 00:20:08,801
- ...it'll precipitate global food crisis?
- Don't start.
421
00:20:08,967 --> 00:20:11,879
Fossil fuels are key components
of fertilizers and pesticides...
422
00:20:12,047 --> 00:20:14,925
...not to mention, fuel used
in farm machinery and irrigation.
423
00:20:15,087 --> 00:20:17,078
Said the woman
with the electric wheelchair.
424
00:20:17,247 --> 00:20:20,717
I've given it up. You inspired me with
your commitment to renewable energy.
425
00:20:20,887 --> 00:20:23,117
You know, the SUV came through
without a scratch.
426
00:20:23,287 --> 00:20:24,561
You're going to hell.
427
00:20:24,727 --> 00:20:27,525
C.J., this is Gail Addison from
the Office of Administration.
428
00:20:27,687 --> 00:20:29,803
- Hello.
- She's here about changing your office.
429
00:20:29,967 --> 00:20:31,525
To a day spa, I hope.
430
00:20:31,687 --> 00:20:33,643
I don't know how you
approach your space.
431
00:20:33,807 --> 00:20:35,877
If you have a vision
or would like options.
432
00:20:36,087 --> 00:20:38,806
- I'd prefer not to think about it.
- Then I'm happy to.
433
00:20:38,967 --> 00:20:41,356
- And have you not either.
- I'm sorry?
434
00:20:41,527 --> 00:20:44,758
I'll have Margaret call you
once I'm more settled in. Thanks.
435
00:20:46,647 --> 00:20:49,036
- Baker's running, right?
- Yeah.
436
00:20:49,207 --> 00:20:51,402
And he'll have it wrapped up
by Super Tuesday.
437
00:20:51,567 --> 00:20:54,161
Will asked me to call Mickey Hirsch.
438
00:20:54,687 --> 00:20:56,166
He thinks Baker's not gonna run?
439
00:20:56,327 --> 00:20:58,238
Vice president will be
virtually unopposed.
440
00:20:58,447 --> 00:20:59,721
President Russell.
441
00:20:59,887 --> 00:21:03,084
You worry he'd win. I worry he'd lose.
Republican administration?
442
00:21:03,247 --> 00:21:05,238
GOP Congress?
They'd dismantle everything...
443
00:21:05,407 --> 00:21:08,524
- ...we've accomplished in eight years.
- Baker's gonna run.
444
00:21:09,407 --> 00:21:11,204
Hey, how do you get women?
445
00:21:12,167 --> 00:21:13,919
Smart and funny, right?
446
00:21:14,327 --> 00:21:16,887
Plus I got that, you know, boyish thing.
447
00:21:18,087 --> 00:21:19,839
- I don't have that.
- Yeah.
448
00:21:20,767 --> 00:21:22,439
Okay.
449
00:21:30,207 --> 00:21:32,675
And the IRS is stepping up
their look into nonprofits.
450
00:21:32,847 --> 00:21:35,202
More charities playing loosely
with contributions.
451
00:21:35,367 --> 00:21:37,881
Blessings for the not-so-unfortunate.
What else?
452
00:21:38,047 --> 00:21:40,561
The CAFE standards amendment
went down.
453
00:21:41,167 --> 00:21:43,727
- That was fast.
- Floor debate was limited to 20 minutes.
454
00:21:43,887 --> 00:21:47,038
Those guys take longer
to decide what to order for take-out.
455
00:21:47,207 --> 00:21:49,596
Quick reconciliation,
a bill to sign by Wednesday.
456
00:21:49,767 --> 00:21:51,644
- Yeah.
- Oh, and Josh hit a Prius...
457
00:21:51,807 --> 00:21:53,877
...with a Land Cruiser or something.
458
00:21:54,087 --> 00:21:55,486
We're handling it.
459
00:21:55,687 --> 00:21:58,645
- We done?
- Yes, sir. Thank you, Mr. President.
460
00:21:59,607 --> 00:22:00,881
Oh, sir, I'm sorry.
461
00:22:01,047 --> 00:22:03,515
Leo mentioned to remind you
to play chess.
462
00:22:04,047 --> 00:22:06,845
Please tell Leo when he's healthy enough
to give me a game.
463
00:22:07,007 --> 00:22:09,282
I'll be glad to school him at chess.
464
00:22:09,527 --> 00:22:11,324
Thank you, sir.
465
00:22:13,727 --> 00:22:16,366
- Josh. Got a moment?
- Sure.
466
00:22:16,767 --> 00:22:18,644
The president and I
had an understanding.
467
00:22:18,807 --> 00:22:21,162
Actually, it was more
of an executive order...
468
00:22:21,327 --> 00:22:22,601
...that once I graduated...
469
00:22:22,767 --> 00:22:25,486
...I look for what he calls "a real job. "
470
00:22:25,847 --> 00:22:27,246
So I'm handing out r�sum�s.
471
00:22:27,807 --> 00:22:30,196
- Great...
- That I'd like you to ignore.
472
00:22:30,367 --> 00:22:32,323
- Okay.
- I don't wanna leave the president.
473
00:22:32,487 --> 00:22:34,205
Especially now that he's without Leo.
474
00:22:34,367 --> 00:22:36,437
- Not that I compare myself to...
- I understand.
475
00:22:36,607 --> 00:22:38,006
Here...
476
00:22:39,087 --> 00:22:40,725
...I'll put it in a safe place...
477
00:22:40,887 --> 00:22:43,037
- ...in case you change your mind.
- Thanks.
478
00:22:47,367 --> 00:22:49,676
The alternative-energy release.
479
00:22:49,847 --> 00:22:51,121
So, what else?
480
00:22:51,287 --> 00:22:53,847
Smart and funny, that's the sum total
of your expertise?
481
00:22:54,007 --> 00:22:55,520
You could wear a little makeup.
482
00:22:55,687 --> 00:22:58,201
- Oh, jeez. That'll happen.
- You want my help?
483
00:22:58,367 --> 00:23:01,837
Not if it involves makeup, wardrobe
or alternative facial-hair strategies.
484
00:23:02,007 --> 00:23:03,725
- Body language.
- What about it?
485
00:23:03,887 --> 00:23:05,639
Projecting comfort and command.
486
00:23:06,287 --> 00:23:08,960
- I don't do that?
- One might say.
487
00:23:14,687 --> 00:23:16,757
- So, what do I...?
- Follow me.
488
00:23:23,007 --> 00:23:25,202
And personally, the way
you trim your beard...
489
00:23:25,367 --> 00:23:27,085
...a little fussy.
490
00:23:27,687 --> 00:23:29,917
I'll brief the vice president.
How often?
491
00:23:30,087 --> 00:23:31,964
Occasionally. A continent at a sitting.
492
00:23:32,127 --> 00:23:34,118
I assume he's got
a handle on North America.
493
00:23:34,287 --> 00:23:36,243
There's the odd confusion, that's all.
494
00:23:36,407 --> 00:23:38,875
Sudan and Somalia. Iran, Iraq.
495
00:23:39,047 --> 00:23:40,480
- You're kidding.
- One time.
496
00:23:40,647 --> 00:23:42,478
Actual confusion
or slips of the tongue?
497
00:23:42,647 --> 00:23:44,239
We won't presume
for these purposes.
498
00:23:44,407 --> 00:23:46,443
He knows Pakistan is Muslim,
India is Hindu?
499
00:23:46,607 --> 00:23:48,325
- Of course.
- Just trying to calibrate.
500
00:23:48,487 --> 00:23:50,637
- I wouldn't bet the farm on Bangladesh.
- Okay.
501
00:23:50,807 --> 00:23:53,526
He has a little trouble
with the whole Shiite-Sunni thing.
502
00:23:53,687 --> 00:23:55,678
- We should start.
- That's what I'm thinking.
503
00:23:55,847 --> 00:23:57,997
- I'll come by and bring my flash cards.
- Great.
504
00:23:58,167 --> 00:23:59,725
- What?
- Nothing.
505
00:23:59,887 --> 00:24:01,923
You know why people buy hybrids?
506
00:24:02,087 --> 00:24:04,396
I mean, aside from smugness
and moral superiority.
507
00:24:04,567 --> 00:24:07,400
Funny, I was gonna say,
"Conscience and civic responsibility. "
508
00:24:07,567 --> 00:24:09,159
They think gas prices are too high.
509
00:24:09,327 --> 00:24:11,636
- You know why they buy SUVs?
- Because they're not.
510
00:24:11,807 --> 00:24:13,559
Record high was in '81.
511
00:24:13,727 --> 00:24:16,764
Adjusted for inflation, gas was 2.80
a gallon in today's money.
512
00:24:16,927 --> 00:24:18,838
The only way you'll get
real conservation.
513
00:24:19,007 --> 00:24:20,645
Hold an economic gun to their heads.
514
00:24:20,807 --> 00:24:23,241
We should slap
a 3-bucks-a-gallon tax on gasoline.
515
00:24:23,407 --> 00:24:25,796
- A popular position.
- Wait till gas lines come back.
516
00:24:25,967 --> 00:24:28,561
- See how popular that'll be.
- I'm about to solve it.
517
00:24:28,727 --> 00:24:30,046
An alternative-energy summit.
518
00:24:30,207 --> 00:24:33,005
Children of your villages
will sing my name.
519
00:24:33,207 --> 00:24:38,076
Morning. Thank you all for coming,
particularly on such short notice.
520
00:24:38,247 --> 00:24:40,841
I've been waiting to have
this meeting for seven years.
521
00:24:41,047 --> 00:24:44,437
Let's get right to making up
for lost time. Let's go around the table.
522
00:24:44,607 --> 00:24:46,359
Terry Anders, the Solar Cell Project.
523
00:24:46,527 --> 00:24:48,085
Riley Sheets, Ethanol Works.
524
00:24:48,247 --> 00:24:49,680
Wind Now, Corrine McKenna.
525
00:24:49,847 --> 00:24:51,326
Paul Tyminiski, Hydrogen Caucus.
526
00:24:51,487 --> 00:24:54,923
- I've been waiting a while for this too.
- You guys sound like my mother.
527
00:24:55,087 --> 00:24:57,601
When I call, all she does
is complain how I never call.
528
00:24:57,807 --> 00:24:59,525
I'll try to keep everybody straight.
529
00:24:59,687 --> 00:25:02,599
I should've made little symbols.
A picture of the sun...
530
00:25:02,767 --> 00:25:04,644
...corn, cloud blowing out its cheeks...
531
00:25:04,847 --> 00:25:06,803
- ...and for hydrogen...
- The Hindenburg.
532
00:25:06,967 --> 00:25:10,755
Hydrogen didn't cause the Hindenburg
fire. It was aluminum powder coating.
533
00:25:10,927 --> 00:25:12,599
- Really?
- It's used as rocket fuel.
534
00:25:12,767 --> 00:25:15,520
- But hydrogen is extremely flammable.
- So is gasoline.
535
00:25:15,727 --> 00:25:17,524
Flammable? She meant combustible.
536
00:25:17,687 --> 00:25:20,963
Hydrogen burns with a colorless flame.
The Hindenburg burned red.
537
00:25:21,127 --> 00:25:23,960
- Where's your humanity?
- Okay, then.
538
00:25:27,127 --> 00:25:28,799
This is your room.
539
00:25:28,967 --> 00:25:30,685
You're not venturing onto their turf.
540
00:25:30,847 --> 00:25:32,360
They're treading onto yours.
541
00:25:33,007 --> 00:25:35,885
- You have to own it.
- You didn't really just say, "Own it. "
542
00:25:36,047 --> 00:25:38,083
I'll show you
what you look like up here.
543
00:25:39,047 --> 00:25:40,719
Thanks. Helpful.
544
00:25:40,927 --> 00:25:43,680
- Smart and funny.
- Come here. Come here.
545
00:25:43,847 --> 00:25:45,485
You try it.
546
00:25:51,367 --> 00:25:53,005
Good afternoon.
547
00:25:53,847 --> 00:25:55,963
- Good afternoon.
- I'll take your questions.
548
00:25:56,127 --> 00:25:57,765
I'll take your questions.
549
00:25:57,927 --> 00:26:01,636
Okay, you look like you loathe this,
like you can't wait to get out the door.
550
00:26:01,807 --> 00:26:04,116
- Wonder why.
- You're literally hunching over.
551
00:26:04,287 --> 00:26:05,720
You need to lean back.
552
00:26:06,167 --> 00:26:08,806
Not too much. You don't wanna look
hostile and pugnacious.
553
00:26:08,967 --> 00:26:11,606
- I don't?
- Relax your hands.
554
00:26:11,967 --> 00:26:13,480
Look up. Look up.
555
00:26:13,647 --> 00:26:15,922
Okay. Now...
556
00:26:16,127 --> 00:26:18,402
- ...how's that feel?
- Like a poodle in a dog show.
557
00:26:18,567 --> 00:26:20,125
Let's try it again.
558
00:26:20,647 --> 00:26:24,083
This time, with more confidence.
559
00:26:26,247 --> 00:26:27,885
Good afternoon.
560
00:26:28,047 --> 00:26:30,515
I can't do this.
561
00:26:36,647 --> 00:26:39,559
Solar energy is, very simply,
the answer.
562
00:26:39,727 --> 00:26:42,639
It's clean, accessible, and we're
not running out any time soon.
563
00:26:42,807 --> 00:26:45,002
And when we do,
we'll be having bigger problems.
564
00:26:45,167 --> 00:26:47,886
We could replace all the fossil fuels
we're burning today...
565
00:26:48,047 --> 00:26:51,596
...simply by covering 220,000
square kilometers with solar cells.
566
00:26:51,767 --> 00:26:54,520
- Isn't that a lot?
- A piece of land 300 miles on each side.
567
00:26:54,687 --> 00:26:56,678
Yeah, see, that's kind of a lot.
568
00:26:56,847 --> 00:26:59,805
This will give you an idea
of what we're talking about.
569
00:27:01,927 --> 00:27:03,838
- That's huge.
- Drive it.
570
00:27:04,007 --> 00:27:06,077
It's 300 days of sunshine,
and nothing there.
571
00:27:06,247 --> 00:27:07,521
That covers Las Vegas.
572
00:27:07,887 --> 00:27:10,720
Appropriately. The most wasteful
energy abuser on the planet.
573
00:27:10,887 --> 00:27:13,845
Your cells look attractive
covering the Grand Canyon.
574
00:27:14,007 --> 00:27:15,998
You adjust this, obviously.
575
00:27:16,167 --> 00:27:19,204
Finding square footage in the desert
west will not be the problem.
576
00:27:19,367 --> 00:27:21,756
- What will?
- Manufacturing that many solar cells.
577
00:27:21,927 --> 00:27:25,636
- We'd have to pick up the pace some.
- Yeah. Since all solar cells ever made...
578
00:27:25,807 --> 00:27:27,763
...would barely cover
10 square kilometers.
579
00:27:27,927 --> 00:27:33,320
So just 219,990 to go.
580
00:27:33,487 --> 00:27:37,400
I don't wanna leave the president.
And I just don't think the timing's right.
581
00:27:37,767 --> 00:27:40,679
So if I could leave you my r�sum�,
then have you ignore it.
582
00:27:41,087 --> 00:27:42,440
Got it.
583
00:27:54,527 --> 00:27:57,041
- C.J. Cregg.
- Please.
584
00:27:57,687 --> 00:28:02,363
- Hey, you.
- Are you a sight for sore eyes.
585
00:28:02,527 --> 00:28:04,802
And sore legs, sore chest.
586
00:28:04,967 --> 00:28:07,322
- You having a lot of pain?
- The Vicodin helps.
587
00:28:08,247 --> 00:28:11,398
- What you got?
- Take-out from Terrazzo.
588
00:28:11,567 --> 00:28:15,560
- The arugula.
- With the pecorino and walnuts.
589
00:28:15,967 --> 00:28:17,844
And the gnocchi.
590
00:28:18,007 --> 00:28:19,679
Supposed to be very "gnice. "
591
00:28:19,847 --> 00:28:21,121
So much trouble.
592
00:28:21,287 --> 00:28:25,963
- If only you were worth it.
- I don't have much appetite.
593
00:28:26,247 --> 00:28:28,886
- He needs to eat.
- I'll eat when I'm hungry.
594
00:28:29,047 --> 00:28:30,480
Put it in the fridge.
595
00:28:30,647 --> 00:28:32,956
- I'm actually not that...
- Don't be silly. Go ahead.
596
00:28:33,127 --> 00:28:36,244
I can enjoy it as a spectator sport.
597
00:28:36,447 --> 00:28:38,483
You sure it won't bother you?
598
00:28:38,647 --> 00:28:41,559
It'll be great. Voyeuristic.
599
00:28:41,927 --> 00:28:43,679
That sounds like the Vicodin talking.
600
00:28:43,847 --> 00:28:46,407
It has its compensations.
601
00:28:49,807 --> 00:28:52,480
- So how's it going?
- It's overwhelming.
602
00:28:52,847 --> 00:28:54,519
The amount there is to tend to.
603
00:28:54,687 --> 00:28:56,518
I thought I was busy before.
604
00:28:56,687 --> 00:28:58,996
How in the world did you manage it
for seven years?
605
00:28:59,167 --> 00:29:00,805
I had a heart attack.
606
00:29:01,487 --> 00:29:03,603
You remind the president
about playing chess?
607
00:29:05,127 --> 00:29:06,719
He pretty much blew me off.
608
00:29:07,727 --> 00:29:09,399
You need to insist.
609
00:29:09,567 --> 00:29:12,127
I obviously don't know the president
as well as you...
610
00:29:12,287 --> 00:29:15,245
...but already, I can tell when
something's a no-go.
611
00:29:16,807 --> 00:29:18,240
You have to insist.
612
00:29:20,687 --> 00:29:23,326
The president gets regular physicals...
613
00:29:23,487 --> 00:29:28,436
...and because of the MS, rather more
regular MRIs and neurophysical tests.
614
00:29:28,607 --> 00:29:31,758
But MS is a disease
of the central nervous system.
615
00:29:31,927 --> 00:29:35,363
It can affect cognition,
perception, reasoning, judgment.
616
00:29:35,527 --> 00:29:37,722
What the doctors actually term...
617
00:29:37,887 --> 00:29:39,684
... "executive function. "
618
00:29:41,167 --> 00:29:42,805
As president of the United States...
619
00:29:42,967 --> 00:29:45,959
...this needs to be monitored
on a weekly basis.
620
00:29:46,127 --> 00:29:49,085
You need to get the president
to play chess.
621
00:29:52,327 --> 00:29:53,646
Finish your lunch.
622
00:30:01,287 --> 00:30:03,642
And so it burns clean...
623
00:30:03,807 --> 00:30:07,766
...and most important, ethanol's made
right here in the U.S. of A.
624
00:30:07,927 --> 00:30:11,966
And is already subsidized up the
ying-yang by the U.S. of A. government.
625
00:30:12,127 --> 00:30:13,719
How much more funding
do you want?
626
00:30:13,887 --> 00:30:16,685
Hang on. Some claim
it's not all that clean.
627
00:30:16,847 --> 00:30:19,122
The EPA has certified
it reduces carbon dioxide...
628
00:30:19,287 --> 00:30:21,926
...and hydrocarbon tailpipe
emissions by up to 30 percent.
629
00:30:22,087 --> 00:30:25,124
Releases more nitrogen oxide
and makes the entire fuel mixture...
630
00:30:25,287 --> 00:30:28,199
...evaporate easier than pure gasoline,
causing more smog.
631
00:30:28,367 --> 00:30:31,200
It's climate-dependent.
Helps in cold weather, hurts in hot.
632
00:30:31,367 --> 00:30:33,483
It consumes more fuel
to make than it replaces.
633
00:30:33,647 --> 00:30:37,003
- We dispute that.
- It only replaces 10 percent of gasoline.
634
00:30:37,167 --> 00:30:38,680
So at best, it's a stopgap.
635
00:30:38,847 --> 00:30:40,678
It's practical now.
636
00:30:40,847 --> 00:30:43,156
Not pie in the sky,
like some people's solutions.
637
00:30:43,327 --> 00:30:46,205
Let's be honest. All of us know
what the biggest thing is...
638
00:30:46,367 --> 00:30:50,246
- ...that ethanol has in its favor.
- The Iowa caucuses.
639
00:30:50,487 --> 00:30:52,000
C.J.? Gail's back...
640
00:30:52,167 --> 00:30:54,203
- ...with a quick question.
- Yes?
641
00:30:54,367 --> 00:30:57,677
I know you said you weren't prepared
to consider redecoration schemes...
642
00:30:57,847 --> 00:31:00,964
...but I took the liberty of pulling
some pictures of our inventory.
643
00:31:01,127 --> 00:31:04,039
It's just so dark and masculine in here.
644
00:31:04,207 --> 00:31:05,606
And martial. Do you feel it?
645
00:31:05,767 --> 00:31:08,235
It's just militaristic and martial
and male.
646
00:31:08,407 --> 00:31:10,796
- You said, "A quick question"?
- Oh, sorry.
647
00:31:10,967 --> 00:31:13,435
This was Dolley Madison's desk.
648
00:31:13,607 --> 00:31:15,723
Most people think
she spelled her name L-L-Y...
649
00:31:15,887 --> 00:31:17,525
...but in actuality, it was L-L-E-Y.
650
00:31:17,687 --> 00:31:20,485
- Perhaps we should...
- But it's lovely and feminine.
651
00:31:20,647 --> 00:31:23,764
Dolley, with an E, Madison
was maybe 5'3".
652
00:31:23,927 --> 00:31:25,326
Yes.
653
00:31:29,487 --> 00:31:31,318
Of course.
654
00:31:33,007 --> 00:31:35,157
Briefing time.
655
00:31:35,327 --> 00:31:37,443
- I know.
- Won't say a word.
656
00:31:37,607 --> 00:31:39,563
But that tie's gonna bleed.
657
00:31:39,727 --> 00:31:41,160
Keep it up, it'll have company.
658
00:31:41,327 --> 00:31:43,124
Don't look at them
with veiled contempt.
659
00:31:43,287 --> 00:31:44,845
- I don't.
- Yeah, right.
660
00:31:45,007 --> 00:31:46,326
It's not veiled.
661
00:31:46,487 --> 00:31:49,160
Charm and disarm.
662
00:31:54,807 --> 00:31:56,525
- Good afternoon.
- Good afternoon.
663
00:31:56,687 --> 00:31:59,406
- I'll take questions.
- What's your response to criticism...
664
00:31:59,567 --> 00:32:02,877
...of the administration's lukewarm
support for higher CAFE standards...
665
00:32:03,047 --> 00:32:05,242
...as reflected in today's defeat
in the House?
666
00:32:05,407 --> 00:32:07,523
Well, what today's vote reflected...
667
00:32:09,807 --> 00:32:12,685
Between anti-regulatory Republicans
and auto-state Democrats...
668
00:32:12,847 --> 00:32:14,599
...we were outgunned.
669
00:32:15,807 --> 00:32:19,800
As far as our lukewarm support,
I'd characterize it as more of a parboil.
670
00:32:21,687 --> 00:32:24,121
White House commitment
to fuel conservation...
671
00:32:24,287 --> 00:32:27,802
...can be measured by the Alternative
Energy Task Force meeting in progress.
672
00:32:27,967 --> 00:32:30,117
Isn't this hastily-convened
task force...
673
00:32:30,287 --> 00:32:32,642
...just an attempt to counteract
the symbolism...
674
00:32:32,807 --> 00:32:35,765
...of a White House senior staffer
totaling a hybrid...
675
00:32:35,927 --> 00:32:39,761
...while driving one of the most
fuel-inefficient passenger vehicles sold?
676
00:32:39,927 --> 00:32:41,201
Questions as to symbolism...
677
00:32:41,367 --> 00:32:44,245
...and meanings are the purview
of the Department of Metaphor.
678
00:32:44,407 --> 00:32:47,126
I refer you to the undersecretary
for Whimsy and Caprice...
679
00:32:47,287 --> 00:32:48,686
...for further comment.
680
00:32:48,847 --> 00:32:51,919
But really, this alternative-energy
summit's not gonna fool anyone.
681
00:32:52,087 --> 00:32:54,476
Good. Then maybe we can
stop thinking of it...
682
00:32:54,647 --> 00:32:57,286
...as something to fool people
and think of it as a way...
683
00:32:57,447 --> 00:32:59,039
...to maybe get something done.
684
00:32:59,207 --> 00:33:01,880
Fuel conservation is a critical issue.
685
00:33:02,047 --> 00:33:04,686
We were outgunned today in Congress
but not outflanked.
686
00:33:08,167 --> 00:33:11,443
So, what are the obstacles to using
hydrogen as a replacement fuel?
687
00:33:11,607 --> 00:33:15,919
Distribution. To transport and then
dispense it, you'd have to liquefy it.
688
00:33:16,087 --> 00:33:18,362
- Is that an issue?
- Just freeze it, then open it.
689
00:33:18,527 --> 00:33:21,803
- At enormous pressure.
- I don't understand. What's the problem?
690
00:33:21,967 --> 00:33:25,926
- When you do that, it can...
- Have the tendency to explode.
691
00:33:26,087 --> 00:33:27,918
Like the Hindenburg.
692
00:33:29,767 --> 00:33:32,964
- So you could file it, toss it or...
- The president wants you to quit.
693
00:33:33,127 --> 00:33:34,401
- I don't...
- You promised...
694
00:33:34,567 --> 00:33:37,001
- ...once you graduated you would.
- It was implied.
695
00:33:37,167 --> 00:33:38,839
- Yes or no, Charlie?
- Yes.
696
00:33:39,007 --> 00:33:40,998
- I guess.
- It's a dilemma.
697
00:33:41,167 --> 00:33:42,998
- All you have to do is...
- What's my job?
698
00:33:43,167 --> 00:33:46,045
- Excuse me?
- My job. It's to serve the president.
699
00:33:46,207 --> 00:33:48,767
It seems to me the president
has expressed a clear wish.
700
00:33:48,927 --> 00:33:50,918
- I don't...
- If he'd handed me your r�sum�...
701
00:33:51,087 --> 00:33:54,238
- ...do you imagine I could ignore it?
- I should just take this back.
702
00:33:54,407 --> 00:33:57,080
Yeah, you probably shouldn't
come in here with that...
703
00:33:57,887 --> 00:34:01,163
...deputy special assistant
to the chief of staff.
704
00:34:01,327 --> 00:34:03,887
- Sorry?
- Your new title.
705
00:34:04,327 --> 00:34:05,885
Come work for me.
706
00:34:06,727 --> 00:34:08,206
- What?
- You're smart...
707
00:34:08,367 --> 00:34:11,484
...responsible, you know the president.
Why wouldn't I hire you?
708
00:34:11,647 --> 00:34:14,207
The title's a little gaudy
but mostly means you'll do...
709
00:34:14,367 --> 00:34:17,677
...whatever's needed to be done.
A catchall, but grown-up. Policy stuff.
710
00:34:17,847 --> 00:34:20,361
- You're serious.
- Be a stone's throw from the Oval.
711
00:34:20,527 --> 00:34:23,200
The president can't miss you
if you haven't really gone.
712
00:34:25,087 --> 00:34:26,918
I don't know what to say.
713
00:34:27,487 --> 00:34:29,637
- Can I think it over?
- Not really.
714
00:34:32,167 --> 00:34:33,759
- That was...
- Absolute misery?
715
00:34:33,927 --> 00:34:35,724
- What?
- Lean forward, but not too far...
716
00:34:35,887 --> 00:34:38,606
...but don't lean back.
How my bleeding tie's distracting...
717
00:34:38,767 --> 00:34:41,759
...from my fuzzy beard.
Be smart, be funny, look pleasant.
718
00:34:41,927 --> 00:34:44,600
I've never been more self-conscious
in my life.
719
00:34:44,767 --> 00:34:46,166
I don't wanna be good at this.
720
00:34:46,327 --> 00:34:48,477
Don't worry. It was better.
721
00:34:48,647 --> 00:34:50,797
Good's still a ways off.
722
00:34:51,487 --> 00:34:52,761
You're welcome.
723
00:34:53,247 --> 00:34:56,319
Wind turbines in California
produce enough electricity...
724
00:34:56,487 --> 00:34:57,761
...to light San Francisco...
725
00:34:57,927 --> 00:35:01,761
...saving the state the equivalent
of well over 10 million barrels of oil.
726
00:35:01,927 --> 00:35:06,682
Wind provides 1.27 percent
of California's electricity?
727
00:35:06,847 --> 00:35:08,121
From 13,000 turbines.
728
00:35:08,287 --> 00:35:10,517
So in order to get
all of its energy from wind...
729
00:35:10,687 --> 00:35:13,406
- ...California would have to build...
- Only 1 million more.
730
00:35:13,567 --> 00:35:15,364
By the way, they're an eyesore.
731
00:35:15,527 --> 00:35:17,643
- No one wants them.
- What if wind doesn't blow?
732
00:35:17,807 --> 00:35:19,638
What happens if the sun isn't shining?
733
00:35:19,807 --> 00:35:21,718
- This really isn't helpful.
- Wind is clean.
734
00:35:21,887 --> 00:35:23,286
Increasingly competitive.
735
00:35:23,447 --> 00:35:25,881
The fastest-growing energy
technology in the world.
736
00:35:26,047 --> 00:35:29,403
The Bartlet administration could restore
U.S. leadership in wind power.
737
00:35:29,567 --> 00:35:32,604
I can see the slogan now.
"Breaking Wind Together. "
738
00:35:40,647 --> 00:35:41,921
Hey.
739
00:35:42,087 --> 00:35:43,918
Only have a minute.
740
00:35:44,087 --> 00:35:45,361
What'd you wanna tell me?
741
00:35:45,527 --> 00:35:47,245
I got an interesting offer...
742
00:35:47,407 --> 00:35:49,557
...that you're pretty much
responsible for.
743
00:35:49,727 --> 00:35:52,287
- What?
- In appreciation...
744
00:35:52,487 --> 00:35:54,557
...I'd like to tell you about it
over dinner.
745
00:35:54,807 --> 00:35:57,116
Are you asking me on a date?
746
00:35:57,287 --> 00:35:59,517
- A thank-you dinner.
- Well, that's a date.
747
00:36:00,447 --> 00:36:02,119
So far, it isn't anything.
748
00:36:02,287 --> 00:36:04,039
You haven't said that you'll go.
749
00:36:06,127 --> 00:36:07,799
Sure.
750
00:36:11,607 --> 00:36:12,881
- So?
- What?
751
00:36:13,047 --> 00:36:14,878
- What are we announcing?
- Don't know yet.
752
00:36:15,047 --> 00:36:18,005
- C.J. wants an announcement.
- Tell her that's not happening.
753
00:36:18,167 --> 00:36:19,486
- Nice try.
- What?
754
00:36:19,647 --> 00:36:22,161
- She's pissed at you. You tell her.
- She wasn't pissed.
755
00:36:22,327 --> 00:36:24,477
- Nettled, maybe.
- Whatever. You're telling her.
756
00:36:24,647 --> 00:36:27,366
- Nothing came out of it?
- Wind power, turns out the churn...
757
00:36:27,527 --> 00:36:29,836
...from turbines
changes the weather on the ground.
758
00:36:30,007 --> 00:36:32,396
Probably not ideal
from an environmental standpoint.
759
00:36:32,567 --> 00:36:35,604
- Three hours of stuff like that.
- That you're telling her.
760
00:36:35,807 --> 00:36:37,240
Yeah.
761
00:36:50,927 --> 00:36:52,804
I'm not ready.
762
00:36:54,847 --> 00:36:57,680
I have spoken to experts,
and they told me what to look for...
763
00:36:57,847 --> 00:36:59,883
...and I don't have to look very hard.
764
00:37:00,047 --> 00:37:03,596
I do get angry over everything,
cry over nothing, right down the list.
765
00:37:03,767 --> 00:37:06,486
Rejecting offers of help,
that's on there too.
766
00:37:08,047 --> 00:37:09,878
I'm sure talking to you
would be helpful.
767
00:37:10,047 --> 00:37:11,480
Actually, I'm...
768
00:37:11,647 --> 00:37:13,205
I'm not sure of that.
769
00:37:13,367 --> 00:37:15,676
I'm not sure of much of anything...
770
00:37:15,847 --> 00:37:18,077
...except that I'm not ready.
771
00:37:18,647 --> 00:37:20,239
I understand.
772
00:37:20,527 --> 00:37:22,040
Okay.
773
00:37:28,167 --> 00:37:29,486
Hey.
774
00:37:29,687 --> 00:37:31,643
How was your energy meeting?
775
00:37:31,807 --> 00:37:33,081
It was pretty Darwinian.
776
00:37:33,247 --> 00:37:35,283
They're so great at knocking
each other...
777
00:37:35,447 --> 00:37:37,563
...it makes you wanna
buy stock in Chevron.
778
00:37:37,727 --> 00:37:41,117
- They know we can't fund everything.
- I don't know what we can announce...
779
00:37:41,287 --> 00:37:44,962
...other than the world's out of oil,
and in 20 years, we're gonna starve.
780
00:37:45,127 --> 00:37:47,595
You know, those that haven't
already been wiped out...
781
00:37:47,767 --> 00:37:50,679
...in an energy war with China,
because the fuel alternatives...
782
00:37:50,847 --> 00:37:53,042
- ...are less ready than you thought.
- Yeah.
783
00:37:53,207 --> 00:37:54,845
It's all economics.
784
00:37:55,527 --> 00:37:56,801
- Mr. President.
- Sir.
785
00:37:56,967 --> 00:37:59,720
Why do the Saudis fight
to keep oil prices from rising?
786
00:37:59,887 --> 00:38:01,479
To discourage conservation.
787
00:38:01,647 --> 00:38:03,638
And the development
of alternative fuels.
788
00:38:03,807 --> 00:38:05,718
And it works because we let them.
789
00:38:05,927 --> 00:38:08,521
- Economics.
- So, what do we do?
790
00:38:08,687 --> 00:38:10,882
Veto the omnibus transportation bill.
791
00:38:11,847 --> 00:38:14,998
- Why?
- To demand the higher CAFE standards.
792
00:38:15,167 --> 00:38:18,398
- Because Josh demolished a hybrid?
- Because improving fuel economy...
793
00:38:18,567 --> 00:38:20,956
...deserves far more
than a 20-minute debate.
794
00:38:21,127 --> 00:38:23,721
There aren't the votes to sustain.
They'll just override.
795
00:38:23,887 --> 00:38:26,765
It pushes the subject out there.
Jump-starts a national debate.
796
00:38:26,927 --> 00:38:29,646
Hummer sales had their best month
ever this year...
797
00:38:29,807 --> 00:38:32,719
...and Prius is expanding
its production 50 percent.
798
00:38:32,887 --> 00:38:34,559
The market's doing what markets do.
799
00:38:34,727 --> 00:38:37,924
It's sorting itself out,
messily and with contradiction.
800
00:38:38,087 --> 00:38:41,602
Better fuel economy's an idea that
just has to reach its tipping point.
801
00:38:41,767 --> 00:38:43,962
A veto maybe nudges it a little closer.
802
00:38:44,127 --> 00:38:45,560
And keep having those meetings.
803
00:38:45,887 --> 00:38:49,004
Wait till the alternatives are perfect,
it's all gonna be too late.
804
00:38:49,167 --> 00:38:50,919
Thank you, Mr. President.
805
00:38:51,087 --> 00:38:54,762
- What was it you wanted?
- Sir, if you'll follow me....
806
00:38:58,247 --> 00:39:00,078
Mr. President.
807
00:39:00,407 --> 00:39:02,284
Sir, this is Roger Quast from HUD.
808
00:39:02,447 --> 00:39:06,076
He was on the Stanford chess team.
He's here to play a game with you.
809
00:39:07,527 --> 00:39:10,246
Roger, unfortunately, you've been
dragged here for nothing.
810
00:39:10,407 --> 00:39:12,204
I've cleared your schedule
for the hour.
811
00:39:12,407 --> 00:39:15,797
I spoke with Leo. You're going to play
chess, Mr. President.
812
00:39:17,407 --> 00:39:18,965
You heard the lady.
813
00:39:19,727 --> 00:39:22,161
- Where do you think you're going?
- Sir?
814
00:39:22,567 --> 00:39:24,603
- You're gonna play me.
- Sir, I don't really...
815
00:39:24,767 --> 00:39:28,362
Stanford here is gonna stay
and help you. Sit down.
816
00:39:32,647 --> 00:39:34,603
- Chess team, huh?
- Yes, sir.
817
00:39:34,807 --> 00:39:36,399
I'm trying to imagine the cheer.
818
00:39:36,567 --> 00:39:38,159
Check them to the left
To the right
819
00:39:38,327 --> 00:39:41,205
- Stand up, sit down
- I was on the chess team.
820
00:39:41,527 --> 00:39:42,926
Right.
821
00:39:48,047 --> 00:39:50,083
- I really have no clue.
- He's gonna help you.
822
00:39:50,247 --> 00:39:52,636
And I'll know if you're holding back,
young man.
823
00:39:52,807 --> 00:39:56,356
You are hereby directed by presidential
fiat to try your damnedest...
824
00:39:56,527 --> 00:39:58,916
...to kick your commander in chief's ass.
825
00:40:05,767 --> 00:40:07,325
King's pawn over two spaces.
826
00:40:11,687 --> 00:40:13,279
Good.68491
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