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Previously on The West Wing:
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The RNC has a team of lawyers
who wanna file for a re-count.
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- No.
- If this happens...
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...and you don't challenge it,
you'll regret it for the rest of your life.
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Gonna get the mail.
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We'll need a few minutes
to shut down the street.
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To walk to the mailbox?
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To have a hot dog,
everyone had to be issued ID pins.
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Get the president-elect on the phone.
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I wanna congratulate him.
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Arnie Vinick made this
a better campaign...
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... and he's made this
a better country for all of us.
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Santos! Santos! Santos!
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We have the cold front
moving into the Midwest.
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It's expected to drop a foot of snow
in downtown Des Moines...
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... and at least 15 inches
in outlying areas.
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We got reports in the last hour
of flurries in Washaw County...
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Gentlemen, good morning.
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Good to see you again.
How you been?
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- Good morning.
- Good morning, sir.
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This is Senator Vinick's office.
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No one can take your call
at the moment.
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Senator, what are you doing here?
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My office, isn't it?
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At least for another month.
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- Where's Sheila?
- Had a breakfast meeting.
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- Job interview.
- With who?
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- Royce.
- Majority leader wants her, huh?
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Everybody wants her.
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Seems like every message I take now
is a job offer for Sheila.
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I wanna call every state-party chairman,
starting with Iowa and New Hampshire.
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Thank them for what they did.
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Should I pack and ship these,
or do you...?
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- Did you hear me?
- Yeah. State-party chairmen. Sure.
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- Today.
- I'll go get a list.
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I wanna call every member
of my fundraising committee.
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Send letters to the big contributors.
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Oh, and I should call
every Republican governor.
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Give me that set of cards
you were keeping on everybody...
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...in every state we were in.
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Again, I don't want to start making
announcements about cabinet posts...
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I thank you all.
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- Thank you.
- Very busy day today. Thank you.
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I wanted to thank you again
for all your hard work...
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...and let you know if there's
ever anything I can do for you...
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...I'll be on the next plane out of here.
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Okay. Thanks, Al.
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- Who's next?
- Hey.
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To what do we owe the honor?
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I need to make some calls.
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- Senator Vinick's office.
- We could use help with the boxes.
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- So Royce, huh?
- Maybe.
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Is he gonna run for president?
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He knows he has no chance.
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But I told him to keep buzz going,
it'll help fundraising.
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He wants you to run
the majority leader's office?
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Dr. Wexler says they can move
your physical to today, but...
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- Good. I wanna get that done.
- But you gotta get there now.
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Annie, get the "thank you" letters done,
and I'll sign them when I get back.
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I want 10 minutes with every Republican
senator before they kick me out.
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Not too many of them around
with the Senate out of session.
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I'll go to their home states if I have to.
I gotta thank them, let them know...
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Hey, tell Bob I wanna
go over the exit polls with him later.
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Who's gonna tell him?
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- What?
- That the campaign is over.
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Adam, I am not trying to tell you
or the Times how to cover a story.
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What I am saying is that if you report
that he's picked a vice president...
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...you will make the best paper
in America very, very wrong.
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Yes, senator, the president-elect will
certainly take that into consideration.
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- This is Linda.
- I have an aunt named Linda.
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That's great. Do you have
any friends named Linda?
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- No.
- Well, you do now.
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And this is Kevin.
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Linda and Kevin are gonna be with you
most of the time.
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Now, because a lot of people
know who your dad is...
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- Everyone knows who my dad is.
- I guess you're right.
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Some of them might try to talk to him
or get a message to him through you.
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- You think that's a good idea?
- No?
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That's right, Peter.
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We need talk V.P.
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If anyone tries to do that, you should
tell Linda or Kevin about it right away.
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And they'll give the message
to my dad?
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Well, it's not quite that simple.
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Our lawyers now have a legal theory...
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...your electoral delegates can vote for
whomever they want for vice president.
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- Theory?
- No precedent. Theory's best we can do.
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Supported by four former Democratic
and Republican attorneys general.
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And they'll say so publicly?
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They'll take out a full-page ad
in the New York Times.
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By which I mean they'll sign
a full-page ad if we pay for it.
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As will a handful of former
solicitors general from both parties.
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So I can pick whoever I want
and the Electoral College will elect him?
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- Republicans might challenge it in court.
- But we'll win?
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- Might take a while.
- You done here?
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- We're just...
- It's scary in there.
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The kids seem okay with it.
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How would you feel
if you were 5 years old...
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...and people with guns were telling you
they're gonna take over your life?
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- Sorry. This is my fault.
- Nothing to do with you.
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What you are talking about can wait.
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What we're talking about
is keeping your children alive.
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Your hand healed
faster than I expected.
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Maybe that's because I went from
a thousand handshakes a day to none.
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I'll have your blood-cholesterol levels
in a few days.
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If they're anything like last year,
you got nothing to worry about.
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Did you get much exercise
on the campaign trail?
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None.
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Lot of stress.
I hear that keeps you young.
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If I had your stress levels...
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...you'd have been called on to deliver
an eloquent eulogy for me 10 years ago.
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- So?
- So you're fine.
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- Fine?
- You're in great shape.
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- For a man my age?
- For a man half your age.
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You're kind of a medical miracle,
actually, huh?
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President Bartlet and the first lady...
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... are on their way to Brussels today
for the president's last G8 meeting...
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... where the crisis in Kazakhstan...
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Do you have the list
for assistant secretary of defense?
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There are 15 assistant secretaries of
defense. Stay focused on the big stuff.
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All right, let me take another look
at the file for State.
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Kansas City Star wants me to confirm
or deny Keenitz for Agriculture.
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- How did that leak?
- Once the FBI starts background checks...
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...neighbors figure it out.
- Leak other names.
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It might pull press heat
off the V.P. Selection.
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I've decided on a V.P.
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Do we have Nancy McNally's
financial-disclosure statement?
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- Who is your choice for vice president?
- Baker.
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You should announce that right away.
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And publicly ask Democratic electors
to vote for Baker...
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...when Electoral College meets.
- Only way we get Baker.
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If you wait and submit Baker
for confirmation...
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...Republicans won't let you have him.
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They won't confirm a strong V.P. Who
could win the presidency in eight years.
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Handing this off to the Electoral College
just doesn't feel right.
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The American people will not stand...
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...for 272 people they've never heard of
electing a V.P.
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People don't care. They don't vote V.P.
They vote the top of the ticket.
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If he has to take over
the presidency...
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...then people should know
how he got there.
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If he goes through
a congressional confirmation...
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...hearings of the House,
the Senate, the works...
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...the country will know everything
about him before he takes office.
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If you're gonna submit a name
to Congress, it can't be Baker.
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Got a lot of offers to sit on boards.
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All the pharmaceuticals want you,
all the airlines.
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As your lawyer, I have to advise you
to avoid the bankrupt ones...
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...unless you love
giving depositions all day.
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- I don't wanna sit on boards.
- Letters to governors.
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- Great.
- You don't have to do anything...
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...as a member of a board of directors.
Show up a few times a year.
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Hundred thousand in salary
and more in stock options.
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You sit on half-a-dozen boards,
you're making...
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Wouldn't look good.
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Who cares what it looks like?
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No offense, Arnie, but nobody
notices what former senators do.
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What else you got?
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Lot of university offers.
You can write your own ticket.
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Full-time faculty, guest lecturer,
whatever you wanna teach...
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- Where?
- NYU, Princeton, Penn...
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University of Pennsylvania?
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Yeah. UVA, Duke, Emory, Florida State,
Ohio Wesleyan, and William and Mary.
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All right, let's do guest lecturer at Penn,
Florida State and Ohio Wesleyan.
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- All three?
- I can write my own ticket, or not?
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They'll go along with it.
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- But why do you wanna spend...?
- What offers do we have in California?
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You don't wanna be
the official greeter at a vineyard, do you?
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Twenty-one and a half.
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Obviously that violates Houston's
zoning laws, but we can get a waiver.
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This fence is essential to securing...
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...the perimeter of your property.
- Twenty-one feet high?
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Well, that's because the homes
next door are so close to yours.
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What's this?
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The guardhouse
we'll build on the sidewalk.
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Everyone:
Friends, delivery men, etcetera...
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...will have to pass through
to get into your house.
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Does it have to be so big?
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It's smaller than we usually build.
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- Trying to blend into the neighborhood.
- Really? Who else has a guardhouse?
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The plans might be able
to be reined in a bit...
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...depending on how often
the first family is gonna use the house.
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Use it? We're going to be living in it.
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We've decided to let the kids
finish their school year in Houston...
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...and then bring them
to the White House in June.
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So the first lady and the children...
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...will be living there full-time until June?
- Pretty much.
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Could you excuse me a minute?
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- Is there a problem?
- He's gotta let the director know.
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- Gonna put a lot of strain on the PPD.
- PPD?
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Presidential Protective Division.
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Permanent split in the family's
gonna stretch us thin.
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- Not a permanent split.
- I understand.
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But we're really not set up
for the president and the first lady...
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...to be apart more than a couple weeks:
International trips, that sort of thing.
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Got the exit polls for him.
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Great. Now he can really obsess
over why he lost.
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- You gotta talk to him about money.
- You're his oldest friend.
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- If you can't get through to him, I can't.
- He's refusing to join boards.
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He just wants to do guest lecturing...
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...at universities in Pennsylvania,
Ohio and Florida.
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He's gonna be bored to death...
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...and he won't be able to afford
the Republican lifestyle he deserves.
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My apology, sir.
The director would like...
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...to redo the security plan
for your home...
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...including sealing the street
with guardhouses at each end.
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Sealing the street?
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Only residents to drive on the street.
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All visitors to any house on the street
have to pass through the guardhouses.
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We'll check social security and birthdays,
same as the White House.
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Our neighbors become
prisoners in their homes?
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- They'll be on the...
- Safest street in Houston.
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Excuse us.
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- You okay?
- No.
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- They're just trying to do their job...
- This is not gonna work.
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We should all move to the White House
with you in January.
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We better start looking
for schools for the kids, huh?
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Yeah.
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Hey, Bob, you got the exit polls?
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Right here. Pretty simple.
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We lost Nevada by 70,000 votes
because of the nuclear accident.
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- What page is Nevada?
- Right here.
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You're not set for life, you know.
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Jim tell you I don't wanna
waste time on boards?
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I think he mentioned
something about that, yeah.
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My Senate pension will be plenty.
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I'll pick up pocket change
on the lecture circuit.
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- Where's the demographic breakdown?
- Take a job with a D.C. law firm.
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I won't do lobbying.
It wouldn't look good.
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- You wouldn't have to do any lobbying.
- Wouldn't look good?
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Lecturing in Pennsylvania,
Ohio and Florida?
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Are you thinking about running again?
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Flip 40,000 votes in Nevada,
and I win.
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Senator, you can't be
seriously thinking about...
235
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Doctor says I'm in great shape.
236
00:14:04,317 --> 00:14:05,812
Tell me who the front-runner...
237
00:14:05,986 --> 00:14:09,237
...for the Republican nomination
is gonna be, huh?
238
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One of the seven dwarfs
that I just beat?
239
00:14:13,203 --> 00:14:15,362
Those guys have "loser"
written all over them.
240
00:14:15,581 --> 00:14:19,283
Ray Sullivan's a front-runner already.
Everybody said he did a great job...
241
00:14:19,461 --> 00:14:22,831
...with the V.P. Campaign.
- I created Ray Sullivan.
242
00:14:23,090 --> 00:14:25,582
Where would he be
if I didn't put him on the ticket?
243
00:14:25,760 --> 00:14:28,715
- He won't run if I run.
- You wanna bet on that?
244
00:14:28,931 --> 00:14:31,767
Everyone in the Republican Party
knows I had this locked...
245
00:14:31,935 --> 00:14:33,477
...until the nuclear accident.
246
00:14:34,646 --> 00:14:38,312
That would kill any Republican candidate.
The party can't blame me for that.
247
00:14:38,485 --> 00:14:41,237
We would have had
an Electoral College landslide if...
248
00:14:41,405 --> 00:14:43,481
Look. Look. Look at these exit polls.
249
00:14:43,699 --> 00:14:46,737
Nuclear power was the number one issue
all over the West.
250
00:14:46,912 --> 00:14:50,447
That's not gonna happen next time.
Everything will be back to normal.
251
00:14:50,625 --> 00:14:54,160
Nuclear won't even show up
in the next presidential exit polls.
252
00:14:58,968 --> 00:15:00,962
I know what you're thinking.
253
00:15:03,265 --> 00:15:05,093
Go on, say it.
254
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You think I'm too old.
255
00:15:08,647 --> 00:15:11,483
Don't worry about that. I feel great.
256
00:15:11,734 --> 00:15:13,893
I'm telling you, 70 is the new 60.
257
00:15:28,338 --> 00:15:32,633
The confirmation would be a breeze
for Connor or Rosenthal for Treasury.
258
00:15:33,428 --> 00:15:36,050
Connor would be a more
popular choice within the party.
259
00:15:36,223 --> 00:15:38,715
Obviously, Rosenthal's
more respected on Wall Street.
260
00:15:38,893 --> 00:15:42,144
No, I think Rosenthal would be
more effective selling my tax plan.
261
00:15:42,314 --> 00:15:45,648
Well, he has no administrative skills.
Treasury is a huge department.
262
00:15:45,818 --> 00:15:48,571
Jurisdiction over the IRS,
Bureau of Engraving, the Mint.
263
00:15:48,739 --> 00:15:51,610
Let's go with Rosenthal,
and get him a deputy secretary...
264
00:15:51,784 --> 00:15:53,777
...who's got a lot
of executive experience.
265
00:15:53,954 --> 00:15:55,863
Well, good.
266
00:15:56,040 --> 00:16:00,085
So we've got Treasury, Defense
and attorney general.
267
00:16:00,253 --> 00:16:03,208
If you make a choice on State,
we'll announce the big four...
268
00:16:03,382 --> 00:16:07,215
...the same time we announce the V.P.
And show progress with the transition.
269
00:16:07,387 --> 00:16:10,804
Nancy McNally's great, but I think
she'd be a better U.N. Ambassador.
270
00:16:11,684 --> 00:16:14,888
Well, how about Noah for State?
271
00:16:15,063 --> 00:16:17,637
- Schmidt?
- No. I want a fresh take on Kazakhstan...
272
00:16:17,817 --> 00:16:20,854
...someone who was never part
of the team that got us in there.
273
00:16:21,029 --> 00:16:23,781
- Leaves Reynolds.
- I had a good meeting with Reynolds...
274
00:16:23,949 --> 00:16:27,236
...but I didn't get anything from him
that I didn't already know.
275
00:16:27,412 --> 00:16:30,782
- No one has more experience.
- I like him, but...
276
00:16:31,000 --> 00:16:35,129
- Wanna take another look at his file?
- No, let's move on.
277
00:16:35,297 --> 00:16:37,124
- We'll come back to State.
- Okay.
278
00:16:37,299 --> 00:16:42,046
Well, we've got a couple
of great candidates for Commerce.
279
00:16:43,182 --> 00:16:44,510
Yes, sir.
280
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General Corley will give you
the Kazakhstan update...
281
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...as soon as you get off the plane.
282
00:16:49,398 --> 00:16:51,640
I'll get them on the line now.
283
00:16:54,654 --> 00:16:56,778
I need Stanley at State
and Henry at Trade...
284
00:16:56,949 --> 00:16:59,072
...for a conference call
with the president.
285
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- When?
- Right now.
286
00:17:00,453 --> 00:17:02,363
- What's up?
- Here's where we are so far.
287
00:17:02,539 --> 00:17:05,825
We've got someone ready to go
for every one of those job titles.
288
00:17:06,002 --> 00:17:08,707
People should be ready
to move out by Inauguration Day.
289
00:17:08,880 --> 00:17:12,333
- I'll let them know.
- Things aren't moving so fast with State.
290
00:17:12,510 --> 00:17:16,556
President-elect doesn't want any empty
desks at State with the crisis still hot...
291
00:17:16,723 --> 00:17:20,473
...so he'd like all the undersecretaries
to plan to stay in place for a while.
292
00:17:20,645 --> 00:17:24,346
- He's having trouble picking a secretary?
- He's staring at the short list.
293
00:17:24,525 --> 00:17:26,103
Nancy McNally?
294
00:17:26,277 --> 00:17:28,436
I have no idea.
I'm just the messenger.
295
00:17:30,950 --> 00:17:33,951
- She's on the short list.
- Good.
296
00:17:36,582 --> 00:17:40,117
Helen Santos is here. And Stanley is
having his teeth whitened now...
297
00:17:40,294 --> 00:17:43,213
...so they're trying to find someone
at Trade to do the call.
298
00:17:43,382 --> 00:17:45,209
Okay. My once-proud team.
299
00:17:45,384 --> 00:17:47,840
I'll just duck out this way.
300
00:17:48,054 --> 00:17:49,846
Problems with the first-lady-elect?
301
00:17:50,015 --> 00:17:52,637
- Just not her favorite person today.
- Come on.
302
00:17:53,227 --> 00:17:56,597
It's nothing, really.
I'll just slip out of your way.
303
00:18:00,862 --> 00:18:04,196
- Hello, Mrs. Santos, I'm C.J. Cregg.
- I know. We get CNN in Texas.
304
00:18:04,366 --> 00:18:05,909
- Do me a favor.
- Anything.
305
00:18:06,077 --> 00:18:09,078
- Please call me Helen.
- Okay.
306
00:18:09,247 --> 00:18:10,908
- How we doing?
- Everyone's ready...
307
00:18:11,083 --> 00:18:13,123
...but now the president's
on another call.
308
00:18:13,878 --> 00:18:15,918
The first lady
would've shown you around...
309
00:18:16,089 --> 00:18:18,415
...but she's on her way to Brussels.
310
00:18:18,592 --> 00:18:20,799
They've asked me
to make you feel at home.
311
00:18:20,970 --> 00:18:22,299
In this place?
312
00:18:22,472 --> 00:18:25,390
Well, you'll see the residence
does have some homey touches.
313
00:18:25,559 --> 00:18:28,680
- Like?
- You could get bunk beds for the kids.
314
00:18:28,855 --> 00:18:33,020
- I got to find a school for them first.
- Jim Kane can help you with that.
315
00:18:33,820 --> 00:18:36,358
- The secretary of education?
- Yeah.
316
00:18:36,531 --> 00:18:40,577
Mr. Chairman, I'll definitely let you know
about the V.P. Before the press knows.
317
00:18:40,745 --> 00:18:42,405
Drudge Report says it's Baker.
318
00:18:42,580 --> 00:18:44,538
- How does Drudge do it?
- Is it Baker?
319
00:18:45,084 --> 00:18:49,747
I am not going to reconsider.
I want Eric Baker for vice president.
320
00:18:49,923 --> 00:18:53,293
Now, with the Democrats in the House,
Baker will have no problem there.
321
00:18:53,469 --> 00:18:55,795
How many Republican votes
will we need in Senate?
322
00:18:55,972 --> 00:18:57,301
Five, at least.
323
00:18:57,474 --> 00:18:59,266
More if anyone decides to filibuster.
324
00:18:59,435 --> 00:19:01,227
Won't try that on V.P. Confirmation.
325
00:19:01,396 --> 00:19:03,685
- They could.
- Not if you talk to the leader...
326
00:19:03,857 --> 00:19:07,143
...give him the feeling he's being
consulted, let him suggest names.
327
00:19:07,320 --> 00:19:10,524
No. He'll try to jam me
into taking someone I don't want.
328
00:19:10,907 --> 00:19:13,826
If we can't count on enough
Republican votes in the Senate...
329
00:19:13,995 --> 00:19:18,492
...then I recommend that you ask
the Electoral College to vote on Baker.
330
00:19:18,667 --> 00:19:20,541
- Don't want to.
- You might have to.
331
00:19:20,711 --> 00:19:24,247
Baker's name is starting to leak,
so if you're not gonna consult Senate...
332
00:19:24,424 --> 00:19:27,876
...we need to make the announcement.
- Gotta pressure the Republicans...
333
00:19:28,054 --> 00:19:29,465
...to confirm Baker.
- How?
334
00:19:31,016 --> 00:19:32,345
I wanna see Arnold Vinick.
335
00:19:34,228 --> 00:19:37,183
You really think he's in the mood
to help you with this?
336
00:19:40,069 --> 00:19:42,192
I wanna see Arnold Vinick.
337
00:19:43,615 --> 00:19:46,617
Right says we lost because
you weren't conservative enough...
338
00:19:46,785 --> 00:19:48,245
...not the nuclear thing.
339
00:19:48,413 --> 00:19:51,747
Exactly. That's why I have to run again,
to prove that isn't true.
340
00:19:51,917 --> 00:19:54,124
I wasn't just running
for the presidency.
341
00:19:54,295 --> 00:19:57,083
- I was fighting for the soul of my party.
- You won that.
342
00:19:57,257 --> 00:20:00,876
Ray Sullivan, the most popular guy
in the party, is a Vinick Republican.
343
00:20:01,053 --> 00:20:03,889
You created a national candidate.
He is your legacy.
344
00:20:04,057 --> 00:20:05,931
Pro-lifers like him,
moderates love him.
345
00:20:06,101 --> 00:20:08,593
Your blessing can guarantee him
the nomination.
346
00:20:08,771 --> 00:20:10,764
You can be the kingmaker.
347
00:20:16,030 --> 00:20:17,988
But not the king?
348
00:20:18,742 --> 00:20:20,984
I just got a call from Barry Goodwin.
349
00:20:21,162 --> 00:20:23,202
- Yeah?
- Matt Santos wants to see you.
350
00:20:23,957 --> 00:20:27,291
- About what?
- Sounds like a post-election handshake...
351
00:20:27,461 --> 00:20:29,454
...a nice bipartisan photo op.
352
00:20:29,631 --> 00:20:32,122
- Smart move by Santos.
- I'm not gonna be a prop...
353
00:20:32,301 --> 00:20:34,175
...in some phony unity picture.
354
00:20:34,345 --> 00:20:36,836
You don't go,
they'll leak that you turned him down.
355
00:20:37,015 --> 00:20:41,179
- Santos will look bipartisan...
- And I look like a sore loser.
356
00:20:41,353 --> 00:20:43,560
The personal staff is waiting
in the East Room.
357
00:20:43,731 --> 00:20:47,018
Most of them have been here
a long time. They know their stuff.
358
00:20:47,194 --> 00:20:50,398
I need a nanny-type and someone
to help clean the kids' bedrooms.
359
00:20:50,573 --> 00:20:52,365
I think they can manage that.
360
00:21:02,463 --> 00:21:05,750
- This is Curtis Schaefer.
- Nice to meet you.
361
00:21:05,926 --> 00:21:07,586
My pleasure, Mrs. Santos.
362
00:21:07,761 --> 00:21:09,589
- He is the chief usher.
- Chief usher?
363
00:21:09,764 --> 00:21:12,090
Means he's the man in charge.
364
00:21:12,309 --> 00:21:15,809
If it's all right, I thought we'd begin
with a quick introduction...
365
00:21:15,980 --> 00:21:19,765
...then split off into individual meetings
with the executive chef.
366
00:21:19,943 --> 00:21:23,479
The pastry chef, your children might have
desserts he'll wanna know about.
367
00:21:23,656 --> 00:21:25,946
The head florist
would like a few minutes...
368
00:21:26,118 --> 00:21:30,448
...just to get an impression of your
and the president-elect's preferences.
369
00:21:30,623 --> 00:21:32,913
The president-elect
doesn't have a preference.
370
00:21:33,085 --> 00:21:35,457
- For the Oval Office?
- He'll never notice flowers.
371
00:21:35,629 --> 00:21:37,872
- Whatever you like is fine.
- I understand.
372
00:21:38,049 --> 00:21:40,042
No need to meet with the butlers
and maids...
373
00:21:40,219 --> 00:21:43,920
...but if you could spend a few minutes
with the president-elect's valet.
374
00:21:44,098 --> 00:21:45,926
- He needs to finalize his...
- I'm sorry.
375
00:21:46,143 --> 00:21:48,551
Could you excuse us for one minute,
please?
376
00:21:48,771 --> 00:21:50,182
Thanks.
377
00:21:50,356 --> 00:21:52,895
Hey, this is too much.
We don't need all these people.
378
00:21:53,068 --> 00:21:56,153
Okay,
which ones do you want to fire?
379
00:21:57,573 --> 00:22:01,074
President-elect's office, please hold.
380
00:22:01,245 --> 00:22:03,119
President-elect's office, please hold.
381
00:22:04,082 --> 00:22:06,288
President-elect's office, please hold.
382
00:22:06,501 --> 00:22:09,373
Mr. Goodwin will be right with you.
He's finishing a call.
383
00:22:09,588 --> 00:22:12,839
If you'd like to take a seat.
President-elect's office, please hold.
384
00:22:13,009 --> 00:22:17,008
President-elect's office, please hold.
President-elect's office, please hold.
385
00:22:32,492 --> 00:22:35,743
- This was a terrible idea.
- You had no choice.
386
00:22:35,913 --> 00:22:38,583
- I'm standing here waiting like a...
- Sit.
387
00:22:38,750 --> 00:22:41,668
Just keep talking to me
as though I'm too busy to sit.
388
00:22:41,837 --> 00:22:43,415
Okay.
389
00:22:43,589 --> 00:22:47,754
- What do I have tomorrow?
- You have a haircut at 10.
390
00:22:48,345 --> 00:22:51,015
- Okay, then what?
- That looks like it.
391
00:22:51,182 --> 00:22:53,804
- For the rest of the day?
- For the rest of the year.
392
00:22:55,020 --> 00:22:56,978
Okay, well, let's confirm all that...
393
00:22:57,148 --> 00:22:59,770
...and make sure I have
the updated schedules today.
394
00:22:59,943 --> 00:23:03,479
- Arnie, good to see you.
- Congratulations, Barry.
395
00:23:03,656 --> 00:23:07,191
Listen, you ran one hell of a campaign.
We just got lucky.
396
00:23:07,369 --> 00:23:08,744
Let me take your coat.
397
00:23:08,912 --> 00:23:11,202
I'm sorry for the wait...
398
00:23:11,374 --> 00:23:14,411
...but the president-elect
had to step out with the wife...
399
00:23:14,586 --> 00:23:17,160
...to check out some schools
for the kids.
400
00:23:18,090 --> 00:23:20,249
He asked me to have you wait in here.
401
00:23:20,427 --> 00:23:22,005
It won't be long.
402
00:23:22,179 --> 00:23:24,255
- Can I get you anything?
- I don't think so.
403
00:23:24,432 --> 00:23:28,596
- Senator Robertson's on line three.
- Excuse me. I've gotta take this.
404
00:24:05,399 --> 00:24:09,564
Do you think St. Albans was a little,
you know, stuffy?
405
00:24:09,738 --> 00:24:11,363
A little?
406
00:24:11,532 --> 00:24:17,786
- Bancroft was more down to earth.
- Yep.
407
00:24:17,957 --> 00:24:19,701
What?
408
00:24:19,876 --> 00:24:24,206
The idea of spending $25,000
for fifth grade.
409
00:24:24,381 --> 00:24:25,876
Ridiculous.
410
00:24:26,092 --> 00:24:29,426
What would public school be like
if we spent 25,000 per pupil?
411
00:24:29,596 --> 00:24:33,809
In one year, we will spend more for
two kids than my entire education cost.
412
00:24:33,977 --> 00:24:36,647
Hey,
I actually got a paycheck at Annapolis.
413
00:24:37,773 --> 00:24:40,526
Where is the next school?
414
00:24:40,860 --> 00:24:44,064
What next school? I thought
we were only doing two schools today.
415
00:24:44,240 --> 00:24:46,363
I told your scheduler
we had three schools.
416
00:24:46,534 --> 00:24:50,580
I can't do another school today.
I have to get back to the office.
417
00:24:50,748 --> 00:24:53,500
I've got Arnold Vinick waiting for me.
418
00:25:11,357 --> 00:25:14,109
The president-elect
is on the line for you.
419
00:25:18,616 --> 00:25:21,820
- Hello.
- Arnie, thanks for coming in to see me.
420
00:25:21,995 --> 00:25:25,744
Listen, I'm really sorry
about the scheduling mix-up.
421
00:25:25,916 --> 00:25:30,129
We're looking at schools for kids,
and it's taking longer than we thought.
422
00:25:30,798 --> 00:25:32,173
I understand.
423
00:25:32,341 --> 00:25:34,465
Can we push our meeting back
about an hour?
424
00:25:35,387 --> 00:25:38,305
Well,
my schedule's pretty busy these days.
425
00:25:38,474 --> 00:25:42,389
- Let's see what our staffs can work out.
- Yeah, sure.
426
00:25:42,562 --> 00:25:45,232
I really appreciate any time
that you can give me today.
427
00:25:45,399 --> 00:25:48,187
And again,
I'm sorry about having to reschedule.
428
00:25:48,361 --> 00:25:50,401
No problem.
429
00:26:05,382 --> 00:26:07,340
Grande, nonfat chai for Jim.
430
00:26:08,928 --> 00:26:12,049
- Coffee of the day.
- Tall, grande or venti?
431
00:26:13,517 --> 00:26:16,934
- What size?
- Whatever's biggest.
432
00:26:17,105 --> 00:26:19,679
- Name?
- Sen...
433
00:26:20,359 --> 00:26:21,522
Arnie.
434
00:26:21,694 --> 00:26:24,364
Venti coffee of the day for Ernie.
435
00:26:27,076 --> 00:26:30,197
I wouldn't send our kids
to that school if they paid us.
436
00:26:30,372 --> 00:26:32,863
I didn't see
a single kid smiling in there.
437
00:26:33,042 --> 00:26:35,664
So it's Bancroft, I guess.
438
00:26:36,379 --> 00:26:38,871
Maybe we should look
at some public schools too.
439
00:26:39,049 --> 00:26:40,758
D.C. Public schools are the worst.
440
00:26:40,927 --> 00:26:44,842
Didn't Vinick say something like D.C. Has
the lowest test scores in the country?
441
00:26:45,015 --> 00:26:48,349
Well, there's gotta be some
good public schools in the district.
442
00:26:49,854 --> 00:26:51,314
Hello?
443
00:26:51,481 --> 00:26:54,234
Yes, we are on our way right now.
444
00:26:54,694 --> 00:26:57,612
I am late for the White House decorator.
445
00:26:58,615 --> 00:27:00,941
There's gotta be
at least one good public school.
446
00:27:01,118 --> 00:27:04,820
Do you know any congressmen who
send their kids to D.C. Public schools?
447
00:27:04,998 --> 00:27:08,867
What's this about? Afraid they're gonna
get spoiled going to a rich kids' school?
448
00:27:11,131 --> 00:27:12,460
A little, yeah.
449
00:27:12,633 --> 00:27:15,207
You think having one maid
pick up their socks...
450
00:27:15,386 --> 00:27:19,385
...and another pick up their underwear
is not going to spoil them?
451
00:27:19,558 --> 00:27:25,183
Going to a fancy private school is gonna
be the most normal thing about them.
452
00:27:27,652 --> 00:27:29,561
Yeah, but...
453
00:27:32,115 --> 00:27:36,862
You wanna look at a public school,
we will look at a public school, okay?
454
00:27:44,297 --> 00:27:46,623
I need the schedule
for tomorrow's G8 meeting...
455
00:27:46,800 --> 00:27:48,877
...and the joint statement
on Kazakhstan.
456
00:27:49,053 --> 00:27:50,927
Trade rep wants you
to okay this memo...
457
00:27:51,097 --> 00:27:53,589
...on agricultural subsidies
going to the president.
458
00:27:53,767 --> 00:27:56,437
- Hi.
- Hi.
459
00:27:58,356 --> 00:27:59,768
I have a 3:00.
460
00:28:02,945 --> 00:28:06,695
- With the decorator.
- Oh, right. That's in there.
461
00:28:06,867 --> 00:28:08,825
Oh, thanks.
462
00:28:09,787 --> 00:28:14,166
And this is the language State approved
for tomorrow's briefing.
463
00:28:33,525 --> 00:28:35,649
Mrs. Santos.
464
00:28:38,156 --> 00:28:42,486
- Mrs. Santos, I'm Gail Addison.
- It's nice to meet you.
465
00:28:43,621 --> 00:28:46,872
As you know, we have very little
in the budget for redecorating.
466
00:28:47,042 --> 00:28:50,210
- Oh, well, how much is very little?
- Two hundred thousand.
467
00:28:50,380 --> 00:28:53,167
You might want to establish
a fundraising committee...
468
00:28:53,342 --> 00:28:55,916
...to raise a few million and do it right.
469
00:28:56,095 --> 00:28:59,963
There really is a lot to do,
especially in this room.
470
00:29:00,142 --> 00:29:04,223
I've never liked the color of this rug,
but the Bartlets...
471
00:29:04,397 --> 00:29:07,352
Well, it's all up to you now.
472
00:29:07,526 --> 00:29:09,484
Well, it looks good to me.
473
00:29:09,654 --> 00:29:11,397
Oh, but there are many ways...
474
00:29:11,573 --> 00:29:14,147
...you can put your personal touch
on the White House.
475
00:29:14,743 --> 00:29:16,701
Well, I will leave that up to my kids.
476
00:29:16,871 --> 00:29:18,864
There are gonna be
a lot of crayon marks...
477
00:29:19,040 --> 00:29:21,033
...that we'll have to remove
when we leave.
478
00:29:21,418 --> 00:29:23,127
Speaking of the kids...
479
00:29:23,296 --> 00:29:27,674
Here's what I've sketched
for Peter's room, a cowboy theme.
480
00:29:27,885 --> 00:29:30,423
And here's what I came up with
for Miranda's room.
481
00:29:30,596 --> 00:29:32,424
A place a princess would love.
482
00:29:35,227 --> 00:29:39,771
That'll work. Yeah, okay.
483
00:29:39,941 --> 00:29:41,981
Arnie, thanks so much for coming in.
484
00:29:42,152 --> 00:29:44,940
- I'm sorry about that scheduling screwup.
- It's okay.
485
00:29:45,114 --> 00:29:46,989
I'm booked every minute
of the day now.
486
00:29:47,159 --> 00:29:50,160
It's worse than the campaign.
No time to think at all.
487
00:29:52,165 --> 00:29:55,369
In any event,
I appreciate you rescheduling so fast.
488
00:29:55,544 --> 00:29:57,621
Where are the cameras?
489
00:29:59,007 --> 00:30:00,834
This isn't a photo op.
490
00:30:03,471 --> 00:30:06,805
- Would you like some coffee?
- No, thanks.
491
00:30:07,267 --> 00:30:08,927
Please.
492
00:30:13,233 --> 00:30:15,191
I need your advice.
493
00:30:15,361 --> 00:30:17,650
- My advice?
- Yeah.
494
00:30:17,822 --> 00:30:20,444
- On what?
- The vice-presidency.
495
00:30:20,617 --> 00:30:22,028
What about it?
496
00:30:22,244 --> 00:30:24,071
I have a legal memo that says...
497
00:30:24,247 --> 00:30:27,533
...that I can ask the Electoral College
to vote for whoever I want...
498
00:30:27,709 --> 00:30:30,794
You can't let 272 people
no one has ever heard of...
499
00:30:30,963 --> 00:30:33,455
...elect the vice president
of the United States.
500
00:30:34,050 --> 00:30:36,044
If you're gonna have
an unelected V. P...
501
00:30:36,220 --> 00:30:40,764
...at least let the elected representatives
of the people vote for him...
502
00:30:40,934 --> 00:30:43,640
...and to submit the name
for congressional confirmation.
503
00:30:43,813 --> 00:30:45,889
You gotta go through
an open process...
504
00:30:46,065 --> 00:30:49,233
...public process that people
understand and accept.
505
00:30:49,403 --> 00:30:50,779
I agree.
506
00:30:50,947 --> 00:30:52,275
- You do?
- Yeah.
507
00:30:52,448 --> 00:30:55,616
Do you think the Senate Republicans
will get rough?
508
00:30:56,745 --> 00:30:58,406
Well, that depends on who you pick.
509
00:31:01,376 --> 00:31:04,247
Is the vice-presidency something
that you would consider?
510
00:31:09,470 --> 00:31:11,926
- Are you offering it?
- Would you consider it?
511
00:31:12,140 --> 00:31:14,631
- If you offered it?
- If I offered it.
512
00:31:14,810 --> 00:31:17,052
- To a Republican?
- To you.
513
00:31:19,273 --> 00:31:20,768
Would I consider it?
514
00:31:21,902 --> 00:31:24,572
And if I considered it,
you'd put me on your short list?
515
00:31:24,780 --> 00:31:27,354
- Yes.
- You still gonna try to raise taxes?
516
00:31:27,576 --> 00:31:31,360
- Only on incomes over a million.
- So you'd offer the vice-presidency...
517
00:31:31,539 --> 00:31:34,494
...to someone who,
if anything happened to you...
518
00:31:34,668 --> 00:31:39,378
...would be trying to cut those taxes
while your body was still warm?
519
00:31:39,716 --> 00:31:41,294
I might.
520
00:31:42,469 --> 00:31:43,964
If I considered it?
521
00:31:52,148 --> 00:31:54,604
Nice try. I know your game.
522
00:31:55,610 --> 00:31:59,905
Get me to say I'd consider it, then you
have your people leak it to the press.
523
00:32:00,074 --> 00:32:02,780
And that gives you a couple of days
of stories about...
524
00:32:02,953 --> 00:32:06,999
...how bipartisan Matt Santos is.
I mean, "He's even got a Republican...
525
00:32:07,167 --> 00:32:09,290
...on his short list for vice president."
526
00:32:10,170 --> 00:32:12,294
You figure that'll soften
the Republicans...
527
00:32:12,465 --> 00:32:15,003
...and they'll talk about a
confirmation for Vinick.
528
00:32:15,177 --> 00:32:18,593
Then you announce who you really want,
which I assume is Baker.
529
00:32:18,806 --> 00:32:20,930
Then you put public pressure
on the Senate...
530
00:32:21,101 --> 00:32:23,141
...to give the same
speedy confirmation...
531
00:32:23,312 --> 00:32:26,064
...to Baker that they were
gonna give to Vinick.
532
00:32:31,113 --> 00:32:32,857
What do you think of Baker?
533
00:32:33,491 --> 00:32:36,327
I think he wins you Pennsylvania.
534
00:32:36,495 --> 00:32:40,078
I think he has a lock on the presidential
nomination eight years from now.
535
00:32:41,710 --> 00:32:44,628
Senate Republicans are gonna
have a little problem with that.
536
00:32:44,797 --> 00:32:47,004
What are you gonna do next?
537
00:32:50,971 --> 00:32:52,596
I'll do what I'm...
538
00:32:52,765 --> 00:32:54,425
What I'm good at.
539
00:32:55,060 --> 00:32:56,684
You're going to run again?
540
00:32:57,062 --> 00:33:01,310
I hope you get your tax increase.
It'll give me something to run against.
541
00:33:02,569 --> 00:33:04,942
You got a minute
to talk about Kazakhstan?
542
00:33:05,531 --> 00:33:09,660
I don't get a daily intelligence report.
All I know is what I read in the papers.
543
00:33:09,870 --> 00:33:12,540
A lot of what you read
is better than our intelligence.
544
00:33:13,165 --> 00:33:16,950
I was impressed with what you said
about Kazakhstan during the campaign.
545
00:33:17,170 --> 00:33:20,291
I always had wished
that I had said it first.
546
00:33:20,675 --> 00:33:23,511
The good cop, bad cop routine
you and Bartlet worked out...
547
00:33:23,679 --> 00:33:25,636
...seems to be
the only thing you can do.
548
00:33:25,848 --> 00:33:29,384
- What do you mean?
- You two must've coordinated messages.
549
00:33:29,603 --> 00:33:33,138
You're not reckless enough to undermine
the president on foreign policy...
550
00:33:33,316 --> 00:33:35,107
...in the middle of a crisis.
551
00:33:35,360 --> 00:33:38,148
You're trying to make
the Russians and the Chinese...
552
00:33:38,322 --> 00:33:41,774
...believe that it's gonna be tougher
to deal with you than Bartlet.
553
00:33:41,993 --> 00:33:45,279
Put pressure on them to negotiate
a settlement with Bartlet now.
554
00:33:45,456 --> 00:33:47,496
Well, it could work.
555
00:33:50,253 --> 00:33:53,338
I'm gonna need another cop
when Bartlet leaves office.
556
00:33:59,348 --> 00:34:01,388
How about Secretary of State?
557
00:34:03,103 --> 00:34:08,145
- You gonna go with Reynolds?
- Maybe. If I don't get my first choice.
558
00:34:08,318 --> 00:34:10,560
- Who's that?
- That would be you.
559
00:34:17,496 --> 00:34:19,323
Secretary of State?
560
00:34:19,540 --> 00:34:24,452
You've got better relationships with all
the important heads of state than I do.
561
00:34:24,630 --> 00:34:28,545
You know the diplomatic corps. You're
respected in every capital in the world.
562
00:34:28,718 --> 00:34:31,636
You agree with me on foreign policy.
563
00:34:33,224 --> 00:34:36,724
And you are the best
strategic thinker I know.
564
00:34:38,355 --> 00:34:42,520
I'm not asking you if you'd consider it,
Arnie, I'm asking you to do it.
565
00:34:48,284 --> 00:34:50,989
What happened to the game
of getting him to consider V. P?
566
00:34:51,163 --> 00:34:52,990
He read that play.
The guy's brilliant.
567
00:34:53,165 --> 00:34:55,538
- He's a Republican.
- He's who we need.
568
00:34:55,710 --> 00:34:59,958
You're saying there's not a Democrat
who can handle State as well as Vinick?
569
00:35:00,132 --> 00:35:03,882
Well, that's not exactly what I would
go out there and say publicly, but yeah.
570
00:35:04,054 --> 00:35:06,379
Well, he's not going to accept it.
571
00:35:06,557 --> 00:35:10,176
But he'll make sure the press finds out
whoever we end up with was second.
572
00:35:10,353 --> 00:35:12,062
- He's not gonna leak it.
- Sure he is.
573
00:35:12,230 --> 00:35:15,232
He never leaked that Bartlet
offered him that U.N. Job.
574
00:35:15,401 --> 00:35:17,525
Was he serious about running again?
575
00:35:17,696 --> 00:35:19,356
- Yeah.
- Then he's gonna leak this.
576
00:35:19,573 --> 00:35:22,658
Maybe, but this is the risk
I've decided to take.
577
00:35:23,536 --> 00:35:25,992
- Secretary of State?
- He gave me the hard sell.
578
00:35:26,165 --> 00:35:28,787
- "Country needs you," the whole bit.
- What did you say?
579
00:35:28,960 --> 00:35:31,202
I turned him down, on the spot.
580
00:35:31,421 --> 00:35:34,957
And then he asked me to sleep on it
and give him my final answer tomorrow.
581
00:35:35,134 --> 00:35:37,174
You gotta do this. It's perfect for you.
582
00:35:37,345 --> 00:35:39,967
You ran a campaign
to try to unify the country.
583
00:35:40,182 --> 00:35:43,848
Now it looks like Santos is trying
to put together an administration...
584
00:35:44,062 --> 00:35:48,939
...that will unify the country.
The president says he needs you.
585
00:35:49,110 --> 00:35:52,065
- The country needs you.
- I disagree with him about everything.
586
00:35:52,280 --> 00:35:55,068
- Not everything.
- You don't disagree on foreign policy.
587
00:35:55,242 --> 00:35:58,161
You think about it differently,
you use different rhetoric...
588
00:35:58,330 --> 00:36:00,370
...but you agree on the objectives.
589
00:36:00,541 --> 00:36:03,211
He just wants to take me
out of the campaign.
590
00:36:03,378 --> 00:36:05,869
He's afraid to run against me again.
591
00:36:06,632 --> 00:36:09,088
Okay, he's just using me.
592
00:36:09,302 --> 00:36:13,347
He appoints a Republican so the
Republicans'll let him have Baker as V.P.
593
00:36:13,515 --> 00:36:17,929
- He doesn't really want me.
- They'd horse-trade with a job like State?
594
00:36:18,647 --> 00:36:20,307
No.
595
00:36:23,361 --> 00:36:25,935
You really don't think I can win,
do you?
596
00:36:26,365 --> 00:36:28,239
Maybe if you were 10 years younger.
597
00:36:28,993 --> 00:36:31,663
Baby boomers are turning 60.
There's gonna be a huge...
598
00:36:31,871 --> 00:36:34,707
...over-60 vote in the next election.
- You're not a boomer.
599
00:36:34,875 --> 00:36:37,082
Should've started lying about my age
long ago.
600
00:36:37,253 --> 00:36:39,045
It's not just your age.
601
00:36:39,506 --> 00:36:41,795
Stevenson got the nomination
twice in a row.
602
00:36:42,009 --> 00:36:45,011
Fifty years ago,
and he lost both times.
603
00:36:51,896 --> 00:36:55,765
You know, the only thing
that tempts me to do this...
604
00:36:56,903 --> 00:37:01,316
...is Santos' second choice. Reynolds.
605
00:37:03,035 --> 00:37:07,330
Wanna see a Secretary of State screw
up the world, give the job to Reynolds.
606
00:37:17,303 --> 00:37:20,755
You can enter the history books
as maybe the last honorable senator...
607
00:37:20,933 --> 00:37:23,685
...and a great secretary of state.
608
00:37:23,853 --> 00:37:28,765
Or you can be the guy
who just didn't know when to quit.
609
00:37:33,323 --> 00:37:34,983
The students seem
pretty happy here.
610
00:37:35,159 --> 00:37:38,493
We've got a great group of kids,
and the parents are very supportive.
611
00:37:38,663 --> 00:37:40,621
What's the makeup
of the student body?
612
00:37:40,791 --> 00:37:43,709
Forty-one percent African-American,
30 percent white...
613
00:37:43,878 --> 00:37:46,796
...19 percent Hispanic,
and 9 percent Asian.
614
00:37:46,965 --> 00:37:48,709
How many free-lunch kids?
615
00:37:48,884 --> 00:37:50,509
Eight percent.
616
00:37:50,678 --> 00:37:53,348
- That sounds low for the district.
- The lowest.
617
00:37:53,515 --> 00:37:56,516
I'm a bit surprised there are no
metal detectors in the school.
618
00:37:56,685 --> 00:38:00,601
D.C. Doesn't have any metal detectors
in the elementary schools.
619
00:38:00,774 --> 00:38:03,894
That's okay.
We know what our public image is.
620
00:38:04,237 --> 00:38:06,562
That's why it's an honor for us
you'd consider...
621
00:38:06,740 --> 00:38:08,365
...sending your children here.
622
00:38:08,534 --> 00:38:11,452
Needless to say, it would be
an incredible show of support...
623
00:38:11,621 --> 00:38:13,163
...for the system if you would.
624
00:38:13,373 --> 00:38:15,947
- Sorry. I shouldn't...
- Cathy, you run a great school.
625
00:38:16,126 --> 00:38:17,954
- You'll be hearing from us.
- Thank you.
626
00:38:18,129 --> 00:38:20,252
- Thank you very much.
- Thank you.
627
00:38:25,471 --> 00:38:27,180
What do you think?
628
00:38:27,766 --> 00:38:29,676
It's perfect.
629
00:38:32,397 --> 00:38:34,520
The president-elect's office, please hold.
630
00:38:34,691 --> 00:38:38,772
Senator Vinick, the president-elect
is waiting. I'll let him know you're here.
631
00:38:38,946 --> 00:38:40,821
President-elect's office, please hold.
632
00:38:41,032 --> 00:38:46,372
Let it leak that I'm considering asking
the Electoral College to vote for Baker.
633
00:38:46,539 --> 00:38:49,826
The Republicans'll start screaming,
demanding confirmation hearings.
634
00:38:50,002 --> 00:38:53,169
I say, "I'm concerned congressional
confirmation will take too long.
635
00:38:53,339 --> 00:38:56,709
This is too dangerous a time to
be without a V.P., even for a day."
636
00:38:56,885 --> 00:38:59,555
Force Republicans to swear
to run a quick confirmation.
637
00:38:59,764 --> 00:39:01,888
Then call them on it.
638
00:39:02,309 --> 00:39:05,761
Get that new Democratic House to
run a quick confirmation and a vote.
639
00:39:05,980 --> 00:39:07,890
Put pressure on the Senate
to act fast.
640
00:39:08,066 --> 00:39:11,566
Don't give them time to come up with
phony reasons to vote against Baker.
641
00:39:11,779 --> 00:39:13,060
Vinick's here.
642
00:39:14,866 --> 00:39:17,192
Hey, Arnie.
643
00:39:17,369 --> 00:39:19,362
You can go right in.
644
00:39:19,539 --> 00:39:21,947
What's he trying to pull, Barry?
645
00:39:22,125 --> 00:39:24,332
It sure as hell wasn't my idea.
646
00:39:24,503 --> 00:39:29,250
And you'd be doing me a big favor
with the party if you turn it down.
647
00:39:35,434 --> 00:39:39,100
- Arnie, I really appreciate you coming.
- Your strategy's not gonna work.
648
00:39:39,564 --> 00:39:40,975
Which strategy?
649
00:39:41,191 --> 00:39:42,816
You knew I'd turn this down.
650
00:39:42,985 --> 00:39:46,354
You leak that you offered me State,
so you look like Mr. Bipartisan.
651
00:39:46,614 --> 00:39:48,358
- I haven't leaked it.
- Yet.
652
00:39:49,368 --> 00:39:52,405
You think offering me State will
help you get Baker past Senate.
653
00:39:52,622 --> 00:39:55,826
- Everyone will know it's a phony offer.
- This isn't about Baker.
654
00:39:56,001 --> 00:39:58,789
I want you as Secretary of State.
You're my first choice.
655
00:39:59,338 --> 00:40:02,340
I wouldn't lift a finger
to help Baker with Republicans.
656
00:40:02,509 --> 00:40:05,511
I'll get Baker confirmed.
I don't need you for that.
657
00:40:05,680 --> 00:40:09,096
Secretary of State is not something
you throw at the other party...
658
00:40:09,267 --> 00:40:13,183
...to show how bipartisan you are.
The job is way more important than that.
659
00:40:13,397 --> 00:40:15,474
This is your representative
to the world.
660
00:40:15,650 --> 00:40:17,394
I agree.
661
00:40:18,529 --> 00:40:21,614
You think you can make me
Secretary of State and then ignore me...
662
00:40:21,783 --> 00:40:24,322
...and run all foreign policy
out of the White House?
663
00:40:24,495 --> 00:40:26,369
- No.
- Anybody good enough to appoint...
664
00:40:26,581 --> 00:40:29,748
...would quit the day you try to go
around the State Department.
665
00:40:29,918 --> 00:40:33,370
I don't want to go around you.
I want you to do the job.
666
00:40:34,966 --> 00:40:37,884
- And when we disagree?
- I'd give you the time you need...
667
00:40:38,053 --> 00:40:39,880
...to set me straight.
668
00:40:40,056 --> 00:40:44,304
And then I'd expect you to go out there
and sell whatever decision I've made.
669
00:40:52,029 --> 00:40:54,069
I'd have to have my own
deputy secretary.
670
00:40:54,782 --> 00:40:57,356
Pick any Democrat you want.
671
00:40:57,536 --> 00:41:00,870
- And the undersecretaries?
- I will consult with you on all of them.
672
00:41:01,249 --> 00:41:06,410
I wouldn't do one thing that smelled
of campaigning for you.
673
00:41:06,589 --> 00:41:08,665
I'd never set foot in your fundraisers...
674
00:41:08,842 --> 00:41:12,211
...and you couldn't drag me
to a Democratic Party event.
675
00:41:12,388 --> 00:41:13,763
Obviously.
676
00:41:13,931 --> 00:41:17,977
If the undersecretary for political affairs
does one partisan thing, I'm out.
677
00:41:18,187 --> 00:41:19,847
I understand.
678
00:41:25,070 --> 00:41:26,613
I don't know. I don't know.
679
00:41:33,289 --> 00:41:36,493
This is crazy.
I don't see how this can work.
680
00:41:40,214 --> 00:41:46,717
Here's today's intelligence report
on Kazakhstan.
681
00:41:47,223 --> 00:41:52,349
There's a interesting item
in there on page two.
682
00:41:54,231 --> 00:41:56,106
Second paragraph.
683
00:41:57,819 --> 00:42:00,904
What, the Chinese demanding
a veto on routing of the pipeline?
684
00:42:01,073 --> 00:42:03,280
Yeah, they've never said that before.
685
00:42:03,451 --> 00:42:05,824
Don't worry.
Chinese know they haven't a chance...
686
00:42:05,996 --> 00:42:08,618
...of getting that,
but they think the Russians do.
687
00:42:08,791 --> 00:42:12,327
So they demand it now before the
Russians, so we won't help either one.
688
00:42:12,504 --> 00:42:14,794
So how do we move them
out of their positions...
689
00:42:14,966 --> 00:42:16,840
...get them to agree to a compromise?
690
00:42:17,052 --> 00:42:19,923
You can lay the groundwork
for that now.
691
00:42:20,097 --> 00:42:22,885
You let both sides know
that in the endgame...
692
00:42:23,059 --> 00:42:26,559
...the Russians will have to get
a share of Kazakhstan oil production...
693
00:42:26,730 --> 00:42:29,566
...and the Chinese
are gonna have to have the pipeline.
694
00:42:29,776 --> 00:42:32,943
You make sure they understand
you're the one setting the agenda.
695
00:42:33,155 --> 00:42:37,106
You don't have to make it explicit,
just hint at it.
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00:42:37,285 --> 00:42:39,777
Put yourself in the position...
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