1. Previously on The West Wing:Copy !req
2. I don't know if I've served you...Copy !req
3. very well over the past few days.Copy !req
4. I won't be a punching bag
for Hoynes and Santos...Copy !req
5. and every welterweight
who wants a quick tabloid hit.Copy !req
6. Public opinion's turning.
You're gonna see it at your events.Copy !req
7. You get into this
thinking to yourself...Copy !req
8. that you're gonna play
by your own rules, and then...Copy !req
9. bit by bit,
you chip away at them...Copy !req
10. until you can't even name the game.Copy !req
11. Russell and Hoynes made
a huge media buyout of Boston.Copy !req
12. Close to 1800 gross ratings points.Copy !req
13. We need to change the dynamic,
or we're finished.Copy !req
14. It's pretty good over here.Copy !req
15. - Hey, Josh!
- On the record, listen...Copy !req
16. the poll that matters
is on Super Tuesday.Copy !req
17. Off the record, no way is Hoynes
up nine in California.Copy !req
18. - It's an internal poll.
- Of his living room?Copy !req
19. - His polling says...
- That you can rig these things.Copy !req
20. It's four days
till the California primary.Copy !req
21. - This is open.
- Russell's internals show him...Copy !req
22. - ... up in New York.
- He's campaigned there...Copy !req
23. what, 157 times?
The guy has a hack license by now.Copy !req
24. Are you banking on Latinos,
like in Arizona and New Mexico?Copy !req
25. - And your internals?
- We're not releasing those.Copy !req
26. - I'm through talking about polls.
- Because you're third in every one?Copy !req
27. We're here to talk about issues.Copy !req
28. It's a presidential campaign.
It's not a statistics convention.Copy !req
29. But we got Hoynes up
by a lot less than nine.Copy !req
30. You didn't get that from me.Copy !req
31. Been two days since the press
asked a policy question.Copy !req
32. I think that was about
the no-smoking policy on the plane.Copy !req
33. Do you know this bill
in the California legislature...Copy !req
34. to bar illegal immigrants
from getting driver's licenses?Copy !req
35. We're staying far away from it.Copy !req
36. They passed it. It's on its
way to the governor's desk.Copy !req
37. - The congressman will wanna denounce it.
- Of course.Copy !req
38. Third in the polls, why not
champion the one group...Copy !req
39. - ... of Californians that can't vote?
- You'll talk to him?Copy !req
40. Yeah.Copy !req
41. I really liked those little bacon things
they had at the fundraiser in Ohio.Copy !req
42. Yeah, me too. Except the fact
that it was Oregon.Copy !req
43. Oregon, Ohio. It's a plane to a minivan
to a windowless hotel ballroom.Copy !req
44. - You're lucky I knew it was an "O" state.
- That really ought to be partial credit.Copy !req
45. At this point, all I do is read...Copy !req
46. the talking points they put
in front of me, you know.Copy !req
47. Miss Santos, pleasure
to see you again, it says here.Copy !req
48. I had such a great time during our
last conjugal visit that... Page two.Copy !req
49. My staff suggested I follow up
and seek additional...Copy !req
50. Tell them that I maxed
out in Oregon.Copy !req
51. We'll be starting our descent
into Sacramento's Franklin...Copy !req
52. in just a few minutes.Copy !req
53. Excuse me.Copy !req
54. The California legislature
just passed that bill...Copy !req
55. to stop illegal immigrants
from getting driver's licenses.Copy !req
56. - Four days before the primary.
- Because Republicans in the legislature...Copy !req
57. know it'll divide us.
You got the Latino vote on one hand...Copy !req
58. one third of primary voters here...Copy !req
59. and the notion of rewarding
illegal behavior on the other.Copy !req
60. - Okay.
- The governor's gonna be accused of...Copy !req
61. screwing his own party.
We can only lose.Copy !req
62. - I know you're gonna wanna speak...
- I don't wanna speak out.Copy !req
63. - You don't?
- No.Copy !req
64. - Fasten your seat belts...
- Okay.Copy !req
65. and prepare for landing.
We should be on the ground...Copy !req
66. Just remind me
when we get to the hotel...Copy !req
67. I wanna talk
about our new internal poll.Copy !req
68. You know Bram.
He's heading up California advance.Copy !req
69. - He was on Missouri-New Mexico.
- Montana-Arizona.Copy !req
70. - Right. The one with big hats.
- Do a quick change.Copy !req
71. We have meet-and-greets, a quick
clutch followed by a receiving line.Copy !req
72. - The difference?
- You met Backus at the Giants game.Copy !req
73. Daughter's at Loyola.
Congratulate him on his...Copy !req
74. - ... wife's thyroid operation.
- It was successful?Copy !req
75. Don't mention the thyroid operation.Copy !req
76. Ed Garcia's in your room.
Then we'll do the health-care hit.Copy !req
77. - Eddie's here?
- Couple of details...Copy !req
78. - ... about La Palabra's endorsement.
- They're huge with Latinos.Copy !req
79. - Gonna be a great hit.
- Are we gonna bump somebody off?Copy !req
80. - Hey.
- Hello, Eddie.Copy !req
81. - How are you?
- How's my campaign widow?Copy !req
82. Oh, just, you know, knitting
absentee ballots for Super Tuesday.Copy !req
83. It's good to see a friendly face.
Everywhere I go now...Copy !req
84. it's TV cameras and coded produce.
That's the way the press pass...Copy !req
85. messages us on the plane.
They roll oranges.Copy !req
86. The news isn't any better,
but you get your vitamin C.Copy !req
87. - How long are you in California?
- Two days.Copy !req
88. Redeye into Rhode Island
right after La Palabra's endorsement.Copy !req
89. - We're excited about that.
- We really appreciate that. Hon?Copy !req
90. - This one. Good.
- Thanks.Copy !req
91. Matt, we're concerned about this
driver's license bill.Copy !req
92. It could be the beginning of a new
wave of anti-immigrant legislation.Copy !req
93. We need you to denounce it
in your speech to La Palabra.Copy !req
94. I don't think I could do that, Eddie.
It would define my whole campaign.Copy !req
95. I don't want voters to see me
as just the brown candidate.Copy !req
96. I hope some of them
have black-and-white TVs.Copy !req
97. The governor wants to veto this,
but he's scared.Copy !req
98. Doesn't wanna be accused of torpedoing
the Democrats' chances. He needs cover.Copy !req
99. - The governor's endorsed Hoynes.
- This is a moral issue.Copy !req
100. Telling immigrants they can't drive,
make a living?Copy !req
101. Nothing I say tomorrow will
make a difference. We need to focus...Copy !req
102. on electing a progressive candidate.Copy !req
103. Then we can take on
all the tough causes.Copy !req
104. Now all we need is
a progressive candidate.Copy !req
105. Maybe you don't see
more friendly faces...Copy !req
106. because your friends
have trouble recognizing you.Copy !req
107. I can't do it.Copy !req
108. So you've said.Copy !req
109. How we doing?Copy !req
110. You sat with Backus at the Giants game.
Daughter's getting honors at Loyola.Copy !req
111. You're with the herbal medicine
lobby in five minutes.Copy !req
112. I was doing a home health-care hit.Copy !req
113. - This is the pre-hit.
- Herbal medicine?Copy !req
114. They're upset that our health-care plan
doesn't cover acoustic guitar playing.Copy !req
115. We said we'd do a meeting
before the speech.Copy !req
116. - Here he comes.
- Congressman!Copy !req
117. The latest Field polls say
if the election were held today...Copy !req
118. People would be surprised because
it's normally held on Election Day.Copy !req
119. Are you urging the governor to side
with Hispanics on the license issue?Copy !req
120. - I won't tell him how to run his state.
- Does it worry you Vinick's sweeping...Copy !req
121. the Republican primaries
while you're still slugging?Copy !req
122. They can have their coronation.Copy !req
123. The competition makes us tougher
for the fall. And if you believe that...Copy !req
124. Would you make sure
that Helen's got her speech folder?Copy !req
125. We've got a few meet-and-greets
in the hall.Copy !req
126. - I wanna talk about this internal poll.
- Sue Bowan.Copy !req
127. - We sat with you at the NRDC gala.
- Good to see you again.Copy !req
128. Why don't you talk
about global warming?Copy !req
129. I gave two speeches on it last week.Copy !req
130. - I never hear you talk about it.
- Ma'am, this way.Copy !req
131. - There you go. Hi.
- People tell me I look exactly like you.Copy !req
132. - Like looking in a mirror.
- Good luck, congressman.Copy !req
133. I think this internal's really promising.Copy !req
134. - Good luck.
- We're third in a three-way race.Copy !req
135. - How's that promising?
- The issues, Josh.Copy !req
136. We're beating Russell and Hoynes
on health care, on education.Copy !req
137. No one's covering the issues.
All the press cares about...Copy !req
138. is polls, process, horserace.Copy !req
139. Then we gotta get disciplined
about staying on our message, don't we?Copy !req
140. - You remember the Ratners.
- Yes. Hi.Copy !req
141. Excuse me.Copy !req
142. - You wanna meet the congressman?
- No, I wanna meet you.Copy !req
143. - I'm your new finance director.
- You're Hickman.Copy !req
144. - The human cash register.
- Call me Paul.Copy !req
145. I should call you a cab.
Why are you here?Copy !req
146. You should be at a phone bank,
phone-banking.Copy !req
147. - I wanted to deliver the news in person.
- Your job's to give me money, not news.Copy !req
148. And since we have no money,
I thought I'd opt for news.Copy !req
149. By no money, you mean...?Copy !req
150. So you're going with
the literal meaning.Copy !req
151. The Super Tuesday polls
really spooked our big donors.Copy !req
152. We're raising on the Internet,
but once we pay the vendors...Copy !req
153. our cash on hand will
look more like an empty palm.Copy !req
154. Give me a couple hours
to figure out a plan.Copy !req
155. We'll brief the congressman tonight.Copy !req
156. - Mr. Vice President.
- John.Copy !req
157. If you wanna drop the formalities.Copy !req
158. - I've no intention of dropping them.
- Well, enjoy them while you can.Copy !req
159. The most exquisitely tailored
straightjacket known to man.Copy !req
160. We're pleased to welcome
Vice President Bob Russell...Copy !req
161. and former Vice President
John Hoynes.Copy !req
162. Guy just got endorsed
by the governor of California.Copy !req
163. He looks like he's been drinking out
of the reservoir.Copy !req
164. I need that education statement
with CBO numbers...Copy !req
165. not OMB. CBO. Believe it or not,
they aren't interchangeable.Copy !req
166. Tell the speechwriters to stop putting
acknowledgements...Copy !req
167. at the top of speeches. The VP sounds
like he's taking attendance.Copy !req
168. - Got a minute?
- No to California.Copy !req
169. - Tomorrow?
- At all.Copy !req
170. I'm not sure you've heard,
there's a primary there on Tuesday.Copy !req
171. Hoynes has the governor
and the state party behind him.Copy !req
172. He's spending the weekend there.
We focus on New York and Ohio...Copy !req
173. - ... places we can win.
- Not the best time to talk about my job?Copy !req
174. Don't go south on me,
at least make it southeast.Copy !req
175. No, I love what I'm doing,
master of all tasks.Copy !req
176. - Mistress, really.
- Fine. I wonder...Copy !req
177. if I'm more useful
doing something specific.Copy !req
178. Maybe my own issue area.
I've learned these issues sideways.Copy !req
179. - Read this out loud.
- If it's too soon...Copy !req
180. Read it out loud.Copy !req
181. "Hoynes' plan has wrong priorities
for America.Copy !req
182. Tripling funds for character education
while leaving science... "Copy !req
183. Could I have the pool over here?
Donna Moss has a statement.Copy !req
184. Hi.Copy !req
185. Congressman, why are you trailing John
Hoynes among suburban women?Copy !req
186. Maybe I don't go around sermonizing
about values...Copy !req
187. - Pivot to home base.
- I was about to. I gotta answer first.Copy !req
188. Just pivot. "When they
learn about my health-care plan...Copy !req
189. which moves us step-by-step
to universal coverage...Copy !req
190. starting with all children,
that gap will close. "Copy !req
191. Just talked to Garcia about the rollout
of the La Palabra endorsement.Copy !req
192. You realize it's redundant
to say "the" and "la. "Copy !req
193. Well, la endorsement is off.Copy !req
194. Garcia says la congressman
knows why.Copy !req
195. Garcia says La Palabra's off?Copy !req
196. He wants me to denounce
the driver's license bill. I wouldn't do it.Copy !req
197. It's one of the biggest Latino groups.
This guy is your ticket to...Copy !req
198. You gotta call him,
straighten this out.Copy !req
199. - You want me out against the bill?
- Wanna come in 5th in a three-way race?Copy !req
200. He's upset, but he won't stiff
the first Latino to run for president.Copy !req
201. - I'll go see him in the morning.
- Don't promise anything on the bill.Copy !req
202. I'm saying we trailed almost every
country in every area tested last year.Copy !req
203. Geometry, computation.Copy !req
204. Will that argument blunt Hoynes' surge
in California?Copy !req
205. This isn't about blunting,
it's about curing polio.Copy !req
206. - We cured polio.
- And let's not be complacent about it.Copy !req
207. No one wants to ask
about science education?Copy !req
208. - I do.
- You're Bill Brewer.Copy !req
209. - I am.
- No questions from Hoynes' advisors.Copy !req
210. Too bad. I was gonna ask
how Bob Russell can...Copy !req
211. turn up his nose
at character education...Copy !req
212. with parents trying
to pass on values to their kids.Copy !req
213. We're focusing on things
like AP physics.Copy !req
214. See, this is why Russell
can't beat Vinick in the fall.Copy !req
215. He has no appreciation
of middle-class values.Copy !req
216. You rupture an appendix, do you want
a model citizen or a surgeon?Copy !req
217. I never said I had
a single-issue appendix.Copy !req
218. Thanks, guys.Copy !req
219. Honestly, your education plan
is closer to my tastes.Copy !req
220. - Really.
- Hoynes is on a values kick lately.Copy !req
221. Who wants the government
legislating their kids' values?Copy !req
222. Whatever happened to my right
to raise spoiled, selfish little jerks?Copy !req
223. So I take it you're single.Copy !req
224. - I don't answer hypothetical questions.
- Have a drink with me tonight.Copy !req
225. We'll get into specifics.Copy !req
226. No.Copy !req
227. You work for Hoynes.
It'd be sleeping with the enemy.Copy !req
228. Not that we'd actually sleep together.
I just... You know what I mean.Copy !req
229. - So you're the new spokesperson.
- I think this was kind of a tryout.Copy !req
230. Nice try.Copy !req
231. Governor Tillman was elected
with 71 percent of the Latino vote.Copy !req
232. - Popular guy.
- 67% of Californians think it's wrong...Copy !req
233. to grant driver's licenses
to people who are here illegally.Copy !req
234. - Well, nobody told them there'd be math.
- Thank you.Copy !req
235. - Can I take five minutes?
- Yeah, sure.Copy !req
236. I don't think you've met
our new finance director.Copy !req
237. Phil. Great to meet you.Copy !req
238. - It's Paul.
- Call him Hickman.Copy !req
239. I'd much rather be called Paul.Copy !req
240. Shouldn't he be dialing for dollars
at headquarters?Copy !req
241. I'll let him explain why he's here.Copy !req
242. Congressman.Copy !req
243. - Mrs. Santos.
- Thank you.Copy !req
244. As much as the press care
about polls and the horserace...Copy !req
245. donors care about it more.Copy !req
246. Now, winning New Mexico and Arizona
helped, but in the last few weeks...Copy !req
247. as Hoynes and Russell established
leads in the Super Tuesday states...Copy !req
248. our fundraising has dried up.Copy !req
249. If you look at the second page,
we've made our media buy...Copy !req
250. but we haven't made outlays
for direct mail...Copy !req
251. or payroll or field. And that 800K...Copy !req
252. that pretty much zeroes out
our cash on hand.Copy !req
253. - What about our Internet program?
- That's mostly 10- and $20 checks.Copy !req
254. College campuses,
local democratic clubs.Copy !req
255. - Low-dollar activity.
- What's the punch line?Copy !req
256. If we don't do something to beat
expectations on Tuesday...Copy !req
257. I don't see how we can continue
the campaign.Copy !req
258. Russell announced
he's not campaigning here.Copy !req
259. Cancel the Rhode Island-New York
swing...Copy !req
260. focus all our resources here
in California.Copy !req
261. We can't overtake Hoynes,
but maybe we can squeak by Russell...Copy !req
262. come in second.Copy !req
263. Let's do it.Copy !req
264. Great.Copy !req
265. If we come in second, you can
raise enough to keep going?Copy !req
266. - Most likely.
- And if we don't?Copy !req
267. - Burn that bridge when we get to it.
- The Texas primary's in two weeks.Copy !req
268. Hickman,
what are my backup options?Copy !req
269. Well, none.Copy !req
270. Even a bare-bones campaign in Texas
would cost 300, 400 grand.Copy !req
271. - Can we borrow?
- That's illegal.Copy !req
272. Election law prohibits borrowing.Copy !req
273. - Except from the candidate.
- Technically, that's right.Copy !req
274. So technically we can
mortgage our house...Copy !req
275. - ... loan the money to the campaign.
- Josh is right. Let's burn that...Copy !req
276. And plan our Texas campaign
on the back of a napkin?Copy !req
277. Congressman, if you took on
that level of personal debt...Copy !req
278. you'd be paying it off for years.Copy !req
279. - The only way you can do that is by...
- By what?Copy !req
280. By going back to Congress.Copy !req
281. Because no one writes checks
to retired politicians.Copy !req
282. Have the lawyers
draw up the mortgage papers.Copy !req
283. What, we don't want the papers
as backup?Copy !req
284. If we come in second here,
it's moot, right?Copy !req
285. - Probably.
- So let's come in second.Copy !req
286. - Thank you, congressman.
- Thank you, sir.Copy !req
287. Will?Copy !req
288. Will?Copy !req
289. Will.Copy !req
290. Will.Copy !req
291. Hoynes wants to colonize Mars
with nonviolent drug offenders.Copy !req
292. Recidivism...Copy !req
293. It's 3 a. m.
What are you pouring on my head?Copy !req
294. I couldn't sleep. Hoynes' issues
director invited me for a drink.Copy !req
295. - You pour it on my head.
- I said it was sleeping with the enemy...Copy !req
296. which I didn't mean literally.Copy !req
297. If you're asking
if you should have slept...Copy !req
298. with the issues director,
do what you want.Copy !req
299. Hoynes was supposed to fly
to California...Copy !req
300. for two policy speeches
in San Diego.Copy !req
301. Why would his issues director
be in New York, inviting me for a drink?Copy !req
302. The whole sleeping-with-the-enemy
thing?Copy !req
303. What if Hoynes won't be in California? A
head-fake so we won't campaign there.Copy !req
304. He could've left staff.
He could have a sore throat.Copy !req
305. For Super Tuesday, you campaign
from a gurney if you have to.Copy !req
306. - Hello.
- Hi, Susan, sorry to wake you.Copy !req
307. No, I'm calling from a fishing trawler.
Yes, I know it's 3 in the morning.Copy !req
308. I need to know if there's been any
middle-of-the-night change...Copy !req
309. to Hoynes' schedule,
as silly as that sounds.Copy !req
310. He cancelled San Diego...Copy !req
311. - Don't say anything.
- No? Of course. Thanks.Copy !req
312. Hoynes cancelled
his San Diego fundraiser.Copy !req
313. He's spending a few more hours in
New York. Apparently, it's a sore throat.Copy !req
314. Wake up the staff.
If Hoynes isn't going to California...Copy !req
315. what the hell are we
doing in New York?Copy !req
316. - Aren't you gonna say something?
- About what?Copy !req
317. Tomorrow's weather forecast?Copy !req
318. Seasonably warm. They don't
even have seasons in California.Copy !req
319. - It's just a backup.
- This is all about Texas, isn't it?Copy !req
320. What, we don't even want a backup?Copy !req
321. Don't do this to me.Copy !req
322. Here I am,
trapped in a Tammy Wynette medley...Copy !req
323. like I'm supposed to quash your
ambitions, force you to rake leaves.Copy !req
324. - Good. Great.
- Fine. Going back to Congress, Matt?Copy !req
325. - It's a worst-case scenario.
- For who? Me? Your kids?Copy !req
326. - For what's-his-name? Rickman?
- One two-year term...Copy !req
327. and we would retire all the debt.Copy !req
328. - It's only if we don't come in second.
- Second place.Copy !req
329. Like we're betting everything on Papa's
Moustache in the fourth, which we are.Copy !req
330. Hey, it's your house too.Copy !req
331. Tell me not to, and I won't.Copy !req
332. One two-year term and then what?
You won't run for president again?Copy !req
333. Tell me not to, and I won't.Copy !req
334. Congressman, would you
sign my hernia truss?Copy !req
335. - Oh, boy, I don't know...
- No, I manufacture them.Copy !req
336. - The 4th biggest wholesaler in the state.
- Okay.Copy !req
337. "Thanks for the support. "Copy !req
338. Let's go, congressman,
reporters are waiting.Copy !req
339. Come in.Copy !req
340. - Mrs. Santos.
- Call me Helen.Copy !req
341. You make me sound like a grandmother,
or a shop teacher.Copy !req
342. He's doing TV interviews
if you're looking for him.Copy !req
343. No, I'm looking for you.Copy !req
344. - I wanna talk about...
- Don't sign those loan papers.Copy !req
345. There are bad tradeoffs
in this business, but...Copy !req
346. Are there bad tradeoffs for the staff?Copy !req
347. Those long hours must be dreadful,
and the fast food...Copy !req
348. I feel terrible about that meeting.Copy !req
349. What chance do we have
of coming in second, Josh?Copy !req
350. We have a chance.Copy !req
351. What chance?Copy !req
352. Pretty small one.Copy !req
353. Well, thanks for talking shop.Copy !req
354. Where are the reporters?Copy !req
355. Satellite interviews.
You hear questions via earpiece.Copy !req
356. - Fake window?
- Adds psychological lightness.Copy !req
357. - Do they do home installations?
- We're starting with KSEE out of Fresno.Copy !req
358. Thank you.Copy !req
359. Hi, Lisa. Good to be with you.Copy !req
360. There are important things
to focus on, like health care.Copy !req
361. I have a plan which moves us
towards universal coverage...Copy !req
362. - ... step by step, starting with children.
- KGET, Bakersfield.Copy !req
363. When they see my health-care
plan which moves us step by step...Copy !req
364. - KNTV, San Jose.
- That's a decision for the governor.Copy !req
365. I'm focused on national issues,
like health care.Copy !req
366. KSBW, Salinas.Copy !req
367. Maybe I better do a better job educating
people about my health-care plan.Copy !req
368. I'm sorry, I can't hear the question.Copy !req
369. But I will say that one issue at stake
in this election is health care.Copy !req
370. Health care.Copy !req
371. - Eddie, good to see you.
- Josh, come in.Copy !req
372. I have to hand it to you. You've
taught Matt a lot about politics...Copy !req
373. - ... in a few short months.
- It took a while to get our sea legs.Copy !req
374. More like concrete shoes.Copy !req
375. The Matt Santos I knew wouldn't
stay silent for three seconds...Copy !req
376. - ... on an anti-immigrant assault like this.
- Bob Russell...Copy !req
377. just came out in favor of the bill.Copy !req
378. He's not even campaigning in California.
He could beat us on this alone.Copy !req
379. How do you think voting rights
polled in the 1960s?Copy !req
380. - Jim Crow in the 1870s?
- You know the arguments.Copy !req
381. People use driver's licenses
to buy guns, board airplanes.Copy !req
382. Let's come up
with a better form of ID.Copy !req
383. - The people are here illegally.
- If it's illegality...Copy !req
384. why don't we take
licenses from murderers?Copy !req
385. Manson probably still has his.Copy !req
386. - Charlie's not tailgating on the 405.
- If we don't give these people licenses...Copy !req
387. you think they're gonna
go back to Mexico?Copy !req
388. They'll drive without insurance.
We can't track them.Copy !req
389. - It's not the substance of the bill.
- You know the bill is wrong.Copy !req
390. Because your old pal Matt Santos
is trying to win in California.Copy !req
391. You want him on the losing side
of a lose-lose issue?Copy !req
392. My new pal John Hoynes
has the guts to take the right side.Copy !req
393. - Hoynes?
- Promised he'd come out against it...Copy !req
394. when he campaigns
with the governor tomorrow.Copy !req
395. Santos is the first viable Latino
to even enter a presidential.Copy !req
396. - We both know you're endorsing him.
- Not unless he takes a stand...Copy !req
397. in his speech to La Palabra.
The governor needs cover to veto this.Copy !req
398. If Hoynes provides it,
we'll endorse him.Copy !req
399. Having a Latino president doesn't
advance the Latino cause?Copy !req
400. If he doesn't stand up for Latinos?Copy !req
401. You have taught him
how to live by the polls...Copy !req
402. but when you're off
on the next campaign...Copy !req
403. he's the one who's gotta live
with himself.Copy !req
404. - Yeah.
- It's Josh.Copy !req
405. I'm reading that new biography
of James Madison.Copy !req
406. - Know what his dying words were?
- "I always talk better lying down. "Copy !req
407. Rough time to learn that.
How's it going?Copy !req
408. We're stuck in third place, so we're
moving all our money to California.Copy !req
409. Our base thinks we've sold them out,
and Helen Santos thinks I'm playing...Copy !req
410. presidential primary Parcheesi
with her kids' college tuition.Copy !req
411. - So about the same as 10 minutes ago.
- The middle thing's new.Copy !req
412. So Santos was reading our internals
on the plane last night.Copy !req
413. - "Politician Reads Polls," film at 11.
- He barely looked at them before.Copy !req
414. You've been complaining
about that for months.Copy !req
415. I know, but the guy's
playing this to win.Copy !req
416. Even when the numbers
make you wanna...Copy !req
417. - ... lie down.
- It's your job to doubt.Copy !req
418. It's his job to believe.Copy !req
419. Just don't let him
do anything too loopy.Copy !req
420. I'll call you later.Copy !req
421. The site diagram
for the education event.Copy !req
422. I'm assuming from these arrows,
I'm going for a touchdown.Copy !req
423. We've got fixed
camera positions here.Copy !req
424. So if you stay here,
the kids are always in the cutaway shot.Copy !req
425. - Good because...?
- Doesn't matter how the press report it.Copy !req
426. They can trash the whole event.Copy !req
427. If those kids are visible from
every position, it'll scream "education. "Copy !req
428. - Sorry I'm late. Did you already...?
- We're screaming at camera positions.Copy !req
429. - Thanks, Bram.
- Yeah.Copy !req
430. La Palabra wants to endorse Hoynes.Copy !req
431. - Hoynes?
- He promised to denounce...Copy !req
432. the driver's license bill side by side
with the governor. Let's beat him to it.Copy !req
433. If I denounce it,
it's a seven-second sound bite.Copy !req
434. - "Latino comes out for Latinos. "
- Better than "Latino ignores Latinos. "Copy !req
435. It would play into
the Republicans' hands.Copy !req
436. You said it yourself. No one would hear
anything else I would have to say.Copy !req
437. It's a bad bill.
You should be who you are.Copy !req
438. I was wrong to push
the politics on this.Copy !req
439. I'm not taking a position.Copy !req
440. Garcia's serious about going
with Hoynes.Copy !req
441. Maybe he should be.
And not for nothing, Josh.Copy !req
442. Garcia can tell me if he thinks I'm
not Latino enough. You can't, okay?Copy !req
443. - Who is it?
- Donna, from the Russell campaign.Copy !req
444. You know, the "character
doesn't count" people?Copy !req
445. Can I interest you in a drink?Copy !req
446. They say Manhattan has
the champagne of tap waters.Copy !req
447. - I'm not decent.
- I could have told you that yesterday.Copy !req
448. I'm busy cooking up ways to legislate
your spoiled kids into submission.Copy !req
449. - I have to have the kids first.
- Is that a pickup line?Copy !req
450. It needs a lot of work.Copy !req
451. - You're not packed for California.
- There's some kind of delay.Copy !req
452. I'm not really sure what.
Hey, housekeeping's a phone call away.Copy !req
453. They got the filet mignon
of maid service here.Copy !req
454. He's just canceled his first policy
speech, and Brewer's not packed.Copy !req
455. Why would he be working on
a press statement if...?Copy !req
456. Slow down.
I'll lend you some punctuation.Copy !req
457. Hoynes is still here. I don't think he's
going to California at all. We should.Copy !req
458. We can't take this to the VP
unless we're 1000 percent sure.Copy !req
459. Get the press to call him on it. They're
buying this sore throat nonsense?Copy !req
460. If we can't interest them in our
education plan, what about this?Copy !req
461. - Created a monster.
- Bad idea?Copy !req
462. No. Good idea.Copy !req
463. That's what worries me.Copy !req
464. Allesandra?Copy !req
465. Got a teensy little tip for the paper of
record. Don't you think it's strange...Copy !req
466. that Hoynes lays out this big California
strategy, then fails to show up for it?Copy !req
467. Thank you, Mr. and Mrs. Santos.Copy !req
468. Bye.Copy !req
469. - Congressman. Congressman Santos.
- Mr. Santos.Copy !req
470. Don't you think the governor
should sign the driver's license bill?Copy !req
471. Won't that deny Vinick the issue?Copy !req
472. Not enough kids read at grade level.
We need higher standards...Copy !req
473. - ... accountability in schools.
- Pivoting like a pro.Copy !req
474. Are you worried that you're
in third place in polls?Copy !req
475. If our kids don't read at grade level, how
are they gonna understand these polls?Copy !req
476. Cutaway shot was perfect. Home run.Copy !req
477. - They say it's his throat.
- You guys are journalists.Copy !req
478. - Unless you've a throat swab...
- Go over this again.Copy !req
479. Vice President Russell
was going to campaign in California.Copy !req
480. Then the governor endorsed Hoynes,
Hoynes practically moved there.Copy !req
481. Now that we canceled our trip,
Hoynes is holed up in New York...Copy !req
482. canceling his California events
left and right.Copy !req
483. - What's he up to?
- Do I look like an investigative reporter?Copy !req
484. The answer is, "I do not. "
Why don't you go do your jobs?Copy !req
485. Go.Copy !req
486. Are we doing enough free media
in the Los Angeles schedule?Copy !req
487. There's a story in New York. Hoynes
might not be coming to California.Copy !req
488. - Not at all?
- That's the rumor.Copy !req
489. His whole itinerary was a fake out
so that Russell wouldn't campaign here.Copy !req
490. Hoynes puts California in the bank,
dukes it out with Russell back East.Copy !req
491. - If he doesn't come...
- He takes no stand on the license bill...Copy !req
492. doesn't keep his promise to Garcia.
We've got about...Copy !req
493. five of our reporters working on it.
He may be trying to draw us out.Copy !req
494. Latino comes out for Latinos and Hoynes
attacks us on immigration and terrorism.Copy !req
495. - Maybe.
- So Matt's the only candidate...Copy !req
496. who is here in California,
and yet he's in third place.Copy !req
497. How many reporters did you say
we have on this story?Copy !req
498. - Five?
- About.Copy !req
499. - Let's try and make it 10.
- We're ready for takeoff.Copy !req
500. Hoynes has a cold.
He'll be flying to California.Copy !req
501. Why not rest on the plane?Copy !req
502. - His gambit's looking like a shell game.
- John Hoynes is not a gambling man.Copy !req
503. You shake hands with every
vendor in Manhattan...Copy !req
504. see if you don't come home
with a great big germ cocktail.Copy !req
505. I'd love to chat.
I've gotta sit in my room...Copy !req
506. and wait for your next
hectoring phone call.Copy !req
507. Find out what in Jane's name
we're still doing in New York City?Copy !req
508. A full 13 and a half minutes.
Where you been?Copy !req
509. Who cares if Russell's making hay
by saying illegals shouldn't get licenses?Copy !req
510. Who cares if Hoynes
thrashes us on it?Copy !req
511. Don't we score points
for opposing public opinion?Copy !req
512. He's not wrong.
He'll marginalize himself.Copy !req
513. Latino backs Latinos, dog bites man,
Madison takes a nap.Copy !req
514. But now the guy's talking about
mortgaging his house...Copy !req
515. stirring up the press
about Hoynes...Copy !req
516. muzzling himself on issues
he cares about.Copy !req
517. And for what,
the vain hope of a silver medal?Copy !req
518. I've seen this in tons of candidates.Copy !req
519. Ride's almost over.
They wanna hang on.Copy !req
520. The crowds, the adrenaline.
You wait...Copy !req
521. - ... he'll even miss the bad headlines.
- You think it's almost over?Copy !req
522. I think you've done a remarkable job.Copy !req
523. I think you've taken a junior House
nobody and made him a national brand...Copy !req
524. a contender
for the vice presidency, even.Copy !req
525. - He still believes he can win.
- It's his job to believe.Copy !req
526. If he keeps believing, it's because...Copy !req
527. He got it from me. He believes it,
because I hammered it into him.Copy !req
528. - Josh.
- I'll call you later.Copy !req
529. - Have you seen CNN?
- There's 50 reporters in Hoynes' hotel.Copy !req
530. - I sent half of them there.
- ... healthy lead here in the polls.Copy !req
531. Shouldn't Santos be doing
meet-and-greets?Copy !req
532. They're signing loan papers.Copy !req
533. - Some are wondering if Hoynes...
- You gave him the papers?Copy !req
534. - ... has canceled his tour.
- Her. Helen. She asked for them.Copy !req
535. I don't suppose in addition to your
many skills you're a notary public.Copy !req
536. Don't sign those.Copy !req
537. We won't send them to the bank
unless we have to.Copy !req
538. Just wanna make sure...Copy !req
539. - ... we're covered for Texas.
- It's your financial future.Copy !req
540. Which is why we're
gonna come in second.Copy !req
541. We can't.Copy !req
542. There's no chance.Copy !req
543. - I'm sorry.
- We've got Hoynes...Copy !req
544. - ... in New York.
- We won't win the nomination.Copy !req
545. I made myself believe it.Copy !req
546. You too. But you can't
risk everything for this.Copy !req
547. You should go to La Palabra...Copy !req
548. make a strong statement against
the driver's license bill. You should...Copy !req
549. remember who your friends are,
not some names on an index card...Copy !req
550. but the people you're going back to.
And then you should take a bow...Copy !req
551. and you should step off the stage.Copy !req
552. You know, when I got out
of the Marines...Copy !req
553. I hadn't been in my neighborhood
in Houston in a few years.Copy !req
554. I had just gotten this job offer
from the Pentagon...Copy !req
555. and it required a full
FBI background check.Copy !req
556. After a few weeks,
the investigators came to me...Copy !req
557. and said,
"We can't give you the job.Copy !req
558. We've interviewed all your
old friends and neighbors.Copy !req
559. They can't confirm anything,
not even your name. "Copy !req
560. So I hop a plane,
go back to the old block.Copy !req
561. I see my neighbor's
11- and 13-year-old kids.Copy !req
562. They're sitting on the stoop,
same as always.Copy !req
563. They see me,
they start running towards me...Copy !req
564. and they're shouting, " Tio Matt! "
"Uncle Matt. "Copy !req
565. " Tio Matt, the feds,
they were here looking for you.Copy !req
566. We told them we never heard of you. "Copy !req
567. Eleven and 13.Copy !req
568. You're not the only one
who can read bad polls, Josh.Copy !req
569. I am running for president
in that Texas primary...Copy !req
570. and those kids
are gonna see me do that.Copy !req
571. That's the only statement
about my skin color...Copy !req
572. I intend to make in this campaign.Copy !req
573. - If you need a minute...
- I'm fine.Copy !req
574. You met Richter in Portland.
He's on DNC site selection.Copy !req
575. - His son's a...
- Math major at Princeton.Copy !req
576. When you asked our chances before...Copy !req
577. you wanted to make sure
the loan was ready if we lost here.Copy !req
578. Something's happened to Hoynes.Copy !req
579. - There he is!
- Mr. Hoynes! Mr. Hoynes!Copy !req
580. - Excuse me. I need him for one second.
- Yeah, I got five more supporters there.Copy !req
581. featuring an exclusive interview...Copy !req
582. with the former Senate staffer,
claiming that then Senator Hoynes...Copy !req
583. made inappropriate
sexual advances toward her...Copy !req
584. which is bad news to the Hoynes
campaign so close to Super Tuesday.Copy !req
585. woman in question was still
a Georgetown senior at the time...Copy !req
586. the daughter of a prominent
Hoynes supporter.Copy !req
587. The campaign spent the day in New York
urging the tabloid not to run the story...Copy !req
588. excerpts of which appeared
all over the Internet...Copy !req
589. believed such allegations
were all in the past.Copy !req
590. - A spokesman for Hoynes says...
- We just went from third to second.Copy !req
591. that he is temporarily suspending
his campaign.Copy !req
592. Tell the spokespeople Hoynes is dead.
We're even with Russell.Copy !req
593. - Is that true?
- It could be.Copy !req
594. There's no way to poll
till the voting starts.Copy !req
595. Anything from the governor?Copy !req
596. He's not discussing
a new endorsement.Copy !req
597. He can't stick with Hoynes.
It's a tabloid nightmare.Copy !req
598. Tell him Santos
is a candidate for president.Copy !req
599. If that doesn't even warrant
a phone call... Go, go, go.Copy !req
600. Thank you. Good to see you.Copy !req
601. - Watch your hands.
- What's the schedule?Copy !req
602. We've gotten 300 press requests,
all about Hoynes' overcharged libido.Copy !req
603. - Ride the story?
- We're not riding nor spinning it.Copy !req
604. The press loves it, but voters don't.Copy !req
605. Accept as many press requests
as possible.Copy !req
606. - Isn't that...?
- We have a message.Copy !req
607. It's health care and education.
It's the only way he beats Russell.Copy !req
608. - Every question will be about Hoynes.
- But none of the answers.Copy !req
609. - Donna! Donna!
- I had no idea about the Senate staffers.Copy !req
610. You've been pushing this.
You know something.Copy !req
611. He locks himself in a hotel room.
He could be shaving his legs.Copy !req
612. How am I supposed to know
what he's doing?Copy !req
613. We're gonna be in California
in a few hours.Copy !req
614. Nothing we can do on driver's licenses.
We've come out in favor of the bill.Copy !req
615. Hoynes is an embarrassment.
Santos is a footnote.Copy !req
616. Governor, the vice president
needs you on this.Copy !req
617. You wanted to see me, sir?Copy !req
618. I'm sorry your name is in these stories.
You had no idea what this was about.Copy !req
619. - No.
- They're just filling column inches.Copy !req
620. If I believed everything they wrote about
me, I'd be voting for Pat Paulsen again.Copy !req
621. That was a joke.
I never voted for Pat Paulsen.Copy !req
622. - Will's talking to California's governor.
- I wouldn't call him myself.Copy !req
623. - The allegations are nobody's business.
- Yes, sir.Copy !req
624. - You don't agree?
- For it to be none...Copy !req
625. of our business, he shouldn't
have talked about character education.Copy !req
626. Set a standard, you have to meet it.Copy !req
627. The governor won't take
endorsement meetings.Copy !req
628. He's yanking support from Hoynes,
and feeling burned by primary politics.Copy !req
629. We lead in California,
but Santos has been there three days.Copy !req
630. We won't be there
for another three hours.Copy !req
631. If the governor endorses him,
I don't know what'll happen.Copy !req
632. You have to call the governor yourself.
Make sure he endorses you...Copy !req
633. or no one at all.Copy !req
634. Get the governor on the line.Copy !req
635. How we doing?Copy !req
636. We shut down all our field offices...Copy !req
637. squeezed money
to air more health-care spots.Copy !req
638. Our surrogates are blanketing
every media outlet.Copy !req
639. Unless your tongue's got repetitive
stress injuries...Copy !req
640. - Keep scheduling interviews.
- He's never had so much coverage.Copy !req
641. It's either the sex scandal
or my plan for premium reductions.Copy !req
642. - The governor?
- He's not taking political meetings.Copy !req
643. Looks like he's not endorsing anyone.Copy !req
644. This guy could've single-handedly
delivered labor, the county organizations.Copy !req
645. What if we told him we don't
want a political meeting?Copy !req
646. What do we meet about,
citrus futures?Copy !req
647. The party platform,
Australian parliament.Copy !req
648. I'll walk his dog
for five minutes with him.Copy !req
649. What about the driver's license bill?Copy !req
650. - You know this meeting can't be public?
- All I need is a little leg room.Copy !req
651. I can't turn on a TV
without seeing you...Copy !req
652. spout the same three lines
about health care.Copy !req
653. You ought to mix it up a bit.Copy !req
654. Six and a half million Californians
don't have health insurance.Copy !req
655. They'd rather hear
about Hoynes' boxers?Copy !req
656. Hoynes looked me in the eye
and told me all the womanizing had...Copy !req
657. - ... been flogged to death by the press.
- It had.Copy !req
658. Those staffers were paid for their story.
They were paid by a dime-store tabloid.Copy !req
659. If we don't give the hordes
what they want, they find a way.Copy !req
660. Well, I look like an idiot. And I've
got hordes outside my office now.Copy !req
661. I scheduled this meeting to talk
about the driver's license bill.Copy !req
662. My understanding is that Hoynes
promised La Palabra that he'd oppose it.Copy !req
663. He made that promise to me.Copy !req
664. The state Republicans timed this bill...Copy !req
665. to wreak havoc
in the Democratic primaries.Copy !req
666. I want a future in the party too.Copy !req
667. You think I'd single-handedly blow our
chance to beat Vinick in the fall?Copy !req
668. What if I was there with you?Copy !req
669. I told Russell I'm not
going to endorse anybody.Copy !req
670. And you wouldn't say one word against
that bill till you needed my support.Copy !req
671. I'm not gonna say
a word against it now.Copy !req
672. - And I'm not looking for your support.
- You're not?Copy !req
673. You veto the bill...Copy !req
674. I'll be there standing
right behind you.Copy !req
675. All the words will be your own...Copy !req
676. in front of about 50 cameras,
all going live.Copy !req
677. You'd be tagged with my veto
without a bite on the news.Copy !req
678. - Right.
- Are you so desperate...Copy !req
679. for the appearance of my support
that you'd stand behind me...Copy !req
680. while I strike down a bill
that you don't oppose?Copy !req
681. I think the bill is an abomination.Copy !req
682. We need to toughen
our immigration laws...Copy !req
683. make our borders 50 times
more secure.Copy !req
684. But if we're not really willing
to do that...Copy !req
685. it's wrong to punish the people
we bring here to pick our avocados.Copy !req
686. But why don't you just come out
and say that?Copy !req
687. Because people don't need to hear it
from someone who looks like me.Copy !req
688. They need to hear it from someone
who looks like you.Copy !req
689. - Governor!
- Governor!Copy !req
690. Moments ago, I vetoed SB-67,
the so-called "driver's license bill. "Copy !req
691. We have security problems in this
country. We have immigration problems.Copy !req
692. We need to address them.Copy !req
693. But we shouldn't prevent
the poorest working people...Copy !req
694. the people who are here anyway,
from making a living.Copy !req
695. It may make us feel better,
but it doesn't solve the problem.Copy !req
696. Thank you.
Oh, I'd show you all the veto pen...Copy !req
697. but I've already given it
to Congressman Matt Santos.Copy !req
698. - Governor!
- Governor!Copy !req
699. - Hoynes. Any comment?
- Know what you should write about?Copy !req
700. The 6.5 million Californians
who don't have health coverage.Copy !req
701. You ought to ask Matt Santos
about that.Copy !req
702. - Congressman!
- Congressman!Copy !req
703. I agree with Governor Tillman
100 percent.Copy !req
704. Thanks.Copy !req
705. And don't forget to vote,
no matter who you vote for.Copy !req
706. Oh, what the hell? Vote for me.Copy !req
707. - That's it, guys.
- Okay, we're good.Copy !req
708. - What's next?
- Besides the mother of all lozenges?Copy !req
709. - He's done 100 interviews today.
- That is the last one.Copy !req
710. California polls are closing.
Russell's won New York, Connecticut...Copy !req
711. Rhode Island and Vermont.
Hoynes is crumbling everywhere.Copy !req
712. We don't know about California yet.Copy !req
713. Thanks.Copy !req
714. - What's this?
- It's a campaign plan for Texas.Copy !req
715. I'll sell my own house if I have to.Copy !req
716. - You'd be going to federal prison.
- Yeah, well...Copy !req
717. need to live someplace, won't I?Copy !req
718. I can tell you
that it's been a long day.Copy !req
719. A tough, close fight here in a state that
usually don't see such primary action.Copy !req
720. - We got an exit poll.
- I've never seen numbers like this.Copy !req
721. They need a margin of error
for the margin of error.Copy !req
722. We're moments away from calling
what has been a dogfight...Copy !req
723. between Vice President Bob Russell
and Congressman Matthew Santos.Copy !req
724. So we urge you to stay by the TV.
In just a moment...Copy !req
725. - While Santos has maintained...
- I need you guys for one second.Copy !req
726. his solid support
in both the African-American...Copy !req
727. and Latino communities, Bob Russell
has actually picked up points...Copy !req
728. - We've received the latest exit polls.
- Will you give us a second?Copy !req
729. On the strength of these numbers,
we'll call the race.Copy !req
730. - What is it?
- What?Copy !req
731. - We have a winner of the California...
- We won California.Copy !req
732. and it is Congressman
Matthew Santos.Copy !req
733. He's calling it.Copy !req
734. We've got a few quick clutches
on our way to the ballroom.Copy !req
735. Steve Gilbert, co-chair for L.A. Son's big
in the college Dems. Congratulations.Copy !req
736. - This is unexpected. How do you...?
- Congressman Santos!Copy !req
737. You're the experts on the horserace...Copy !req
738. but maybe folks took a look
at my health-care plan.Copy !req
739. - What about the Hoynes situation?
- I can't comment.Copy !req