1. Previously on The West Wing:Copy !req
2. Something's gone wrong
with the InternationalCopy !req
3. Space Station.Copy !req
4. Rescue options?Copy !req
5. Did David ever mention
anything aboutCopy !req
6. a non-civilian shuttle?Copy !req
7. We have a
decision to make.Copy !req
8. Greg Brock just released a storyCopy !req
9. about a classified military
space shuttleCopy !req
10. that could be, but hasn't yet,
been sent up to rescueCopy !req
11. those astronauts.Copy !req
12. You wanted to talk?Copy !req
13. I have a proposition.Copy !req
14. Hard to say no
to the Vice Presidency.Copy !req
15. You need to take the V.P. deal.Copy !req
16. I'm sure there's things
that I could learnCopy !req
17. from you just as
there are undoubtedly thingsCopy !req
18. you could learn from me.Copy !req
19. Mad at me?Copy !req
20. Proud, I think.Copy !req
21. You are gonna do thisCopy !req
22. for us, for the President,Copy !req
23. for your party.Copy !req
24. Matthew Santos
has had a terrificCopy !req
25. ride— improbable, impressive,Copy !req
26. and over.Copy !req
27. First task was accomplished
minus any melodrama.Copy !req
28. Each of the three
main candidatesCopy !req
29. turned in their official
petitions for nominationsCopy !req
30. early this morning.Copy !req
31. 4,000 delegates swarming
the convention center can expectCopy !req
32. to be casting their votes
between these three menCopy !req
33. for the next few daysCopy !req
34. until a winner can be crownedCopy !req
35. with the necessary...Copy !req
36. News vans from all overCopy !req
37. the United States beganCopy !req
38. setting up along Harbor Drive
earlier this morning.Copy !req
39. Networks want the ballotingCopy !req
40. to happen in prime time.
What are weCopy !req
41. supposed to do all day,
debateCopy !req
42. the color of the confetti?
We doCopy !req
43. issue segments that build up
the party, no matter who's...Copy !req
44. Wonder what issue SantosCopy !req
45. to lead off with,
health care maybe?Copy !req
46. Why don't we askthe 44 million
Americans who don't have any...Copy !req
47. The ones who made it
the only issueCopy !req
48. your guy polls higher...Copy !req
49. We'll vote on the rules,
platforms, recognizeCopy !req
50. the delegations. Be lucky
to get it done by dinner.Copy !req
51. What time is the President going
to speak tomorrow night?Copy !req
52. He's not.Copy !req
53. Second-term
presidentsCopy !req
54. always speak on
the first night.Copy !req
55. The President'sCopy !req
56. a unifying figure,
we need the partyCopy !req
57. and the country to knowCopy !req
58. he supports
our nominee,Copy !req
59. and he can't do that
until we have one.Copy !req
60. Moving on.Copy !req
61. Speaking order
before the first ballot.Copy !req
62. As the candidate
with the most delegates,Copy !req
63. the Vice President
has earned the right...Copy !req
64. Congressman Santos won almost
all of the final primaries.Copy !req
65. There are three viable
candidates, and in the interestCopy !req
66. of fairness...Copy !req
67. Hoynes isn't in this thing.Copy !req
68. We have almost
1,000 delegates.Copy !req
69. 956 isn't
almost 1,000.Copy !req
70. We have 1,677 delegates.Copy !req
71. We won 25 states, which is why
we must, "in the interestCopy !req
72. of fairness," be allowed...Copy !req
73. 25 small states.Copy !req
74. New York is small?
Since when?Copy !req
75. California, Texas, Florida,Copy !req
76. Pennsylvania,
Illinois.Copy !req
77. All for
Congressman Santos.Copy !req
78. Enough!
We'll flip a coin.Copy !req
79. Well, there are three of us.Copy !req
80. A coin only has two sides.Copy !req
81. Draw straws, pick a
number out of a hat.Copy !req
82. I don't care.Copy !req
83. Annabeth will be handling
podium operations.Copy !req
84. Please clear your speeches
four hours before...Copy !req
85. We have to clear
our speeches?Copy !req
86. She approves everything
that goes on airCopy !req
87. until we have a nominee.Copy !req
88. What about our introductory
videos— you're gonnaCopy !req
89. censor those, too?
No, because there aren'tCopy !req
90. gonna be any.
Networks hate them.Copy !req
91. It's a free ad for
your candidates.Copy !req
92. And please limit those speeches
to ten minutes.Copy !req
93. Networks are threatening
to cut us offCopy !req
94. at the two hour mark,Copy !req
95. and we've got to get
into that second ballotCopy !req
96. before they switch us
to Seinfeld repeats.Copy !req
97. Anything else?Copy !req
98. Yeah, I'd like to talk
about staff rooms.Copy !req
99. Santos' is closer.Copy !req
100. We have more delegates...Copy !req
101. You drew the low card, dude.Copy !req
102. You lost fair and square.Copy !req
103. The candidate
with the most delegates oughtCopy !req
104. to have some sort of
acknowledgment.Copy !req
105. How many ways do you thinkCopy !req
106. he's gonna come up withCopy !req
107. to work his delegate count
into this?Copy !req
108. Hey, hey, hey!
Where are you on yourCopy !req
109. Vice Presidential
vetting?
Doing well.Copy !req
110. We're almost there.
I'm fine.Copy !req
111. So, no dramatic,
last-minuteCopy !req
112. announcements on the horizon?Copy !req
113. All right.Copy !req
114. We want a nominee by the end
of tomorrow night, gentlemen.Copy !req
115. We need the party united
behind a single candidate.Copy !req
116. No attacks from the floor
or the podium.Copy !req
117. No nasty squabbling on CNN.Copy !req
118. This is the week
when we pull this party togetherCopy !req
119. and show we can leadCopy !req
120. with integrity and maturity.Copy !req
121. Okay, the speaking order.Copy !req
122. Rock, paper, scissors, on three.Copy !req
123. One, two,Copy !req
124. three.Copy !req
125. Hoynes is speaking last?Copy !req
126. Paper covers rock.Copy !req
127. You and Russell were both,
you know, rocks.Copy !req
128. Well, if it's going
to be Baker for VP,Copy !req
129. why hasn't Russell announced it?Copy !req
130. Probably want
to put more distanceCopy !req
131. between you turning him down
and Baker accepting.Copy !req
132. Till they announce
Baker tomorrow?Copy !req
133. Press conference
off-site after the first ballot,Copy !req
134. Baker and Russell holding hands.Copy !req
135. Hope it drums up enough
Hoynes delegatesCopy !req
136. on the second ballot.Copy !req
137. Will it?Copy !req
138. At least I
don't have to
give a speechCopy !req
139. in front of
25,000 people.Copy !req
140. More like 25 million.Copy !req
141. Got to figure in
the television audience.Copy !req
142. Wow.Copy !req
143. Yeah.Copy !req
144. I understand your frustration,Copy !req
145. Mr. Secretary,
but I've conveyed...Copy !req
146. It's weird out there— it's
like we had a fire drill,Copy !req
147. and everybody's still
out on the lawn.Copy !req
148. A convention— fire drill
without the fire.Copy !req
149. Hutchinson upset?
Livid, and Senator
Weller's on his wayCopy !req
150. over here
to discuss "the situation."Copy !req
151. Weller's gonna want
to hold hearings.Copy !req
152. Well, he can't without tacitly
acknowledging the thing exists.Copy !req
153. Secret hearings then.Copy !req
154. C.J.:
Wouldn't stay secret for long.Copy !req
155. Not around here,
at least.Copy !req
156. He's ready.Copy !req
157. If you own knee pads,
maybe an old hockey mask,Copy !req
158. strap 'em on now.Copy !req
159. Astronauts
with roughly three daysCopy !req
160. of oxygen remaining...Copy !req
161. A national security leakCopy !req
162. during the Democratic
Convention?Copy !req
163. Are we working for
the Republicans now?Copy !req
164. They're gonna whack us
for the security leak,Copy !req
165. then whack us again
for ditheringCopy !req
166. over saving the lives
of brave astronauts.Copy !req
167. I've gotten calls
from the French,Copy !req
168. the Russians,
the Chinese,Copy !req
169. even the Lithuanians, irate,Copy !req
170. demanding to know
if we're weaponizing space.Copy !req
171. Senator Weller is here.Copy !req
172. Now I've got Weller
in the lobby.Copy !req
173. How much you
want to bet he's
going to demandCopy !req
174. I appoint a
special prosecutor?Copy !req
175. Sir, as long as we continueCopy !req
176. to deny its existence,
it's just an unconfirmed storyCopy !req
177. in the New York Times.Copy !req
178. Where's your
friend Greg Brock?Copy !req
179. Sir, I don't think
it would be wise for you...Copy !req
180. You better believe Weller
is going to subpoena him,Copy !req
181. and he's gonna ask him
who his source was.Copy !req
182. If we pull Brock's credentials,
this will seem biggerCopy !req
183. than an unfounded rumor,
prematurely reported, that we...Copy !req
184. It's a federal crime to divulgeCopy !req
185. classified
information.Copy !req
186. You think Weller's
gonna pass up
an opportunityCopy !req
187. to put a high-ranking
Democrat behind bars?Copy !req
188. Greg Brock is gonna resist
any attempt to compel himCopy !req
189. to reveal his sources...Copy !req
190. Damn it, C.J.,
I've got three menCopy !req
191. up there trying to take very,
very shallow breaths!Copy !req
192. I want this leaker found by us.Copy !req
193. What about somebody at NASA?Copy !req
194. Kelwick maybe.
No, sir,
I can't imagine...Copy !req
195. You don't have to imagine.Copy !req
196. 'Cause you're gonna find out—
you and Toby.Copy !req
197. I want to know who it is
in this administrationCopy !req
198. who thinks their
opinion of howCopy !req
199. I should handle this
situation matters
more than mine.Copy !req
200. I want a name
on this desk by Friday.Copy !req
201. Thank you, Mr. President.Copy !req
202. All of Hoynes' delegatesCopy !req
203. are up for grabs
on the second ballot.Copy !req
204. Arkansas,
North Carolina, Georgia,Copy !req
205. Louisiana.Copy !req
206. We need another 563 delegates
to put us over the top.Copy !req
207. We gonna be able to hold
onto our own delegatesCopy !req
208. on the second ballot?Copy !req
209. Chris, I want floor whips
with each delegation,Copy !req
210. updates every 15 minutes—Copy !req
211. who's wavering,
who needs a carrot,Copy !req
212. who needs a stick.Copy !req
213. Nobody goes to
the bathroom,Copy !req
214. we don't know about it.Copy !req
215. Andrew, Alex— keep your peopleCopy !req
216. with the Hoynes delegates.Copy !req
217. Bram, how's Stanton,
any progress?Copy !req
218. Hoynes has been on the phone
all night telling GeorgiaCopy !req
219. to sit tight
after the first ballot.Copy !req
220. He's spinning a scenario
where the convention deadlocks,Copy !req
221. swings back to him
as the voice of experience.Copy !req
222. We're getting a lot of requestsCopy !req
223. for a comment
on this leak story.Copy !req
224. The space station thing?Copy !req
225. Congressional Republicans
are trying to make some rain.Copy !req
226. No comment. White HouseCopy !req
227. can carry the rain water
on that one.Copy !req
228. If Russell announces Baker
as his VP,Copy !req
229. how do we prevent a stampede
to Russell on the second ballot?Copy !req
230. By getting Hoynes
to throw his support behind us.Copy !req
231. Why would he do that?Copy !req
232. Only thing Hoynes
would hate moreCopy !req
233. than Matt Santos getting
the nomination is Bob RussellCopy !req
234. getting the
nomination.Copy !req
235. "Santos— you hate him less."Copy !req
236. Look, none of the
talking heads thoughtCopy !req
237. that we would
get this far.Copy !req
238. It ain't over till it's over.Copy !req
239. That's it. Thank you very much.Copy !req
240. Ronna, you get the
delegate breakdownCopy !req
241. for the Northeast?
Yeah.Copy !req
242. You're looking
for stray Atkins delegatesCopy !req
243. ripe for the picking.Copy !req
244. That is, if they're not too busyCopy !req
245. stuffing canapés
into their pockets.Copy !req
246. Nice. Can I quote youCopy !req
247. when we're trying
to get 'em to vote for us?Copy !req
248. They're only here
to grunt and cheerCopy !req
249. and stomp their
feet at every cheap
applause line.Copy !req
250. They're completely
out of stepCopy !req
251. with the voters we
need in the fall.Copy !req
252. Well, they're gonna pick
our nominee.Copy !req
253. Four years ago,
two thirds of the
delegates wantedCopy !req
254. to cut defense
spending.Copy !req
255. Even Democratic
voters don't want
us to touch it.Copy !req
256. Delegates were split
on the death penalty.Copy !req
257. Democrats favor
it two to one.Copy !req
258. You don't thinkCopy !req
259. they're qualified
to do the job?Copy !req
260. The job as previously
constituted was to clapCopy !req
261. and wave noisemakers
for five hours straight.Copy !req
262. So, the delegates sole purpose
is to pick our party's nominee?Copy !req
263. Yeah, if you're leaving out
the, uh, partCopy !req
264. about the little foam hatsCopy !req
265. in the shape
of the Hoover Dam, yes.Copy !req
266. But we selected
them with no regardCopy !req
267. for their ability
to perform that job?Copy !req
268. Yeah. Did I mention
that we have a hellCopy !req
269. of a balloon drop
planned for Thursday?Copy !req
270. Thank you.
I'll be back in an hour.Copy !req
271. Wait. Convention's gonna start
any minute.Copy !req
272. Where are you going?
To beg an old friend.Copy !req
273. Hey, Josh, sorry
to keep you waiting.Copy !req
274. I got stuck on a call.Copy !req
275. Nice to see you, sir.Copy !req
276. Want some watered-down
coffee or something?Copy !req
277. I ordered breakfast,Copy !req
278. but I didn't get a
chance to eat anything.Copy !req
279. No, thanks.Copy !req
280. So, I heard your guy
turned Russell down.Copy !req
281. I would have loved
to have been a
fly on that wall.Copy !req
282. Bet Bob had a heifer, huh?Copy !req
283. I'm glad you did.Copy !req
284. That kept me alive.Copy !req
285. So, Russell's going
to announce BakerCopy !req
286. as his VP tonight, huh?Copy !req
287. That's the rumor.Copy !req
288. Guy's got a hell of
a nerve, floating VPsCopy !req
289. before he has
the nomination.Copy !req
290. Hubris.Copy !req
291. Ask Odysseus
how that worked out.Copy !req
292. He offer it to you?Copy !req
293. Why, are you here
to make an offer?Copy !req
294. No, sir, I'm not.Copy !req
295. You know, Larry King's
booker calls my delegatesCopy !req
296. ten times a day, asking
who they're going to vote for.Copy !req
297. And you know what they tell her?Copy !req
298. That they're voting for you.Copy !req
299. What do you want, sir?Copy !req
300. What you got?Copy !req
301. Bob Russell doesn't
get the nod.Copy !req
302. Spoiler?Copy !req
303. Savior.Copy !req
304. Save the party from ruin.Copy !req
305. You think Matt Santos
can beat Arnie Vinick?Copy !req
306. I know Bob Russell can't.Copy !req
307. But I can.Copy !req
308. That's not going to happen, sir.Copy !req
309. Couple of
deadlocked
ballots,Copy !req
310. the party faithful
are going to panic.Copy !req
311. Your political life is over.Copy !req
312. It was over the day you resigned
the Vice Presidency.Copy !req
313. I don't care whatCopy !req
314. they're saying to Larry King.Copy !req
315. Your delegates
are going to rushCopy !req
316. to the nearest lifeboat
after the first ballot.Copy !req
317. Hey, don't sugarcoat it
for me, Josh.Copy !req
318. I can take it.Copy !req
319. And there's not going
to be a cabinet postCopy !req
320. or an ambassadorship
coming your way, either.Copy !req
321. Your indiscretions saw to that.Copy !req
322. But your years
of governmental service,Copy !req
323. your connections and experienceCopy !req
324. can be invaluable
to the party and to the country.Copy !req
325. As what, a lobbyist?Copy !req
326. Party elder,Copy !req
327. power broker.Copy !req
328. It's a role I can guarantee you
in a Santos administration,Copy !req
329. and I doubtCopy !req
330. that you can say the same
about a Russell administration.Copy !req
331. So Santos sent you here
with nothing.Copy !req
332. No, he doesn't know I'm here.Copy !req
333. You've had a long
and distinguished career, sir.Copy !req
334. Wouldn't you like
to see your nameCopy !req
335. just one more time
in the history booksCopy !req
336. without the word "scandal"
after it?Copy !req
337. Yeah, I'm still here.Copy !req
338. ( sighs ):
Is he in the hotel yet?Copy !req
339. He was supposed
to be here by now.Copy !req
340. Yes, thanks.Copy !req
341. Hey, Bill, how
was the flight?Copy !req
342. Great. You guys
on your way over?Copy !req
343. Baker here yet?Copy !req
344. Will's talking to Hollofson now.Copy !req
345. Yeah, sure.Copy !req
346. I-I understand, but...Copy !req
347. Right.Copy !req
348. Call you back.Copy !req
349. Baker wants to talk.Copy !req
350. Again?Copy !req
351. About what?
Hollofson
didn't say.Copy !req
352. Said Governor Baker's
been thinking.Copy !req
353. Thinking? The damn balloting
starts in two hours!Copy !req
354. I suspect he knows that, sir.Copy !req
355. How long till I have
to leave for the speech?Copy !req
356. 40 minutes.Copy !req
357. All right, let's
get Hamlet over here.Copy !req
358. See what doth trouble
his mind this time.Copy !req
359. How's your speech?Copy !req
360. Short.Copy !req
361. Well, people
like pith.Copy !req
362. Then they're gonna love it.Copy !req
363. I went over the VP list again.Copy !req
364. You should take another look.Copy !req
365. Nothing on Russell
and Baker?Copy !req
366. Baker flew in
this afternoon.Copy !req
367. Yeah, they had it on CNN.Copy !req
368. Looked like a Papal visit.Copy !req
369. The fawning masses awaiting
a humble blessing.Copy !req
370. I went to see Hoynes.Copy !req
371. You offer him anything?Copy !req
372. No. I-I asked himCopy !req
373. to throw his support to you.Copy !req
374. He say no?
No.Copy !req
375. He said yes?Copy !req
376. No. He's thinking about it.Copy !req
377. We need to leave
for the Convention Center,Copy !req
378. Congressman.
Okay.Copy !req
379. He's thinking about it, huh?Copy !req
380. Yeah.Copy !req
381. So, you coming?Copy !req
382. Yeah, I wouldn't miss
it for the world.Copy !req
383. Mr. Secretary,Copy !req
384. the great State of CaliforniaCopy !req
385. casts 440 votes
for Congressman Matt Santos!Copy !req
386. California Chair
says they'll stick with usCopy !req
387. through the second ballot.Copy !req
388. What about Baker?Copy !req
389. Ms. Chairwoman,Copy !req
390. I have 440 votes
for Congressman...Copy !req
391. They're nervous.Copy !req
392. If the convention
starts to move to Russell,Copy !req
393. they don't want
to be left behind.Copy !req
394. Yes, Mr. Secretary.Copy !req
395. What? I didn't get that.Copy !req
396. Tell Thurman they stick with us,Copy !req
397. Matt Santos is going
to make it his life's workCopy !req
398. to bring the next generationCopy !req
399. of fixed wing fighters
to Long Beach.Copy !req
400. You want me to promise him
a defense contract?Copy !req
401. I don't care if you promise him
half the Pentagon budget,Copy !req
402. just get him to stick with us
through the third ballot!Copy !req
403. Still nothing from Hoynes?Copy !req
404. No. You want me to try him?Copy !req
405. No.Copy !req
406. The State of ColoradoCopy !req
407. casts 63 votes
for our native son,Copy !req
408. the pride of the Western Slope,Copy !req
409. Colorado's own
Vice President Bob Russell.Copy !req
410. Get me Connecticut!Copy !req
411. I have 63 votesCopy !req
412. for Vice President
Robert Russell.Copy !req
413. Any surprises?Copy !req
414. Still on
the first ballot.Copy !req
415. Did you hear
Russell's speech?Copy !req
416. Yeah.
It was pretty good.Copy !req
417. Will still has a few teeth
in his head.Copy !req
418. I spoke to the AG.Copy !req
419. He's sending over a team
of agents in the morning.Copy !req
420. FBI?Copy !req
421. We have to interviewCopy !req
422. over 100 people.Copy !req
423. You planning on doing it
all by your lonesome?Copy !req
424. They're going to
start with NASA, DOD,
some of my people.Copy !req
425. I put togetherCopy !req
426. a list of West Wing staffCopy !req
427. who have code word or might have
had access to the information.Copy !req
428. We don't have
to like it,Copy !req
429. but the President
was very clear.Copy !req
430. They're going to need
phone records, fax records,Copy !req
431. email logs, notes, date books.Copy !req
432. DNA swab? Polygraph?Copy !req
433. It's a felony.Copy !req
434. Someone's going to end upCopy !req
435. spending ten years
in a federal prison.Copy !req
436. Russell announce
Baker yet?Copy !req
437. Not yet.Copy !req
438. Russell-Baker—
it's not a bad ticket.Copy !req
439. Mr. Chairman,Copy !req
440. I have 121 votesCopy !req
441. for Vice President
Robert Russell.Copy !req
442. Is that correct?Copy !req
443. Thank you.Copy !req
444. Massachusetts?Copy !req
445. How much longer?Copy !req
446. Maybe 30 minutes.Copy !req
447. Then what?Copy !req
448. Then they start
the second ballot,Copy !req
449. and my hairline recedes
about three inches.Copy !req
450. What are they doing
in there?Copy !req
451. No idea,Copy !req
452. but I sure as hell hope
they do it fast.Copy !req
453. I'm sorry,
Eric, uh...Copy !req
454. I thought we'd worked
all of this out.Copy !req
455. I've had a number
of variables to weighCopy !req
456. over the last few days.Copy !req
457. "Variables"?Copy !req
458. You wouldn't believeCopy !req
459. the calls
I've been getting.Copy !req
460. Suggestions, advice.Copy !req
461. Suddenly,
everyone has an opinion.Copy !req
462. Want to hear my opinion?Copy !req
463. Of course.Copy !req
464. You and I
will makeCopy !req
465. a hell of a team.Copy !req
466. With my strength
in the Midwest and WestCopy !req
467. and yours in the Northeast,Copy !req
468. we're going to give Vinick
and Sullivan a hell of a race.Copy !req
469. That's not what the polls say.Copy !req
470. Republicans
always getCopy !req
471. a bump from their convention.Copy !req
472. The polling
will come back to EarthCopy !req
473. once the folks hear our message.Copy !req
474. Let's put on our jacketsCopy !req
475. and go make an announcement
that'll unite the partyCopy !req
476. and start us on the road
to victory this fall, hmm?Copy !req
477. That's a very attractive offer,
Mr. Vice President.Copy !req
478. It's very attractive.Copy !req
479. Why don't we both sleep on it,
see where we are in the morning?Copy !req
480. What happened?Copy !req
481. He wants to
sleep on it.Copy !req
482. We'll be on the third
or fourth ballot...Copy !req
483. Yeah, and I think
he's aiming to be on it.Copy !req
484. The son of a bitch
doesn't want to be VP.Copy !req
485. He's going to try and get
nominated from the floor.Copy !req
486. It is 9:50 on the East coast.Copy !req
487. Over an hour
of just calling names?Copy !req
488. Democracy in action.Copy !req
489. More like agriculture
in action—Copy !req
490. like watching grass grow.Copy !req
491. Second ballot won't be.Copy !req
492. When's that going to start?Copy !req
493. Soon as we finish
the first ballot.Copy !req
494. We cut
to regular programming,Copy !req
495. come back
after the local news—Copy !req
496. you'll just
be getting going.Copy !req
497. You don't think you owe it
to the American public...Copy !req
498. These are
public airwaves.Copy !req
499. The public deserves to see...Copy !req
500. It's called cable,
and they can deserve it there.Copy !req
501. Leo, we're getting
reports from the floor.Copy !req
502. Somebody's passing out
hundreds of Baker placards.Copy !req
503. Think you guys
might want to stay on airCopy !req
504. to hear Russell announce Baker
as his Vice President?Copy !req
505. They're "Draft
Baker" signs.Copy !req
506. They're going
to try to put BakerCopy !req
507. on the second ballot.Copy !req
508. You want to cut to Law and Order
now, Susan, be my guest.Copy !req
509. Get me Pennsylvania!Copy !req
510. What the hell is happening?Copy !req
511. Baker's throwing
his hat in the ring.Copy !req
512. He can do that?
He just did.Copy !req
513. Where's Branigan?Copy !req
514. His line's busy.Copy !req
515. Keep trying.Copy !req
516. I have Clark
on line six.Copy !req
517. Not now.Copy !req
518. Someone get the
Congressman a phoneCopy !req
519. and a list of
delegates, please.Copy !req
520. Pennsylvania swings to Baker,
we lose what, 170 delegates?Copy !req
521. 178. Where in the nameCopy !req
522. of all that is holy
is Pennsylvania?Copy !req
523. Branigan's lineCopy !req
524. is still busy.Copy !req
525. Where you going?Copy !req
526. To find the Pennsylvania chair
and nail him to a Santos sign!Copy !req
527. I'm not trying to be the savior
of the Democratic Party.Copy !req
528. Frankly, I don't think this is
about the Democratic Party.Copy !req
529. I think it's about
the American citizens.Copy !req
530. Santos loses
Pennsylvania to Baker,Copy !req
531. we probably lose Massachusetts,Copy !req
532. Maryland,
Rhode Island.Copy !req
533. New York?
Yeah,Copy !req
534. maybe.Copy !req
535. Santos lose Florida?
No, not yet.Copy !req
536. Hispanic delegates are going
to want to stick by SantosCopy !req
537. for at least another ballot.Copy !req
538. That puts us down...Copy !req
539. Believe me, I'm as surprised
as everybody here.Copy !req
540. It's quite flattering,Copy !req
541. but frankly,
I've always been a guyCopy !req
542. who's served this party
when asked, and if it's...Copy !req
543. Sir.Copy !req
544. of the delegates
that I should beCopy !req
545. the presidential
nominee...Copy !req
546. Mr. Vice President,
Baker's going to takeCopy !req
547. most of our delegates
in the Northeast.Copy !req
548. How many?Copy !req
549. 500, give or take.Copy !req
550. Georgia, North Carolina,
Tennessee, Washington State.Copy !req
551. The Hoynes people
will be running for cover.Copy !req
552. I need you on
the phones now.Copy !req
553. All we needCopy !req
554. is a united force,Copy !req
555. and I think that's
what I have to offerCopy !req
556. as President of
the United States.Copy !req
557. Thought you were
coming to bed.Copy !req
558. The convention's
still going on?Copy !req
559. They haven't finished
the second ballot yet.Copy !req
560. What are they doing?Copy !req
561. Eating their young.Copy !req
562. Baker? Eric Baker.Copy !req
563. When did he get into this?Copy !req
564. About two hours ago.Copy !req
565. It's a free-for-all.Copy !req
566. I think Aaron Burr
has got 20 votes.Copy !req
567. Yeah, find me Leo McGarry,
please.Copy !req
568. Well, that's not going
to happen.Copy !req
569. No, absolutely not.Copy !req
570. Baker is not going
to doCopy !req
571. what Matt Santos is going
to do for New Jersey.Copy !req
572. I have been to IllinoisCopy !req
573. ten times in the
last two months.Copy !req
574. Can Bob Russell say that?Copy !req
575. Baker got Massachusetts!Copy !req
576. You can't
promise that!Copy !req
577. Ann. Ann. Ann, you are not going
be left at the altar.Copy !req
578. You're going to be
wearing satin at
the Elvis Chapel.Copy !req
579. Yes!Copy !req
580. You won't regret it, Ann.Copy !req
581. You won't regret it.Copy !req
582. No, you won't, I promise.Copy !req
583. We still have New Jersey!Copy !req
584. New Mexico's
okay for now.Copy !req
585. Tennessee's
leaning Baker,Copy !req
586. but Russell's
working them hard.Copy !req
587. What about
New York?Copy !req
588. It's going Baker for sure.
I can call Tandy.Copy !req
589. Tandy isn't running it.Copy !req
590. Ernie Gambelli is.
Who's Gambelli?Copy !req
591. He's with the teachers union.Copy !req
592. Uh, North Carolina?Copy !req
593. Somebody get me Pete Collins!Copy !req
594. Mr. Secretary,
New York casts 284 votesCopy !req
595. for Governor Eric Baker.Copy !req
596. With due respect sir,Copy !req
597. John Hoynes is no
longer in the race.Copy !req
598. Bob Russell has always beenCopy !req
599. a friend
to the mine workers.Copy !req
600. Did you look
at Eric Baker's record?Copy !req
601. He absolutely supports
retaliatory actionCopy !req
602. on foreign
dumping.Copy !req
603. You don't know
a damn thingCopy !req
604. about what he'd do
as President.Copy !req
605. Tennessee?
Maybe.Copy !req
606. We got Mississippi.Copy !req
607. Where are we?Copy !req
608. Uh, we lost 536,
picked up 285.Copy !req
609. Santos lost 236,
hasn't picked any up.Copy !req
610. Baker got our 536.Copy !req
611. 178 from Santos.Copy !req
612. Looks like he's going
to getCopy !req
613. another six or seven states
from Hoynes.Copy !req
614. So, we're still in first?
Yeah, but not by much.Copy !req
615. Hey, we're still breathing.Copy !req
616. Leo McGarry wants to see us.Copy !req
617. We're going to be deadlocked
on the second ballot.Copy !req
618. It's 3:00 A.M.
on the East coast.Copy !req
619. Networks
want us to recess,Copy !req
620. start
the third ballotCopy !req
621. tomorrow evening
in prime time.Copy !req
622. I think
they're right.Copy !req
623. We're not getting anywhere
tonight.Copy !req
624. Will we have a chanceCopy !req
625. to address the delegates
tomorrow?Copy !req
626. Some of us haven't
done that yet.Copy !req
627. Yes.Copy !req
628. So, we're agreed then?Copy !req
629. The President is
flying out tomorrow,Copy !req
630. hoping to address
the conventionCopy !req
631. on Wednesday
when we have our nominee.Copy !req
632. And please, gentlemen,
we need a nominee.Copy !req
633. So, please,
somebody talk to somebodyCopy !req
634. and figure
this mess outCopy !req
635. before the President
gets hereCopy !req
636. and is forced
to pick sides.Copy !req
637. One night of this
is entertaining.Copy !req
638. Two nights, we look like idiots.Copy !req
639. 363 votes.Copy !req
640. Governor Eric Baker hasCopy !req
641. 1,341 votes.Copy !req
642. Vice President John Hoynes
has 102 votes.Copy !req
643. As 2,162 votes are requiredCopy !req
644. to nominate, Mr. Chairman,
we do not have a nominee.Copy !req
645. They always come in twos,Copy !req
646. like they just
got off the ark.Copy !req
647. They need two,
so one can serveCopy !req
648. as a witness
for the other.Copy !req
649. A witness?Copy !req
650. Lying to an FBI agent's
a federal crime.Copy !req
651. To convict, you got
to have a witness.Copy !req
652. Special Agent Hansen.
Kate Harper.Copy !req
653. Toby Ziegler.
This way please.Copy !req
654. NASA maintenance has been
working around the clock,Copy !req
655. but they're still
at least two weeks awayCopy !req
656. from either of their civilian
shuttles being ready to launch.Copy !req
657. Commander Harper will be
in as soon as she can.Copy !req
658. Air Force Space Command
can launch from VandenbergCopy !req
659. at 2100 hours tomorrow night.Copy !req
660. They rendezvous
with the station,
make the repairsCopy !req
661. and leave the astronauts thereCopy !req
662. until NASA can get
a shuttle up to get them.Copy !req
663. And what do we tell the press?Copy !req
664. That they were able
to make the repairs themselves.Copy !req
665. And the Russian?Copy !req
666. Uh, Marine One
is waiting, sir.Copy !req
667. Thank you.Copy !req
668. When do I have
to give the go?Copy !req
669. If you don't launch tomorrow,Copy !req
670. we can't get there in time.Copy !req
671. Where'd the Vice President go?Copy !req
672. He went to the hotel
to try and sleep.Copy !req
673. What happened to your voice?Copy !req
674. I think it was
screaming at Dave WilsonCopy !req
675. for about an hour.Copy !req
676. Maybe it was yelling
at Steve Kent.Copy !req
677. Feel like I just rerecorded
Rod Stewart's back catalogue.Copy !req
678. Indiana?
Yeah.Copy !req
679. Michigan is wavering.Copy !req
680. Told Roth we'd doubleCopy !req
681. the State's Superfund
clean-up sites,Copy !req
682. stump like crazy
for down-ticket races,Copy !req
683. even hinted at
a sub-cabinet appointment.Copy !req
684. Baker's picking up
momentum too fast.Copy !req
685. I don't know if we can
make it to the fourth ballot.Copy !req
686. Maybe we should reapproach
Josh about the VP spot.Copy !req
687. Russell-Santos
might be lookingCopy !req
688. pretty good about now.Copy !req
689. Maybe Josh should approach us.Copy !req
690. Santos-Russell's looking
pretty good to me about now.Copy !req
691. Hey. I thought
you were goingCopy !req
692. back to the hotel
for a shower.Copy !req
693. Uh, CNN called.Copy !req
694. They want to set up a debateCopy !req
695. with the Congressman,
Russell and BakerCopy !req
696. for this afternoon.Copy !req
697. Live, on air.Copy !req
698. Why would we do that?Copy !req
699. Hey.Copy !req
700. Hey.Copy !req
701. We can't win
without the teachers.Copy !req
702. Pennsylvania's gone,Copy !req
703. Baker's picking up steam
down south.Copy !req
704. Russell's got us boxed in
out West.Copy !req
705. We get the teachers,Copy !req
706. we get New York,
most of New England,Copy !req
707. maybe even Ohio, too.Copy !req
708. Teachers unions hate us.Copy !req
709. I got to get Gambelli.Copy !req
710. Is that a clean shirt?Copy !req
711. Gimme.Copy !req
712. Start calling every one
of our state delegations again.Copy !req
713. They're probably
still sleeping.Copy !req
714. Well, wake them up.
New Jersey first,Copy !req
715. Ann Matlock was
getting hinky.Copy !req
716. And tell her what?Copy !req
717. Tell her they stick with us,Copy !req
718. this time next year there'll
be a whole lot of peopleCopy !req
719. at the Department of Interior
humming "Thunder Road."Copy !req
720. We're gonna start
offering jobsCopy !req
721. for delegate votes now?Copy !req
722. What do you want?
A handful of cranky delegatesCopy !req
723. on the Farm Service payroll,Copy !req
724. or all of us doing
primary researchCopy !req
725. on Delaware welfare reform?Copy !req
726. Get dialing.Copy !req
727. Teachers for Matt Santos?
You kidding me?Copy !req
728. Ernie.
!
11 percent of
the delegatesCopy !req
729. are from teachers unions.Copy !req
730. Yeah, look...Copy !req
731. Teachers unions are
to the Democratic PartyCopy !req
732. what Bibles and bunting
are to the Republicans—Copy !req
733. essential, non-negotiable.Copy !req
734. Ernie, we've known each otherCopy !req
735. a long time.
So what the hell
makes you thinkCopy !req
736. you can come in hereCopy !req
737. and ask for our helpCopy !req
738. when Matt Santos wants
to end teacher tenure?Copy !req
739. Our school system's in crisis.Copy !req
740. We've got teachersCopy !req
741. who aren't trained
in the subjects they teach.Copy !req
742. We've got teachers
who are only showing upCopy !req
743. to pick up a check.
Raise salaries,Copy !req
744. you can recruit
better people.Copy !req
745. I'm admitting their
salaries can be better.Copy !req
746. Santos wants higher salaries,Copy !req
747. he wants more teacher training.Copy !req
748. We're all for that.Copy !req
749. With nothing in return?Copy !req
750. You were using us asCopy !req
751. a political punching bag.Copy !req
752. Grab a few quick editorialsCopy !req
753. while you were trying
to suck in enough oxygenCopy !req
754. to make it through
New Hampshire.Copy !req
755. There is pressure
for change, Ernie,Copy !req
756. and not just from editorials.Copy !req
757. We can work together.Copy !req
758. We can raise pay
and raise standardsCopy !req
759. at the same time,Copy !req
760. and it'll stop something
more drastic, more punitive...Copy !req
761. Than ending teacher tenure?Copy !req
762. Than doing it
with nothing in return,Copy !req
763. which'll be Vinick's tack when
he whips Russell in the fall.Copy !req
764. Santos can give Vinick
a run for his moneyCopy !req
765. in California, Texas,
Florida, New York, Illinois.Copy !req
766. Bob Russell can't,
Eric Baker can't.Copy !req
767. Well, since we're talking
about something in return,Copy !req
768. you want a single one
of our teacher delegatesCopy !req
769. to support Santos,Copy !req
770. get him to drop this crazy
assault on teacher tenure,Copy !req
771. and get him
to do it today.Copy !req
772. Thought you wereCopy !req
773. on Air Force One
with the President.Copy !req
774. Catching a flight
this afternoon.Copy !req
775. You finish his speech?
Yeah.Copy !req
776. Gave up trying to tailor it
to a nominee.Copy !req
777. One size fits all.
Insert name here.Copy !req
778. If they can find
someone who isn'tCopy !req
779. "a bold fighter for
America's families,"Copy !req
780. I'll buy every delegate
in the place a whiskey sour.Copy !req
781. You need to start on a couple
of POTUS speeches for Friday.Copy !req
782. Space station?Copy !req
783. NASA can't get the shuttle up
in time for a rescue.Copy !req
784. What about the Pentagon?Copy !req
785. The FBI is ready for you
in the Roosevelt Room.Copy !req
786. I'll be right in.Copy !req
787. You gonna take a lawyer?Copy !req
788. I don't need a lawyer.
You should take one.Copy !req
789. Get one from counsel's office.Copy !req
790. I'll be fine.Copy !req
791. You said a couple of statements?Copy !req
792. One if the President
decides to save them,Copy !req
793. one if he doesn't.Copy !req
794. You find Gambelli?Copy !req
795. Yeah.Copy !req
796. Indiana and Michigan
are going for Baker.Copy !req
797. It's all over CNN.Copy !req
798. Is it over?Copy !req
799. Josh.Copy !req
800. You should take a look at this.Copy !req
801. Thanks, Gil.Copy !req
802. No, really.Copy !req
803. I appreciate it, thanks.Copy !req
804. Did you tell NedCopy !req
805. to offer New Jersey
delegates federal jobs?Copy !req
806. Did you hear the rumors
about Baker's wife?Copy !req
807. Do we know if these peopleCopy !req
808. are even remotely qualified?Copy !req
809. Do they even have
high school diplomas?Copy !req
810. We're not violating any laws.Copy !req
811. Avoiding prosecutionCopy !req
812. isn't the standard
that I was shooting for.Copy !req
813. You think none of
the young turksCopy !req
814. working
on our campaign staffCopy !req
815. are doing it
because they want jobs?Copy !req
816. Think none of your donorsCopy !req
817. are gonna want a meeting
on the liftingCopy !req
818. of some trade embargo that'd
make them millions of dollars?Copy !req
819. What about Baker's wife?Copy !req
820. The rumors, have
you heard them?Copy !req
821. The depression?Copy !req
822. It's like the gay brother
and the illegitimate child,Copy !req
823. every politician
gets these rumors.Copy !req
824. They come with
the orientation kit.Copy !req
825. Not every politician getsCopy !req
826. hospital admittance
records to go with it.Copy !req
827. Dotty Baker was
admitted twiceCopy !req
828. for clinical depression.Copy !req
829. Where'd you get this?Copy !req
830. Came in over the fax.Copy !req
831. Look, I don't think
depression's anything
to be ashamed of,Copy !req
832. but there's a reason
we make presidentsCopy !req
833. disclose the
illegitimate kids—Copy !req
834. And you want me
to do the blackmailing?Copy !req
835. You've been at 40 primaries.Copy !req
836. You've been vetted by
the public and the press,Copy !req
837. maybe people ought to get
a crack at Baker, too.Copy !req
838. His wife isn't
running for anything.Copy !req
839. She gets to live
in the building.Copy !req
840. Be all kinds
of classified informationCopy !req
841. sitting on her end table.Copy !req
842. We're afraid that she's gonna
sell them for some ZoloftCopy !req
843. on the corner
of 16th and D?
You want this to come outCopy !req
844. today or two days from now
when he's our nominee?Copy !req
845. I'm not doing it.Copy !req
846. President Bartlet
didn't reveal his MSCopy !req
847. during the campaign,Copy !req
848. another hidden illness
plays right into the...Copy !req
849. I am not doing it!Copy !req
850. I went to see Ernie Gambelli.Copy !req
851. Would you rather flip-flop
on teacher tenure?Copy !req
852. 'Cause we are one nail
in the coffin away from dead.Copy !req
853. She's been on anti-depressants
for seven years.Copy !req
854. He never mentioned itCopy !req
855. when we vetted
him for VP.
Was he supposed to mentionCopy !req
856. every Advil she took
in the state house?Copy !req
857. It's Bartlet's MS
all over again.Copy !req
858. We can't leak this.Copy !req
859. It's clinging to 18th century
stereotypes of mental illness.Copy !req
860. Why not attack her for
having consumption?Copy !req
861. It's not the depression;
it's his failure to disclose it.Copy !req
862. Will, this isn't
a quick hitCopy !req
863. on some 15-year-old piece
of telecom legislation.Copy !req
864. It's a brutal character
assault on a man's wifeCopy !req
865. for an eight-hour story that'll
be over by tomorrow night.Copy !req
866. We're not trying to be
judge and jury—Copy !req
867. we get it out there,
let the delegates decideCopy !req
868. how important it is.Copy !req
869. Don't do this.Copy !req
870. The Vice President
will do itCopy !req
871. if you tell him to.Copy !req
872. Please.Copy !req
873. Eight hours keeps us alive
through another ballot.Copy !req
874. So, after the third ballot,Copy !req
875. the Democrats
are still deadlocked.Copy !req
876. How much impact do you thinkCopy !req
877. today's revelations about
Dorothy Baker's mental healthCopy !req
878. had on her husband's bid
to capture the nomination?Copy !req
879. It must have had some,Copy !req
880. because six hours ago,Copy !req
881. it seemed as if we were headed
for a Baker coronation.Copy !req
882. But this wasn't so muchCopy !req
883. about her mental healthCopy !req
884. as about his failure
to disclose it.Copy !req
885. Having avoided the rigorous
vetting processCopy !req
886. in the primary elections,Copy !req
887. voters can't help but wonder:
What else is Baker hiding?Copy !req
888. Josh.Copy !req
889. ( firmer ):
Josh.Copy !req
890. When's the last time
you slept in a bed?Copy !req
891. Overnight ratings came in.Copy !req
892. 52 million last night.Copy !req
893. Who knew if we set our hair
on fire and jumped up and downCopy !req
894. people would actually
tune in to watch.Copy !req
895. You done good, kid.Copy !req
896. The President?Copy !req
897. Yeah.Copy !req
898. He's got to put a stop to this.Copy !req
899. One more primary...Copy !req
900. we would have had it.Copy !req
901. Peaked a little
late, I guess.Copy !req
902. He's not going to do it
just because I say so, Leo.Copy !req
903. He's his own man.Copy !req
904. And here I thought
I found the last one.Copy !req
905. It's incredible,
isn't it?Copy !req
906. You ever think
you'd get this far?Copy !req
907. Honestly?Copy !req
908. No, I didn't.Copy !req
909. You have to quit,
Congressman.Copy !req
910. We have to unite
behind a candidate.Copy !req
911. Four times as many people
will be watching tonightCopy !req
912. as watched Vinick
at the Republican Convention.Copy !req
913. We need these last days
to put our messageCopy !req
914. before the American people.Copy !req
915. You think either of them
can beat Vinick in the fall?Copy !req
916. Who knows?Copy !req
917. But you step aside
for the good of the party,Copy !req
918. people won't forget.Copy !req
919. The President and I
won't let 'em.Copy !req
920. Will I have a
chance to addressCopy !req
921. the convention again?Copy !req
922. Of course.Copy !req
923. So, is he going to step aside?Copy !req
924. I think so.Copy !req
925. For Baker
or Russell?Copy !req
926. He's hard to read.Copy !req
927. A sitting VP should've
kicked ass in the primaries.Copy !req
928. Vinick's going to mop up the
floor with Russell in November.Copy !req
929. VPs are famous but unknown.Copy !req
930. He'll do better
once he's outside my shadow.Copy !req
931. Speaker forced you
to nominate RussellCopy !req
932. Baker's a strong
candidate.Copy !req
933. This thing with his wife
will blow over.Copy !req
934. Isn't it time
you pickedCopy !req
935. the successor you
want, Mr. President?Copy !req
936. Should you really
be leaving this
up to Matt Santos?Copy !req
937. Sure you don't want me
to take a look at the speech?Copy !req
938. I'm fine.Copy !req
939. I'm pretty good
at it...Copy !req
940. Josh...Copy !req
941. It's been a great ride.Copy !req
942. What do you say
we try it again sometime?Copy !req
943. You just pick up the phone.
I'll be there.Copy !req
944. Ladies and gentlemen,Copy !req
945. from the great state of Texas...Copy !req
946. ( audience cheering)
Congressman Matthew Santos!Copy !req
947. Santos! Santos! Santos!Copy !req
948. Thank you.Copy !req
949. Okay!Copy !req
950. Thank you.Copy !req
951. You know, I'd hoped
to be standing here tonightCopy !req
952. under very different
circumstances,Copy !req
953. and I have been askedCopy !req
954. by people that I respectCopy !req
955. to take this opportunity
to supportCopy !req
956. one of the other fine candidates
who have madeCopy !req
957. this race with me...
No!Copy !req
958. to help decide
who our nominee will be...Copy !req
959. but I can't do that.
( crowd cheering )Copy !req
960. I can't do that
because it's not my placeCopy !req
961. to decide who our nominee
should be.Copy !req
962. That decision is yours
and yours alone.Copy !req
963. You know, there's been
a great deal made todayCopy !req
964. of Governor Baker's decisionCopy !req
965. not to disclose his wife's
minor medical condition.Copy !req
966. Many people believe
that he should have,Copy !req
967. but I don't believe
Governor Baker failedCopy !req
968. to disclose it because he was
ashamed or embarrassed.Copy !req
969. I think he didn't disclose itCopy !req
970. because we're the hypocrites,
not the Bakers.Copy !req
971. Because we're all broken—
every single one of us—Copy !req
972. and yet we pretend
that we're not.Copy !req
973. We all liveCopy !req
974. lives of imperfection,
and yet we clingCopy !req
975. to this fantasy
that there's a perfect lifeCopy !req
976. and that our leadersCopy !req
977. should embody it, but if we
expect our leaders to liveCopy !req
978. on some higher moral plane
than the rest of us,Copy !req
979. well, we're just asking
to be deceived.Copy !req
980. Now, it's been suggested
to me this weekCopy !req
981. that I should try
to buy your supportCopy !req
982. with jobs
and the promise of access.Copy !req
983. It's been suggested to meCopy !req
984. that party unity
is more importantCopy !req
985. than your democratic rights
as delegates.Copy !req
986. That's right— it's not,Copy !req
987. and you have a decision to make.Copy !req
988. Don't vote for usCopy !req
989. because you think we're perfect.Copy !req
990. Don't vote for usCopy !req
991. because of what we might
be able to do for you only.Copy !req
992. Vote for the person
who shares your ideals...Copy !req
993. ( audience cheering )
your hopes, your dreams.Copy !req
994. Vote for the person
who most embodiesCopy !req
995. what you believe we need to keep
our nation strong and free.Copy !req
996. And when you have done that,Copy !req
997. you can go back to SeattleCopy !req
998. and Boston, to Miami, to Omaha,Copy !req
999. to Tulsa and ChicagoCopy !req
1000. and Atlanta
with your head held high,Copy !req
1001. and say, "I am a member
of the Democratic Party."Copy !req
1002. Santos! Santos! Santos!Copy !req
1003. See if you can find Josh, huh?Copy !req
1004. This is a
waste of time.Copy !req
1005. He's virtually
anti-teacher.Copy !req
1006. Making me sit down with
your guy isn't goingCopy !req
1007. to change my mind...
Who said you were
sitting downCopy !req
1008. with my guy?Copy !req
1009. Mr. President.Copy !req
1010. You remember
Ernie GambelliCopy !req
1011. from the
teachers union?Copy !req
1012. Please, come in.Copy !req
1013. How do you do, sir?
Good. How you doing?Copy !req
1014. Mr. Secretary, New York casts
284 votes for CongressmanCopy !req
1015. Matt Santos!Copy !req
1016. Mr. Chairman, I have 284 votes
for Congressman Matthew Santos.Copy !req
1017. Hey, what are you doing here?Copy !req
1018. You ought to be
down on the floor,Copy !req
1019. celebrating
with your guys.Copy !req
1020. We still got to
line up a VP.Copy !req
1021. You ask Baker?Copy !req
1022. Yeah, he begged off.Copy !req
1023. Doesn't want to put
his wife through it.Copy !req
1024. I'm guessing Russell isn'tCopy !req
1025. on the short list.Copy !req
1026. That was a non-starter
with the Congressman.Copy !req
1027. Want me to help you
work up a list?Copy !req
1028. No. We've got it narrowed down
to the guy we want.Copy !req
1029. I'm just not sure
if he's going to accept.Copy !req
1030. You want the
PresidentCopy !req
1031. to pick up the phone,
push your guy along?Copy !req
1032. I called
the President.Copy !req
1033. He told me
he'd kick the guy's assCopy !req
1034. all over the schoolyard
if it came to that.Copy !req
1035. So, who is it?Copy !req
1036. You.Copy !req
1037. And Congressman
Matthew Santos with 2,751 votes!Copy !req
1038. We now have a nominee!Copy !req
1039. You think Santos stands
a chanceCopy !req
1040. against Vinick
in the fall?Copy !req
1041. He's going to
get killed.Copy !req
1042. It wasn't Kelwick.Copy !req
1043. Who?Copy !req
1044. From NASA.
He wasn't the leak.Copy !req
1045. Nobody over there was.Copy !req
1046. Too many of the technical
details were off.Copy !req
1047. You didn't have to close
the door to tell me that.Copy !req
1048. No. The FBI thinks it came
from inside the West Wing.Copy !req
1049. They have a theory.Copy !req
1050. One you're not going
to like.Copy !req
1051. You all right?Copy !req
1052. I'm okay today,
really.Copy !req
1053. Ladies and gentlemen,Copy !req
1054. the President
of the United States!Copy !req
1055. Thank you.Copy !req
1056. It's been an honor to serve you
for the past eight years...Copy !req
1057. Four more years!
Four more years!Copy !req
1058. And now it gives me
a great pleasureCopy !req
1059. to introduce to you,
the leaders of our party,Copy !req
1060. and the next President
and Vice PresidentCopy !req
1061. of these United States,
Matthew Vincente SantosCopy !req
1062. and Leo Thomas McGarry!Copy !req
1063. Okay. Let's go win this thing.Copy !req