“The Leadership Breakfast” · Season 2
In this episode: Josh Lyman (3), C.J. Cregg (2), Leo McGarry (2), Josiah Bartlet (1), Toby Ziegler (1), Sam Seaborn (1), Donna Moss (1)
It's a private poll. The press doesn't have access to it... The only way they'd know what questions were being asked is if they were actually called by one of the pollsters and... Oh my god!
Yes.
A reporter got called by one of the pollsters?
Wow. What are the chances of that?
The chances of that are astronomical.
We can calculate it. They sample 800 respondents...
Would the two of you stop being amazed by the mathematics!
Josh, this was delivered by messenger.
What is it?
It's... wait... wait... no. Damn, my x-ray vision is failing me today.
Why were you holding women's underwear before?
Never really needed a reason.
Donna wants me to call Karen Cahill and make it clear she wasn't hitting on her when she gave her her underwear.
Yeah, that's because I made fun of her shoes and Sam said there were nuclear weapons in Kyrgyzstan and Donna went to clear up the mix up and accidentally left her underwear.
There can't possibly be nuclear weapons in Kyrgyzstan...
Mr. President, please don't wade hip deep into this story.
Alexander Hamilton didn't think we should have political parties. Neither did John Adams. He thought political parties led to divisiveness.
They do. They should. We have honest disagreements. Arguments are good.
Only if they lead to statesmanship. Or it's just theatre. And statesmanship is compromise.
What about persuasion? They're coming for us, Leo.
I know.
I mean they're coming for us now.
Toby, if you knew what it was like getting him to run the first time...
I know.
Like pushing molasses up a sandy hill. If I go and tell him it's time to run again he's going to get crazy... and frustrated. He's going to sink into his head and he's going to say he's not running.
Yeah.
Yeah.
So we've got to do it for him. We'll keep it away from this office but we've got to get real now. Leo, Ann Stark's a war time consigliere. That's why she was bumped up.
I'm a wartime consigliere too, Toby. I was just hoping it'd be peace time a little longer.
Yeah.
Shake my hand.
[Toby and Leo shake hands]
We just formed it.
Formed what?
The Committee to Reelect the President.
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