[about to be carried downstairs] I'm just saying, you drop me, that's a moment that follows you the rest of your life.
“Impact Winter” · Season 6
In this episode: Josh Lyman (4), Leo McGarry (3), Josiah Bartlet (2), Donna Moss (1), Will Bailey (1), Matt Santos (1), Margaret Hooper (1), Helen Santos (1)
There's someone here from NASA. He needs to speak to whoever's in charge, and at this point I have no idea who that is.
Maybe, keep the philosophical questions to yourself?
What happened to the good old days when a couple of hacks with cigars chose the nominee in a smoked filled back room?
They didn't do so bad, did they?
We need a back room.
SSantos
Wow. Hi.
How ya doin'?
SSantos
You lost?
Could be. Could be.
SSantos
Come on in.
Um, sorry to bug you at home, but there wasn't time to wait for you to get back to Washington.
SSantos
I'm there next week.
I'm on a bit of a deadline. It's a filing deadline.
SSantos
Josh, Josh, Josh.
Matt?
It's a little crazy, I know.
SSantos
I'm not running for Congress again, Josh. You came a long way and I'm sorry about that, but it's just...
I'm not talking about Congress.
I'm in one meeting the whole day. All they did was feed me tea made with Tienchi Ginseng and deer horn glue. You see, it's the thing for the nerve damage. But that meant I had to piss every twelve minutes, which is more of an ordeal than it was when I could stand without assistance. The new kid, Curtis, and I are becoming very close.
Cabinet meeting?
...an informal conversation with senior members of the administration.
President doesn't need the Cabinet swooping in on their shining steeds.
Wanna step into your office or something?
The president is still running the show, on two continents. Russell can stop with the less than subtle insinuations to the contrary. There will be no cabinet meeting.
It's been announced. You don't think it will be more awkward if it doesn't happen.
You know what? Watch yourself. You and the candidate.
You done?
No. Free advice for the campaign trail - stop with the ceaseless mentions of his tennis game. Doesn't make him look young and vigorous, it makes him look like a dilettante who can't settle down with a thick book.
Wheels down in Beijing in a minute or so.
[Will leaves]
A cabinet meeting.
You really think all the talk about tennis makes him look flaky?
No, I think it makes him look young and vigorous.
I just looked at the tape.
Vinick's announcement? Makes you want to cry like a little girl, doesn't it?
It's a tough primary for him. I wouldn't tear my shirt yet.
Russell offered me campaign manager.
Really?
Turned him down. Hoynes asked too.
Popular. You change your cologne or something?
Think Hoynes could win?
With Baker out? Russell's got a huge financial advantage. Sitting VP, he's going to raise a lot more money and he's in a position to offer a lot more favors.
Hoynes is a guy without a job.
That said, Hoynes is much more experienced in the job that Bob Russell holds, he was elected senator of a huge, complicated, and usually Republican state and Russell got elected representative of a district the size of my thumb.
Hoynes is smarter than Russell. He'll kick his ass in the debates.
And he's got more foreign policy experience. It could happen. But you gotta want to work for him and you gotta want him to win. You want that?
I want to get Jed Bartlet a third term.
Yeah. What happened to the good old days when a couple of hacks with cigars chose the nominee in a smoke-filled back room?
They didn't do so bad, did they? Roosevelt, Truman, Eisenhower.
We need a back room.
Well, we just about outlawed smoking and at this point I'm not allowed to look at a cigar. But we're it. You and me. This is the back room.
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