“We&#039;re getting some movement from Congress on education.” – Toby

We'll get you a summary but probably class size reduction, a little infrastructure money, some version of performance incentives for teachers.

That's right out of the Santos plan.

Well, he probably doesn't have the votes for it.

He definitely doesn't have the votes.

But if he's [Haffley] expressing an interest...

He's expressing an interest because the Vinick camp told him to.

Could be.

Education may be the only thing the public knows about Matt Santos other than his hair color. We would be thrilled if you kept the hands off.

Wow. Okay.

You think we can bring it up in a debate after Jed Bartlet's already moved on it? We'll look like idiots.

That's unfortunate.

Okay, everybody, let's take a breath.

Haffley is extending an olive branch. I'm sure the President is just being polite. He knows he can't get an education bill passed in his last six months.

The guy's got a 66% approval rating. We're not rolling up the rugs.

A new Democratic administration will pass a much more powerful bill.

You people are nine points down. It's better than 20 points down, but it's not what I'd call a win.

Hey...

The only reason the Speaker is opening the door at all is because he thinks it may wound your campaign. You think he's going to walk in here a year from now and offer it to the bright-eyed new President?

Haffley's playing you.

No, actually, he's screwing you, and for the moment, we're comfortable with that.

He's screwing the party.

Leo.

He's screwing the party and using this administration to do it.