I think we made a mistake.
What?
Letting the President step aside.
Have you been watching CNN, MSNBC? Even FOX is treating it as a seminar on the resiliency of the Constitution.
The President's daughter is probably tied up in the back of a gas station. We have no idea how this is playing.
He showed he's a leader, nobly embracing his own flawed humanity.
Lincoln and Kennedy had children who died. They didn't take a sabbatical.
Who's been calling?
Congressional leadership.
Lincoln never got a ransom note from Jefferson Davis. He's putting country before family. I'd carpet bomb Mecca to get my kids back.
What if they like Walken better? What if he seems more presidential? What if they want Walken to stay?
In a few days, President Bartlet turns the second letter over to Congress.
What if it doesn't take a few days? What if it takes a few weeks, a few months? What if she's never found?
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