A personal/interpersonal rupture between the President and Vice President (Hoynes) over tone, responsibility and ambition is inflamed by press scrutiny and rumor of a leak — reputations and institutional trust are on the line.
A personal/interpersonal rupture between the President and Vice President (Hoynes) over tone, responsibility and ambition is inflamed by press scrutiny and rumor of a leak — reputations and institutional trust are on the line.
Events in This Arc
Vice President Hoynes begins the Roosevelt Room cabinet meeting by laying down a procedural, Congress‑centric tone—urging collaboration and discipline. When President Bartlet arrives he gently, then pointedly, exposes Hoynes' wording …
C.J. is ushered into the Oval by Mrs. Landingham to deliver a quiet but explosive correction: the cabinet‑meeting leak did not come from Vice President Hoynes but from Mildred, the …
Vice President Hoynes arrives at the Oval to demand his name be cleared after a leak; their exchange is ostensibly about sources but quickly becomes personal. Hoynes insists he wasn’t …