Organizational competence and media optics (C.J.'s slip / press management) vs. institutional control — Leo mobilizes staged legislative optics to contain a gaffe and to punish political hypocrisy.
Organizational competence and media optics (C.J.'s slip / press management) vs. institutional control — Leo mobilizes staged legislative optics to contain a gaffe and to punish political hypocrisy.
Events in This Arc
After deflecting a tough question about the F.E.C. by admitting it’s more rhetorical than substantive, C.J. abruptly ends the late‑night briefing. At the door she signals for Jack — a …
A personnel hiccup softens — Joey Lucas has left Kiefer — but the room instantly pivots when Josh reports that C.J. 'misspoke' at the briefing, incorrectly framing the President's F.E.C. …
Leo engineers a two‑pronged political maneuver: he quietly arranges for Toby to meet his ex‑wife — a powerful House Democrat on campaign‑finance/ethics — while instructing Margaret to corral seven specific …