Senior staff's (Toby, Leo, Josh) frustrated paranoia and internal debate over authorizing covert blind polling via Joey Lucas to gauge public MS tolerance, balancing leak risks against strategic necessity amid cover-up vulnerabilities.
Senior staff's (Toby, Leo, Josh) frustrated paranoia and internal debate over authorizing covert blind polling via Joey Lucas to gauge public MS tolerance, balancing leak risks against strategic necessity amid cover-up vulnerabilities.
Events in This Arc
In Leo's office, Toby and Josh urgently demand polling to assess public reaction to Bartlet's MS cover-up—debating perceptions of physical unfitness versus outright deception. Leo resists overt polls until press …
In the bustling National Airport terminal, Josh intercepts Joey Lucas and her interpreter Dale, brusquely dismissing Dale to secure total privacy amid the crowd. He reveals the explosive secret: President …
Josh briefs Leo that pollster Joey Lucas has agreed to a blind poll framing Bartlet's MS as a Michigan governor's undisclosed illness, securing Leo's cautious approval. Josh raises the Justice …
Sam and Toby enter the White House basement via the code word 'Sagittarius,' joining Josh, C.J., Joey, and Kenny in tense anticipation, downplaying dire polls amid Toby's betraying sigh. Bartlet …
In Leo's cluttered office, Toby presses for an immediate strategy talk on the MS announcement amid uncertainty over Bartlet's future, while Josh confronts Toby over telling Donna. Brief tobacco litigation …