Kiefer's flag‑amendment pitch (poll-driven, numbers-first politics) against the President and staff's commitment to rhetorical and moral integrity — the temptation to trade principle for swing voters vs. the cost of legitimizing a culture-war fight.
Kiefer's flag‑amendment pitch (poll-driven, numbers-first politics) against the President and staff's commitment to rhetorical and moral integrity — the temptation to trade principle for swing voters vs. the cost of legitimizing a culture-war fight.
Events in This Arc
Onboard Air Force One the administration's brittle equilibrium snaps taut: Bartlet casually announces the ethanol tax-credit is a razor-thin 50-50, Sam urges last-minute calls and is rebuffed by the President's …
At a tense Los Angeles lunch, Al Kiefer delivers a hard-edged, data-first sales pitch urging President Bartlet to publicly back a constitutional amendment against flag burning as the shortcut to …
In a tense, late-night confrontation in the study, President Bartlet refuses donor Ted Marcus's demand that he publicly threaten a veto on an anti-gay bill as a symbolic gesture. Bartlet …