Domestic political messaging and electoral optics: the White House's attempt to defend and roll out a principled tax counterproposal (and protect Sam McGarry) versus Republican messaging, media placement, and local campaign strategy that threaten to tu...
Domestic political messaging and electoral optics: the White House's attempt to defend and roll out a principled tax counterproposal (and protect Sam McGarry) versus Republican messaging, media placement, and local campaign strategy that threaten to turn principle into electoral liability.
Events in This Arc
On Air Force One at night a television bulletin cuts through the flight's hush: CNN teases an upcoming GOP roll‑out of an $800 billion tax‑cut, and Senator Alan Broderick frames …
In the hallway backstage, an offhand security update detonates into a political emergency: Debbie tells Bartlet Toby and Charlie have been arrested after a Newport Beach bar altercation. Simultaneously Sam …
Backstage, Nancy alerts Bartlet that Sam is about to introduce him. In a quiet, grounding moment the President chats with a young lieutenant—asking his age—before stepping into the glare. Sam …