Campaign optics and loyalty: Sam Seaborn's political survival versus media exposure and practical collapse of his campaign, and Toby Ziegler's choice to prioritize personal/political loyalty (stewardship of message and of Sam) over short‑term spin.
Campaign optics and loyalty: Sam Seaborn's political survival versus media exposure and practical collapse of his campaign, and Toby Ziegler's choice to prioritize personal/political loyalty (stewardship of message and of Sam) over short‑term spin.
Events in This Arc
A television newscast abruptly makes the Bitanga incident personal by naming the three captured Marines — Lance Corporals John Halley and Raymond Rowe and PFC Herman Hernandez — and reporting …
In a dim Orange County bar, Toby quietly anchors a despondent Sam — admitting defeat but refusing to abandon him — and they share a tender, loyal embrace. Their private …