Stoop Cat

Donna invokes Stoop Cat in a metaphor on Air Force One's hallway while debating Charlie over President Bartlet's tie superstition. She proposes throwing the notion that the tie influenced his debate performance 'on the stoop' to see if the cat licks it up, framing the animal as a test for baseless ideas. This reference underscores Donna's push for pragmatism against ritualistic anxiety, using the cat to symbolize indifferent validation amid staff tensions before the debate.