Debate Prep Staff

The debate prep staff react audibly—applauding Bartlet's initial line and then vocalizing concern—serving as immediate audience barometer for tone and energy.

Debate Prep Staff (including Larry) set the question's frame, react audibly—applauding and later saying 'Whoa'—and deliver the pragmatic critique that the President's line must be recast to avoid alienating voters.

The Debate Prep Staff applaud Bartlet's initial rebuke then audibly react with concern when he uses language that could alienate voters; they supply on-the-spot political feedback and suggested phrasing.

The Debate Prep Staff provide the chorus for the song, creating the social background and elegiac mood that allows the quieter strategic exchange to feel weightier and communal.

The Debate Prep Staff (represented by the named singers) lead the group in singing 'Gaudeamus igitur,' creating a communal, slightly elegiac backdrop that frames the subsequent tactical conversation.

The Debate Prep Staff provide the choral opening: they sing Gaudeamus igitur together, creating the scene's humanizing, slightly elegiac texture and providing the cue for the subsequent strategic exchange.

The collective staffers, previously relaxed after dinner, immediately reorient from socializing to work—responding to Josh's call, accepting assignments, and dispersing into task groups with varying levels of urgency.