Allen

unsure timid inexperienced defensive

Allen participates in the early New Hampshire campaign, presenting a new tourism slogan, 'New Hampshire. It's what's new.' His awkward delivery highlights his inexperience and uncertainty. Despite trying to connect the slogan to tourist attractions like foliage tours and snowmobiling, he struggles under Governor Bartlet's sharp critique, revealing the pressures of political pitching. This encounter underscores Allen's role as a junior strategist in a pivotal campaign moment.

2 appearances

Political Campaigning

Allen's Journey

A timeline through the narrative

2 moments

S3E9 · Bartlet for America (Restructured)

Bartlet Shreds Unprepared Tourism Slogan Pitch

Unsure and progressively deflated, laced with guilty embarrassment

Allen whips the cover off the posterboard to reveal the slogan, stammers defenses linking it to tourism revenue from foliage and snowmobiling, admits ignorance on goggles costs, stands deflated as …

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S3E9 · Bartlet for America (Restructured)

Leo Drops the 'Bartlet for America' Napkin Bombshell

Unsure and deflated under scrutiny

Allen stands deflated after unveiling the posterboard with the slogan 'New Hampshire. It's what's new!', awkwardly defending tourism strategies like foliage ads and snowmobiling revenue amid Bartlet's joking interruptions, exiting …

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