Cal

Cal materializes in the Oval Office's pressure cooker as President Bartlet's steady policy sounding board, parrying the President's fiery indictment of property-tax school funding—a vicious circle dooming poor districts to perpetual decay. He counters with crisp resolve, demanding 'we're going to do something about it,' then extracts himself with polite precision, 'No, sir. Thank you,' vanishing as Leo McGarry barrels in. This neutral navigator threads equity idealism through MS cover-up chaos, embodying White House staffers who absorb Bartlet's passions without buckling.