Wade

Congressman Wade barrels into Leo's orbit as MS news detonates, charting doom for House Democrats' seats in a reelection bloodbath. Throat-tight warnings forecast campaigns exiled to the Rose Garden, his raw plea—'strongly consider not running'—clashing blind party fealty against brutal survival math. Probing Leo on Bartlet's resolve, Wade crystallizes congressional panic, frontline voice demanding presidential sacrifice amid White House defiance and policy edges over Republicans.