Toby's Note on Kevin Kahn's AP Quote

Toby grips the note tight in his office's charged hush, pink ball bouncing as signal while eyes rake across Kevin Kahn's leaked AP barb—Ritchie's aide venomously twists Bartlet's Everglades plan into a sugar farmer slaughter, unemployment doom fueling 'What's Bartlet hiding?' ads that scorch screens. Sam leans in, Josh nods terse approval, the paper's stark print unleashing ruthless counterstrike blueprints amid Toby's desk chaos.

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Purpose

Physical record of Kevin Kahn's AP quote leaking Ritchie's false Everglades attack for White House senior staff review and tactical response

Significance

Ignites Toby, Sam, and Josh's high-stakes blame-shift plot, weaponizing the leak's distortion against Ritchie's campaign while exposing Democratic pragmatism's razor edge in legislative warfare

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S3E21 · Posse Comitatus

Toby and Sam Plot Blame-Shifting Counterstrike Against Ritchie's Everglades Leak

Toby grips and reads aloud from this note containing Kevin Kahn's leaked AP quote, which twists Bartlet's Everglades plan into an economic assault on sugar farmers; it ignites the counterstrategy discussion, transforming raw intelligence into actionable partisan retaliation.

Before: Held by Toby on desk amid office clutter

After: Discarded or set aside in Toby's office post-reading

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