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Democratic Strategists' Notebooks

Sam's fist slams portfolio shut, eyes drilling Hanson and Phillips—'Close them!' Notebooks clap like guillotines, dog-eared pages crammed with Wetland-Hutchinson contingencies folding into silence, frantic ink trails of party panic extinguished as Bartlet's untouchable reign reasserts in Roosevelt Room's charged hush.

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Purpose

Recording notes during confidential political strategy sessions

Significance

Sam brandishes their abrupt closure to slaughter successor speculation, forging unbreachable loyalty to Bartlet amid MS-driven reelection terror and pragmatist revolt.

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S2E22 · Two Cathedrals

Sam Abruptly Shuts Down Bartlet Successor Speculation

Sam's portfolio snaps shut first as symbolic thunder, followed by commanded closure of strategists' dog-eared notebooks crammed with successor contingencies—Wetland, Hutchinson notes folding into silenced stacks, embodying abrupt termination of disloyal speculation and loyalty's victory over pragmatism.

Before: Open on table, filled with frantic contingency notes during active debate

After: Snapped shut and closed, silenced amid tension as Sam exits

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