Danny Concannon's Copy of the Old Education Speech Draft

Tucked away in Danny Concannon's possession, this sheaf of pages bears the scrawled revisions and cautious prose of President Bartlet's discarded education policy draft—staunchly conservative lines now clashing with the administration's radical pivot. In Air Force One's shadowed hallway, Carol's confession detonates panic: retrieval succeeds everywhere but here, C.J.'s body recoiling as the absent document metastasizes into crisis, Danny's unseen grip amplifying every unretrieved word into peril.

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S2E7 · The Portland Trip

C.J. Stunned: Danny Still Holds Speech Draft

Danny Concannon's copy of the old education speech draft emerges as the pivotal unretrieved exception in Carol's report, transforming a routine confirmation into crisis; it embodies the lingering conservative rhetoric threatening Bartlet's radical pivot, amplifying C.J.'s high-stakes media containment battle.

Before: In Danny Concannon's possession, unretrieved from press packets

After: Still securely held by Danny Concannon, posing ongoing leak risk

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S2E7 · The Portland Trip

Toby Overrides C.J. and Reclaims the Speech Draft

Danny's copy of the old, conservative education speech draft serves as a teasing bargaining chip against C.J., but Toby fabricates Sam's rejection of it to retrieve the document effortlessly; Danny confirms non-reading before handover, enabling Toby's secure exit and neutralizing leak risk amid brewing policy pivots.

Before: Held by Danny in press area seat as teasing tool

After: In Toby's possession as he exits press area toward staff sections

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