West Wing Portico Capital Beat Monitor

Television screen blazes in the West Wing portico's tense daylight hush, Capital Beat's live firestorm erupting across its glowing face—Ainsley Hayes eviscerates Sam's textbook blunder with razor-sharp corrections on Kirkwood and curriculum realities. Bartlet rivets his gaze, fingers pausing mid-gesture as her command seizes him, Leo's skepticism hanging unanswered while Charlie and Mrs. Landingham hover, C.J. drawn into the magnetic pull.

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S2E4 · In This White House

Portico Decision: Bartlet Commits to Hiring Ainsley Hayes

Implicitly recalled via Bartlet's vivid recount of Ainsley's live Capital Beat demolition of Sam—Portico monitor's prior glow haunts decision, catalyzing recruitment as intellectual beacon amid Nimbala's despair.

Before: Off-air from previous night

After: Evocative memory propelling action

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