AMA
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The AMA is invoked as the planned public forum and the temporal locus for Stackhouse's potential response. It functions as both opportunity and trap—its prestige amplifies statements, making any provocation likely to reach national audiences and to compel presidential attention.
Not directly depicted but implied as high-profile, media-attention-ready, and policy-focused.
Stage for potential public confrontation and the strategic decision being debated.
Embodies the public forum where private political calculations are exposed to national scrutiny.
Public, professional audience of medical and media figures; controlled but high-profile access.
The AMA is referenced as the public stage where Stackhouse might respond; as a professional medical venue it amplifies policy arguments and shapes audiences (doctors, press), making it a high-leverage site for rhetorical theater or political traps.
Implied: formal, media-attended, focused on professional credibility and public scrutiny.
Stage for public confrontation and the proposed platform for Stackhouse's speech.
Symbolizes a neutral-seeming forum that can be weaponized for political theater.
Public/press-accessible event; not controlled by Stackhouse's office alone.
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In Senator Stackhouse's office a tactical debate becomes a loyalty trial. Susan publicly accuses Amy of serving "two masters" — invoking her White House ties — and demands Stackhouse hit …
In Stackhouse's office a tactical fight over optics becomes personal. Susan urges the Senator to use an AMA speech to force Ritchie's needle-exchange hypocrisy into the open; Stackhouse is tempted …