Brentwood
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Brentwood is invoked as the site of a DCCC outside fundraising event that pressures the President's scheduling and highlights how donor demands intersect with crisis decision-making.
Domestic, politically transactional (referenced), a world away from the violence discussed.
Political event location that creates scheduling conflicts and demonstrates the cost calculus of intervention.
Represents the lure of political capital and the narrow calculus that competes with humanitarian choices.
A donor event, effectively restricted to political insiders (implied).
Brentwood is referenced as the California fundraising event location that anchors the domestic scheduling dispute, providing the counterpoint of politics to the international crisis.
Portrayed as affluent, politically transactional—an environment oriented to donors and optics rather than moral urgency.
Domestic political theater whose scheduling pressures initially dominate the President's calendar.
Embodies the temptation of partisan politics and fundraising priorities in tension with humanitarian crises.
A donor event controlled by party operatives (D‑triple‑C/DCCC); not publicly open.
Brentwood is invoked earlier as the site of a domestic fundraising event that competes for the President's time; it helps dramatize the political cost of Bartlet's pivot to military action.
Evokes calm donor sociality in contrast to battlefield urgency.
Domestic political obligation and scheduling pressure.
Represents the lure of political convenience and fundraising priorities that Bartlet temporarily sacrifices.
Restricted to political donors and DCCC organizers (implied).
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