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South Shore of Lake Michigan

Air Force One shudders through Midwest turbulence, pilot's steady voice charting path over Wheeling, Toledo, then South Shore of Lake Michigan—vast waters churn below, gnawing at urban fringes where distant lights pierce steel-gray expanse and winds scour unseen dunes. C.J. stumbles amid flickering cabin gloom, grip tightening as shoreline's liquid frontier amplifies personal strain against Iowa caucus thunder, propelling staff through nature's indifferent gauntlet toward electoral brink.

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S3E12 · The Two Bartlets

CNN Kicks Off Iowa Caucuses, Spotting Ritchie's Surge

South Shore of Lake Michigan charted as waypoint, its churning waters gnawing urban edges below, heightening natural defiance against the campaign's human dramas.

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Liquid frontier amplifying strain

Functional Role

Mid-flight geographic marker

Symbolic Significance

Nature's indifferent gauntlet

Wind-scoured dunes unseen Chill expanse overflown

S3E12 · The Two Bartlets

C.J.'s Exasperated Father Call Amid Turbulence

Vast watery frontier invoked in Gantry's path—South Shore of Lake Michigan—churning indifferently below as cabin jolts underscore nature's defiance against campaign haste.

Atmosphere

Indifferent and expansive

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Geographic overflight boundary

Symbolic Significance

Nature's uncaring scale vs. human urgency

Churning waters Wind-scoured dunes

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S3E12 · The Two Bartlets

CNN Kicks Off Iowa Caucuses, Spotting Ritchie's Surge

Moments after takeoff, a CNN broadcast on Air Force One's TV heralds Iowa's presidential primaries: unchallenged Bartlet heads to Cedar Rapids for the Democratic caucus, while Republican front-runner Ritchie launches …

S3E12 · The Two Bartlets

C.J.'s Exasperated Father Call Amid Turbulence

Aboard Air Force One shortly after takeoff for Iowa, C.J. Cregg endures a fretful phone call from her father, patiently reassuring him about her day-trip schedule while masking growing exasperation …