The Midterms

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As one of the President's staff recovers from bullet wounds, the rest of the team pushes on to the "mid-term" congressional elections in November -- but as C.J. deflects press requests on how the assassination attempt has affected the mood in the White House, she knows that nearly everyone bears psychological scars in its aftermath. In particular, Charlie is affected when he learns more about the shooting and reacts coldly both to Bartlet and Zoey. For his part, Toby surveys the President's newfound popularity in the polls and proposes that the administration pursue a course that would turn up the heat on extremist groups while Sam convinces a friend to run for Congress after the death of a current congressman. Elsewhere, Bartlet is obsessed with an obscure school board election in New Hampshire for purely personal reasons.

Contents 1 Summary 2 Cast 2.1 Starring 2.2 Guest Stars 2.3 Co-Starring 3 Trivia 4 Goofs 5 Quotes 6 References

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[edit] Cast

[edit] Starring

• Rob Lowe as Sam Seaborn
• Dulé Hill as Charlie Young
• Allison Janney as C.J. Cregg
• Janel Moloney as Donna Moss
• Richard Schiff as Toby Ziegler
• John Spencer as Leo McGarry
• Bradley Whitford as Josh Lyman
• and Martin Sheen as Jed Bartlet

[edit] Guest Stars

• Elisabeth Moss as Zoey Bartlet
• Claire Yarlett as Dr. Jenna Jacobs
• Rebecca Creskoff as Sarah Jordan
• Jamie Denton as Tom Jordan
• NiCole Robinson as Margaret Hooper
• Alfonso Freeman as Andrew Mackintosh

[edit] Co-Starring

• Myles Killpatrick as Jeffery Mackintosh
• Franc Ross as Sonny Saunders
• Jesse Corti as Dave Stewart
• Melissa Fitzgerald as Carol Fitzpatrick
• Devika Parikh as Bonnie
• Kim Webster as Ginger
• Peter James Smith as Ed
• William Duffy as Larry
• Alan McRae as Gary with a "G"

[edit] Trivia

President Bartlet criticizes a religious fundamentalist radio talk show host named Jenna Jacobs' with his detailed knowledge of scripture. The segment was adopted from a famous internet chain letter allegedly sent to Dr. Laura Schlessinger, on who the Jacobs character was based, and several of Bartlet's questions are identical to the questions posed in the letter. [1]

[edit] Goofs

This episode clearly dates the events of the previous episodes as having taken place the previous week in August 2000. But in the Series Two Episode "17 People" Toby says these events happened in May.

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Toby Ziegler: Why does it feel like this? I've seen shootings before.

President Josiah Bartlet: This wasn't a shooting, Toby, it was a lynching. They tried to lynch Charlie right in front of our eyes. Can you believe it?

[edit] References

"The West Wing" The Midterms (2000)

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