Sam Seaborn and Toby Ziegler challenge campaign strategists Bruno Gianelli and Connie Tate over exploiting Buckley v. Valeo loopholes for unregulated soft-money 'issue ads,' debating ethical boundaries between pragmatic fundraising and principled campa...
Sam Seaborn and Toby Ziegler challenge campaign strategists Bruno Gianelli and Connie Tate over exploiting Buckley v. Valeo loopholes for unregulated soft-money 'issue ads,' debating ethical boundaries between pragmatic fundraising and principled campaigning.
Events in This Arc
In the Roosevelt Room, idealist Sam Seaborn challenges pragmatic strategists Bruno Gianelli and Connie Tate on their grasp of the campaign's core discussion—likely soft-money tactics clashing with Bartlet's principles. Sam …
In the Roosevelt Room, Bruno and Connie aggressively pitch a campaign finance loophole from Buckley v. Valeo, enabling 'issue ads' funded by soft money if they avoid 'magic words' like …
Bruno and Connie pitch 'magic words' to disguise candidate ads as unregulated issue ads, skirting campaign finance laws. Sam denounces it as a scam, but Bruno's fiery rant exposes Democratic …
Under the shroud of night, Sam's motorcade races up to the White House gates, screeching to a halt. The driven idealist Sam Seaborn leaps out with palpable urgency, striding purposefully …
In a torrential downpour outside Dupont Towers, idealistic Sam confronts treacherous Kahn over the leaked attack ad, shoving him in raw betrayal-fueled rage. Kahn scoffs, unveiling his deep-seated grudge from …