The White House's high‑stakes gamble over launching and framing a national poll — a fight over exact wording, timing, and operational execution that threatens the administration's messaging, staff reputations, and public standing.
The White House's high‑stakes gamble over launching and framing a national poll — a fight over exact wording, timing, and operational execution that threatens the administration's messaging, staff reputations, and public standing.
Events in This Arc
In a pressure-cooker bullpen at 7:05 p.m., the communications team erupts over semantic quibbles and clock time while a higher-stakes decision simmers. Toby rails about the asymmetry of question six …
An anxious, private moment between C.J. and Josh crystallizes the episode's stakes: the sealed poll results arrive by courier, but an offhand, cryptic warning from Joey reframes the data as …
C.J. arrives in the Oval with the top-sheet poll and delivers a surprising payoff: the campaign has jumped nine points. The room — taut with speculative banter, policy-schmoozing and a …