Interpersonal Conflict
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President Bartlet's internal moral obsession with defeating local rival Elliot Roush versus staff's push for national House strategy
President Bartlet's internal moral obsession with defeating local rival Elliot Roush versus staff's push for national House strategy
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Events in This Arc
S2E3 · The Midterms
Bartlet's Roush Obsession Ignites Staff Friction
In the President's bedroom, Bartlet obsessively fixates on Elliot Roush's 46% poll surge in a tiny school district board race, commissioning polls and arguing its insidious national threat via local …
S2E3 · The Midterms
Bartlet's Confession and Reluctant Democratic Concession
In the President's bedroom, Bartlet confesses to C.J. that retaking the House isn't his focus—his moral outrage fixates on opponent Elliot Roush polling at 53% in a New Hampshire school …