Advisors

deferential disciplined efficient professional

Advisors pack Air Force One's presidential cabin, dissecting foreign aid budgets under Bartlet's pragmatic gaze, defections looming like storm clouds over cloture votes. Gratitude erupts—'Thank you, Mr. President'—as they file out in lockstep, vacuuming fiscal friction to yield space for Toby's Ritchie assault. These White House operatives grind idealism against electoral steel, their exits accelerating from policy crucibles to Iowa caucus infernos, deference masking the machinery propelling Bartlet's re-election forge.

3 appearances

Also known as: Everyone

Advisors's Journey

A timeline through the narrative

3 moments

S3E12 · The Two Bartlets

Iowa Caucuses Launch Amid Toby's Ritchie Response Push

Grateful and relieved

Collectively thanks Bartlet in unison and files out of the cabin post-meeting, deferentially clearing the space for Toby's private briefing.

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S3E12 · The Two Bartlets

Toby Presses Cautious Bartlet to Counter Ritchie Aggressively

Grateful and dutiful

Thank President in unison and file out of cabin post-budget discussion, creating private space for Toby's high-stakes intrusion and shifting scene from fiscal to electoral combat.

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S3E12 · The Two Bartlets

Bartlet Ends Aid Meeting, Deflects Toby's Ritchie Push

Relieved deference after tense fiscal wrangling

Advisors huddle in the presidential cabin dissecting budgets under Bartlet's gaze, collectively express gratitude with 'Thank you, Mr. President' upon dismissal, filing out in disciplined unison to clear space for …

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Affiliation

Senate Democrats