Object
Washington Post Editorial Slamming West Wing Inefficiency
Leo thrusts forward this creased Washington Post editorial page, its dense columns lacerating White House chaos—abandoned schedules piling up, West Wing derided as 'high school yearbook office,' Leo himself pilloried as 'substitute teacher'—newsprint edges curling under his grip as staff flinching eyes scan the indictments.
3 appearances
Purpose
Delivers blistering printed criticism of administrative disarray to enforce briefing reforms via two-page initialed summaries.
Significance
Ignites Leo's iron discipline amid Oval Office frenzy, humanizing Bartlet's aspirin desperation while exposing ratification-strain fractures—pivots comic overload to resolute execution.
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