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Aurora, Illinois

Pilot's voice cuts through Air Force One's hum, plotting Midwest course over Aurora, Illinois—Wheeling fades, Toledo blurs, Lake Michigan gleams ahead to Cedar Rapids caucuses. Turbulence bucks the cabin, lights stutter, C.J. stumbles mid-call, paternal frets clashing with jetstream roar; beneath, the city streaks unseen, a primary-season pulse fueling Bartlet's unchallenged surge amid flickering shadows and gathering electoral gales.

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S3E12 · The Two Bartlets

CNN Kicks Off Iowa Caucuses, Spotting Ritchie's Surge

Aurora, Illinois announced pre-final approach, streaking beneath as turbulence persists, pulsing primary-season undercurrent into the airborne tense.

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Fleeting suburban streak in flight narrative

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Pre-descent waypoint

City pulse during cabin flicker Illinois heartland transition

S3E12 · The Two Bartlets

C.J.'s Exasperated Father Call Amid Turbulence

Pre-final waypoint over Aurora, Illinois, plotted by pilot amid flickering chaos, its streaking pulse below fuels Bartlet's Iowa surge as personal tensions snap.

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Fleeting primary pulse

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Late-stage navigation cue

City streak below Gathering gales

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S3E12 · The Two Bartlets

CNN Kicks Off Iowa Caucuses, Spotting Ritchie's Surge

Moments after takeoff, a CNN broadcast on Air Force One's TV heralds Iowa's presidential primaries: unchallenged Bartlet heads to Cedar Rapids for the Democratic caucus, while Republican front-runner Ritchie launches …

S3E12 · The Two Bartlets

C.J.'s Exasperated Father Call Amid Turbulence

Aboard Air Force One shortly after takeoff for Iowa, C.J. Cregg endures a fretful phone call from her father, patiently reassuring him about her day-trip schedule while masking growing exasperation …