Everglades National Park
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Events with rich location context
Everglades is cited as a factual example—Bartlet uses its ecological character (largest remaining subtropical wilderness and mangrove forests) to display expertise and deepen his credibility as a steward of land.
Evoked as dense, humid, and biologically significant—an image that clarifies why parks merit protection.
Illustrative case supporting the moral claim for conservation.
Embodies fragile ecological value that demands federal attention.
Everglades National Park is invoked verbally by Bartlet as a rhetorical and humanizing image; the park anecdote interrupts the policy beat and reveals the President's habit of turning policy talk into personal, evocative detail.
Not physically present but conjured as lush and expansive through Bartlet's language, softening the political tone.
Thematic backdrop and rhetorical device used to humanize and moralize the policy conversation.
Represents stewardship and the President's tendency to connect policy to place and care.
Everglades National Park anchors the pitch as the plan's urgent beneficiary—largest subtropical wilderness in the low 48, dying from sugar pollution—framed as presidential legacy play with $8B restoration of water flows and wildlife, transforming environmental crisis into Florida electoral weapon.
Murky, polluted urgency invoked through dialogue
Central policy target and narrative hook
Emblem of neglected environmental heartland redeemable for political gain
Everglades invoked in hallway coda as Jane and Muriel's rejected $8B restoration pitch targeting Ritchie's subsidies, Toby presses Sam to reconsider its Florida-swing potential, transforming environmental policy into election subtext.
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Campaign policy flashpoint discussed remotely
Symbolizes polluted battleground for political evisceration
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The Everglades emerges as the contentious policy heart of Toby's hallway rebuke, invoked as the object of Jane and Muriel's dismissed $8 billion restoration blueprint—its polluted wilderness symbolizes untapped campaign ammunition, pulling Sam from scandal-scarred caution into potential advocacy.
Evoked as a vast, threatened subtropical expanse fueling junior staff passion
Central topic of policy debate and handoff
Emblem of environmental urgency clashing with electoral pragmatism
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At 1:30 A.M. in the Oval Office, President Bartlet sidesteps the night's crises to launch an exuberant, nerdy lecture on national parks while a weary Josh tries to escape. Bartlet …
In the Outer Oval, a tired, wry exchange about a late‑night Parks conversation is shattered by President Bartlet's triumphant entrance: he has beaten the Banking Lobby. The moment functions as …
In Sam's office, Jane and Muriel probe his post-scandal mindset—he curtly claims to have moved on—before unveiling an audacious $8 billion Everglades restoration plan funded by axing sugar subsidies, Ritchie's …
In the Roosevelt Room, Toby ignites a strategic huddle, warning that sharing space with rival Ritchie at a high-profile Shakespeare gala elevates the Governor while diminishing Bartlet. Josh frets over …
As the Roosevelt Room meeting adjourns, Toby pulls Sam into the hallway for a private word, confronting him about brusquely dismissing Jane and Muriel's Everglades environmental proposal the day before. …