Pennsylvania (U.S. state — jurisdictional atmosphere)

Pennsylvania is similarly invoked to enumerate Laurie’s informal geographic freedoms — a hard-edged comparator Laurie's uses to undermine any threat of federal prosecution and to emphasize gritty independence.

Pennsylvania is similarly invoked by Laurie as another non-DC jurisdiction where different rules apply; it's used to emphasize the practical limits of federal authority and her lived mobility across jurisdictions.

Invoked by Bruno as swing-state jugular where timed tobacco assaults could flip GOP incumbents; Josh's leak evaporates this factory-suburban battleground's potential, throbbing in rebuke as lost election-maker.

Invoked as Congressman Royce's home state in Toby's urgent summons, framing Pennsylvania as the electoral battleground whose GOP representative holds veto-sustaining votes, amplifying the high-risk pivot's swing-state stakes amid override frenzy.

Explicitly invoked as Congressman Robert Royce's home state in Toby's urgent phone summons, framing the bipartisan outreach to a key swing-state Republican whose bloc could salvage the estate tax veto amid Democratic defections and override frenzy.

Pennsylvania emerges as the volatile flashpoint via Toby's briefing on Ritchie's referendum endorsement, its swing-state volatility weaponized to demand Bartlet's response, threading heartland policy into airborne strategy amid Iowa's roar.

Toby spotlights Pennsylvania as epicenter of Ritchie's referendum ploy, its swing-state factories and suburbs invoked to dramatize policy faultline demanding Bartlet's swing—narrative pivot amplifying Iowa stakes via offscreen volatility.

Pennsylvania invoked as volatile flashpoint via Ritchie's referendum endorsement, fueling Toby's briefing and Bartlet's deflection, embodying swing-state stakes that demand response in primary posturing.