Scene 2 Flashcards
Hartford? What’s in Hartford?
Richard Reynolds’ district office. She’s thinking of running his campaign. Hartford. The insurance capital of the world. Have a good time, Syd.
Listen. I’m gonna have Janie clear your schedule for the weekend. You need to get some rest.
You handling me, A.J.?
No, sir.
Good.
But I sure as hell will if you don’t start gettin’ your head outta your ass.
Excuse me.
Lewis is right. Go after this guy.
Has he lied?
What?
Has Rumson lied in the last seven weeks?
Has he lied?
Other than not knowing the difference between Harvard and Stanford, has he said something that isn’t true. Am I not a Commander-in-Chief who’s never served in the military? Am I not opposed to a Constitutional amendment against flag burning? Am I not an unmarried father who was sharing a bed with a liberal lobbyist down the hall from my twelve-year-old daughter?
And you think you’re wrong?
I don’t think you win elections by telling 59 percent of the people that they are.
We don’t fight the fights we can win.
Don’t–
You fight the fights that need fighting!
Is the view pretty good from the cheap seats, A.J.?
I beg your pardon.
It occurs to me that in 25 years I’ve never seen your name on a ballot. Why have you always been standing a pace behind me?
Because if I hadn’t been, you’d be the most popular history professor at the University of Wisconsin.
Fuck you. Have Lewis put the final drafts of the State of the Union and the Crime Bill announcement on my desk in the morning.
Yes, sir.
If Mary hadn’t died…would we have won three years ago?
Would we have won?
If we’d had to go through a character debate three years ago, would we have won.
I don’t know. But I would’ve liked that campaign. If my friend Andy Shepherd had shown up, I would have liked that campaign.
Yeah.
