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[Bartlet stands alone in the Oval Office, in the middle of a raging storm. The back door suddenly flies open]Bartlet: God damn it...Mrs. Landingham![Mrs. Landingham suddenly walks through the main door of the Oval Office]Mrs. Landingham: I really wish you wouldn't shout, Mr. President.[Bartlet stares at her for a few seconds]Bartlet: The door keeps blowing open.Mrs. Landingham: You could have used the intercom to call me, you know.Bartlet: I know, but I didn't want to-Mrs. Landingham: You didn't want to, or you didn't know how?Bartlet: It's not that I don't know how. It's just that I haven't learned yet.[Pause. Mrs. Landingham smiles at him]Bartlett: I have MS, and I didn't tell anybody.Mrs. Landingham: Yeah. So, you're having a little bit of a day.Bartlett: You're going to make jokes?Mrs. Landingham: God doesn't make cars crash and you know it. Stop using me as an excuse.Bartlett: The Party's not going to want me to run.Mrs. Landingham: The Party'll come back. You'll get them back.Bartlett: I've got a secret for you, Mrs. Landingham, I've never been the most popular man in the Democratic Party.Mrs. Landingham: I've got a secret for you, Mr. President. Your father was a prick who could never get over the fact that he wasn't as smart as his brothers. Are you in a tough spot? Yes. Do I feel sorry for you? I do not. Why? Because there are people way worse off than you.Bartlett: Give me numbers.Mrs. Landingham: I don't know numbers. You give them to me.Bartlett: How about a child born this minute has one in five chances of being born into poverty?Mrs. Landingham: How many Americans don't have health insurance?Bartlett: 44 million.Mrs. Landingham: What's the number one cause of death for black men under 35?Bartlett: Homicide.Mrs. Landingham: How many Americans are behind bars?Bartlett: Three million.Mrs. Landingham: How many Americans are drug addicts?Bartlett: Five million.Mrs. Landingham: And one in five kids in poverty?Bartlett: That's thirteen million American children. 3.5 million kids go to schools that are literally falling apart. We need 127 billion in school construction, and we need it today!Mrs. Landingham: To say nothing of 53 people trapped in an embassy.Bartlett: Yes.Mrs. Landingham: You know, if you don't want to run again, I respect that. [stands up] But if you don't run 'cause you think it's gonna be too hard or you think you're gonna lose - well, God, Jed, I don't even want to know you.

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