The West Wing, Season Five

Josh:
I think we made a mistake.

Donna:
What?

Josh:
Letting the President step aside.

Will:
Have you been watching CNN, MSNBC? Even FOX is treating it as a seminar on the resiliency of the Constitution.

Josh:
The President's daughter is probably tied up in the back of a gas station. We have no idea how this is playing.

Will:
He showed he's a leader, nobly embracing his own flawed humanity.

Josh:
Lincoln and Kennedy had children who died. They didn't take a sabbatical.

Toby:
Who's been calling?

Josh:
Congressional leadership.

Toby:
Lincoln never got a ransom note from Jefferson Davis. He's putting country before family. I'd carpet bomb Mecca to get my kids back.

Josh:
What if they like Walken better? What if he seems more presidential? What if they want Walken to stay?

Will:
In a few days, President Bartlet turns the second letter over to Congress.

Josh:
What if it doesn't take a few days? What if it takes a few weeks, a few months? What if she's never found?