The West Wing, Season Six

Toby:
We're fumbling. Our diplomatic strategy is a game of telephone.

Bartlet:
Read the coverage. We're doing fine.

Toby:
Today, sure, and the second day's story is how you pulled it off. But the third-day story is that Congress doesn't want to pay, that our coalition's fraying, that the spokes are coming off the wheels-

Bartlet:
It's a couple of days. This was totally unexpected.

Toby:
No, it wasn't. Not with Leo's history with alcohol, with pills. Mr. President, surely you had a process in place.

Bartlet:
Not for this. You think we'd even be doing this without him?

Toby:
No, sir, but Leo is one person and there are 290 million more and they come first.