Bartlet

Bartlet is wondering whether to strongly take on the issue of campaign finance reform by his appointments to the Federal Election Commission (F.E.C.).

Chris Weigant: The "Let Obama Be Obama" Moment Chris Weigant 2010

Bartlet is dealing with (sound familiar?) what to do on gays in the military, an approval rating that is in the high 40s, and of course, Congress.

Chris Weigant: The "Let Obama Be Obama" Moment Chris Weigant 2010

Bartlet is torn between wanting to avoid a diplomatic incident that could wreck negotiations in Geneva with North Korea over its potential nuclear weapons (2) and wanting to grant the pianist asylum (3).

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Nevertheless, Team Bartlet is constantly consumed by the minutiae of high cultural warfare.

The Feel Good Presidency 2001

Now, not only is this stacking the rhetorical deck heavily in Bartlet's favor (even Dr. Laura, bigoted though she can be, does not rest her castigation of homosexuality entirely on biblical literalism).

The Feel Good Presidency 2001

The answer, of course, is that such displays — which occur nearly every week in Bartlet's White House — cost the Administration precisely nothing politically while ratcheting up its sense of cultural superiority exponentially.

The Feel Good Presidency 2001

Nevertheless, Team Bartlet is constantly consumed by the minutiae of high cultural warfare.

The Feel Good Presidency 2001

Nevertheless, Team Bartlet is constantly consumed by the minutiae of high cultural warfare.

The Feel Good Presidency 2001

Now, not only is this stacking the rhetorical deck heavily in Bartlet's favor (even Dr. Laura, bigoted though she can be, does not rest her castigation of homosexuality entirely on biblical literalism).

The Feel Good Presidency 2001

The answer, of course, is that such displays — which occur nearly every week in Bartlet's White House — cost the Administration precisely nothing politically while ratcheting up its sense of cultural superiority exponentially.

The Feel Good Presidency 2001