Indeed. In fact, Leslie's actual issue positions were such a non-factor in the season that I couldn't name any besides the one that was just posted (I think she was pro-old people at some point?). Leslie was smart and hard working and bent over backwards for everyone in her life, while Bobby was checked-out, lazy, and…

Y'know, I was going to point out that all of Leslie's political positions were just detail work meant to give the show just enough verisimilitude to carry it through to the next joke. And that's true! Her positions were never the driver of an episode or the emotional core of the arc.

Y'know, I was going to point out that all of Leslie's political positions were just detail work meant to give the show just enough verisimilitude to carry it through to the next joke. And that's true! Her positions were never the driver of an episode or the emotional core of the arc.

Is it much better? As I recall, Vinick was pro-choice, and Santos didn't really care except that as a Dem, he was gonna dance with the ones that brung 'im. The only thing that really separated them was the nuclear accident.

Is it much better? As I recall, Vinick was pro-choice, and Santos didn't really care except that as a Dem, he was gonna dance with the ones that brung 'im. The only thing that really separated them was the nuclear accident.

Yes; moreover, the "more lunches together" model has its own downsides; back when you had Sam Rayburn buying everyone a drink, you also had a federal tolerance for Jim Crow. When decisions are made at private dinner parties or over cocktails, the "participatory" element of democracy goes down.

Yes; moreover, the "more lunches together" model has its own downsides; back when you had Sam Rayburn buying everyone a drink, you also had a federal tolerance for Jim Crow. When decisions are made at private dinner parties or over cocktails, the "participatory" element of democracy goes down.

I think they've kinda explained it before; the characters weren't really up to anything else, they had some kind of rapport in previous episodes, and when you live in a small town like Pawnee, "You're my age, your shirt isn't stained with mustard and you're not a serial killer" is all the criteria you need to at least…

I think they've kinda explained it before; the characters weren't really up to anything else, they had some kind of rapport in previous episodes, and when you live in a small town like Pawnee, "You're my age, your shirt isn't stained with mustard and you're not a serial killer" is all the criteria you need to at least…

Well, I say "even" in that if any of Sorkin's work should have had a pro-internet thesis, it'd be that one. But no…

Well, I say "even" in that if any of Sorkin's work should have had a pro-internet thesis, it'd be that one. But no…

I dunno, there's a lot of times on the show when working in the White House is dismissed- in fact, it was a plot point twice last week, and there's been a bunch of characters who haven't cared about the trappings of power- Amy, Congressman Bruno, Lord John, Stanley…

I dunno, there's a lot of times on the show when working in the White House is dismissed- in fact, it was a plot point twice last week, and there's been a bunch of characters who haven't cared about the trappings of power- Amy, Congressman Bruno, Lord John, Stanley…

As for CJ's speech, RTV or not, that crowd was filled with hard core pro-Bartlet partisans (based on real life attendance). They knew their role.

As for CJ's speech, RTV or not, that crowd was filled with hard core pro-Bartlet partisans (based on real life attendance). They knew their role.

Sorkin has a weird phobia about online culture. Even "The Social Network" kinda reads like people who use social media are fundamentally broken.

Sorkin has a weird phobia about online culture. Even "The Social Network" kinda reads like people who use social media are fundamentally broken.

And also because it takes her away from prescribed roles and actually thinks about how that character would act in those situations.

And also because it takes her away from prescribed roles and actually thinks about how that character would act in those situations.

The prblem is, she's not a character, she's a role. She started off as 1) a way to delay Josh/Donna and 2) an outside-but-sympathetic view of TWW. Her actions and motivations were borne out of achieving 1 and 2, not out of anything innate in her character.