Pre-Wedding Jitters
Updated 2005-12-15 16:00:00
It's time for Ellie's wedding. Do you think things will go well, or will the wedding plans be thrown off-course by some international incident? Yeah, it's the second one. The ongoing tensions between Russia and China over Kazakhstan come to a head, with both countries sending troops in. This leads to endless phone calls to ambassadors and presidents, all of which contribute to Jed's being late for his own daughter's wedding. Meanwhile, Josh agonizes over how to make the most of limited campaign funds, and is forced to cut spending in some states so that the campaign can afford more media buys in other states. And then they learn that Santos has pulled to within striking distance in Illinois, a state that Josh had decided to skip from the beginning. A bunch of Democratic fat cats decide that this demonstrates that Josh is the wrong guy to manage the campaign, and they tell Santos that Leo should take over. In the end, Jed is able to convince the leader of China to halt his army's advance so that he has time to walk his daughter down the aisle, and Leo convinces Santos that the success of the campaign depends not on Josh but on Santos.