A Little Bit of This, A Little Bit of That
Updated 2005-12-09 16:00:00
The results from the debate are in and...both candidates did well. Santos is up four points, while Vinick is up only two, so it's still a victory. Santos is making a campaign stop in Los Angeles the next day to speak at an African-American church when the news comes in that a twelve-year-old African-American boy has just been shot and killed by a Latino police officer after brandishing a plastic machine gun. This sends everyone on the campaign into crisis mode as they try to figure out how to address the issue and not take sides or offend the titular undecideds. Santos gets so frustrated that his staff is bickering when he's already feeling uncomfortable about being asked to speak on behalf of every Latino, ever, and throws out his planned speech and just says what is in his heart -- which earns him the respect of the congregation and a hand-holding from his wife. Josh decides to visit Toby, who ends up being extremely hostile; they fight, and Josh storms out as Toby all but dares him to ever try to visit again. The next day, Josh does, in fact, come back, and they finally discuss the campaign and Toby's opinion that Santos will not win since Josh had to convince him to run in the first place, which means he must not want it badly enough to handle the job. Josh decides the real issue is that Toby doesn't believe Josh can succeed in running the campaign, but hey, at least they're talking. And finally, C.J. comes into work for "an hour" to do Ellie a favor and meet with her about wedding details. She winds up with Kate in the middle of a very messy possible China-Russia nuclear standoff over Kazakhstan, they figure out that Ellie is pregnant, and Will proves that he's a better Press Secretary than wedding planner when he winds up making the groom nearly have an anxiety attack and the bride cry.