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Divided We Stand

Divided We Stand
New book about the 2020 election.

Monday, March 23, 2009

West Wing: TV and Reality

Some have noted that the TV series The West Wing was remarkably prescient in describing the course of the next election: in a contest with a maverick Republican, a dynamic, young liberal becomes the first nonwhite president. In this light, it is instructive to compare the fictional press secretary to the real one:



Press Secretary Gibbs spars with Jake Tapper: