With the staff all bickering with one another in Manchester, especially adversarial speech writers Toby and Doug, who angrily disagree about whether Bartlet should make a public apology for lying about his MS, and with the president sniping at everyone, the second-term announcement speech is locked. Abby ultimately forgives the president for deciding to run again without discussing it with her, and he ultimately apologizes to the staff in private for keeping his condition from them, which they expect will soon lead to a whole slew of grand jury subpoenas.
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- C.J. Cregg
- Donna Moss
- Charlie Young
- Josh Lyman
- President Josiah Bartlet
- Sam Seaborn
- Toby Ziegler
- Abbey Bartlet
- Leo McGarry
- Bruno Gianelli
- Joey Lucas
- Nancy McNally
- Douglas Wegland
- Connie Tate
- Margaret Hooper
- Kenny Thurman
- Mike Chysler
- Peter
- Ed
- Larry
- Staffer
- Agent
- Marine- Technical Advisor
- Uniformed Secret Service Agent