west wing
The popular television show The West Wing along with being very entertaining, shows many of the political procedures that occur in the Whitehouse. The show is based around Martin Sheen, the President of the United States, and the rest of the cast, which makes up his advisory committee and his cabinet. After watching a few episodes of the program I have realized how well the show reflects the interaction between the executive branch of the United States and the press, political action committees, and attempts to have legislation passed by congress. The West Wing is primarily consists of problems which need to be solved by New Hampshire democrat Josiah Bartlet; The President of the United States. President Bartlet cannot solve all these problems on his own; he relies heavily on his staff. In one episode news had broke into the press about a piece of legislation that the pre
sident refused to have passed. It was a bill that mirrored that of affirmative action. C.J. Cregg, played by Allison Janey, is the president's press secretary. She addresses the press before the President speaks at a conference. She is also involved in the briefing or coaching of President Bartlet. There are too many aspects of policy and procedure in which the press scrutinizes. The president counts on C.J. to help avoid a disaster publicly. In another episode I watched, one of the points focused around was getting a certain piece of legislation passed. Both the Deputy Chief of Staff John Lymann and Sam Seaborn, played by Rob Lowe, were fighting to get this bill passed in the senate. Lymann saw this bill as being able to help President Bartlet when reelection time roles around. Bartlet was more concerened with it "being the right thing for the country." It showed how
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Approximate Pages = 2 (250 words per page double spaced)
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