As Bartlet's Inauguration draws closer, Will's frustration with the Administration's non-interventionist policy grows right along with the body count in Kundu. A confluence of events (including a Laurel & Hardy movie) leads Bartlet to conclude that the United States really should support freedom from tyranny everywhere, and he calls the staffers in to rewrite the speech. When Danny's editor drops a damaging blind quote into a story, CJ's furious -- especially when Donna calls to confess that she's the one who said it. After seeing a copy of the article, however, Josh realizes Donna's covering for Jack, and goes to her apartment -- with Toby, Will, Charlie, and Danny in tow -- to throw snowballs at her window and to bring her to the eight inaugural balls. And finally, Toby tells Leo he'd like the President to appoint Will as the new Deputy Communications Director, an announcement which leaves Will speechless.

Starring:

STOCKARD CHANNING as First Lady Abigail Bartlet
DULÉ HILL as Charlie Young
ALLISON JANNEY as C.J. Cregg
JOSHUA MALINA as Will Bailey
JANEL MOLONEY as Donna Moss
RICHARD SCHIFF as Toby Ziegler
JOHN SPENCER as Leo McGarry
BRADLEY WHITFORD as Josh Lyman
and MARTIN SHEEN as President Josiah Bartlet

Toby:  How is it?

Will:  Bloodless, compromising, and half a loaf.

Toby:  That's foreign policy.

Bartlet:  Charlie, I'm gonna change my mind again about the Bible.

Charlie:  Mr. President, you have to imagine my utter surprise.

Bartlet:  Aren't you afraid that one day I'm gonna just kick your ass like it's never been kicked before?

CJ:  That's always what we're talking about, and in addition to being somebody's kids, they're soldiers and sailors.  And if we're about freedom from tyranny, then we're about freedom from tyranny, and if we're not, we should shut up.

Josh:  Yes.

Toby:  Back at the office, you were telling Will--

CJ:  He said that to Will because that's what we say.

Toby:  You weren't even there.

CJ:  That's what we always say.

Toby:  On Sunday, he's taking an oath to ensure domestic tranquility.

CJ:  And to establish justice and promote the general welfare.  Stand by while atrocities are taking place and you're an accomplice.

Abbey:  You would've been happy walking up Pennsylvania Avenue in this cold?

Bartlet:  I walked to school every morning in weather colder than this.

Abbey:  From the headmaster's house to your classroom.

Bartlet:  That's right, baby.  Just a camelhair coat, leather gloves, a varsity scarf, and these wits.

Josh:  Hey, I remember when you appointed me Deputy there was a dull buzzing in my ear, or a humming.  It was very disorienting.

CJ:  The same thing happened to me.

Josh:  Hang in there, Will, you're doing fine.

Donna:  That was a nice story about the buzzing.

Josh:  Hey, what did I say about speaking to me without addressing me as 'Wild Thing'?"