Manchester II
Act 1
Bartlet: Look, I'm sorry. I can't get into our thing tonight.
Abbey: Two days ago you said you had a lot to say.
Bartlet: I do, that's why I can't get into it.
Thing = conflict over Bartlet announcing his plans to run for re-election despite his "deal" with Abbey to only have one term as President
Act 4
Josh: I know I could stop this thing. One phone call. The President's not even involved. “Could you do us a favor? Could you hold off two weeks? We love your drug but we don't want it folded into our news cycle.” I could have picked up the phone. I could have…
Donna: Josh…
Josh: God!
Donna: What's this about?
Josh: I blew the tobacco thing. That could have helped us, and I was… This is going to be a very close election.
This thing = FDA's announcement regarding RU-486
The tobacco thing = lawsuit
Posted by Philateley at October 17, 2001 10:09 PM