Bartlet plays hardball to end the genocide in Kundu; after the entire speechwriting staff quits, Will is forced to rely on Elsie and some inexperienced interns to write tax policy remarks; the trip to California to help Sam's campaign gets off to a rocky start; Sam refuses to let Bartlet hold off the Democratic response to the Republican tax plan because it might hurt the campaign; Toby and Charlie get arrested coming to Andy's defense after a drunk accosts her; Bartlet fires Sam's campaign manager and replaces him with Toby.
Quest roles:
Lily Tomlin(Deborah Fiderer), NiCole Robinson(Margaret Hooper), Elisabeth Moss(Zoey Bartlet), Renee Estevez(Nancy), Peter James Smith(Ed), John Amos(Percy Fitzwallace), Kathleen York(Andrea Wyatt), Danica McKellar(Elsie Snuffin), Trent Ford(Jean Paul), Matthew Glave(Scott Holcomb), Alex Hyde-White(Andy's Accoster), Kimberlee Peterson(Lauren Shelby), Lara Phillips(Lauren Romano), Rick Najera(Ivan 'Izzy' Perez), Henry G. Sanders(Ambassador Tiki), Catherine Kwong(Lauren Chin), Claire Coffee(Cassie Tatum)