Summary: In this episode of The West Wing Podcast Maggie and Anne-Sophie share their thoughts on the 2nd episode of Season 2 called The Midterms. As one of the President's staff, Josh (Bradley Whitford) recovers from bullet wounds, the rest of the team pushes on to the "mid-term" congressional elections in November -- but as C.J. (Allison Janney) deflects press requests on how the assassination attempt has affected the mood in the White House, she knows that nearly everyone bears psychological scars in its aftermath. In particular, Charlie (Dulé Hill) is affected when he learns more about the shooting and reacts coldly both to Bartlet (Martin Sheen) and Zoey (Elisabeth Moss). For his part, Toby (Richard Schiff) surveys the President's newfound popularity in the polls and proposes that the administration pursue a course that would turn up the heat on extremist groups while Sam (Rob Lowe) convinces a friend, Tom Jordan (Jamie Denton) to run for Congress after the death of Grant Samuels, the current congressman. Elsewhere, Bartlet is obsessed with an obscure school board election in New Hampshire for purely personal reasons.Stuff we talked about:http://westwing.bewarne.com/second/25midterms.htmlhttp://www.westwingepguide.com/S2/Episodes/25_TM.html http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0745700/trivia http://www.rslevinson.com/gaylesissues/features/collect/drlaura/bl_drlaura009.htm We are now part of the IntroCast Producers & Friends Network. You can find out more about that here. A good resource for The West Wing fans: http://westwing.bewarne.com/13trash.html If you would like to leave us some feedback, you can mail it to feedback@thewestwingpodcast.com You can follow us on twitter: @anneso87 and @ilea02 Thanks For Subscribing To The West Wing Podcast: and check out our awesome podcasts: Maggie's World Girls' Night In Radio Fighting Anorexia Raus aus der Magersucht
