# Question from tonight's The West Wing (possible spoilers)

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-from-tonights-the-west-wing-possible-spoilers/86706>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [October 11, 2001, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-from-tonights-the-west-wing-possible-spoilers/86706 "2001-10-11T02:04:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2001, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-from-tonights-the-west-wing-possible-spoilers/86706/21 "2001-10-14T03:42:06Z")

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Hey everyone, thanks again for getting me up to speed. Just wanted to clarify one thing: when I said I’d like to see Sorkin insert a Republican into the White House, I meant as president, not just a character to add tension. Normally TV series build relationships between characters to add tension and keep ratings up. I think it would be interesting to have Bartlett lose the election and watch the transition to a Republican presidency. If not then, then after the end of his next term.

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**Author:** ![middleman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9a140/32.png) [@middleman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/middleman)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2001, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-from-tonights-the-west-wing-possible-spoilers/86706/22 "2001-10-14T04:33:02Z")

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Ever notice how people around here LOVE answering questions. I suspect that most of us SDMBers were the “Ooh,Ooh” hand raising kids in elementary school.

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