:07:01
We may never have
an opportunity like this again.
:07:04
Let's take this 63 percent out for a spin.
Let's see what it could do.
:07:08
We can't. We need it to get re-elected.
:07:10
For reasons passing understanding,
they don't relate guns to gun-related crime.
:07:15
Robin, brief the press this afternoon.
As of today...
:07:18
...the crime bill is priority one
on the President's domestic agenda.
:07:22
Leon, you'll run the War Room.
:07:23
We're gonna need detailed projections
for all the target districts.
:07:27
Don't be the nice, sweet guy from Brooklyn
on this. Do what the NRA does.
:07:32
- Scare them?
- Exactly.
:07:33
I can do that.
:07:35
Lewis, you're legislative liaison.
You'll run the show on the Hill.
:07:39
It might be easier to fight a war on drugs
if we weren't arming drug dealers.
:07:44
We gotta fight the fights we can win.
:07:47
Yes, sir.
:07:48
We want to announce the crime bill...
:07:50
...at the State of the Union,
72 days from today.
:07:53
Last notice count put us 18 votes short.
:07:55
Eighteen votes in 72 days.
Thank you, everyone.
:07:59
- Janie, what's next?
- Security briefing, sir.
:08:09
Good morning, Global Defense Council.
:08:12
You wanted to see me?
:08:14
- I just got off the phone with A.J.
- The President read the letter?
:08:17
He is pissed as hell.
That letter was a stupid move.
:08:20
- We should stand by every word of it.
- This isn't the guy...
:08:23
...who needed our help four years ago.
He's incredibly popular.
:08:26
He'll win re-election.
He could give a shit what we stand by!
:08:30
If he passes the most important piece
of environmental legislation in history...
:08:34
...despite our negative endorsement,
our political weight in the future...
:08:38
...will rank somewhere below
the Save the Spotted Owl Society.
:08:45
I'm bringing in some help.
:08:46
We don't need another expert to confirm
what everyone already knows.
:08:50
Not an environmental expert.
:08:51
A professional political strategist.
:08:54
We are playing hardball
and we need a heavy bat.
:08:58
Who?
:08:59
Sydney Ellen Wade.