In this White House

"In this White House" is the 26th episode of The West Wing. Sam appears on political talk show Capital Beat with a "blonde leggy Republican" named Ainsley Hayes. She clearly wins the debate (to great joy from Toby, who asks Ginger to get the popcorn, and a back-on-the-job Josh) and impresses President Bartlet sufficiently for him to tell Leo to hire her. She goes to the White House intending to turn down the job offer, and has a harsh discussion ... more

"In this White House" is the 26th episode of The West Wing. Sam appears on political talk show Capital Beat with a "blonde leggy Republican" named Ainsley Hayes. She clearly wins the debate (to great joy from Toby, who asks Ginger to get the popcorn, and a back-on-the-job Josh) and impresses President Bartlet sufficiently for him to tell Leo to hire her. She goes to the White House intending to turn down the job offer, and has a harsh discussion with Sam about their different political viewpoints. While waiting to meet Leo and turn down the offer, she witnesses the President and his staff dealing with a difficult international incident: a coup has occurred in Equatorial Kundu while the President of Equatorial Kundu is at the White House for a summit with pharmaceutical companies about the AIDS crisis in Africa. Josh and Toby are able to come up with a plan that will help the Kundunese President get desperately needed AIDS medications to his people, but the plan is torpedoed when the... less