"King Corn" is episode 123 of The West Wing.
The episode is related from three different viewpoints that roll forward from exactly the same moment, the 5:45 wake up call they receive from the hotel. The stories are, in order: Donna (the Russell campaigner); Josh (the Santos campaign), and finally Vinick (his own campaign). The background news involves a chemical fire and explosion in Louisiana and the upcoming execution of a woman in Turkey for c...
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"King Corn" is episode 123 of The West Wing.
The episode is related from three different viewpoints that roll forward from exactly the same moment, the 5:45 wake up call they receive from the hotel. The stories are, in order: Donna (the Russell campaigner); Josh (the Santos campaign), and finally Vinick (his own campaign). The background news involves a chemical fire and explosion in Louisiana and the upcoming execution of a woman in Turkey for committing adultery.
The presidential candidates journey to Iowa. Donna goes out to the rural areas where she finds a number of odd characters who are on the official Iowa caucus ballots. Will Bailey gets to see more of Bob Russell up close and doesn't seem that impressed. Democrats Russell and Santos, and Republican Vinick, do share one feature of the day: they're all told by their handlers that when they appear before the corn growers association they must support subsidies for ethanol as fuel, regardless of their true feelings. Though...
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