Affairs of State Page #4

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the most powerful men in America.

But he'll never

be president.

Almost makes you feel

sorry for the guy.

Don't. He probably

bit the dog first.

[chuckles] Hah, hah.

[Kevin] Look who's come down from Mount

Olympus to mingle with the unwashed masses.

[Michael] Jerry Todd, the

right hand of the left wing.

He had already gotten

the last two presidents elected.

What?

Usually, at this point, I

ask you who you're f***ing.

No. No, no, no, that's usually

the first thing you ask me.

Tell me you're not

f***ing Judith Baines.

[scoffs]

I'm not f***ing

Judith Baines.

Jesus, man.

Good, because then you'd

be as reckless as Callie,

and I know you're

not that stupid, right?

I'm not crazy.

[cell phone ringing]

Yeah?

Yeah.

Absolutely.

Yeah, absolutely,

I'll... I'll be there.

Okay.

I'm flying with

Baines to Dallas.

Dallas?

Nothing bad ever

happened there.

I have to take a piss.

[Michael] I had heard

Jerry Todd was looking

for someone inside

the Baines campaign.

- [man] How's it hangin'?

- You had to hand it to him,

he had a way of catching you

at your most vulnerable.

Look, you hang

to the left.

You worked for Lester

Garret, didn't you?

So, what do you think you could

do for me if I were to hire you?

Well, Jerry...

I've actually been leaning a

little more to the right recently.

But it's been nice

hanging with you.

Well, let me know if you

ever change your mind.

Good morning.

Did you enjoy yourself

at your party?

Yeah.

Good.

I noticed that you were

dancing with Michael Lawson.

Darcy, now that

your father's...

Well, we need

to be careful.

"Careful."

"We."

You need to be careful

about who you're seen...

Touching?

You know what I mean.

Is this coming

from my father?

Mmm...

Anything regarding the campaign

is coming from the both of us.

We were just dancing.

All right.

[clears throat]

Um...

Enjoy your breakfast.

[interviewer] Senator, you've been

recently criticized by the NAACP

for your advocacy

of racial profiling,

yet you claim that you yourself

have never been racially profiled.

[Vonetta] No, not

that I remember.

- Yet, rap mogul Mad Cash...

- Yes. I heard what he had to say.

Calling me a

female Uncle Tom.

He is the real problem

in this country today,

superficial and materialistic.

If Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

were alive,

he would be far more

upset with the way

young African-American men

dress and act.

Dr. King was a rebel.

- Mad Cash is a...

- [TV clicks off]

John,

you cannot have Vonetta

Calhoun stand next to you

when you announce

your candidacy.

- I can't?

- She will hurt you

more than she will help you

with the black vote.

African-American.

African-American, yes.

I see her down the line

as a possible running mate.

That would be crazy, John.

Senator.

What's your

real problem, Rob?

That she criticized

your rap star buddy?

Senator, sir,

my rap star buddy can walk

into any neighborhood...

Caucasian, African-American,

Latino...

and not only register

votes, but get you votes.

He's a cultural icon and a

social media phenomenon.

My rap star buddy...

is a billionaire.

I want Vonetta Calhoun standing

next to me when I announce.

And where do you

want Judith?

So, I understand you

worked with Lester Garret.

Oh, yes, sir, I interned for

him after I graduated from GW.

That turned into a

full-time position, but...

Well, you know what happened.

Ol' Lester.

I'll say this about

Lester Garret...

he went to bed at the end of the

day believing his own bullshit.

And I mean that

in a positive way.

Yes, sir.

Can I freshen you up?

Oh, no thank you, I'm still

working on this one, sir.

Michael, call me John.

Sure.

I had a tendency

to overindulge, so...

It's in the genes.

Is that so?

My father, he did a lot of damage

to his liver, to his family.

Were you close

with your dad?

No, no, he wasn't

around much.

How 'bout your mom?

I had an aunt,

her sister.

She was, uh...

kind to me.

Can't pick your

family, sir.

[chuckles] Least not

the first time around.

[chuckles]

Nothing harder

than family.

Nothing more important either.

Family, yes, sir.

- And, Michael, call me John.

- Right, yes.

- [pop song playing]

- [woman singing]

[woman rapping]

Who's your lady friend

over there?

Tanya is her name.

And I have yet

to see her naked.

You want that?

Yeah, you want that.

Tanya.

Come here.

[song continues]

[inaudible]

I wanna know more about

your friend here.

Rob.

Tanya.

[Tanya]

How are you?

[song ends]

[Darcy] Oh, yeah, I think I saw...

[Baines] You did, huh?

That's what comes with

running a ranch.

- Okay.

- I guess.

- Hey, morning.

- [Baines] Morning.

[Darcy] You like eggs?

Yeah, thank you.

Good.

Then sit.

You remember

my daughter, Darcy?

[Michael] I do.

Did I not tell you

she was going to be here?

You did not.

That's because my father

always wanted a son.

That's not true.

I wanted two sons.

[chuckles]

- Don't burn the eggs.

- [laughs]

It's not gonna pour itself.

Huh?

You look like

you could use some.

Oh. Thank you.

[Baines] So, Vonetta Calhoun.

- Senator from Virginia.

- Yeah.

Did you see that clip?

The racial profiling thing?

Yeah, I did.

What'd you think?

Honestly, I think

the racial profiling issue

is a lot more complicated than

the people are willing to admit.

I know that.

What do you think of her?

The people

she's talking about

are way more interested in assimilation

and survival than anything else.

Like, you can't attract young voters

by attacking the way they dress.

- So precious.

- Hi.

[man] You only get

two tries for free.

[Michael] Gertie Hayden, the

cash cow, was old Texas oil.

She had already bankrolled

one ex-president.

I don't trust a man

who don't drink.

Yeah.

Okay.

You sure are

pretty to look at.

- [chuckles]

- [laughs]

- Now, that Reynolds boy, Ron Reynolds.

- Rob.

Rob, Ron, whatever

the hell his name is.

That boy gives me the heebie-jeebies,

you know what I mean?

I believe in John.

He's a hell of a man and

that's why I'm gonna back him.

Can't stand that wife,

though. [sighs]

Now, she is a terrific kid.

When her mama died,

John didn't know what to do.

That little girl,

as a seven-year-old,

had more to do

with bringing John back

than anything that

b*tch has ever done.

First thing Judith did

after they got married

was to send Darcy away to a

private school in New England.

[sighs]

Don't get me wrong,

Judith has helped his

political career, all right.

But with that little girl

away from him,

that just about

broke John's heart.

Is that right?

I am so glad John decided

to unite us on this trip.

[laughs]

[Baines]

Come on.

[Rob] And this is the answer to the

post-neocon Tea Party movements

that have hijacked

the Republican...

[Michael]

Back in the capital,

Tanya had agreed to have dinner with

Rob Reynolds as a favor to Mad Cash.

...family values, fiscal

responsibility, and my baby.

I'm calling all the shots, and

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