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four-year term...

Thank God.

Well done.

- Well done.

- Thank you very much.

Thank you. Thank you.

You having problems

with your story?

How do you mean?

It's just that

I haven't seen it yet.

I'm surprised, that's all.

No. No, it's fine.

Just a-- a mess.

You having trouble

finding sources?

Oh, uh--

No, no.

What is it?

I, uh--

I just-- I decided

not to do a story about, uh...

Sam and Claire, that's all.

Why?

Well, first of all,

Sam didn't commit any crime.

He didn't do

anything wrong.

The only person who did

anything was Claire.

Billings went into business

with a Senator's wife...

...and tried to influence

his vote.

Of course, it's nasty and

it's against all the rules,

but it's just

a question of degree.

The man's basically

a lobbyist, right?

That's what he gets paid for,

trying to influence votes.

Do you know what

the real story is?

Foreign influence

in American elections.

Do you know what

I found out since--?

That's what's going in

next week, anyway.

I don't believe this!

Even I think Sam and Claire's

a terrific story.

I hate the idea of it--

You're not getting

human on me, are you?

Hey.

I don't believe this.

You're not blushing, are you?

- Hmm?

- Excuse me.

Certainly, one of the big

surprises of this election night--

and we're having

a lot of them--

was the apparent second-place

finish by an independent...

...running for the Senate

in Ohio.

Phillip Aarons,

not long ago,

was an unknown

college History professor.

He has been beaten by

Michael Westbrook, a republican,

but now clearly,

and some say, miraculously,

he will finish ahead

of Jerome Cade...

...in a contest that

no-one had predicted.

As you can hear,

the excitement and...

...enthusiasm here at

Phil Aarons' headquarters...

...is running high and wild.

You get the impression

from these young people...

...that their man has just won

the Presidency of the U.S.,

when in fact,

he lost an election.

Phil's phools fooled

the political experts...

...by catapulting their man

from a virtual unknown...

...to a second place

in the highly contested freeway...

We are number two!

Now, let's go to the podium

for the man of the hour,

in what many here

consider to be...

...a victory speech.

He's about to address

his cheering supporters...

...and the American public.

Good night.

Something that none

of the comentators,

none of the newspapers,

none of the so-called

"media wizards" predicted...

...came into this race.

Something...

...something human

came into this race.

Some straight talk,

some honest feeling,

something that wasn't slick

and prepackaged,

that wasn't engineered

by these media wizards,

We...

...we, together,

have achieved...

...that historic moment

in politics.

And we have come too far

to turn back now.

Tonight...

...tonight...

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