Power Page #4
- R
- Year:
- 1986
- 111 min
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It's not critical.
You have done some
public service stuff.
Even as far as issues
that could get you...
...into a Kennedy School seminar,
or get your position paper...
...printed in the
Times' op-ed page.
I take it money
is not a problem.
No.
So, you would start--
I haven't done any
polls yet, I'd figure...
...16, 17, 18 points down.
And just by getting the nomination
that would jump.
So, I take it you're with me,
then, Mr. St. John?
Have you got
a couple of minutes?
I'd like to show you something
down in the basement.
Gentlemen, thank you.
Mr. Cade.
The Senate put in
new chairs,
right before Sam's
last campaign.
I talked him into letting me
keep his old one.
We used it in four or five
of his last TV spots.
Sit in it.
- How does it feel?
- It feels quite comfortable.
And please, don't play
games with me, Mr. St. John.
I've known what I wanted
for a very long time.
You want one like that?
It's going to run you...
- ...ten, eleven million bucks.
- An absurd sum, Mr. St. John.
But the real absurdity is to spend
that kind of money and not get it.
Now, you tell me,
if I pay you what you want,
will you be able to give me
the amount of time I require...
...or you'll be spread too thin
among your other candidates?
You'll get all the time
you require, Mr. Cade.
You do know that
if I take you on,
I'll be in control.
Just so we're clear,
that means strategy, budget--
The process doesn't interest me,
Mr. St. John.
What does is that you have
an 85% success rate.
I will pay you to play
those percentages.
My sole concern is my work
once I'm elected.
Why should I take you on?
Because some guy named Arnold
Billings got my phone number...
- ...and got to me first?
- Because once I get in--
and I will, with your help
or with someone else's,
I can accomplish
what has to be done.
Change the policies that
are strangling this country.
Now, I'm ready to begin.
Are you with me?
Where is Billings
in all this?
Mr. Billings is a business
associate of mine.
He handles public relations work
for some of my companies.
He has no official position
in my campaign.
He told me you were going to
line up with Sam on the issues.
- Did he get that right?
- That's correct.
Except for the solar energy bill,
I don't believe that approach is sound.
No, no. You explain it to me.
He's with you except
on solar energy.
Like being with Gloria Steinem
except on women.
I don't understand, Pete.
You were never much interested
on how your clients...
...stood on the issues before.
- I am now.
- Why?
He'd be replacing you.
What's the big problem?
Take him on.
Leonard...
I want to cancel the
West Coast trip.
We can get a stringer from L. A.
if we really need it, can't we?
Okay.
I want to take a look
into Sam Hastings.
Right, you're friendly with him
and he's wife, right?
Have you heard anything?
- Nothing special, no, but I--
- Coordinate it with Manny.
He's pulled a couple of people
from metro just to...
...chase down the rumors.
Have you heard the latest?
He's got AIDS.
Jesus, I love Washington!
Thank you for
your note, Ellen.
it really did.
I meant everything
I wrote in it.
It's a great loss
for the country.
Sam is what the Senate
is all about.
Thank you.
Claire!
Claire! You're new home
is absolutely beautiful.
- You've never been here before?
- No.
Oh, I can't believe it.
Oh, I feel terrible!
Claire, it's my fault.
It's ridiculous, but,
when you get divorced...
...you don't know where you stand
anymore with your old friends.
You tend to avoid them in case
you make them feel awkward.
You assume they're all
going to take sides.
And I assumed--
well, Sam and Pete
are so close...
I really appreciate
your decision...
...to keep the details of the
illness a family matter.
Well, it was very hard.
Yes. Yes, I can imagine.
Is Sam being treated here
or in Ohio?
Well, that hasn't been
determined yet.
And how are the boys
taking it?
Oh, I am so proud of them.
They have been so strong,
so good.
I wouldn't have gotten through this
without those guys.
And your mother,
how's she doing?
Well,
this thing's been
very hard on her.
We talk to each other every night
on the phone and I--
- She's in Charleston, hm?
- No, no.
She moved back to New Orleans
several years ago.
Oh!
Ralph, I need some help
on this Billings guy.
Why's it this tough?
How many top black lobbyists
can there be in Washington?
Maybe his client list.
Maybe if you pass by all
the probable data banks?
I'd appreciate it.
If they're international
we could try wire transfers.
But don't hold your breath.
Ever since those kids started
breaking into everything,
everyone's gotten meshugah
on access codes.
Maybe if you take a run by
all the standard industry stuff.
Billings Associates's a privately held
corporation. That won't help.
Billings is the only
listed officer.
You need this by when?
As soon as possible.
I'm flying down to South America
in 24 hours.
I'm in New Mexico the next
couple of days,
Ohio the rest of the week.
- I know you're busy as hell--
- Have a safe trip. Go.
Pete!
How's the South American guy doing?
He's going to take it.
My husband felt
such shame, you see.
No one in his family, not one,
with all their money,
ever offered to help us out.
They just washed their hands,
every single one of them.
Well, except once...
...when Claire was getting ready
to go to college,
I had a call from her grandfather,
that he wanted to know...
...if Claire needed any money
for her education.
I told him what to do
with his money.
I told him that Claire
was valedictorian...
...and we'd get along somehow.
Well, he passed away.
I don't remember,
I guess it was several years later.
I did not go to the funeral.
But I did say a prayer
for his soul.
- You okay?
- Yeah.
Go get'em, tiger.
Okay, take him back.
- Okay, let's go.
Okay.
It looks good from here.
Yeah, we can see
the whole thing.
You about 50 feet?
A little less.
Stand by.
Eddie, can you read me?
Yeah, go ahead.
You got them lined up yet?
Yeah, we finally got'em
but you better hurry up.
Okay, I wanna stay clear
on channel 1.
And I want to hear if there's
any troubles, right now!
Martha, I want to get
a rough time on this,
so, start reading as soon as
the wagons go, okay?
Okay... roll tape!
Let me know when you got speed.
Speed!
Background action!
Cue Wallace!
New Mexico is a special land,
blessed with mountains, deserts,
clean air and pure waters.
But besides her natural resources,
our state has been blessed
with its human resources,
from the proud Apache and Navajo tribes
who first hunted and planted here,
to our long history of people
who have journeyed here.
Whether they came from Mexico,
or Europe or Asia...
...or other parts
of this country,
they all shared
a common dream:
to live in a land where
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