Power Page #6
- R
- Year:
- 1986
- 111 min
- 690 Views
...from New Mexico
for New Mexico.
You didn't have a date or anything
tonight, did you?
Not anymore.
Oh, wow.
Wallace! How're you doing?
Yeah, yeah. I just saw it.
It was terrific, huh?
Yeah, Wallace...
Wallace-- look--
Stop worrying, Wallace.
We'll be making a rebuttal
commercial tonight.
Yeah, say it again.
Listen, can I call you
right back?
Yeah, right. Thanks.
Helen?
I want you to call Jack Rosack.
I want him to do a sweep of the
offices, studios, everything.
- Right away?
- Right away.
- I want him to do the apartment, too.
- The apartment-- okay, all right.
...Wallace Furman can give
our state.
He didn't HAVE to come here.
He WANTED to.
Wallace Furman for governor.
A new vision for New Mexico.
- Is that a buy, Pete?
- That's it.
- I can go home now?
- Let's go home!
This is the upper East side
of New York.
This is Monte Carlo.
This is Beverly Hills,
California.
Wallace Furman could have lived
in any of these places.
Instead, he chose to live
in New Mexico.
Not because it was
more exciting or luxurious,
but because,
unlike Monte Carlo...
...or Beverly Hills,
it was a place that needed help,
needed the energy
and the new leadership...
...that Wallace Furman
can give our state.
He didn't HAVE to come here.
He WANTED to.
Wallace Furman for governor.
A new vision for New Mexico.
What about the photo session?
Syd! Syd!
I've got Pete on the line.
to research?
We just got the overnights,
we stopped the erosion.
That carpetbagger thing
is a dead issue.
I know you don't need to hear this,
but that mansion spot was brilliant.
Yeah, that was great.
Look, I'm going to be here one...
...maybe two more days,
and then back to New York.
I want to go over this stuff
that Mitch sent,
then we have to talk about
the rehearsal for the debate.
Oh, almost forgot
the best part. Listen.
The story going around
down there is that...
...McKusker got the new numbers...
...and he panicked.
I have it from two sources
that he fired Wilfred Buckley...
...and he hired John Dietrich.
Isn't that incredible?
Jerome.
Yeah, Billings?
- He's doing everything he should?
- Mm-hmm.
- The quality is...?
- Well, you've seen it.
The polling, the ads.
First rate.
I don't know...
Baggage will arrive
at the low level.
Buses for downtown Cleveland
are available outside main hall.
Thanks for meeting me, Pete.
I thought you'd get out
of all the travelling this year.
So did I!
- Spoken to Sam recently?
- Last week.
Talked about his illness?
Off the record.
Not much.
Mostly about whether or not
he's going to stay in Washington...
...and practice law...
...or go back to Ohio.
I don't think he's ill.
Is that so?
I'm curious,
how much do you actually know
about Sam? Financially, I mean.
He's never had that much.
It's just his salary.
And Claire?
Her family's got dough.
Yes, but she never
got any, did she?
Her father blew his share.
Did you know
she needed scolarships...
- ...to get through college?
- You've been busy.
Pete...
How many times have you been
to their house?
Have you ever wondered
how they carried that place?
Look, that house's gotta be worth
at least $600,000.
The mortgage is under $200,000.
I know they didn't get
anything like that...
...when they sold the other house
in Virginia.
Have you ever noticed
the furniture? The antiques?
- Claire paid for those, all in cash.
- What are you trying to tell me?
That Sam's on the take?
Is that it?
Is that the line that'd let you
win the Snoop-Of-The-Year award?
Cause if it is, you've got
this one little problem.
Why's he taking a walk?
I don't have the story yet.
I don't know why he's leaving.
Pete, Sam is your friend.
If you're--
Any bad judgement--
You're talking to me, remember?
You're praying so hard
he's f***ed up,
you're salivating.
You're f--
You're f***ed up. Not him.
You're a f***-up.
Look, there's a lot of stuff
flying around Washington...
...about why you're leaving.
About how you can afford
all those antiques,
about buying the new house.
As a friend...
...I appreciate you
telling me that, Pete.
I love my job.
A man couldn't ask
for a better one.
But it's precisely because of
crap like that...
...I'm glad I'm getting out.
Those things are Claire's.
She collects them.
The money's from her inheritance.
Here you are, Mr. St. John.
- Thanks.
- You're welcome.
You were right.
I shouldn't have done that.
It was stupid.
I just wanted you to know
that I... recognize that.
So...
Maybe, buy you a drink?
How'd you know
I'd be here tonight?
Well, the receptionist said
you hadn't checked out,
and your office in New York said
you weren't due until tomorrow and...
I saw Sam.
Oh.
You knew I would. That's why
you've been camping...
...out here all night.
It's all right, it's okay.
You're good. You're real good.
I mean, on that
we've always agreed.
I'm going to tell you
what Sam said.
He said the money came
from her inheritance.
Christ, he lied to me.
For a politician, you'd think
he'd be pretty good.
He was so f***ing bad.
You've been lied to before.
Oh, yeah, right. I forgot.
Are you going to hold that
over me forever?
Good old Saint Pete, who never
told a lie to his wife.
You never asked.
Well, I'm asking now!
How many?
Times or women?
Oh, let's keep this
to one night. Women.
All right, let's set
the history straight here.
Towards the end, you and I were close
if we were in the same time zone.
You got any idea
what it's like...
...to spend ten days
massaging some poll?
And wind up at 1:00 a.m.
in some bar in Cleveland...
...and notice some lady
across the room...
...with a lot of hair
on her chin?
Yes, I have an idea.
It must be like chasing a story
for a week and a half,
getting nothing but
doors slammed in your face...
...and ending up in some bar
in the Ramada Inn in Akron,
next to a guy with a clean shirt,
whose hands don't sweat?
No.
Nothing like that at all.
Well, they're now
in his room, f***ing.
So what? They used to be married.
Look, what has he actually done?
He went to see Hastings.
He's the best friend he's got.
We know he run a check on me.
You put him in touch with me,
so, he run a check on you.
Now, he's screwing
his ex-wife.
Uh, she's a problem.
I don't care how you cut it.
Trip to New Orleans,
a session with Hastings wife--
I can't help but
find that troubling.
All right, Billings, what are you
going to do about it?
- Yeah.
- Breakfast, sir.
Okay
- Didn't you order Canadian bacon?
- Uh-huh
Didn't bring it.
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Wally...!
There's a tap on the phone.
My office phone too.
I found a bug.
Who?
I'm not sure.
I don't know.
Arnold Billings.
Ever heard of him?
He works out of Washington,
does some kind of corporate PR.
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