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Ah, a teacher and a librarian.

It's the missus.

Hi, darling.

Honey, I'm sorry. We got

stuck here.

But great news... We made real

progress with the teachers.

Tonight? Are you sure? Oh,

I'm sorry, honey.

Charlie, did we have a meeting

with the guy from the...

Portsmouth Democratic Committee?

Goddamn it, Charlie.

Are you Uncle Charlie, the

Medal of honor winner?

Well, I'm Uncle Charlie. And

whatever else he says.

If you'll stop popping my eardrum,

I'll leave now.

Don't... Susan, don't go.

Susan, just stay...

-We better go. Where's the plane?

-Teterboro.

All the way out there?

Okay, let's go.

Arlen, see you in D.C. Daisy,

go with Howard, Henry...

Mitch, Charlie, let's go.

Go? But I came to talk to

you about...

We'll talk on the plane.

-But I teach classes in the morning.

-Call in sick.

-The kids won't mind.

-Can I make a phone call?

When we get there. Now,

let's talk...

Hi, honey.

This is Henry Burton.

My wife, Susan.

I met you 25 years ago at

your grandfather's.

You were running under the sprinkler

in wet underpants.

He was a great man.

Thank you.

Jack could also be a great

man if he weren't such a...

-thoughtless, undisciplined sh*t.

-Why is this a big deal?

Because first impressions count,

a**hole.

This is New Hampshire. These

people don't know you.

Hey don't even know your state.

They know Orlando Ozio, the

Governor of a real state.

But they came to meet you

and you didn't show.

I talked to the head of their

Democratic party about fly...

fishing for an hour and 45 minutes.

Do you realize how...

indescribably boring

fly-fishing is?

Do you realize I've now

committed to doing this,...

this thing with him?

I'm going fly-fishing because

of you, you a**hole!

It's not funny. You can't do this

to me Jack.

We've been at this a month and

you're already f***ing up.

The only shot we have

is to be perfect.

Barely adequate won't swing it.

Jack, you can't blow off...

Primrose Lane...

Life's a holiday on

Primrose Lane.

When I'm walking down

Primrose Lane...

-with you...

-You're not funny.

I have to find a phone.

When we get to the

apartment.

Honey, it was so great today,

this reading program.

You should have seen the people.

And the teacher was inspirational.

Tell me how good the curriculum was.

We can replicate a good curriculum.

You can't sell a program without

a good teacher.

Henry, was the teacher that

inspirational?

Well, she was...

She was a pretty typical school

board bureaucrat, I thought.

We got it on a 6-month sublet.

Better than a hotel.

Cheaper, too. We can keep clothes

and store stuff. We have privacy.

I don't care about privacy.

I'm here to get know...

I can't do that in private.

It's like the end of the campaign,

not the beginning.

Goddamn it, Charlie. No cable?

You can't run for President of the

United f***ing States without CNN!

-Do you have any bags?

-No, I didn't expect to come.

-You want something to eat?

-Yeah.

This is the worst damn place

I've ever seen!

Hey, Darling.

It's four A.M. This is not how to

introduce yourself to the neighbors.

I'll make you coffee, Henry.

Well, I'm out of here

tomorrow morning.

I know we got to go cheap, but not

this cheap. Not loser cheap.

-So, why did you quit Larkin?

-What?

Why did you stop working for Larkin?

Careful, it's hot.

I just, um...

I know... you can't talk about your

old boss to your new one.

I don't have a new boss yet.

Larkin's very different from Jack.

Very cool.

Never blinks. A professional.

Wouldn't swallow tea

without testing it.

That's the real thing experience

teaches you. Isn't it?

How not to get burned.

-Do people ever learn that?

-Not the best people.

Adam taught me a lot...

but it was all the same. He

never surprised me.

No one ever voted with us

because it was right.

They always asked for a lulu.

Lulu?

It's New York for artificial

sweetener.

Anyway, we'd win and

then be gutted...

in the Senate. We'd accept

heir version.

Then the White House would veto,

which was no surprise.

Then we'd celebrate our great moral

victory. We'd forced a veto.

So you dropped out.

So why are you here?

Tell me.

Tell me.

It's four in the morning.

Let's just tell the truth.

Okay. Well...

I wondered how it would be to

work with someone...

who actually cared about...

I mean...

it couldn't always have been

the way it is now.

It must have been different in

my grandfather's time.

You were there. You had Kennedy.

I didn't.

I've never heard a president say

"destiny" and "sacrifice"...

without thinking, "bullshit."

Okay, maybe it was bullshit with

Kennedy, too, but...

but people believed it.

And, I guess, that's

what I want.

I want to believe it.

I want to be part of something

that's history.

I bet this is the longest answer

to a five word...

question you've ever gotten.

No, it isn't.

The longest was the one

I got to...

"Do you do much fly-fishing?"

It's a good answer, Henry.

History is what we're about, too.

What else is there?

Hei, March. Some guy about an

automobile insurance scam.

-It's me. Don't hang up again.

-F*** you.

I'm in a coffee shop in New

Hampshire. I may not...

find another phone. Listen.

I think this guy could be

the real thing.

He's so incredible you could

work for him.

I mean, this son of a b*tch actually

likes these people.

He's worth the risk.

Help me get him out of here. We

have a fund-raiser in 20 minutes.

You bastard. I waited form

you all night.

I can explain about that.

I got you some stuff at

the drugstore.

I can't go to Mammoth Falls

without clothes.

Give me your keys. Daisy can pack

some things and bring them to you.

Why I can't pack the things?

Because you're going to

Mississippi.

We have to set up campaign

headquarters before we go. Keys.

I thought you told us to hurry.

Susan... Mrs. Stanton, I'm not

sure. I mean, I don't know.

I've never helped run a presidential

campaign before.

Well, neither have we.

That's how history is made, Henry...

by the first-timers.

Are you, uh...?

Is this...?

Where are the state

party people?

They're tied up with the

congressional races. We're it.

All right.

Get me the national mailing

lists of every donor...

since the beginning of time.

I also need a complete database of

voting records on every candidate...

so we can set up a rapid

response operation.

How do we do that, honey?

Don't you, uh...?

Don't any of you have any

special skills?

I speak Hebrew.

Great.

-Now, double click on

"Pro-Choice".

Now call up the Harris vote.

No, no.

Why can't I learn this?

This announcement is for the

candidate briefing on the 23rd.

-Put it on five hundred leaflets.

-And then what?

Hand them out.

Call only the Orthodox and

Conservative synagogues.

Speak only to the rabbis and

start off in Hebrew.

-How's that?

-Great. We need to file that with...

Excuse me.

Terry? Terry!

Just hold out the leaflets for

people. Don't stalk them.

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