The Ides of March Page #4

It seems like a very odd fit.

My dad is Jack Stearns.

- Oh, he's a good guy.

- He's an a**hole.

But he's your boss.

He's not my boss.

He's the head of the DNC.

You don't work

for the Democratic

National Committee?

I work for Paul.

Paul works for Morris.

And if Morris wins,

he's gonna be your dad's boss.

Don't tell my dad that.

Don't tell your dad

a lot of things.

Never.

What time you gotta

work tomorrow?

Nine A.M.

I'm showing the new interns

how to robocall.

It's because

I'm the experienced intern,

you see?

I see.

How old are you?

How old do you think l am?

Thirty.

- You think I'm 30?

- Sorry. How old are you?

Thirty.

How old are you?

How old do you think l am?

Twenty-one?

- Twenty.

- Yep.

That's young.

Is that too young

to f*** a 30-year-old?

Well...

You see, the laws are different

in different states.

Here, at your hotel

here in Kentucky,

it's frowned upon.

Oh.

But, if we go across

the bridge into Ohio

- Where your hotel is.

- Yeah, surprisingly,

they're very lax about their

child-endangerment laws.

- Do you have a car? l don't drive.

- I took a cab.

I have the keys

to the campaign bus.

It fairness this has been tried before.

Operation Chaos,

as Russ Limbaugh called it,

where Republicans voted for a Democrat

they thought they could beat

in the general election.

We asked Senator Pullman's

campaign manager

if he's happy getting the votes

of right-wingers.

Is it decisive? No, of course not.

But look, we believe the polls

are within the margin of error

and that the senator

will win Ohio.

Yeah, what time's Paul get in?

Sh*t. Who do we talk to

about polling?

I gotta get some internal polling

on the independents

and the fuking wing nuts.

Do you want me to go?

What's that guy's name

from the Wall Street Journal?

You sound busy. l should go.

Could you hold on a second,

I'd like to talk to you about something.

Adler, yeah. Get him on the line.

Nobody. The cleaning lady.

Get him on the line.

Tell him we're gonna take

the same position we've always said:

The race is a lot closer

than the polling.

No, don't say that. Don't.

Just get him on the line and call me.

I'll take care of it. l'm sorry.

- Cleaning lady?

- Yeah.

You called me

the cleaning lady.

You're not mad

about that, are you?

- No, why would l be mad?

- Right.

l spoke with Jack Stearns.

Oh, hey. Look.

l know you're looking for

a reaction, but listen.

We have two great candidates

in a very tight race.

And at the end of the day,

the voters will decide

who best can

represent this party.

I understand Jack, but

doesn't this kind disruption

take away from what you guys

wanna be pushing this year?

You're right.

Your dad is an a**hole.

- I'm gonna tell him you said that.

- Yeah, do that.

You wanted to talk to me about something?

Yeah, I just wanna be clear.

I don't want there to be

any confusion.

I'm not gonna tell anybody

about last night.

That'd be great,

if we kept it between us.

- You know how people are.

- Yeah.

Really wouldn't look good

if you screwed an intern.

It's not like that.

It's not like l got drunk.

I like you.

I just don't want there

to be any expectations.

- Steve, you don't have to say anything.

- All right.

I just don't want you

to think I'm a player.

You are kind of a player, but...

- I was being polite.

- Bullshit.

- You were trying to pick me up.

- No, I wasn't.

You were pretty obvious about it.

- I was?

- Yeah.

- I thought I was being smooth and subtle.

- No, you were pretty forward.

You were pretty forward

asking me to the bar.

Well, been trying to f*** you

for a while.

Wow.

- It's kind of slutty of me, huh?

- Not at all.

- I respect it in some strange way.

- Good.

- You absolutely have no idea

how to tie a tie.

- No, no, not a clue.

You're very mature.

For a teenager.

When are you coming back?

I'll be at the event a little late.

These cocksuckers,

f***ing dirty sh*t.

- What happened with Thompson?

- Nothing. Prick.

We had him all sewed up,

motherf***er.

How bad is it?

I don't know. l just...

I'm running the numbers, Paul.

All right. l'll...

l'll be there in three hours.

l want hard numbers

and a strategy.

Yeah, l'm on it. l gotta go.

- You okay?

- Yeah. Just trying

to figure out our stops.

Think the weather

might determine that.

If we get there.

We're gonna be fine.

We have to do it.

It's the right thing to do.

Nothing bad happens

when you're doing the right thing.

Is this your personal theory?

Because I can shoot holes in it.

Roberto Clemente

on a humanitarian flight.

Well, there's...

There's exceptions to every rule.

So how we doing?

- I think we're fine now.

- No, the campaign. How we doing?

Oh, great.

Stephen, you're not Paul.

I pay Paul to use the word "great."

I pay you to tell me the truth.

I think that we are solid.

Okay Paul.

Governor, there's a big difference

between Paul and me.

Paul only believes in winning,

so he'll do or say anything to win.

But you wouldn't.

I'll do or say anything

if l believe in it.

But I have to believe in the cause.

You'll make a lousy consultant

when you're out of this line of work.

Well, l won't be

out of this line of work

as long as you're in it, sir.

So at best,

you got eight years.

Then you end up at

a nice consultant firm

off Farragut North,

making 750 grand a year,

eating at The Palm,

pimping out ex-senators

to Saudi princes.

Pimping out ex-presidents.

Then I better win.

Yeah.

Now, l've been married

for 11 years.

We have a normal marriage.

Which means when we disagree,

she wins.

What we don't disagree on

is how we're gonna leave

this planet for our daughter.

Are we gonna leave it better off

or worse?

The richest people in this country

don't pay their fair share.

And when they're asked to,

they cry socialism.

They use phrases like

"redistribution of wealth."

Yeah.

That scares everybody,

and they all run and they hide.

For the record,

my campaign is vehemently

against the distribution of wealth

to the richest Americans

by our government.

And l will run on that.

I didn't think it was true,

but I should've told you.

- Slow down.

- I'm sorry.

I met with Tom Duffy

yesterday.

What?

You were on a plane

and he called me

and asked if we could meet.

I said, "Why?" He said

it was very important, so l did.

- And l should have fuking told you.

- Stop, stop. Let me get this straight.

- You met with Tom Duffy.

- Yeah.

What'd he want, Stephen?

The gist? He wants to hire me.

He wants me to jump ship

and come and work for him.

This is really f***ing bad.

He told me

they had poll numbers

that had Pullman ahead by 4.

And we're in big fukin' trouble,

'cause he laid out their strategy.

Doing robocalls, traffic jams,

fake lit, and Thompson.

They offered Thompson

secretary of state.

You know how you fight

the war on terror?

You don't need their product anymore.

Their product is oil.

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