The Runner Page #6

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I'm not going to work with him, Kate.

Then why take the meeting?

Because I at least needed to...

Hear him out? Why?

Even if I never resigned, I still

wouldn't have won that Senate seat.

They were always maneuvering me.

I was in denial.

That's not true.

You stand for something.

Will you stay for a couple more days?

I wish I could.

But unfortunately I have work and...

children. So...

Well, what would you think about me

coming up there to visit you soon?

I could spend time with your kids.

I'm not divorced yet, Colin.

And neither are you.

You know damn well it's right with us.

What about your career?

Do you have any idea

what this would look like?

We've already been incredibly reckless.

This feels real to me.

And if it means

I can't run for office again,

so be it.

I thought I was taking you

to the airport.

I called a cab.

I figured I'd let you sleep.

Folks, the grant was given to us

for claims we already submitted.

Are any of you existing clients?

Meaning people

we worked with in the past?

All right, who's next?

We had to treat

your father's alcohol withdrawal

to maximize the safety of his surgery.

Detox.

Detox was kind of rocky for him.

Both emotionally and physically.

We're going to take him

into the OR about 40 minutes.

The surgery should take

five to seven hours.

Take your time with him until then.

- Thank you.

- Yeah.

Heard you were in the middle

of a class action.

I didn't think you'd be here.

I postponed the depositions,

but I have to get back

to the office during surgery.

He's my father, too.

I'll be outside.

How are you feeling?

Ask me that in seven hours.

You're going to be okay.

You know, I was thinking

about something on the ride over.

You remember that speech

you gave during the '69 campaign

about the anti-discrimination

ordinance, you remember?

You were shouting, pounding your fist,

spitting like a mad dog.

I was too young to understand

much of what you were saying,

but I did understand it was about race.

Blacks and whites, right and wrong.

- And I never...

- Do...

Do me a favor, Colin.

What?

Don't feel sorry for me.

Oh, Christ.

All right.

Close the damn shades.

The sun is hurting my eyes.

You've been sleeping

with your consultant.

That's none of your business.

Another disaster waiting to happen.

What does it matter to you anyway?

It's difficult to stop

caring about someone

you've spent 25 years of your life with.

But you did.

I apologize.

I'm willing to admit that...

I've been wrong. And I'm sorry.

What are you talking about?

I don't want to sign.

If you fall on one issue,

you make that sacrifice,

we can accomplish

everything we've worked for.

You won't be able

to make this on your own terms.

Not this time.

500,000.

That's how many people

have filed with the GCCF.

I'd be responsible for all of them.

It won't change a thing,

and you know it.

Why are you doing this?

I love you.

Whether you take the deal or not.

Do me a favor.

Don't come back here after the surgery.

You've reached Kate Haber,

you can leave me a message...

City and state, please.

Arlington, Virginia. Katherine Haber.

Hello?

Kate.

Why are you calling me at home?

Can we talk for a minute?

This isn't a good time.

Just call the office tomorrow

and we can talk then.

I miss you.

Honey, we're starting the movie.

Can... I just need a minute.

I'll just be a minute.

That was your husband.

We've decided to try

and work things out.

Were you going to bother telling me?

Yes, of course I was.

But it just happened and...

I...

I don't know.

I'm sorry.

But what did you think

was going to happen?

That I'd campaign with you?

That I'd stand up there

on that podium by your side?

You weren't giving up politics

to be with me.

And if you did,

you would have been miserable.

You would have resented me.

Maybe not at first,

but what about in six months?

Or a year?

Do you love him?

Oh, Colin, tell me that I'm wrong.

Tell me that I'm wrong.

I'm sorry to have called so late.

You have a good night.

Colin?

Colin, open the door.

Colin. Colin.

Open the door.

Unlock the door.

Colin.

You've always been a decent man, Colin.

But that's not why I married you.

I married you because I knew

you had it in you to be a great man.

And great men,

men who build legacies,

they aren't always decent.

They understand that people...

they need someone

to tell them what to remember.

And what to forget.

They need great men

to insulate them from frailty.

What's good, what's bad.

Because only great men know how to make

people's powerlessness tolerable.

My mother grew up a couple miles

east of here in Metairie.

My father grew up in the city.

I was raised in Broadmoor.

Graduated Jesuit High.

My parents had friends

who worked at this plant.

I had friends whose parents

worked at this plant.

And I have friends now

who work at this plant,

some of you are here today.

So I understand

the problems that we face.

I understand our frustrations.

And I am here to be the solution.

We must not let ourselves forget

the 11 men who died

on that Transocean rig

or the impact the spill

has had on the Gulf Coast.

But we also can't allow tragedy

to force us into making foolish decisions.

Instead of wasting our energy

vilifying the oil industry

and the GCCF, we need to be patient.

We need to work together.

Because the fact of the matter is,

we need each other.

Good legislating

is the art of compromise.

Good business is the art of compromise.

Life will forever be

the art of compromise.

Chris Wilcox doesn't understand

that around here people go

from seafood to oil field

and from oil field to seafood.

He doesn't understand that

a permanent ban on drilling

will devastate our local economy.

He doesn't understand that

you cannot afford to send

hard-earned American dollars

to the Middle East.

I am running for Senate

to move things forward,

not only for this

great state of Louisiana,

but for this great country.

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