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Episode 215
ELLIE
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Personal
When Bartlet decided to run for President in his first campaign, he made a deal with his wife Abbey that it would only be for a single term because there was no way to predict how his Multiple Sclerosis would affect him in the long run. After his very PR-friendly State of the Union address, it was clear to many that he'd unofficially kicked off his re-election campaign without discussing the matter with his wife. Abbey's concern for her husband's health, coupled with her fury at his disregard for their deal, has created a fair share of tension in the White House's residential wing.
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Political
With the re-election campaign in full flower, Bartlet announced the formation of a Blue Ribbon Committee on Social Security, to consider and evaluate crucial issues like Medicare in a bipartisan forum.
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As the President (Martin Sheen) wings back from a Tokyo trade summit, a firestorm of controversy awaits him when Surgeon General Griffith (guest star Mary Kay Place, "Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman") hints that marijuana should be decriminalized -- but Bartlet is even more incensed over his meek middle daughter Ellie's (guest star Nina Siezmasko) public assurances that her father would never fire Griffith. When he confronts Ellie, the President gets a sobering reality check about their relationship. Elsewhere: Toby (Richard Schiff) floats an idea of putting a controversial Senator on a special commission to study social security reform and encounters resistance to the notion of raising the retirement age; Sam (Rob Lowe) tries to head off the misleading story that the White House refused to screen an incendiary new film promoted by a savvy movie producer. John Spencer, Bradley Whitford, Allison Janney, Dule Hill and Janel Moloney also star.
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