Toby has had enough of this event and it hasn't started yet.
He didn't want to do the damn announcement in the first place. It is trading away their advantage of being incumbent and it is stupid. It's bad enough that it's putting strain on the campaign, but it's stressing out the staff and it's stressing out Cerulean. Not that she complains; she's delighted to be with the staff 24/7. She's not exactly thrilled about any of Bruno's people. They're nice enough to her but Cerulean is smart enough to see that Doug annoys Toby and Sam to no end.
Toby is currently avoiding Doug and simmering in the high school stadium where the announcement farce will be held. He'd come upon a stack of signs proudly saying 'Bartlet for President.' Instead of finding the idiot who made the signs and stabbing him, Toby attacked the signs with a black Sharpie. Bruno promised the signs would vanish before the event started, but Toby isn't taking any chances.
As he edits the signs, Josh and C.J. come over. Josh is still pushing the RU-486 problem. At this point, Toby's sure that the only way the FDA won't announce on the same day as the Bartlet re-election campaign is an act of God. Josh Lyman, as much as he would like to pretend otherwise, does not have that kind of presence.
"Hey, see this?" Toby holds up the sign he's just fixed. It now says 'Bartlet IS THE President.' C.J. holds back an exasperated sigh.
"We're taking care of it," she says.
"No, I'm taking care of it," Toby replies. "Either of you seen Cerulean lately? Sam just went by and she wasn't with him." C.J. shakes her head.
"Haven't seen her since this morning," she says.
"I saw her like an hour ago when we got here," Josh says. Damn it. Cerulean's still in recovery from the surgery and she's not supposed to be walking around or climbing stairs too much. She will, however, do exactly that to find someone she knows or if she gets bored. Toby starts looking around.
"She can't be by herself. The last thing any of us need is to have to rush her to a hospital because she passed out somewhere in this hullabaloo-"
"Toby, I'll go look for her. She can't have gotten far, the Secret Service is everywhere," Josh said. He starts walking off to the stands. Toby sighs.
"She'll be fine, Toby," C.J. says. "Cerulean knows she has to be careful. She's probably parked herself somewhere until one of us passes by. That's what she does at the house."
"After she wanders around for a while," Toby grumbles. "I've seen her do it, C.J. She gets bored sitting around. And nobody makes good decisions sleep-deprived." C.J. winces.
"You think it's that bad?" she asks.
"I know she's only getting two or three hours at night. If I shove Sam out the door early enough, they get back to the hotel at a reasonable time, but that doesn't mean Cerulean will sleep the whole time," Toby says.