Telling Signs
Jed Bartlet, season 7, 100 words.
Jed Bartlet thinks about his former Chief of Staff. His best friend. The man who made him president, who's running for Vice President, and maybe, just maybe, might one day occupy Jed's office.
He'd love to see President McGarry.
Which is what makes it so hard that he wishes Arnold Vinick were a Democrat.
Matt Santos is a good man, he knows, with people Jed trusts around him. He has potential. But you learn about a man sharing ice cream with him, and Jed Bartlet likes what he sees in Arnold Vinick.
The man shines his own shoes, after all.