The West Wing, Season Seven

Leo:
Ok. Let's start by reframing the question. Forget about a four year term, the presidency is 18 months. That's your window. After that, there's midterms. No one on the Hill has time to do business with you, they're too busy getting re-elected.

Santos:
Huh.

Leo:
Then suddenly, you're running again.

Santos:
So I'm basically throwing everything out but my first five pages.

Leo:
In the garbage. Realistically, one page. But, we can do this in phases.