Finally, someone else is discussing what had been a frequent discussion at the dinner table a while back; the parallels between television's "West Wing" and the current political campaign are just too intriguing to ignore.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/7616333.stm

Geena Davis offered us a TV show about the first female president, and that show tanked; more likely due to poor writing and acting then the theme it was based on, which we have seen has brought a lot of energy to the race.

The West Wing offered a story line of the first non-white candidate up against an older experienced Republican from a western state. Now, I wonder if Obama would offer McCain a job as Secretary of State? Further, I wonder if McCain would still have the character to accept it; he has shown a real child-like manner of responding to disappointments.

Anyway, it was nice seeing this coincidental story line was noticed by others.

I worked on the last 4 episodes of the West Wing, but never actually watched the series that late into it. It was just too boring without as much White House staff like in the prior seasons.

That being said, Santos won, right? Why even bother running the election - lets just give Obama the victory!