- Josh Lyman: Donna...
- Donna Moss: Let me get through this. It's one of the more awkward moments of a lifetime.
- Josh Lyman: I can't do this.
- Donna Moss: I'm good is the point. I'm as surprised as you are and rumor has it that you could use a deputy.
- Josh Lyman: [reading from a file] "Matthew Santos is throwing a ton of numbers at you hoping you'll be so confused as to miss the fact that his education plan is both impractical and unaffordable. He was a House member, you'd think behavior like that would annoy him." Donna Moss, Spokesperson, Russell for President Campaign.
- Donna Moss: I didn't mean that he was...
- Josh Lyman: "Claiming that three House terms qualifies you to be President is like me saying I'm a foreign relations expert because I ordered Kung Pao last night."
- Donna Moss: I didn't say that, did I?
- Josh Lyman: February 26; Coffee, Cake, and Candidates; Raleigh, North Carolina. "He wasn't a military strategist, he was a pilot. Ask him about the overhead compartment, not about defense."
- Donna Moss: You called Russell a cowpoke. You said the President avoided him in the halls. You hummed "These Boots Are Made For Walking" every time the press mentioned his name.
- Josh Lyman: Yeah, but I won.
- Donna Moss: It was my job, Josh. You're not used to me being in a position of authority. I'm sure that's uncomfortable.
- Josh Lyman: I've got an airplane hangar out there filled with 500 strangers looking to me for direction. I've got a candidate who doesn't trust any of them, and frankly, neither do I. And if you don't think I
- [breath hitches]
- Josh Lyman: miss you every day...
- [pause]
- Josh Lyman: I can make a couple of calls...
- Donna Moss: [She gets up and starts to leave the office trying to hold back her tears] Thank you for your time.
- White House Counsel Oliver Babish: So, you guys spend some time together?
- C.J. Cregg: Brock? We can pull a conversation.
- White House Counsel Oliver Babish: He's the guy?
- C.J. Cregg: Which guy would that be?
- White House Counsel Oliver Babish: Your fave.
- C.J. Cregg: I don't play favorites.
- White House Counsel Oliver Babish: I'm thinking you play favorites. Given the number of times his name appears on your call sheet. And also given the fact that six reporters in the White House Press Corps say you play favorites. It used to be Danny Concannon, now it's Greg Brock. So, it's a crush or an affair or a mutually acknowledged, but unrequited... What are we talking about here?
- C.J. Cregg: Oliver, I have a whole lot to do.
- White House Counsel Oliver Babish: It got personal with Danny, right? And if he's the new Danny...
- C.J. Cregg: We're not doing this.
- White House Counsel Oliver Babish: You talked to him every day. He drops by more than a guy with a phone in his pocket needs to drop by. And he published code word classified information on the front page of his newspaper. So, this does not fall under the category of things to which I do not need an answer.
- C.J. Cregg: ...You think the leak came from me... I'm the suspect.
- White House Counsel Oliver Babish: Can you tell me about the nature of your relationship with Greg Brock?