Allison Janney, John Spencer, Dulé Hill, Stockard Channing and Mary McCormack do not appear in this episode. Martin Sheen and Richard Schiff appear only briefly, in telephone conversations.
Throughout the episode, Congressman Santos (Jimmy Smits) continually asks Josh (Bradley Whitford) to call him by his first name, "Matt." Nevertheless, Josh continues to call him "Congressman Santos," or "the Congressman," even when speaking with those members of Santos' former congressional staff who are now Santos' presidential campaign volunteers.
While Marshall Crenshaw's "Someday, Someway" plays as Josh (Bradley Whitford) and Matt (Jimmy Smits) arrive at Matt's campaign HQ, the subtitles show the lyrics to The Beatles' "Good Day Sunshine".