MORE BLOGOSPHERE/WEST WING COINCIDENCE: After the Yourish thing and the resignation of Sorkin, Mickey Kaus posted an idea earlier this week to turn "West Wing" Republican once President Bartlet's term expires. Conservative blogger Patrick Ruffini then wrote in saying that he had in fact already written a right-wing version of "West Wing" (called, what else, "The Right Wing") last November.
Strangest thing of all though: the fictional Republican president in Ruffini's version is named Prescott. The episode of "24" that aired two weeks ago featured a coup by the hawkish and presumably Republican vice president, who successfully assumed the presidency. His name? You guessed it, Prescott! So I guess when "West Wing" goes GOP, references to war with "Kundun" and "Qumar" will be replaced by a general strike against, simply, "The Middle East."