The clear analogy between the presidential election on the final season of "The West Wing" and the current real-life White House race came to me like a ton of bricks the other day, and I suspected I wasn't the first to notice. Nope, Christopher Hope of the Telegraph got there first.
Dennis Haysbert has already endorsed Barack; if he can only get Jimmy Smits' support, he should have the Fictional President Vote locked up.
If you take it further, I guess Obama's running mate has to be a past Democratic president's chief of staff. John Podesta? Leon Panetta? Erskine Bowles? Whoever he is, I hope he doesn't die on election night.
Posted by Stephen Silver at February 7, 2008 03:52 PMWow.. just got home from seeing Sen Obama [D- Awesomeville] and I had precisely the same thoughts! Crazy. Down to even thinking I couldn't have been the first, which is how I ended up here-- quick Google for "Obama is Matt Santos". Eerie, maybe.
I'm going to go dream a little,
and then go to sleep.
Posted by: Ry at February 13, 2008 12:16 AMI thought the same thing. The whole election with a young minority candidate coming out of nowhere (Obama) to beat a heavily favored sort of incumbent (Hillary) to face a moderate republican (Alan Alda)who conservatives despise. I hope this plays out all the way with Obama winning.
Posted by: Evan Farrar at February 15, 2008 05:03 PM