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1.09: The Short List (with Ronald Klain)

The West Wing Weekly

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Toby's Frustration With Bartlett as President

Toby seems ready just to notch a win, even though he's normally the idealist at this one. He doesn't feel yet that he has the political capital to take some risk and pursue his agenda. In this episode, ronald regan nominated robert borke to the supreme court,. The democrats had a majority in the senate, and they troyed that nomination. They invented a word in the process: "borking"

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