The New York Times has a fascinating article about how the election storyline in The West Wing (which ended in 2006) is eerily foreshadowing the Obama-McCain race. West Wing writers actually based the Jimmy Smits character (young Democratic congressman and Presidential hopeful Matthew Santos) on Barack Obama, who had just delivered a big speech at the DNC in 2004. There are also incredible similarities between John McCain and Alan Alda's character -- a longtime Republican Senator with white hair and a reputation for "straight talk."
Read the story here.
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iTunes just added Season 7
Thu, 10/30/2008 - 22:04 — Anonymous (not verified)iTunes just added Season 7 this week no less.
season 7
Thu, 10/30/2008 - 22:39 — brookecain (author)So we get to see how all this ends!