As the staff works endlessly on Bartlet's State of the Union address, Bartlet suddenly requests that a section promising to find a cancer cure within 10 years is added. Sam is interviewed for an article in Vanity Fair magazine by a reporter who has a close personal history with him -- they were once engaged. Meanwhile, Josh has a hard time getting Amy Gardner's attention after telling her that her current relationship with a Congressman is only due to political gain; and Joey Lucas studies the poll numbers prior to Bartlet's speech.
Season 3 Episode 11 of The West Wing resulted in a 0.00 rating in the 18-49 demographic.
s03e00 - Isaac and Ishmael
s03e01 - Manchester: Part 1
s03e02 - Manchester: Part 2
s03e03 - Ways and Means
s03e04 - On the Day Before
s03e05 - War Crimes
s03e06 - Gone Quiet
s03e07 - The Indians in the Lobby
s03e08 - The Women of Qumar
s03e09 - Bartlet for America
s03e10 - H. Con
s03e11 - 100,000 Airplanes
s03e12 - The Two Bartlets
s03e13 - Night Five
s03e14 - Hartsfield's Landing
s03e15 - Dead Irish Writers
s03e16 - The U.S. Poet Laureate
s03e17 - Stirred
s03e18 - Enemies Foreign and Domestic
s03e19 - The Black Vera Wang
s03e20 - We Killed Yamamoto
s03e21 - Posse Comitatus
In a unique glimpse of the inner-workings of Presidential politics, The West Wing takes viewers inside the White House and follows the lives of the staff as they help President Jed Bartlet make the crucial decisions that shape the nation and the world around it. Working closely with the President are close friend and Chief of Staff Leo McGarry; Deputy Chief of Staff Josh Lyman; Josh's assistant Donna Moss; Communications Director Toby Ziegler; and his Deputy, Sam Seaborn; Press Secretary C.J. Cregg; First Lady Abbey Bartlet; and Charlie Young, Bartlet's Personal Aide.
As season 6 unfolded, the show shifted its focus from the current administration to the Arnold Vinick vs. Matthew Santos race for the presidency, presidential election, and transition to the new administration from the Bartlet administration.