The Great West Wing Rewatch: 6.22 "2162 Votes"
Joel: The two episodes that focus on the conventions here seem to take the stance that going into the convention without a clear nominee for president is a terrible thing for the party. They talk about how the democrats are going to look like an out of control circus compared to the well oiled machine that is the Republican Party here. But watching this storyline unfold just makes me want to see a contested convention in real life all the more. This current presidential election is the closest we’ve come in a long time in both parties. And watching this, you have to wonder what a real life impact might be of a convention like this. When Bartlet was running for his second term, there was a brief storyline where television stations were considering very limited coverage of both conventions because frankly, both conventions are predictable and boring. But here we have television coverage lasting well past prime time. Even with the complaints of how long the first round of votin...