The Great West Wing Rewatch: 7.8 "Undecideds"
Joel: This episode, along with the previous one, mark the first time in the series that Santos really starts to feel presidential. Before now he seemed smart and ambitious. He had strong views that he was willing to back up, and he clearly knew how to play the game of politics. But there is a certain je ne sais quoi about the person who is trying to declare themselves the best possible choice to be leader of the free world. Bartlet had it right from the beginning, when he walked in the room at the end of the first episode. While his was different, Walken still had the air of a president for those few episodes, in the way he held himself and the way he took command of a room. With Santos we’ve gotten to see that develop over time, from the beginning of the campaign till now. And there are several small examples throughout the debate in the previous episode that Santos has that presidential feel about him. But you get a strong example to point to at the end here, when Santos h...