The West Wing come to life

The last season of "The West Wing" was all about the presidential election, where a darkhorse candidate prevailed in a extremely close primary against the party insiders and then in the general election against a moderate Republican. Sounds pretty familiar, huh? It did to me. I had remarked on this to some people, but the connection hadn't made the press. Until now. This video really highlights and explains the similarities between the TV show and the current campaign. It's worth noting, however, that originally, Jimmy Smits' character was supposed to lose the general election. It was only after John Spencer's (he played Leo) death that the producers decided that it would be too depressing to have Santos lose his running mate and the election in two weeks. Hopefully that's one thing real life can skip over.