The West Wing’s speechwriter, Sam Seaborn is joining the Arnie campaign, in the person of actor Rob Lowe:
For three years, Lowe portrayed the idealistic White House aide Sam Seaborn in the hit series “The West Wing.” Lowe’s character was a California-born political operative who wrote speeches for the show’s Democratic President Jed Bartlet, and wound up running for Congress in Orange County. He dropped out of the show midway into last season after a contract dispute. In press reports, Lowe said the show had changed and “it just wasn’t for me.”
Most Democrats aren’t aware that The West Wing is fictional, so they’re naturally going to take this as an endorsement from the President (Bartlett). Lowe also appeals to the all important pervert vote, so two birds with one stoned guy.