Opposition Research

This article is about the West Wing episode "Opposition Research". For the political tool (also known as Oppo), see Opposition research.

"Opposition Research"
The West Wing episode
Episode no.	Season 6 Episode 121
Directed by	Christopher Misiano
Written by	Eli Attie
Production code	2T5011
Original air date	January 12, 2005
Guest stars
Marlee Matlin Annabeth Gish Sam Robards Steven Eckholdt Bill O'Brien
Season 6 episodes
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List of The West Wing episodes

"Opposition Research" is episode 121 of The West Wing.

Alan Alda, Stockard Channing, Dulé Hill, Allison Janney, Mary McCormack, and John Spencer do not appear in this episode.

Plot

Candidate Matt Santos starts up his presidential campaign in New Hampshire, where he and Josh immediately disagree on campaign philosophy. Santos is keen to expound his policy on education, but Josh wants to go slower, and let the voters get to know him. Josh takes Santos to a garbage dump to help people toss out their garbarge whilst talking about his campaign. Santos is, however, resistant to all this "hand shaking". The press are closely following events in New Hampshire, and actually believe this campaign is a ploy on Josh's part to garner more votes for Hoynes, as Santos is such a rank outsider. Will Bailey is busy with Russell's campaign, and asks Josh about running a clean campaign between Russell and Santos and engineers a reunion between Josh and new Russell campaign staffer Donna.

Josh speaks to Elizabeth Bartlet and tries to recruit help from Bartlet's son-in-law, but this fails miserably. However, Bartlet gives Josh a very helpful pointer about voters in New Hampshire, and Liz contributes $2000 to the Santos campaign, which, when it is made public, is as good as an endorsement from the President. The whole episode explores the relationship between Josh and Santos, and how they are going to have to work together for Santos to win this campaign as Toby advised Josh to "have the talk" with the candidate. As Josh tells him "I gave up everything for this!" But Santos feels uncomfortable in New Hampshire. The episode ends on a positive note as one of the Santos aides tell Josh excitedly that both Hoynes and Russell have started making education an important issue.

The "opposition research" of the title refers to the work Josh has hired Joey Lucas to do in order to garner information about the other candidates. However, Santos expressly asked Josh not to do this. He is annoyed that Josh went behind his back, but Josh tells him quietly that he was, in fact, getting background information on Santos himself.

External links

• The West Wing Episode Guide

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