Twenty Five

When Bartlet learns that Zoey’s kidnapping is the work of Qumari terrorists, he invokes the 25th amendment to diminish their leverage and eliminate any conflict of interest; since there’s no Vice President, the power of the Presidency passes to Bartlet’s chief political rival and the most powerful Republican in the country, the Speaker of the House, who immediately takes a very hard line; now that twins Huck and Molly have arrived, Toby wonders if he’s capable of loving them enough.