Writer:	Aaron Sorkin
Story:	Paul Redford
Director:	Scott Winant
Star:	Martin Sheen (President Jed Bartlet),  Dulé Hill (Charlie Young),  Allison Janney (Claudia Jean "C.J." Cregg),  Rob Lowe (Sam Seaborn (Episodes 1-84)),  Richard Schiff (Toby Ziegler),  John Spencer (Leo McGarry),  Bradley Whitford (Josh Lyman),  Janel Moloney (Donna Moss (Episodes 23-, recurring previously))
Recurring Role:	Melissa Fitzgerald (Carol Fitzpatrick),  Nicole Robinson (Margaret),  William Duffy (Larry),  Peter James Smith (Ed),  Charles Noland (Steve),  Ivan Allen (Roger Salier),  Kim Webster (Ginger)
Guest Star:	Felicity Huffman (Ann Stark),  Bruce Winant (Henry Hanson),  Dude Walker (Simon),  Tom McCarthy (Randall Thomas),  Kevin Fry (Staff Aide #2),  Marc Goldsmith (Staff Aide #1),  Tim Williams (Craig),  Rhonda Overby (Reporter),  Lesley D. van Arsdall (Reporter),  Patrick Falls (Billy),  Corbin Bernsen (Henry Shallick)

Awards and Nominations:
Richard Schiff was nominated for a 2001 Emmy in the category of Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series for his performance in this episode and in "17 People"

John Spencer was nominated for a 2001 Emmy in the category of Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series for his performance in this episode and in "In the Shadow of Two Gunmen: Part 1" (edit) Felicity Huffman previously starred in another Aaron Sorkin TV series, Sports Night. (edit)

Donna: Josh, this was delivered by messenger.
Josh: What is it?
Donna: (Holding the envelope in front of her face) It's ... Wait, wait. No, damn, my x-ray vision is failing me today. (edit) Leo: Shake my hand. (Leo and Toby shake hands.) We just formed it.
Toby: Formed what?
Leo: The Committee to Re-elect the President. (edit) Charlie: Mr. President, I don’t know if this is the right moment...
Bartlet: The right moment for what?
Charlie: Donna Moss needs a favor. While talking last night to Karen Cahill, she accidentally dropped her underwear. She feels that there’s a chance Karen Cahill may have misinterpreted that and Donna asked me to ask you if you would call Karen Cahill and make it clear she wasn’t making a sexual advance.
Bartlet: Well, I’m not sure there is a right moment for you to ask me that, Charlie. (edit) Bartlet: Who’s the next meeting?
Charlie: Kim Woo of Singapore. You want the cheat sheet?
Bartlet: I don’t need a cheat sheet. Kim Woo, he won a bronze medial for fencing, he’s a Buddhist, and he enjoys European History. You see Charles even though it’s a handshake, I’m able to make him feel like a friend and that’s a little thing they call ‘people skills.’
Charlie: Kim Woo’s a woman, sir.
Bartlet: The man’s an Olympic athlete, Charlie. I wouldn’t say that to his face (edit) C.J.: Carol, did the President say that the stats were even more staggering right here, in Washington, D.C.?
Carol: Yeah.
C.J.: Would you remind me to clarify that?
Carol: Why?
C.J.: He was in Louisville, Kentucky, when he said it (edit)

It is mentioned in this episode that the 107th Congress is about to have its first session. At the time of the original broadcast the 107th Congress had in fact just started. Apparently in the alternative world of The West Wing congressional elections are concurrent with the real ones. The presidential elections, however, are not. (edit)

Bartlet: I don't have to be Officer Krupke.

Officer Krupke is a character from West Side Story, the police sergeant who has to keep two gangs, the Sharks and the Jets, under control. By comparing himself to Krupke, the President suggests that the two sides at the Leadership Breakfast behave like the gangs. (edit) C.J.: Fred and Ethel would you follow me please?

C.J. refers to Sam and Josh as Fred and Ethel. Fred and Ethel are characters from I Love Lucy. They are bickering all the time, like a typical married couple. There is also an I Love Lucy episode called Fred and Ethel Fight. (edit) Toby: I'm Shocked, Shocked, I say, to find there's gambling going on in this establishment.

This is a quote from Casablanca. A policeman says it when discovered by a higher ranking law offical in the featured club of the film. The next line is "Here are you're winning, sir." (edit) The idea of moving the press corps to the OEOB (Old Executive Office Building) was actually considered during the first year of the Clinton administration; Hillary Clinton especially was a proponent of the idea. There was even talk (also mentioned in the episode) of doing so in order to reopen the old indoor swiming pool previously found below the press room. (edit)