Still Voting Bartlett

As the American election season rolls around again, it's interesting to watch bits of the coverage on TV and in the papers - and I find myself following more than I should do, as it is somewhat transfixing.

The first thing that this made me want to do was pick up some of my West Wing DVDs and watch them. I've watched a couple of episodes from the beginning of the 4th season, which is not by particular coincidence the run-up to the election at the end of the first term. Comparing the politics and characters you see in the TV show, it's a disappointment to come back to real life afterwards and see the same shallow, self-serving characters. Even the ones I approve of are rather feeble by comparison.

So, if I could vote - which I can't - my vote would still be for Bartlett.