Chuck Todd

They keep making things look like it's that easy or that a president will just march up to the hill. And here it is. And yet you're telling me that how important was it to be realistic or not when it came to the West Wing?

Because you thought you didn't have enough of the Washington experience to keep up with the writer's room.

Because you thought you didn't have enough of the Washington experience to keep up with the writer's room.

Because you thought you didn't have enough of the Washington experience to keep up with the writer's room.

That's always the best feeling to make you work harder.

That's always the best feeling to make you work harder.

That's always the best feeling to make you work harder.

How did you, tell me how you would have, how did you infuse the style of musical theater into West Wing, which of course didn't have musical interludes?

How did you, tell me how you would have, how did you infuse the style of musical theater into West Wing, which of course didn't have musical interludes?

How did you, tell me how you would have, how did you infuse the style of musical theater into West Wing, which of course didn't have musical interludes?

There was definitely, it felt like you wanted to fit the moment or almost feel lyrical in some ways.

There was definitely, it felt like you wanted to fit the moment or almost feel lyrical in some ways.

There was definitely, it felt like you wanted to fit the moment or almost feel lyrical in some ways.

Should West Wing have been, have you ever thought about readapting West Wing as a musical?

Should West Wing have been, have you ever thought about readapting West Wing as a musical?

Should West Wing have been, have you ever thought about readapting West Wing as a musical?

I mean, we do all these re-adaptations all the time, right? You're like, boy, that's one that I hadn't thought about, but you go get like, you go, I would love to see Lin-Manuel Miranda and Aaron Sorkin team up and make it a musical, right? Like in theory, that would be interesting.

I mean, we do all these re-adaptations all the time, right? You're like, boy, that's one that I hadn't thought about, but you go get like, you go, I would love to see Lin-Manuel Miranda and Aaron Sorkin team up and make it a musical, right? Like in theory, that would be interesting.

I mean, we do all these re-adaptations all the time, right? You're like, boy, that's one that I hadn't thought about, but you go get like, you go, I would love to see Lin-Manuel Miranda and Aaron Sorkin team up and make it a musical, right? Like in theory, that would be interesting.

Go back to that writer's room. What did you learn? Was that your first big writer's room?