<P> More than any time in recent history, America's destiny is not of our own choosing . We did not seek nor did we provoke an assault on our freedoms and our way of life . We did not expect nor did we invite a confrontation with evil . Yet the true measure of a people's strength is how they rise to master that moment when it does arrive . Forty - four people were killed a couple of hours ago at Kennison State University; three swimmers from the men's team were killed and two others are in critical condition; when after having heard the explosion from their practice facility they ran into the fire to help get people out...ran into the fire . The streets of heaven are too crowded with angels tonight . They're our students and our teachers and our parents and our friends . The streets of heaven are too crowded with angels, but every time we think we have measured our capacity to meet a challenge, we look up and we're reminded that that capacity may well be limitless . This is a time for American heroes . We will do what is hard . We will achieve what is great . This is a time for American heroes and we reach for the stars . God bless their memory, God bless you, and God bless the United States of America ." </P> <P> Bartlet campaign advisor Bruno Gianelli asks Sam when he wrote the last part . He replies, "in the car", which prompts the response, "Freak". </P> <P> In a third - season episode, Sam is awed by President Bartlet's foresight and wisdom when resolving an apparent impasse among the Chinese, the Taiwanese and the United States . President Bartlet predicts that Sam will run for President someday and should not be scared; Bartlet believes that he can do it . </P> <P> During the fourth season, Sam decides to run for Congress in his home district--the California 47th in Orange County, California--in a special election held after deceased Democratic candidate Horton Wilde posthumously makes history by defeating arch - conservative Republican incumbent Chuck Webb . Sam first becomes familiar with the congressional race when he is sent to talk to Wilde's campaign manager, Will Bailey, on behalf of the Democratic Party, to convince him to drop the campaign . Will continues running the campaign with earnestness and energy after Wilde died, an act that is seen as bizarre and pointless--or, as Sam puts it to him, "a national joke". After seeing firsthand how dedicated Will is and realizing that he is a public servant in the mold of Bartlet's own senior staff, Sam becomes impressed with how he ran Wilde's campaign and offers his own name as a replacement candidate for election night in case Wilde wins, not thinking he will have to honor the promise . When Wilde does win, Sam decides not to back out but to use this opportunity to promote a truly liberal agenda in the traditionally conservative district . He goes to California with the blessing of Bartlet and his fellow White House staffers . Once he learns that Will Bailey is not going to stay on to manage his campaign, he recommends him as a temporary replacement for himself in the White House, to help Toby write Bartlet's second inaugural address . </P>

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