“Hey Hill staffers … are you tired of being cooped up in the legislative sausage factory? Do yourself a favor, take a breath, shake your Etch A Sketch, and go on down to the Missouri 8th District. We need you to get out the vote for Tommy Sowers.”– “West Wing” star Bradley Whitford encouraging Capitol Hill staffers to help out Democratic candidate Tommy Sowers in a new online campaign ad. The backstory: Whitford, who portrays White House staffer Josh Lyman in the TV series, visited one of Sowers’ classes when the candidate was teaching at West Point and the two have been friends since.
