:15:02
- How are we doing?
- You're four minutes ahead of schedule.
:15:05
- Ahead?
- Yes, sir.
:15:06
That's unprecedented. What can I do now?
:15:09
- Mr.MacInerney asked me to remind you--
- The GDC meeting.
:15:13
Rest assured your concerns
are not falling on deaf ears.
:15:16
The environmental lobby has known
no greater ally than President Shepherd.
:15:20
Hardly an impressive distinction, A.J.
:15:23
We should leave Mr.MacInerney
alone now.
:15:26
He doesn't want us to leave him alone...
:15:29
...because he has not yet done
what he needs to do today.
:15:34
Sir, Ms.Wade's been thrown into
the deep end of the pool on her first day.
:15:39
She hasn't even had a chance to read
the report of the Quebec Conference.
:15:43
You're right. I haven't read it.
:15:45
If someone asked me yesterday
I would've told them...
:15:47
...that it was made up
of six professional hockey teams.
:15:51
But I know that it's time for the President
to run for president again.
:15:56
Kodak is as good as it gets
when it comes to electoral strategy.
:15:59
I'm sure he's told the President
what I'd tell him:
:16:01
Grab Michigan and California, where they
make cars, planes and burn fossil fuels.
:16:06
But if I'd read these 800 pages
I would've discovered...
:16:08
...that the burning of fossil fuels is
responsible for global warming...
:16:12
...and that the 20 percent reduction
recommended by the GDC...
:16:15
...is a necessary first step...
:16:16
...toward arresting
the catastrophic greenhouse effect...
:16:19
...which has gone unchecked
by this administration.
:16:21
- It's time to--
- The Chief of Staff won't let us leave...
:16:24
...until he's broken the bad news.
:16:30
I'm afraid Sydney's right, although
not about Michigan and California.
:16:34
The President asked me to convey to you
he's sending his energy bill to the floor...
:16:38
...with a call for a ten percent reduction.
:16:42
The President is willing
to go it alone on this...
:16:44
...but he's asking-- Frankly,
he's expecting the full support of the GDC.
:16:49
He is expecting our full support?
:16:51
- He is.
- The President's dreaming.
:16:53
The President has critically
misjudged reality.
:16:55
If he thinks
the environmental community...
:16:58
...is going to whistle a happy tune
while rallying support...