:19:02
Not by a professional political operative
standing 30 feet from the Oval Office.
:19:06
I'll grant you that.
:19:08
When the city planners sat down to design
Washington, D.C., their intention was...
:19:12
...to build a city that would intimidate
and humble foreign heads of state.
:19:16
It's true.
:19:18
I didn't know that.
:19:19
The White House is the single greatest
home court advantage in the world.
:19:24
I learned that one the hard way.
:19:26
This bill is important to me.
:19:28
Yes, sir.
:19:30
I'll convey your message.
:19:31
But you don't believe me.
:19:33
The GDC is asking for 20 percent, sir.
:19:36
It's not gonna pass at 20 percent.
It's a long shot at ten.
:19:39
How do you know that,
until you put the White House behind it?
:19:42
At 20 percent...
:19:44
...we're 34 votes shy in the House.
It can't be done.
:19:48
But I'll tell you what.
:19:50
I'll make you a deal.
:19:52
If you can get 24 votes,
I'll get you the last ten.
:19:57
Twenty-four votes?
:19:58
If you can swing 24 votes
by the State of the Union...
:20:01
...I will promise you
full White House support.
:20:04
Do I have your word on that, sir?
:20:06
Absolutely.
:20:09
Listen...
:20:11
Are you hungry?
I skipped breakfast. You want...
:20:14
...to have a donut, coffee or something?
:20:21
I'm a little intimidated
by my surroundings and yes...
:20:24
...I have gotten off
to a rocky and stilted beginning...
:20:27
...but don't let that diminish
the weight of my message.
:20:30
The GDC has been at every president
for the last decade and a half...
:20:33
...that global warming is a calamity...
:20:35
...the effects of which will be second
only to nuclear war.
:20:38
The best scientists have given you
every reason to take the GDC seriously...
:20:42
...but I'll give you one more:
:20:44
If you don't live up
to the deal you just made...
:20:47
...we're gonna go shopping
for a new candidate.
:20:50
You can't do that.
:20:52
With all due respect,
who's going to stop me?
:20:55
If you go through that door,
the U.S. Secret Service.
:20:59
That's my private office.