Cut and Run
I was up late with some old West Wing in the background when a phrase caught my ear. Season 4, Episode 17 while Sam Seaborn is running for Congress he is sparring verbally with Toby Ziegler who has just taken over running his campaign:
SAM: I can just cut any change I have for victory.
TOBY: No. The story’s going to be that you actually stuck up for what you believed in, you didn’t cut and run. And people are gonna remember that, I’m gonna make sure of it.
This thought crossed my mind: does Karl Rove watch West Wing?