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for the next six months.

I don't see anything

to worry about.

Wait, I-I'm paying you,

you-you work for me--

You're trying

to run my life here!

Wallace, Wallace, Wallace...

You are paying me

to make you a new life!

Politics! And in order

for me to do that,

I gotta be in charge of

all the elements that go into it.

It's the only way I work.

That means, framing

the overall strategy...

...as well as deciding

all the specifics.

The look of the campaign,

the look of the billboards.

Bumper stickers, what colors

they're going to be?

It means the polling, the ads,

radio, TV, newspapers.

It means coordinating every piece

of information out of this office...

...to make sure it fits with

what a polling tells us...

...the people are

worrying about.

Or what they're

feeling good about!

But, aside from the campaign themes,

I want to address...

- ...some of my long-term plans!

- Yes, I'm sure they're great,

but they're not important.

See, my job is to get you in.

Once you're there,

you do whatever your conscience

tells you to do.

...before the largest crowd

of the campaign.

It now appears the bloody

terrorist attack succeeded only...

...in adding momentum

and conferring legitimacy...

...on the one-time

underdog Cepeda.

Well, Mr. Billings,

this is not good news.

It certainly is not,

Your Excellency.

Do you know

how it happened?

Well, we know that none of

our people were involved.

Perhaps, the guerillas.

I'll know more tonight.

How will the bombing

affect us?

It's hard to know.

Cepeda could gather

tremendous support.

The only thing I know for sure...

...is that Pete St. John will milk

this thing for all it's worth.

- Milk it?

- Exploit. Use.

An incident like this

is tailor-made for St. John.

He managed the Cepeda campaign

brilliantly.

He'll probably manipulate him

into the presidency.

That is what I fear.

We have spent considerable

amounts of money down there.

His Majesty will not be pleased,

Mr. Billings.

Nor am I, Excellency.

These have been

difficult years for us.

Prices keep falling.

Populists like Cepeda keep...

...nationalizing their oil

and entering the market.

Here, we have senators

and congressmen talking of...

...solar generation and

electrical wind generators...

...and other such--

impractical ideas.

Your upcoming elections are

important to us, Mr. Billings.

We're well prepared.

I feel completely secure

about Senator Hastings.

And the man who will be

replacing him in...

- ...Oheeo?

- Ohio.

Thank you, Mr. Billings.

A superb candidate,

Your Excellency.

Who will be in charge

of his campaign?

Well, we have one of the

top campaign consultants.

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