Game Change

For you, picking Sarah Palin

was about winning an election,

not necessarily about who's gonna

be best as vice president.

My job is to give

political advice.

We needed to do

something bold

to try to win the race.

If you had it

to do over again,

would you have her

on the ticket?

( Whistles )

( Cell phone rings )

- Hello.

- Man:
They fuckin' hate me, Steve.

Who's that, sir?

Limbaugh, Hannity,

Coulter.

They're dancing on my grave

like it's fucking Mardi Gras.

That may be true,

but there's an upside

to being in last place.

You can say

what you truly feel.

- You think I've been holding back?

- Steve:
I do, Senator.

The surge is working,

but no one else

is brave enough to say it.

Romney, giuliani,

huckabee--

all your opponents

are hedging.

Even you hesitated

at the last debate.

A great man once told me,

"I would rather

lose the election

than see the country

lose this war."

And I meant it, Steve.

Then say it, sir.

John McCain doesn't say

what's popular,

he says what's right.

My advice would be

to get some old

pow buddies together

and travel the country

in a small caravan.

Stay in shitty hotels,

do American legion halls,

v.F.W. Posts,

have a few beers

and enjoy yourself.

You're right,

God damn it.

( Groans )

I don't know what the hell's

wrong with me.

You get so caught up

in winning,

- you start to lose yourself.

- It's gonna be easy because

there's only one message

you need to get across.

Yeah? What's that?

John McCain

puts country first.

Would you consider

joining us?

Even just for

a few weeks?

Senator, there is no one

in this race

I admire more than you,

but I promised my wife

that I would

sit this cycle out.

I know that, Steve,

but will you just

think about it?

Just do that-- just think

about it, will you?

Of course, Senator.

- You promise?

- I will, I promise.

Great, I'll call you

tomorrow.

- Okay.

- Thanks, Stevie boy.

Fuck.

Senator McCain today

re-shuffling

his most senior

campaign staff.

John McCain wins

the New Hampshire primary,

a huge comeback for

the Senator from Arizona.

You hear them chanting

behind me--

"Mac is back,

Mac is back."

Reporter:
A big win for John

McCain in South Carolina,

a win that he will relish.

The question on

the campaign trail was

can a souffle rise twice?

John McCain wins the republican

presidential nomination.

What a historic night.

And they said

we were dead.

Next stop:

The white house.

( Crowd cheering )

( Crowd chanting )

Obama! Obama!

( Chanting continues )

( Crowd cheering )

Barack:

People of Berlin

and people of the world,

the scale of our challenge

is great.

The road ahead

will be long.

But I come before you

to say that we are heirs

to a struggle for freedom.

We are a people

of improbable hope

with an eye

towards the future,

with resolve in our heart.

Let us remember

this history

and answer our destiny

and remake the world

once again.

Thank you, Berlin.

God bless you.

- ( Crowd cheering )

- Thank you.

If he heals a sick baby,

we're really fucked.

We're down by 15.

If his convention speech

is as good as that--

it'll be better.

Rick:
Then we'll be

trailing by 20

going into St. Paul.

It's an uphill battle,

John.

Well, as chairman mao

was fond of saying,

"it's always darkest before

it's completely black."

Senator, it always concerns me

when you quote chairman mao.

This guy is raising money

like he's some sort

of a human ATM Machine.

John, if there

ever was a time

to run a reverend Wright ad,

this is that time.

- Absolutely not.

- I agree.

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