Hell Froze Over

last night, as Geena Davis became the first woman to attempt to be President of the United States for an entire TV season. (clever 'blog' style website, btw).

(Spoiler Alert)
Although (androgynously-named) Mackenzie Allen was asked to resign as VP by the President on his death-bed, is fully aware that the American people elected someone whose agenda she completely disagrees with, is confident in the disapproval/dislike/disdain of most of the former President's staff, the hatred of the Speaker of the House and the disgust of her Republican teenage daughter*, she's not sure what to do.

When said Speaker (have I mentioned that I heart Donald Sutherland?) makes a series of caustic and misogynistic remarks moments before she's prepared to resign, in a fit of pique she takes the oath instead. The new Pres makes a moving speech to a joint session of Congress, sporting an aide's scarf hastily borrowed to replace a shirt stained with juice by her youngest daughter (b/c that would never happen to a man), and against a backstory of US Army helicopters extracting an adulterous Nigerian woman from jail and saving her from certain death by stoning.

Looking forward to next week already, aren't you?

I had a discussion with ECG last night involving whether Ms. Davis is potentially fictional presidential material. My take is that she's almost old enough (and now that I know how old she actually is, she seems much older in person), but that her lips are far too plump and her hair is unlike any other Washingtonienne I have ever experienced. That said, she is certainly tall and big-boned enough to deal with the old boys club, and, combined with her low voice, is somewhat regal.

Which is more than I can say for the current Commander-in-Chief.

Fav Quote: (teenage son to teenage daughter who is resisting attending Mom's speech).

Get a sense of history.

OK, really. What intelligent, East Coast teenage girl raised by a university chancellor, whose father is her VP mother's chief-of-staff is willingly Republican? I mean, teenage daughters and their mothers clearly have issues, do we really need to add federal politics to the mix? Captain Obvious anyone?