September 22nd, 2008, 08:15 am isis_uf linked to this. I stole it. Aaron Sorkin Conjures a Meeting of Obama and Bartlet By MAUREEN DOWD Published: September 20, 2008 Now that he’s finally fired up on the soup-line economy, Barack Obama knows he can’t fade out again. He was eager to talk privately to a Democratic ex-president who could offer more fatherly wisdom — not to mention a surreptitious smoke — and less fraternal rivalry. I called the “West Wing” creator Aaron Sorkin (yes, truly) to get a read-out of the meeting. This is what he wrote: ( Collapse )