The Obama v McCain race for the White House has been run before - NBC's The West Wing pitted a charismatic, non-white Democrat against a maverick, experienced Republican. In the The West Wing's fictional 2006 election, actor Jimmy Smits played Latino presidential hopeful, Matthew Santos. He announced his intention to run with the words, "We live in cynical times, but hope is not up for debate… there is only hope." Sounds familiar doesn't it? "Barack Obama was one of the people that I looked to draw upon," admits Smits. Just at the time that the Matt Santos character was being...
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Haven't we seen this election before?
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