It's total West Wing

First, there's all the who-will-be-the-chief-of-staff fun. Now, can't you just see Josh or Toby doing this? (From the first Obama news conference)

Here’s a lively segment. He calls on Lynn Sweet, the campaign reporter for the Chicago Sun-Times, who’s arm is in a cast. What happened, he asks. She says she had an accident while running to his election night speech in Grant Park. She goes on to ask about the big issue of what kind of dog the Obamas intend to get and where his daughters might go to school in Washington. And what former presidents is he consulting?
He said he is "obviously" consulting former President Clinton and that he has spoken to "all of them that are living" adding, "I didn’t want to get into a Nancy Reagan thing about, you know, doing any seances."
...As for the dog, he recognizes it’s a major issue, saying it has generated more interest on our Web site than anything. He says he has two criteria that may not be reconcilable: His older daughter, Malia, is allergic to dogs, so the dog has to be hypoallergenic; at the same time, "our preference would be to get a shelter dog, but obviously a lot of shelter dogs are mutts like me." That brought a laugh…

But wait, there's more!

Wikipedia says Josh Lyman's character is based on Rahm Emanuel, the new chief of staff. And several articles have said Matt Santos, the Democratic candidate, was based on Obama. Republican Arnold Vinick was based on McCain.

I love it when fiction comes to life. It's just so entertaining!