Dedicated fans of the West Wing will of course recall the culmination of the iconic series in a presidential battle between a young, charming and inexperienced Democrat and an older, maverick, independent Republican unbeloved of his party's base. Remind you of anything we might be seeing shortly?
Jonathan Freedland has now uncovered in The Guardian that rather than life imitating art, it may actually have been the other way round, with Barack Obama's office providing the inspiration for the Jimmy Smits/Matt Santos character. We all knew Hollywood's liberal bias, but this takes subliminal to a whole new level!