Obama v. Santos!
So, writers of The West Wing have confirmed it’s no coincidence that their young, charismatic and ethnic minority democratic candidate was modelled on Barack Obama - even before he was elected to the Senate.
Fans of the show will no doubt have noticed the uncanny similarities between Matthew Santos (played by Jimmy Smits) and Obama, right down to the number of children they have. There’s an excellent - and slightly amusing - comparison in Guardian today
Apparently Obama’s now Chief Strategist, David Axelrod, even contributed. Let’s hope that fact follows fiction all the way to the White House!