And he left a letter in a desk drawer for the president-elect.

Instead of donning green and drinking whiskey in the afternoon, many folks in Washington will be spending Saturday speaking out against the war in Iraq. A march on the Pentagon is expected to draw tens of thousands of people, including veterans and soldiers’ families. You may have already seen some of the protesters along Constitution Ave. erecting memorials to the fallen and preparing signs. The event’s primary sponser, ANSWER, says the protest marks not only…

It’s times like these that we miss the real scandals — oral sex in the Oval Office, lobbyists corrupting members of Congress, crack-smoking mayors, and so on. Instead we have…Wemplegate 2006. Or so is known a developing, ummmm, scandal involving the City Paper’s head honcho, Erik Wemple and his wife, freelancer Stephanie Mencimer. Intrigue there isn’t, but there’s thrown dog feces, a personal crusade against a pet spa, and some vicious written tirades. We’d boil…

With a whimper and not a bang. That’s how the series ended. A slow and thoughtful episode follows the Santos Administration as they move into the Oval Office and the Bartlet administration as they pack up and leave the White House. Santos takes the Oath of Office (with a series creator Aaron Sorkin looking on) while everyone else just mopes around, at a loss for what to do. CJ and Charlie wander around their now…

The West Wing: Episode Three John Wells tries to be funny this week and fails. We open with Josh, Toby and Will arriving at the White House and still looking for a missing Leo. After some not so witty banter they agree he must be in Foggy Bottom, which is why they can’t reach him by cellphone. Not to nitpick before the opening credits even start, but why would the COS be in Foggy Bottom?…