Republicans in Congress just haven’t been nice to the District lately — they delayed a vote on the voting rights bill by adding a rider to end D.C.’s handgun ban, and now they’re preventing a free concert from being held near the Capitol on July 7. The concert was to be part of Al Gore’s Live Earth series of concerts to raise environmental awareness and was to feature some combination of acts like the Police,…

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…

Can someone tell me why we’re watching an episode that’s almost all filler when there are only two more episodes left in the entire series? This week President-Elect Santos waffles mightily over picking cabinet members and the little missus negotiates the politics of moving into the White House. As the Santoses prepare for the move to Washington, Mrs. Santos is nicely overwhelmed by all the changes facing the family, from more security to multiple maids…

Can we just skip this week’s episode and fast forward to next week when, according to the previews, Josh and Donna FINALLY HAVE SEX? Who’s with me? We get a lot of mildly interesting filler this week as we ride along with the Santos campaign for a day. You know who else is on the Santos campaign bus? Jon Bon Jovi! From what I can tell, he was brought on board to baby-sit the Congressman’s…

Last week, we were all a twitter over a certain kiss on the West Wing. This week, the sexiness continues, but not with Josh and Donna. A misplaced briefcase leads the Vinick campaign to suspect that Santos has an illegitimate 7 year old running around Houston. Vinick says Santos owes it to the voters to come clean about his affair, but that he won’t be the one to leak the news. Santos denies the allegation,…

This review written by DCist Contributor Matt Sedlar Washington, D.C., you should be ashamed of yourself. The all-ages crowd at the 9:30 Club on Saturday night may have turned local boy Matt Pond against us, and it might take flowers and an apology to get him to come back. How did this all happen? Let’s recap. The evening began with a subdued performance by Australia’s Youth Group, a four-piece rock outfit with a lot of…

Leafing through the June West End Guide we came across an article about an interesting new business in Georgetown. Opened by two 23-year-old school buddies Toby Moore and Justin Lesher, eSpot is an eBay listing and sales service. For 30% of the first $500 of the sale amount and 20% of anything higher the duo will photograph your item, list it on eBay, and mail you a check when it sells. They only accept items…

The season finale night for the West Wing and it did not disappoint, that’s for sure. All eyes are on the Democratic National Convention as hell breaks loose with Santos and Russell desperately fighting for delegate votes. The first half of the episode is just the mad dash to keep delegate votes. Josh and Will basically do everything but pay for votes to make sure their guy will win. To make matters worse, Gov. Baker…

A lot of stuff going on this week on “The West Wing.” The president hosts a party for Nobel laureates, Toby tries to lower the minimum voting age, there’s a secret slumber party for Democratic members of Congress, and Kate has to stop the U.S. from invading Canada. It’s a busy week, so let’s get to it. The president is gearing up for a reception of Nobel laureates, and he’s really looking forward to spending…

Josh, Santos and the rest of the pack are back in D.C. (one night only!) for a DNC fund raiser. Santos pulls a respectable 19 percent in the New Hampshire primary and everyone, except Josh, is pleased. There’s a funny opening scene of Santos singing “Allison” by Elvis Costello, and really the man can carry a tune. He leans in a little too close to Josh, still singing, and Josh says, “Are you going to…