Aired: December 2, 2004 | Season: 6 | Episode: 7

Overview
Runtime: 40m
Directed by: John Sacret Young, Vincent Misiano
Written by: John Sacret Young, Josh Singer
Guest stars: Cheryl Carter, Ed O'Neill, George Cheung, Katherine Ann McGregor, Kathrin Lautner, Michael Kostroff, Ming Lo, Paxton Whitehead, Philip Baker Hall, Tim Snay
Description
Hoynes throws his hat in the presidential ring, and asks Josh to join his campaign; Jed's health begins to deteriorate; Toby and Kate head the protocol negotiations with the Chinese over the arrangements for the upcoming summit, which is jeopardized when Jed mistakenly accepts a Taiwanese flag at the National Prayer Breakfast; Bernard takes his new position as head of the Gifts Unit to heart as he gives Charlie a hard time about retrieving the flag so that it can be returned; Josh has his hands full with a pro-Taiwanese senator holding a hard line on recognizing their independence; Bob Russell crashes an Oval Office photo op with the governor of Pennsylvania, who's also another potential presidential candidate.