Over on TV Squad, Bob Sassone has a great inverview up with Bradley
Whitford of The West Wing. With the series ending after this season, it's interesting to read what he has to
say about the show and what he's got coming up in the future. Here's an excerpt:BS: What was it like when Aaron Sorkin left? Because it had his stamp all over it. It was romantic, it was inspirational ...
BW: The metaphor that I use that Aaron despises is that it was like being a Branch Davidian and David Koresh left.
BS: (laughs) We have a cult theme going here.
BW: Yes. It was disorienting. It was sad. We couldn't imagine the show without him, and we couldn't imagine the show without Tommy [Schlamme]. I think it's a testament to the world they created that it lived beyond them.
BS: Yeah, it was strong enough to survive even after the creative forces left.
BW: Yeah, and by the way, everyone talks about that Aaron left. The miracle is that he was there that long. I have never, nobody has ever seen anyone work that hard. In the last couple of years I've gotten to write a couple ... and I felt this ... when I sat down to write it it was fucking hard. (laughs)

