1) He was the direct inspiration for the character of Josh Lyman in The West Wing.
2) His brother was the direct inspiration for the character of Ari Gold in Entourage.
3) He has lately been the head of the DCCC, responsible for the election and re-election of Democrats to the House of Representatives.
This pick is basically Team Obama telling Congress “The train’s leaving. Be on it or be under it.” Nancy Pelosi is still Speaker, but don’t expect her to be setting the agenda anymore, not by a long shot.
You also need to know this:
He’s missing part of the middle finger of his right hand (deli slicer incident, don’t let him tell you otherwise) which has earned him the nickname “The Nub”. He has a propensity to use the nub to poke freshmen congressmen while saying/yelling things like “I don’t know what kind of stupid ideals you showed up here with but stop thinking like that right now. This is POLITICS.”.
He’s perfect for CoS.
You had me at “Josh Lyman.” I’m in love.
it’s never going to stop amusing me that he’s the RL Josh Lyman. Never.