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* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: The jerks at the bar see Charlie and immediately start making racist cracks about him being a rapper just because he's black, then proceed to throw homophobic slurs at Charlie, Sam ''and'' Josh.
-->'''Josh:''' Oh, this is too good to be true.
-->'''Josh:''' Oh, this is too good to be true.
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* ArtisticLicenseLaw: Unfortunately, Mr. Willis wouldn't actually fill in for his wife after her death. The U.S. Constitution specifically states that all vacancies in the House of Representatives must be filled by elections, so a special one would have been called as soon as Janice Willis passed away.
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* ArtisticLicenseLaw: Unfortunately, Mr. Willis wouldn't actually fill in for his wife after her death. The U.S. Constitution specifically states that all vacancies in the House of Representatives must be filled by elections, so a special one would have been called as soon as Janice Willis passed away. (This was actually brought to the writer's attention, and after much frustration and attempts at reworking he simply decided to let it go for actual artistic license reasons, as a person chosen to replace a Senator would be more prominent and politically savvy than Mr. Willis was supposed to be.)
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* AngerBornOfWorry: Bartlet loses his cool and yells at Zoey for being lax about security because he's afraid that she could be attacked or kidnapped.
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* BrickJoke: Early in the episode, Josh explains to Donna that, in general, Democratic Party leadership spends budget surpluses as opposed to returning them to voters for fear of people spending the money frivolously. At the end, Josh gives Donna some money to buy takeout. She doesn't give him any change and [[IronicEcho repeats his earlier statements]] about how she doesn't think he is responsible enough to use the money wisely.
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* ArtisticLicenseLaw: Unfortunately, Mr. Willis wouldn't actually fill in for his wife after her death. The U.S. Constitution specifically states that all vacancies in the House of Representatives must be filled by elections, so a special one would have been called as soon as Janice Willis passed away.
* AudienceSurrogate: Both C.J. and Donna play this role for different aspects of the Democratic Party's views. C.J. asks questions about the difference between sampling and a head count in censuses, and Donna wants to know about how Democrats handle budget surpluses.
* AudienceSurrogate: Both C.J. and Donna play this role for different aspects of the Democratic Party's views. C.J. asks questions about the difference between sampling and a head count in censuses, and Donna wants to know about how Democrats handle budget surpluses.
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* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: The titular Mr. Willis of Ohio turns out to be one, much to everyone in the room's surprise. Unlike the members of both parties who are dead-set on only advancing their own agendas, he's willing to listen to other perspectives and change his mind if the argument presented is reasonable. At the end of the episode, Toby remarks that, in a political arena where party tends to come before principle, Mr. Willis is a decided exception, and it's clearly affected him deeply (which we see when he insists on watching the vote to see Mr. Willis cast his "yea").
-->'''Toby''': I met an unusual man. He didn't walk in with a political agenda. He didn't walk in with his mind made up. He genuinely wanted to do what he thought was best. He didn't mind saying the words "I don't know."
-->'''Toby''': I met an unusual man. He didn't walk in with a political agenda. He didn't walk in with his mind made up. He genuinely wanted to do what he thought was best. He didn't mind saying the words "I don't know."
