The silver lining of the writer's strike...
...is going back to the DVDs for entertainment. You're thinking of The West Wing, and I've watched a dozen or so episodes recently. That had to be one of the finest dramas ever on TV (and while a cynic might say that's a low bar, across the span of 50 years there has been some fine work among the dreck).
To slightly nit pick: Jimmy Smits picked his Republican opponent played by Alan Alda to be his Secretary of State. That was the story arc that wrapped up the series, and it sparked a memorable debate here on the Zone, in which Winger after Winger declared that they despised the show so much that they had never watched a single episode, ever. Needless to say, some of us had a good time with that one.