TOBY - COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR

[Lemon Lyman]

Personal Background [/b]


[/li][li]Toby is in his 40's (Pilot). In May of 2002, he is 44 (Enemies Foreign and Domestic).Toby was born on December 23, 1954.
[/li][li]Along with many other people who know him, Toby's own mother calls him a pain in the ass (Five Votes Down). It's okay, though, because Toby has cultivated his reputation as a pain in the ass (Let Bartlet be Bartlet).
[/li][li]Though he is divorced from Congresswomen Andrea Wyatt, Toby still wears his wedding ring (Mandatory Minimums).
[/li][li]Toby has a brother, David Ziegler -- a scientist and astronaut -- from whom Toby seems to be somewhat estranged (What Kind of Day Has It Been).
[/li][li]Toby's mother has been dead for twelve years (H.Con 172)
[/li][li]His sisters used to take him to protests in 1968 (Somebody’s Going to Emergency, Somebody’s Going to Jail).
[/li][li]Toby is Jewish (Pilot) and on Saturday mornings, he attends a temple on Delaware, where Rabbi Glassman leads the services (Take this Sabbath Day).
[/li][li]He is from Brooklyn, New York (Pilot) and remains an avid Yankees fan (Mandatory Minimums). In fact, he's seen 441 games at Yankee Stadium (Posse Comitatus).
[/li][li]His middle name is Zachary (Ways and Means)

References
"Bartlet4 America.Org"
"Inside Bartlet's White House" by Keith Topping
"Inside the West Wing" by Paul Challen

[Lemon Lyman]

Professional Background [/b]


[/li][li]Toby has been a professional political operative all of his life, except for a few years while he was in elementary school. (In the Shadow of Two Gunmen). His political experience includes work on: one city council campaign, two Congressional races, a Senatorial and a gubernatorial race and a national campaign. Toby had never won until the Bartlet campaign (In the Shadow of Two Gunmen).
[/li][li]Toby was the only one on Bartlet's nascent campaign that the Governor didn't know, and the only one who wasn't fired by Leo McGarry (In the Shadow of Two Gunmen).
[/li][li]Despite his work on the Bartlet for America campaign and the vociferous support of both Leo and Josh. Toby was President Bartlet's second choice for Communications Director. He was offered the job only after David Rosen turned it down, a fact, which temporarily threw Toby for a loop when Mandy mentioned it in passing (The Crackpots and these Women).
[/li][li]In addition to being in charge of the message for the Bartlet administration (Pilot), Toby is a Senior Domestic Policy Advisor to the President (Somebody’s Going to Emergency, Somebody’s Going to Jail)
[/li][li]Technically, Toby is CJ Cregg's boss, but he doesn't like ordering her to do things (The Leadership Breakfast). Sam Seaborn is Toby's deputy (Pilot).
[/li][li]Just before the president went public with his illness, Leo set up a meeting for Toby with Greg Summerhayes, who offered Toby a job at a start-up all news cable channel. Toby refused to take the "lifeboat" (Two Cathedrals).
[/li][li]As Communications Director, Toby has Week Ahead meetings with his staff on Fridays in the Roosevelt Room to plan upcoming events (Ways and Means) which are listed on the white board in the Communications bullpen (The War at Home).
[/li][li]Just before the President's official announcement for the 2002 campaign, signs that said “Bartlet for President” incensed Toby. He grabbed a black magic marker, crossed out "for," and wrote "is the" on several (Manchester).
[/li][li]To gather momentum for the re-election campaign, Toby suggested the administration support a variety of small measures (e.g. cellphones for neighborhood watch groups) that would poll well (Indians in the Lobby).
[/li][li]Toby's assistants are Ginger (A Proportional Response) and Bonnie (Mr Willis of Ohio).

References
"Bartlet4 America.Org"
"Inside Bartlet's White House" by Keith Topping
"Inside the West Wing" by Paul Challen

[Lemon Lyman]

Other Facts[/b]


[/li][li]Toby claims to drive a 1993 Dodge Dart (Five Votes Down) and can name all fourteen punctuation marks in standard English grammar (Mr Willis of Ohio).
[/li][li]Although he has no background or training in the stock market, Toby bought $5000 worth of stock on a whim because he liked the company's web site. In an unrelated coincidence, Toby arranged for Cal Poly professor Theodore MacGregor, a childhood friend, to testify before the Commerce Committee on the future of Internet stocks. This testimony contributed to a subsequent jump in technology stocks and the value of Toby's stock subsequently increased to $125,000. To avoid even the appearance of impropriety, Toby's salary was reduced to $1 for a year and he cashed out his Internet stocks (Five Votes Down)


References
"Bartlet4 America.Org"
"Inside Bartlet's White House" by Keith Topping
"Inside the West Wing" by Paul Challen

[Lemon Lyman]

In the episode Somebody's Going to Emergency, Somebodys Going to Jail - CJ says to Toby that he wants to make out with her right now, he replies when doesn't he ;D

This is actually a really good Toby episode, I loved the bits when he goes to meet the protestors - although he calls them tourists - and sits there reading the sports pages. The banter between him and the cop is really good too.

[Joey Lucas]

From BravoTV.com:

Toby, the White House Director of Communications, may be seen as cynical, but really just tries not to let optimism cloud reality. Known also for his abrasive sense of humor, Toby considers arguing to be his hobby. He savors his pain-in-the-ass reputation. Being from New York, Toby is a hardcore baseball fan and also enjoys knocking back a few drinks after work. Toby's ex-wife, Andrea Wyatt, is currently in Congress.

[OftentimesWitty]

Lets look at the more important fact, Toby is blatantly in love with CJ, so why do they keep doing this stupid Andy storyline.

Feeling a whole lot better now that I have got that off my chest.

[Alanna]

Cuz CJ is too good for him, my friend. ;D