Did "The West Wing" Predict the 2008 Election?

Posted Mar 3rd 2008 4:50PM by TMZ Staff

The writers of "The West Wing" were using a helluva magic eight ball! The last two seasons of the show have some strange coincidences with the 2008 Presidential race.

SlateV.com created a video comparing the similarities between Barack Obama and Jimmy Smits' character, Matt Santos. A writer for the show, Eli Attie, admits Smits character was directly shaped by Obama. The writer even met with one of Obama's political consultants, who was working on his campaign for Senate at the time.

In the show, a Congressman of color runs for the Democratic nomination and the primary race is so close it leads to a brokered convention. Smits opponent is better-known, funded and experienced. Freaky!

P.S. -- Santos won the nomination and went on to win the presidential election.

Filed under: Prez Election 2008

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61. America needs Obama. As a 70 yr. old democrat I have been around awhile and I sincerely believe that my children and grandchildren need Obama to make some changes in Washington that will make their lives better.

With Hillary and John we can only expect the same 'ole, same 'ole.

Posted at 2:53PM on Apr 24th 2008 by Whitecloud

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