The New York Times, though, does note that John Podhoretz, among others, has joined the West Wing team. Perhaps, in time, Republicans will come off a little less abrasive? Not so in the first episode. (John Goodman as the Neanderthal Republican who literally brings a pitbull into the Oval Office and who is overheard saying the likes of “Screw Europe.” (vs. Martin Sheen’s president speaking in Latin (including when arguing with God), and waxing eloquent about…anything.)