In the opening scene C.J. jokes with the retired President Bartlet about Santa Monica being his "kind of town", then responds to his question with "not really". In fact actor Martin Sheen was a very politically involved resident of Santa Monica.
The first section of the episode was filmed entirely at the University of Southern California. President Bartlet (Martin Sheen)'s library is Doheny Library, starting in the Los Angeles Times reference rooms then moving into the lobby. Congressman Santos gives his speech across Alumni Park in Bovard Auditorium. It is possible to see the library from the first scene in the opening shots of the second.
Annabeth (Kristin Chenoweth) and Josh (Bradley Whitford) discuss a political cartoon using the Wizard of Oz. Kristin Chenoweth played Glinda in the Broadway musical Wicked, which is about the land of Oz before Dorothy got there.