Bartlet or Underwood?

Just saw the episode in which president Underwood won in Aiowa. After this in a fight with his wife Claire he said ti her
- Without me you're nothing!
At the end of the episode she said "I am leaving you!"
And his chief of staff murdered in col blood a girl somewhere in Caracas (*l didn't figure why, lose ends from the past).

And I remembered president Bartlet and his chief of staff, Leo.
"Bartlet is under no circumstances realistic or possible" was the opinion when West Wing was popular.

Now House of Cards is popular. And realistic.

Originally posted by vandervelde
Just saw the episode in which president Underwood won in Aiowa. After this in a fight with his wife Claire he said ti her
- Without me you're nothing!
At the end of the episode she said "I am leaving you!"
And his chief of staff murdered in col blood a girl somewhere in Caracas (*l didn't figure why, lose ends from the past).

And I remembered pre ...[text shortened]... e" was the opinion when West Wing was popular.

Now House of Cards is popular. And realistic.

Aiowa= Alternate Iowa? Iowa as imagined by the Hawaii's? Artificial Intelligence operatives of Western Alaska?