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In a past episode of "The West Wing" President Bartlett (Martin
Sheen) says to Leo McGarry (John Spencer) in regards to a
potiental candidate for the asst. sec of education position "I'm
not her biggest fan and frankly, I think she's all about eve."  
There is no character "eve" in the series and I can only assume
he is referencing something from the movie of the same name.  
It seemed as though it had a negative conotation..but I could
have misread that.

Any idea what the reference means?  I'm without a clue.

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Hi, Jason...

I hate to tell you this, but I gave up on "The West Wing" about three seasons ago, and have not watched it since... you might try checking in the "television" section of this site, and asking some of the TV people... there might even be a section for "West Wing."

If I had to guess, I'd say, yes, it's a reference to the film "All About Eve," because the movie is all about egotistical people, but...

Sorry...

PCG

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