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Now, in the series' second season, Brody has been elected U.S. congressman and is being groomed for the vice presidency. ABC's "Scandal" is also set in Washington, where Olivia Pope and her staff are crisis management specialists. Just remember Leslie Knope, a dedicated public servant in fictional Pawnee, Ind., on NBC's comedy "Parks and Recreation." Played by series star Amy Poehler, Leslie used to be
deputy parks director; then at the end of last season, she won a seat on the Pawnee City Council.
Her firm's elite clientele often puts Olivia (played by Kerry Washington) in contact with the nation's biggest power brokers. And none is more powerful than President Fitzgerald Grant, whom Olivia previously served as White House
communications director
-- and with whom she's had a passionate affair, right under the nose of the first lady.
Serious business! But make-believe politics isn't always so dramatic on TV. Nor is it always so big-time.
Her boyfriend has moved to Washington to manage a congressional campaign, and maybe Leslie will someday find her way to Washington, too.
But for now she's a plucky change agent in Pawnee. And that's as it should be. Leslie serves as a reminder that all politics is local
-- right on your TV.
[Associated
Press;
Frazier Moore is a national television columnist for The Associated Press. He can be reached at
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