On the morning of his re-election, the President (Dennis Quaid) decides to read the newspapers for the first time in four years. This starts him down a slippery slope. He begins reading obsessively, reexamining his black and white view of the world.Frightened by the President's apparent nervous breakdown, his chief of staff (Willem Dafoe) pushes him back into the spotlight, booking him as guest judge on the television ratings juggernaut, the weekly talent show American Dreamz.
