The Adjustment Bureau

Let's welcome our favorite alumnus,

and the next senator from the state of New York,

David Norris!

Thank you. Thank you.

Well, hi, there.

My name is David Norris,

and I'd like to be the next senator from the great state of New York.

Look at you. What's your name?

I'm going to go through Yonkers, door to door

- and take the city that way. - We love you.

The recent endorsement by the fire fighter's union

is another boost to Norris

who already had a six-point lead

over his opponent, Roger Linfield.

Whenever I see you on C-Span, and you stand,

I always think you're about to go, "Chug!"

Congressman, you certainly started your career off,

eight years ago, with a bang or should I say, a bust.

For the last eight years,

David Norris has represented Brooklyn, New York City and America.

This is my campaign chairman, Charlie Traynor.

These are voters.

Latest polls have you up 10 points.

We're 10 points up?

This is not going to be easy getting there.

I have some real opposition,

and what they're saying about me

is that I'm too young to hold this office.

Win big, but run like you're 20 down.

Okay, you got it.

Thank you, Gary.

But that's okay because these are the same people

who say that young people don't vote,

young people don't care about politics,

but I'm here to tell you,

your future is about your choices, not theirs.

So, today I'd like to put them on notice

because come November, I want them to know

that it was young people like you,

who kicked their asses.

David! David!

Thank you.

Charlie.

What's wrong?

Yeah?

Any ideas?

I'm working on it.

Keep me posted.

Yeah.

David Norris,

until recently, he was way ahead in the polls.

Mary Matalin and James Carville are here.

Mary, this is a surprise.

It is a surprise. Such political promise.

This compelling story, he grew up in a rough neighborhood in Brooklyn.

He overcame the loss of his entire family,

his mom and his brother when he was 10,

his father before he got to high school, he got over that.

He had such promise.

And he was the youngest person

ever elected to the House of Representatives.

Yeah, he was elected when he was actually 24,

but he gets in a bar room fight the night that he's elected.

I like this, all right.

Then you have this photo coming out of the New York Post.

I think the accretion of this stuff

was just too much for the voters.

It reeked of some level of immaturity here, of impulsiveness.

People want maturity, they want adults in Congress.

Big night for us, gentlemen.

Everybody ready?

You look exhausted.

You should take a vacation when all this is finished.

You've earned it.

I'm not sure the kind of tired I am

can be fixed by a vacation.

Everybody needs a vacation,

even us.

All right, let's get him back on track.

Mary, over the past couple of weeks

since the photo came out, they thought people...

Why are you still watching CNN?

That it wasn't such a big deal, but clearly it was.

They called this way too early. Come on.

Put on your pretty little tie and let's go.

Suffolk County numbers,

Linfield, 415,120. Norris...

370,233.

I really thought we'd win Suffolk.

Kings County just came in, too.

Well...

I didn't win Brooklyn.

It's going to be a blow out.

NBC has us up next.

I'm going to go work on my speech.

David...

David.

I'm sorry I wasted your time, Charlie.

NBC news is now calling the election for Roger Linfield.

After a shockingly poor showing at both Suffolk County,

and his home county, Kings,

it now appears David Norris will lose this election badly.

Hello?

Hello?

I grew up in Red Hook,

and I don't want to surprise anybody,

but I got into a few fistfights along the way.

It's not whether or not you get knocked down,

it's what you do when you get back up.

Ladies and gentlemen, I'm here tonight to tell you

I will get back up.

But tonight is not about me.

It is about coming together

and welcoming the newest senator

for the great state of New York,

Roger Linfield.

Shit!

Shit, shit, shit.

Hello?

- It's the men's. - Yep.

Sorry about that. I didn't mean to eavesdrop.

I just didn't know what to do.

I heard you come in and say, "Hello,"

and I probably should have said, "Hi,"

but then I thought that would be weird

because it's the men's.

Then you started talking to yourself

and it was obviously very personal.

So I was stuck in no man's land,

and then it all got to be too much, so I came out.

What are you doing in here?

Just...

I'm hiding from security.

Why?

I crashed a wedding upstairs.

People still do that?

It was a dare.

Who dared you to crash a wedding?

Me.

I crashed a wedding once.

- Did you? - Yeah, in high school.

But I got caught. I spent the night in jail.

I think that happened more than once from what I heard.

You're that guy running for Senate, aren't you?

Yeah, I am that guy.

And judging from your speech, you're not winning?

No.

That's too bad, the other guy is such a tool.

He is a tool.

I wish I could have made that clearer in the campaign ads.

Personally, I think mooning your friends

at a college reunion is no big deal.

The Post did not have to run the photo.

At least not a full page.

God, no.

It was my favorite moment of your whole campaign.

Really? I could have used you on my team

a couple of months ago.

I could help poll test

every word that comes out of your mouth before you say it.

Oh, you like politicians?

I like it when they do stuff I can relate to.

- Like pull their pants down? - I love that.

See, that kind of candidate wouldn't even get elected to the student council.

My guy would know how to tie his own tie.

It's a clip-on.

Oh, I wish.

That would have been my other favorite moment of your campaign.

Do you still have a chance?

Is it over?

He crushed me.

Sorry.

Well, losing has its advantages.

Like what?

For one thing, as a politician, you're never really alone

unless you're asleep, or in the bathroom usually.

That gets old.

Really?

Yeah, I guess I'm mostly just looking forward

to having some time by myself.

I don't buy it. I think you love it.

Do I know you?

I guess I could have been more convincing.

Okay.

You don't have to worry about being convincing till the next election.

Are you a registered New York voter?

Do I sound like I am?

Holy shit.

David.

Sorry, guys.

- Sorry. - I got to go.

Sorry.

Hang on.

- You going to give your speech? - Hang on.

Ma'am.

I got to go.

Ma'am?

That is so much better.

She's on the move.

Southwest staircase.