The Matt Santos storyline did have some elements remarkably similar to what would later happen with Barack Obama. In any case, I'll watch anything with Bradley Whitford on it. Hell, the guy even made one of those moronic Adam Sandler movies watchable.
ETA: I'm reading now that Obama was actually used "as a model for Santos". Considering that the Santos season (
The West Wing's last one) ran from September 2005 to May 2006, that's some
Yankee Hotel Foxtrot-level vision right there.