Louise Thornton

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Louise Thornton is a character in the NBC television series The West Wing portrayed by Janeane Garofalo.

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Thornton's involvement in Matthew Santos' presidential campaign was entirely accidental – Josh Lyman had told campaign staffer Ronna Beckman not to invite her to a meeting of Democratic media consultants, however Beckman misunderstood and did invite her. However it was Thornton's critical analysis of Josh's campaign management which lead to him asking her to join the campaign as Communications Director, reporting to him. Santos persuaded her to join, but on the condition that she reported to him and not Josh. Josh explained the reason for hiring her: "..she's got an IQ of 200, she knows this image stuff backwards and sideways and it's better than having her on the outside lobbing mortars.."

Following Santos' victory in the election Josh persuaded Thornton to join the incoming Santos administration as Communications Director.

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