Pat Caddell: I'd been involved for three years before it began. I actually went to talk to writer/producer Aaron Sorkin about not screwing it up. We had lunch and the next thing I knew, I was working on it.

Russ Verney: For the one or two people in our audience that haven't seen "West Wing," it's a weekly sitcom about the West Wing of the White House and the fictional president and all the staff in there. It picks up on a lot of the things that are going on in everyday political life, but just sort of disguises them a little bit so that they become fiction as opposed to a real life portrayal of what's going on. Pat, you have an interesting character on that program from the "Freedom Watch Group," you have a Harry Claypool. Who is he?

Caddell: I think that he may resemble Larry Klayman.

Klayman: How did that character develop? What was going through the minds of the writers and the producers when they came up with my stereotype?

Caddell: It came up in the first season and actually Aaron Sorkin thought of it. He had read something on a Judicial Watch suit, I think, or had seen something and he wanted to have a challenge from the outside, so he decided to have that character in there and there was a little plot line and, you know, he's been a recurring character occasionally.

Klayman: You were not directly involved in the Clinton scandals. You were critical of what was going on, but there were some people who work on West Wing, that actually came out of the Clinton White House, right?

Caddell: Dee Dee Meyers was a consultant. She was Bill Clinton's Press Secretary for a while. Now a person who is a speech writer for Al Gore is involved.

Klayman: So you've been right there on the cutting edge and it's certainly been a popular program. The show was just renewed for a couple of more years on the networks?

Caddell: Yeah, it has been. It's opened the door for a lot of other political things. I'm working on a couple of political projects.

Klayman: Can we expect something new coming out sometime from you?

Caddell: Yeah, I hope so. I'm working on what I call "Sopranos Come to Washington."
Klayman: They're already there.
Verney: You're a brave man Pat Caddell, and good luck with your new venture on TV.