He's Jewish, he's divorced, and he's a Yankee fan. Of course he has a temper. Congresswoman Andrea (Andi) Wyatt is his former wife (hence the wedding ring that went so long unexplained), and he apparently had a fling with Ann Stark who later screwed him at the Leadership Breakfast (which wouldn't have happened if he had listened to CJ like a good little boy). He has a brother named David, an unidetified amount of sisters without names or ages who used to take him to protests in 1968, and spends his Saturday mornings at temple. He grew up in Brooklyn with a mother that still calls him a pain in the ass (and we wonder where he gets his callous attitude) while watching Sesame Street. He worked as a political operative on a city council campaign, two Congressional race, a Senate, gubernational and national race, but he lost every one.

He has a big conflict with school prayer, and typically gets impassioned while lecturing on rights and ideals of his vision of the nation. He pisses off the enviromental-types, and tends to alienate those that disagree with him. His fights become the big fights to him, though it's not because he is close-minded or selfish; rather because he feels this incredible responsibilty to help change the world for the better. He is against the death penalty.

He growls inaudible hellos, has no problem projecting his voice, has two assistants - Bonnie and Ginger - and has of late been feeling rather like an older brother towards Sam, the Robin to his Batman.