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It's advice pulled from the first season of 24. Presidential hopeful David Palmer sends his interfering wife home.

Democrats use Hollywood script writers to run government.

I saw the same exact tactic while watching a British series "House of Cards". The PM hopeful, Francis Urquhart, gives an interview to the media and has a flashback (not sure of all the details, I think its of his act of defenestration (murdering his lover who knows too much by throwing her from a building). However, during the flashback Urquhart pauses in his speech to the media. The British TV series has a newscaster comment that the PM has an “emotional” momentary pause.

Not long after that TV series, Pres. Clinton discusses his support for abortion to a media audience. During his speech he has an “emotional” pause which is later played back over real life media news.

The coincidences were too close to be mere coicidence. Perhaps the Clintons were fans of the addictive House of Cards show or one of their advisors passed on this little bit of acting skill. I guess West Wing got to predictable and boring for political advice for the Democrates. Too many Americans would have sputtered, "Hey, this ain't original TV! When I vote for a president, I want first run entertainment...not this re-run crap!"

Here's a clip of some of the scenes from the BBC adapted novel to drama:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4aiZnPHGfA

Here's the basic difference between celebrity advice for political parties:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4aiZnPHGfA