Guest Stars Alex Witherow as Campaign Staffer Joe Lanza as Staffer Bill Phillips as Reverend Jenkins Soledad O'Brien as Herself Ross Bickell as President of NEA Jamie Flanagan as Policy Aide Gene Jones as Wayne Paley Micheila Leighland as Parishioner Robert Lucas Nelson as Senator Patricia Squire as Woman Bolton Marsh as Congressman Corey Phillips Gwendolyn Briley-Strand as Head of AFT Joe Inscoe as Jamie Reed Silvia Baldassini as Reporter Stephanie Garvin as Secretary Kirk Penberthy as Jake Vaughn Peter Jay Fernandez as Travis Shore