The Ides of March. Some dirty political moves are made behind the scenes of a presidential campaign in this movie. Stephen Meyers (Ryan Gosling) and Paul Zara (Philip Seymour Hoffman) are political operatives for a Democratic presidential candidate Governor Mike Morris (George Clooney). They're in for a fight in Ohio, which is a key state to determine the Democratic nominee between the final two standing candidates. (There are three remaining states that are mentioned as key: Ohio, North Carolina and Pennsylvania). In an attempt to pull off a victory, a number of political moves are made. Both candidates attempt to woe Senator Thompson (Jeffrey Wright) who dropped out of the race at some point and has around 300 delegates. Also, Tom Duffy (Paul Giamatti) who works for the other candidate (Senator Pullman) attempts to convince Stephen Meyers to switch sides.
Along the way, a young, beautiful intern (Molly Stearns played by Evan Rachel Wood) catches the eye of Meyers. She also happens to be the daughter of the Democratic National Committee chair.
Due to certain political maneuvers, Meyers is fired from the campaign. This doesn't sit well with him and he decides he's going to use some political dirt that he happened to uncover to get his job back.
This is an intense movie; however, I believe at the end it leaves a rather wide open hole in its story line. Not to give away too much in terms of spoilers, the political dirt that Meyers uncovers indirectly comes to light to the news media. Considering the nature of what happened, one would think that the media who eventually figure out what happened (or a theory that is somewhat close to reality) even with Meyers attempting to keep this news under wraps so that he can use it.
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