The film is a political drama for which George Cooney co-wrote the script (with Grant Heslov) and stars in. The film is based on the play Farragut North by Beau Willimon. Also in the cast are Ryan Gosling, Paul Giamatti, Philip Seymour Hoffman and Marisa Tomei.
Synopsis (via IMDb): An idealistic staffer for a newbie presidential candidate gets a crash course on dirty politics during his stint on the campaign trail.
Embedded below is the trailer.