Welcome to Mooseport. The sleepy Maine community has all the accoutrements of idyllic small town life: a little park and gazebo, quaint architecture, a moose that wanders through the streets, and lots of friendly townsfolk, including the proprietor of the local hardware store, Handy Harrison (Romano) and his veterinarian girlfriend Sally (Tierney). Mooseport also just happens to be the vacation home for the leader of the free world: Monroe “Eagle” Cole, the President of the United States (Hackman). Following two successful terms, the wildly popular President is ready to retire to his “Mooseport White House,” publish his memoirs and embark on a series of lucrative speaking engagements. “The Eagle Has Landed!” proclaim the Mooseport headlines when Cole arrives in the Maine town, along with his devoted executive secretary Grace Sutherland (Marcia Gay Harden) and young PR director Bullard (Savage). But Eagle’s retirement is delayed when the folks of Mooseport convince the former President to run for Mayor. At the same time, he sparks to Sally – unaware that she is Handy’s girlfriend. And Sally, frustrated by Handy’s inattentiveness, doesn’t resist Eagle’s flirtations. When a jealous Handy announces HIS candidacy for mayor, Eagle is dumbfounded. “I’m running for mayor against the man who’s installing my toilets!” he rails. And in the heat of his toughest campaign to date, Eagle’s first date with Sally receives the kind of media scrutiny usually reserved for a summit meeting. (“Eagle Lays an Egg” say the pundits when she rejects his goodnight kiss. Ouch!) Handy, in turn, sees himself in a race for Mayor and boyfriend. As the campaign kicks into high gear, things get even wilder in this once quiet town. Eagle and Handy’s closely-watched debate seems to hang on a game of Rock/Paper/Scissors, the former president’s Secret Service agents suggest that he have Handy “eliminated,” and Eagle’s ex-wife (Baranski) is campaigning for Handy. Even Eagle’s veteran campaign manager, Bert Langdon (Torn), can’t make sense of this “David and Goliath” battle. But one thing both the Handy and Eagle camps can agree on: Mooseport isn’t small enough for both of them!