Mens to kandidater kæmper om et sæde i Kongressen, bliver Cam Brady (Will Ferrell), som har siddet på pladsen i fire perioder, blandet ind i en skandale, så magthaverne beslutter at indsætte den nytilkomne Marty Huggins (Zach Galifianakis) som en brik i spillet mod ham i den mest beskidte og morsomme politiske kamp nogensinde... i hvert fald indtil næste valg.
Den tidligere FBI-medarbejder Erin Grant er stripper i en natklub – og en af stedets absolutte hovedattraktioner. Men på hjemmefronten har hun problemer. Hendes usympatiske eksmand har nemlig fået forældremyndigheden over deres fælles datter, fordi Erins job fremstår umoralsk i dommerens øjne. Heldigvis tilbyder Jerry, en af Erins inkarnerede beundrere, at hjælpe hende. Han ved lige, hvilke knapper der skal trykkes på hos politikeren David Dilbeck, som er blevet fotograferet i en uheldig situation blandt de letpåklædte damer. Men da Jerry findes myrdet, vikles Erin ind i et uoverskueligt net af korruption og vanvittige hændelser.
Charlie Wilson, playboy og kongresmedlem, rotter sig sammen med den stenrige Joanne Herring og CIA-agenten Gust Avrakoto. Sammen begynder de at rejse penge til finansiering af hemmelige militære missioner mod den russiske besættelsesmagt i Afghanistan. Takket være deres arbejde bliver det muligt for frihedskæmperne af holde stand mod den mægtige russiske hær, men trekløverets ihærdige arbejde har nogle uforudsete effekter på lidt længere sigt.
A congressional candidate questions his sanity after seeing the love of his life, presumed dead, suddenly emerge.
Sang-sook is a competent politician who captivates the public with all kinds of nice words. One day, Sang-sook visits her grandmother who lives in the isolated house. But when she returns home, she finds out that she is not able to lie anymore.
Margaret Kennard takes her baby daughter Agnes and leaves her husband Eustace for James Carroll. Upon discovering that James is a thief, she leaves him, joins the Salvation Army, and places Agnes in a convent. Twenty years pass. Agnes marries young Congressman Blake. James is now a lobbyist trying to prevent Blake from passing an anti-profiteering bill. Attempting to help her husband, Agnes sets out to prove that James is a scoundrel.
Nelly McDermott, the granddaughter of a prominent politician, loses her husband, architect Adam Cauliff, in a fiery boat explosion. When she's informed that he was murdered, Nell is compelled to find the killer by searching for the truth, with the help of a psychic, which could solve the mystery — or end her life.
Rojo profundo is a journey through the life of one of the most representative figures of the Peruvian left, Javier Diez Canseco Cisneros: his childhood, his school and university days, his intense political life, his tireless search for equality and social justice, his fierce defense of human rights and his tireless fight against corruption.