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| 2011 DECEMBER
Dec. 16, 2011
Shield, Brooks on Iowa Debate, 'Rattling Sabers' Over Iran, Iraq War's Legacy
Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks discuss the week's top political news, including the latest GOP presidential debate in Iowa, candidates' views on how the U.S. should deal with Iran, more brinksmanship in Congress and the formal end of the American involvement in the Iraq War.
   
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| Dec. 9, 2011
Shields, Brooks on Obama's 2012 Strategy, Cordray's Rejection, Gingrich's Surge
Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks discuss the week's top political news, including President Obama's re-election strategy, Newt Gingrich's poll surge in swing states and the Republican-led effort to block Consumer Financial Protection Bureau nominee Richard Cordray from confirmation.
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| Dec. 2, 2011
Shields, Brooks on Gingrich's 'Skeletons,' Bill Clinton's 'Second Act,' Tax Cuts
Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks discuss the week's top political news, including the likelihood of Newt Gingrich being elected president, Bill Clinton's post-presidential work, lawmakers' struggles over the payroll tax cut extension and Rep. Barney Frank's legacy.
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| NOVEMBER
Nov. 25, 2011
Shields and Brooks on GOP Foreign Policy Debate, Supercommittee Failure
Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks discuss the week's top political news, including GOP hopefuls' attempt to draw sharp distinctions on foreign policy during their latest debate, the shift on immigration among Republicans and the failure of the deficit supercommittee.
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| Nov. 18, 2011
Shields, Brooks on Supercommittee Gridlock, Cain's Stumble Over Libya
Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks discuss the week's top political news, including gridlock in the congressional deficit supercommittee, GOP hopeful Newt Gingrich's financial entanglements and Herman Cain's stumble over questions about President Obama's handling of Libya.
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| Nov. 11, 2011
Shields and Brooks on GOP Race After Perry Flub, 'Occupy' Movement
Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks discuss the week's top political news, including Texas Gov. Rick Perry's lapse at the latest GOP debate, Herman Cain's attempt to move past sexual harassment claims and the "Occupy" movement.
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| Nov. 4, 2011
The Doubleheader: Super Committees and Honey Badgers
Now that baseball season is over, where will syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks spend their leisure hours? They'll likely be back to the heavy lifting of political news.
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| Nov. 4, 2011
Shields, Brooks on Americans' Pessimism, Scandal's Impact on Cain Candidacy
Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks discuss the week's top political news, including the sexual harassment claims against Republican presidential hopeful Herman Cain plus the mood of the American electorate while the unemployment rate remains stubbornly high.
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| OCTOBER
Oct. 28, 2011
Shields and Brooks on Obama's Standing With Voters, Cain's 'Authentic' Ad
Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks discuss the week's top political news, including where President Obama stands with voters ahead of next year's election, presidential hopeful Herman Cain's campaign ads and Texas Gov. Rick Perry's flat-tax proposal.
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| Oct. 21, 2011
Shields, Brooks on VP Switcheroos, Occupy Movement, World Series Picks
Why are there rumors every presidential cycle that the incumbent will switch his (so far his) vice president out for someone else? Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times Columnist David Brooks weigh in on that idea as well as whether the Occupy Wall Street movement is a liability for President Obama.
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| Oct. 21, 2011
Shields, Brooks on Iraq Withdrawal, Gadhafi's Demise, Feisty GOP Debate
Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks discuss the week's top political news, including the killing of Moammar Gadhafi, President Obama's announcement of U.S. troops withdrawing from Iraq by the end of the year, plus the feistiest GOP presidential debate thus far.
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| Oct. 14, 2011
Shields and Brooks on Herman Cain, Occupy Movement, Detroit, iPhone 4S
In this week's edition of The Doubleheader, syndicated columnist Mark Shields, New York Times columnist David Brooks and I chat about Herman Cain's surge in recent polls, the merits of his 9-9-9 plan of the plan by The Washington Post's Glenn Kessler) and the Occupy Wall Street movement's growth.
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| Oct. 14, 2011
Shields, Brooks on Cain's Poll Surge, 'Hunger for Something Else' in GOP Race
Columnists Mark Shields and David Brooks weigh in on the week's top political news, including Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain's recent surge in the polls, how much religion is factoring into the GOP race for Mitt Romney and others, the lack of long-term economic fixes, and Texas Gov. Rick Perry's teetering support.
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| Oct. 7, 2011
Shields, Brooks on Romney's Electability, Cain's 9-9-9 Plan, Wall St. Protests
Columnists Mark Shields and David Brooks weigh in on the week's top political news, including GOP contender Mitt Romney's foreign policy vision and electability, rival Republican candidate Herman Cain's "9-9-9" plan to overhaul the U.S. tax code, plus the Occupy Wall Street protests that are spreading beyond New York City.
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| SEPTEMBER
Sept. 30, 2011
Shields, Brooks on al-Awlaki's Death, Occupy Wall St., Wildcard Wednesday
Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks comment on the legality of killing Anwar al-Awlaki, the Occupy Wall St. protests and wildcard Wednesday in this episode of the Doubleheader.
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| Sept. 30, 2011
Shields, Brooks on al-Awlaki Killing, Florida's Primary Bid, Candidates' Styles
Columnists Mark Shields and David Brooks weigh in on the week's top political news, including the killing of Anwar al-Awlaki, the possibility of New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie joining the GOP 2012 field and Florida's bid to move its primary to January.
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| Sept. 23, 2011
The Doubleheader: What's Obama's Real Goal for His Jobs Plan?
Mark Shields and David Brooks join this week's Doubleheader guest host, NewsHour Political Editor David Chalian, to discuss the politics behind President Obama's ongoing campaign to get his jobs plan passed. Chalian asks why, if the plan has little chance of passing, is the president traveling around the country to promote it?
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| Sept. 23, 2011
Shields and Brooks on Romney vs. Perry, Disaster Aid Deadlock in Congress
Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks weigh in on the week's top political news, including the latest debate among GOP 2012 hopefuls and the House showdown over disaster aid funding.
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| Sept. 16, 2011
Brooks and Marcus on Prospects for Obama's Jobs Plan, Solyndra Saga
New York Times columnist David Brooks and Washington Post columnist Ruth Marcus review top political news, including former Vice President Cheney's new memoir, the special election in New York, the GOP response to the president's jobs plan and more.
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| Sept. 9, 2011
Shields, Brooks on Obama's Jobs Speech, Perry's Debate Debut
Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks weigh in on the week's top political news, including President Obama's $447 billion jobs plan, Mitt Romney and Rick Perry sparring over Social Security and the economy at Wednesday's GOP debate, plus the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks.
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| Sept. 2, 2011
Shields and Brooks(es) on Rick Perry vs. Mitt Romney, NCAA Football Scandals
EmbedVideo;Mark Shields and David Brooks joined Hari Sreenivasan Friday for another edition of The Doubleheader, where the guys weigh in on the battle for the top spot in the Republican primary between Rick Perry and Mitt Romney, as well as President Obama's highly anticipated jobs speech.
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| Sept. 2, 2011
Shields, Brooks on 'High Bar' for Obama's Jobs Speech, Funding Disaster Relief
Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks weigh in on the week's top political news, including the bleak August jobs report, what President Obama needs to say in his prime-time speech on job creation and who should foot the bill for relief efforts after disasters such as Hurricane Irene.
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| AUGUST
Aug. 26, 2011
Shields and Brooks on GOP's Zeitgeist, Whether Obama Gets Credit for Libya
Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks weigh in on the week's top political news, including Texas Gov. Rick Perry's leapfrog over Mitt Romney in the national polls and whether President Obama deserves -- or is getting -- credit for helping topple Moammar Gadhafi's regime.
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| Aug. 19, 2011
Marcus and Gerson on GOP Candidates' Language, Presidential Vacations
Washington Post columnists Ruth Marcus and Michael Gerson, sitting in for NewsHour regulars David Brooks and Mark Shields, weigh in on the week's top political news, including Rick Perry's first week on the presidential campaign trail, President Obama's Midwestern bus tour and where and when presidents should take vacations.
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| Aug. 12, 2011
Shields, Lowry on GOP Hopefuls in Iowa, Obama's Tough Times
Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and National Review Editor Rich Lowry weigh in on the week's top political news, including the outcome of the Republican debate in Iowa, Mitt Romney's front-runner campaign style, Rick Perry's presidential campaign strategy, the new deficit super committee and some bad weeks for President Obama.
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| Aug. 5, 2011
Shields and Douthat on Disdain for Washington After Debt Deal, FAA Showdown
Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist Ross Douthat sort through the week's top political news, including their takes on the American public's disgust with Washington, the July jobs report and the partial FAA shutdown.
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| JULY
July 29, 2011
Shields and Gerson on Debt Bill Scramble, Reid's Next Moves
Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and Washington Post columnist Michael Gerson dissect the week's top political news, including lawmakers' race against the clock to avoid default.
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| July 22, 2011
The Doubleheader: Debt Limits and NFL Lockouts
It has been a rare feat in recent times due to summer schedules, but we managed to get another episode of the Doubleheader with columnists Mark Shields and David Brooks recorded Friday. We stopped taping a few minutes before House Speaker John Boehner called off the debt talks and the president held a news conference.
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| July 22, 2011
Shields and Brooks: After Debt Talks 'Meltdown,' What's the Path Forward?
Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks dissect the week's developments in the debt-ceiling debate, including the latest breakdown in talks between the White House and congressional Republicans, plus the "Gang of Six" plan and a possible compromise by Sens. Mitch McConnell and Harry Reid.
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| July 15, 2011
The Doubleheader: Debt Ceiling Drama and the Roger Clemens Mistrial
Mark Shields and David Brooks returned to the Doubleheader with Hari Sreenivasan after a summer hiatus and jumped right into the debt limit drama at the center of politics in Washington this month.
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| July 15, 2011
Shields and Brooks on Political Risks, Rewards of Debt Standoff
Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks weigh in on the week's top political news, including the debt limit standoff and President Obama's campaign fundraising haul.
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| July 8, 2011
Brooks and Marcus on Jobs Numbers, Debt Deal Reality, U.K. Media Scandal
New York Times columnist David Brooks and Washington Post columnist Ruth Marcus walk through the week's top political news, including the ongoing debt-ceiling talks in Washington, the dismal June jobs numbers and what lessons the American media can take away from the News of the World scandal rocking Britain.
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| July 1, 2011
Shields, Gerson on Bachmann, Parties' Willingness to Budge on Spending, Taxes
Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and Washington Post columnist Michael Gerson dissect the week's top political news, including President Obama's rebuke of Congress for the stalled debt-ceiling talks, what created the housing bubble and Rep. Michele Bachmann's formal foray into the 2012 presidential race.
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| JUNE
June 24, 2011
Shields, Brooks on GOP Tax Divide, Obama's Troop Drawdown, Debt Ceiling Debate
Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks weigh in on the week's top political news, including the breakdown in bipartisan budget and deficit talks, the House's rebuke of President Obama over war powers and the Libya mission, and the president's new troop withdrawal timetable for the Afghan war.
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| June 17, 2011
Shields, Brooks on War Powers Debate, Obama's Inner Circle, Bachmann
Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks weigh in on the week's top political news, including the debate over congressional approval for the U.S. mission in Libya, the state of deficit talks, the "insular" inner circle surrounding President Obama and Michele Bachmann's GOP debate performance.
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| June 10, 2011
Shields, Brooks on Gates' Legacy, Gingrich Campaign 'Meltdown,' Weiner Fallout
Columnists Mark Shields and David Brooks discuss the week's top political news, including what's ahead for the Pentagon and NATO as Defense Secretary Gates nears retirement, how Newt Gingrich will fare in 2012 after losing so many key campaign staffers and what lessons can be gleaned from the Rep. Anthony Weiner scandal.
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| June 3, 2011
Shields, Brooks on 'Discouraging' Jobs Report, Debt Debate, Romney vs. Palin
Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks discuss the week's top political news, including the "discouraging" May jobs report, how unemployment could affect the debt-ceiling debate in Washington and how GOP candidate Mitt Romney might fare in races against Sarah Palin and President Obama.
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| MAY
May 27, 2011
Shields, Brooks on Patriot Act, N.Y. Race Upset, Medicare Politics, Palin Tour
Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks discuss the week's top political news, including the Patriot Act extension clearing Congress being signed by President Obama, the 2012 GOP presidential field and the Ryan Medicare plan's impact on a New York House race.
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| May 20, 2011
Shields and Brooks on Goodwin Liu, Brooks the Meme and the Macho Man
In this edition of The Doubleheader, columnists David Brooks and Mark Shields tackled the filibuster of President Obama's judicial nominee Goodwin Liu, kidded about a picture of Brooks that has gone wild online and remembered wrestler Randy Savage, aka the Macho Man.
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| May 20, 2011
Shields and Brooks on Gingrich's Chances, Obama 'Spanking' Israel, Arab Leaders
Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks discuss the week's top political news, including the developing GOP 2012 presidential field, President Obama's Middle East and Arab world policy address and call for Israel to return to 1967 border lines, plus the president's praise for the CIA.
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| May 13, 2011
Shields and Gerson on Immigration Reform, Gingrich's 2012 Bid
Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and Washington Post columnist Michael Gerson discuss top political news, including the realities of immigration reform and the shape of the 2012 GOP presidential field.
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| May 6, 2011
Shields and Brooks on Secretive SEALs, Obama's Bin Laden Raid, GOP Debate
Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks discuss the week's top political news, including President Obama's standing after the killing of Osama bin Laden, the military elite that carried out the mission and the first debate among 2012 GOP hopefuls.
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| APRIL
April 29, 2011
The Doubleheader: Oil Subsidies, Town Halls, Drafts and Playoffs
As many as "two billion" viewers may watch tonight's Doubleheader with syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times Columnist David Brooks.
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| April 29, 2011
Shields and Brooks on Obama vs. Trump, Security Team Shuffles
Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times Columnist David Brooks discuss the week's top political news, including the release of the president's long-form birth certificate, budget battles in Congress and changes in the administration's national security team.
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| April 22, 2011
Shields and Brooks on Debt Ceilings, Dodgers Takeover and NHL Playoffs
In this week's Doubleheader with syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks, we discussed how the arguments over the U.S. debt ceiling don't seem to be disappearing. As for the politics of sports, Major League Baseball's takeover of the Los Angeles Dodgers might be a good idea for another team.
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| April 22, 2011
Shields and Brooks on Public's View of Libya Efforts, Debate on Entitlements
Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks discuss the week's top political news with Jim Lehrer, including Americans' opinions of the U.S. involvement in the Libya intervention and the brewing legislative battles over the deficit and the debt ceiling.
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| April 15, 2011
The Doubleheader: Shields and Brooks on Gamesmanship, Sportsmanship
After a spring hiatus, Mark Shields and David Brooks are back under the same roof and swung by before Friday's program for a new Doubleheader. They disagreed on the level of political gamesmanship happening in Washington, and weighed in on fair punishments in professional sports.
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| April 15, 2011
Shields, Brooks on 'Flexible' U.S. Policy in Middle East, Deficit Plans
Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks discuss the week's top political news, including President Obama's declaration of a military stalemate in Libya and the looming battles in Washington over the debt ceiling and the 2012 budget.
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| April 8, 2011
Brooks, Marcus on 'Absurdity' of Shutdown Debates, Paul Ryan's Budget Plan
New York Times columnist David Brooks and Washington Post columnist Ruth Marcus discuss the battles over the short- and long-term government budgets, including deadlocked negotiations over funding for this fiscal year and GOP Rep. Paul Ryan's budget proposal for fiscal year 2012.
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| April 1, 2011
Shields and Gerson on Jobless Rate Realities, Obama's Plan in Libya
Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and Washington Post columnist Michael Gerson weigh in on top political developments, including the latest jobless figures, President Obama's handing of the Libya conflict and the budget battle on Capitol Hill.
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| MARCH
March 25, 2011
Shields and York Preview Obama's Libya Address, 2012 Republican Field
Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and Washington Examiner chief political correspondent Byron York discuss the week's news, including the growing list of Republican candidates for the 2012 presidential nomination and President's Obama handling of the coalition mission in Libya.
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| March 18, 2011
Shields and Brooks on Military Action in Libya, U.S. Attitude on Nuclear Power
Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks discuss President Obama's pressure on Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi to stop attacks on civilians, plus the shifts in opinion on U.S. nuclear policy in light of the ongoing crisis in Japan.
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| March 18, 2011
Shields and Brooks on Afghan War, March Madness and Social Animals
In this week's Doubleheader, columnists Mark Shields and David Brooks discuss a proposal to withdraw all troops from Afghanistan, plus their college basketball picks and David's new book.
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| March 11, 2011
Shields and Brooks on Obama's Libya Stance, Wisconsin Union Fight
Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks discuss the week's top political news, including President Obama's response to the conflict in Libya and the stalemate over the federal budget, plus Wisconsin's controversial collective-bargaining bill being signed into law and the life of David Broder.
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| March 4, 2011
The Doubleheader: Shields and Brooks on Money, Muslims and the NFL
Mark Shields and David Brooks shed some light on the rhetoric behind the federal spending debate in Congress. They also touch on a controversial set of hearings about Muslims in America, as well as the stalled NFL labor talks.
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| March 4, 2011
Shields, Brooks on U.S. Facing Tough Calls on Libya, Pension Woes
Columnists Mark Shields and David Brooks sort through the top political stories of the week. including the "civil war in the making" in Libya, the brewing pension problems across the United States and what's being done to avoid a government shutdown.
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| FEBRUARY
Feb. 25, 2011
Shields, Brooks on Collective Bargaining's Future, Shutdown Chances, Libya
Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks discuss the week's political news, including possible 2012 Republican presidential candidates, state budget crises, the threat of a federal government shutdown on March 4 and U.S. response to the Libya uprising.
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| Feb. 25, 2011
Shields and Brooks on Walker's Prank Call, Shutdown Prospects, Carmelo Anthony
The Doubleheader is back this week, and Mark Shields and David Brooks tackle Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker's phone call with a blogger who pretended to be billionaire and conservative financier David Koch.
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| Feb. 18, 2011
The Doubleheader: Medicaid Shortfalls, Public Unions and Spring Training
It's always a pleasure to have the boys of spring and summer -- syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks -- back in action together. In this week's Doubleheader, we discuss the big jump states face in Medicaid expenditures.
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| Feb. 18, 2011
Shields and Brooks on Boehner's 'New World Order,' Wisconsin Protests
Columnists Mark Shields and David Brooks discuss the week's top political news with Jim Lehrer, including the House's spending deliberations, Speaker Boehner's willingness to lose a few battles, fights over government funding and the future of public employee unions and collective bargaining amid protests in Wisconsin.
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| Feb. 11, 2011
The Doubleheader: Mark Shields Responds to Reddit Questions
In this week's Doubleheader, columnist Mark Shields answers questions posed to him by the Reddit community -- just as his usual sparring partner David Brooks did last week.
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| Feb. 11, 2011
Shields and Brooks on GOP Candidates' Plausibility, Egypt's Bottom-up Revolution
Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks analyze the week's news, including the resignation of Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak and the candidates eyeing the 2012 Republican presidential nomination at the Conservative Political Action Conference meeting in Washington.
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| Feb. 4, 2011
The Doubleheader: David Brooks Responds to Reddit Questions
We run a tight ship here in public media land, but nevertheless Mark Shields was late to the party Friday. He missed the bus or boat or whatever, but New York Times columnist David Brooks fielded questions by himself from our viewers in the Reddit community.
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| Feb. 4, 2011
Shields and Brooks on Obama's Egypt Stance, Debt-Limit Fight
Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks discuss the week's political developments, including the most recent unemployment report, the U.S. response to unrest in Egypt and the brewing fight in Washington over government debt.
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| JANUARY
Jan. 28, 2011
The Doubleheader With Shields and Brooks: Egypt, SOTU and Reddit
We're back. It's 2011, and we're bringing our brand of political flavor to new audiences around the globe. Watch Hari Sreenivasan's web-only interview with Mark Shields and David Brooks.
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| Jan. 28, 2011
Shields and Brooks on Obama 'Recalibrating' Stance on Egypt, State of the Union
Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks speak with Jim Lehrer about the week's top developments, including the Obama administration "recalibrating" the U.S. stance on the growing political unrest in Egypt and the president's messages in his latest State of the Union address.
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| Jan. 21, 2011
Shields and Brooks on GOP's Repeal Effort, Obama's Overtures to Business, China
Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks sort through the week's top political news, including President Obama's outreach to big business and China's president, plus the Republican-led vote in the House to repeal last year's health reform law.
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| Jan. 14, 2011
Shields and Brooks on Obama's Tucson Speech, Calls for Political Civility
Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks analyze the week's news, including the president's address at the Tucson memorial service.
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| Jan. 7, 2011
Shields and Brooks on the New Congress, Obama's Staff Revamp
The 112th Congress has convened and President Obama has started making big changes to his senior staff. Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks assess these and other top political headlines.
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