DOUBLEHEADER -- October 21, 2011 at 7:57 PM EDT

Shields, Brooks on VP Switcheroos, Occupy Movement, World Series Picks

By: Hari Sreenivasan

Why are there rumors every presidential cycle that the incumbent will switch his (so far his) vice president out for someone else? That is topic No. 1 on this week's Doubleheader: the potential for Vice President Joe Biden and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to switch jobs.

The idea has been injected into the sphere of possibility by the likes of journalist Bob Woodward and even mocked by the likes of Conan O'Brien. Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times Columnist David Brooks weigh in on that as well as whether the Occupy Wall Street movement is becoming more of an opportunity or a liability for President Obama. The boys of summer also offer their picks for who will come out on top of the slugfest that is the World Series.


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