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well, replacements could include alec baldwin, harrison ford, or ben affleck. they all played jack ryan in the tom clancy movies. and according to bob woodward, the president gets paul and jack confused anyway. and finally, a tough one. joe biden. how about meryl streep? honestly, she can play anyone. plus, she swears like a sailor. not just a big deal if you're playing joe biden, but. >> this is a [ bleep ]. >> reporter: the problem with politics, though, is no matter how good meryl or alec or ben might be, there is no real way to replace

well, replacements could include alec baldwin, harrison ford, or ben affleck. they all played jack ryan in the tom clancy movies. and according to bob woodward, the president gets paul and jack confused anyway. and finally, a tough one. joe biden. how about meryl streep? honestly, she can play anyone. plus, she swears like a sailor. not just a big deal if you're playing joe biden, but. >> this is a [ bleep ]. >> reporter: the problem with politics, though, is no matter how good meryl or alec or ben might be, there is no real way to replace a candidate. to an extent, elections are the candidate. which is why everything ey

alaic baldwin, harrison ford or ben afl affflack. they all played jack ryan in the movies and paul gets paul and jack confused anyway. finally, a tough one. joe biden. how about meryl streep. honestly, she can play anyone, plus, she swears like a sailor. [ bleep ] not just a big deal if you're playing joe biden, but -- the problem with politics, though, is no matter how good merrill or alec might be, no good way to replace a candidate. to an extent, elections are the candidate, which is why everything they say and do matters so much. they're simply no substitute. wolf? >> john berman, thank you very much. you can watch john berman and zoraida sambolin on "early start" 5:00 a.m. eastern. they go until 7:00 a.m. eastern. >>> happening now, secretary of state hillary clinton gives lawmakers a top secret briefing on libya and the anti-american violence in the muslim world. >>> new poll numbers from one battleground state as the race for the white house moves to another. >>> plus, romney, obama and israel. mideast politics complicate the