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Mark Halperin's Beard: Excellent Or Not Good? (PHOTOS, POLL)

09/05/2013 09:55 am ET | Updated Nov 05, 2013

Mark Halperin has a beard now.

This is the old Mark Halperin:

And this is Mark Halperin with his beard:

There were many reactions to the beard.

One HuffPoster commented, "It's so multi-colored."

Another said, "he looks like a young Santa."

Twitter also had thoughts:

Think you achieved the look you were going for RT @MarkHalperin: no time wasted shaving. pic.twitter.com/hTxZTEG7KC” pic.twitter.com/1jzE913OEt

— Savannah Guthrie (@SavannahGuthrie) September 5, 2013

Separated at birth. @MarkHalperin @algore cc: @howiewolf @jheil @jonathanmprince @briankoppelman @SavannahGuthrie pic.twitter.com/wqxJDXRa4C

— Mike Feldman (@feldmike) September 5, 2013

How is it that @Markhalperin's beard has more grey hair than Howard Dean's head? #JustforMen pic.twitter.com/XDidMATzeh

— John Powers (@ReportingfromNY) September 5, 2013

Critical question of the AM: Does Mark Halperin look more like a bearded Al Gore or Dr. Richard Kimball from the Fugitive?

— Joe Scarborough (@JoeNBC) September 5, 2013

What are your thoughts on the beard?

Regular fashion disclaimer: "This is stupid" is not a poll option! Not everything has to be serious all the time, so please hold off if you were thinking of some response along those lines.