The ‘2012’ Scenario and the Failure of U.S. Succession

• By Jennifer Marsico
• Special to Roll Call
• Dec. 21, 2009, Midnight

“2012,” a recent blockbuster movie, garnered an impressive $225 million in worldwide box office sales its opening weekend. Millions of people in America and around the world are going to see this epic disaster movie. They got what they were looking for, along with a bonus — an unexpected lesson in the importance of having a good system of presidential succession in the event of a catastrophe.