video Juan Williams has absolutely no faith in the 2012 Republican presidential field. He brought a healthy dose of "fair and balanced" to the FOX News Sunday Panel Plus online-exclusive segment yesterday, where he predicted to his bemused colleagues that, despite their high hopes, if they didn't find a respectable candidate soon, Barack Obama would win reelection in a landslide. (more...)

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Here's one that could have fallen under the radar amid "Retardgate" and that too-close-for-comfort Glenn Beck interview. Fox News' weekend Wall Street Journal partner program, the Journal Editorial Report, ran a segment Saturday analyzing Sarah Palin's chances at a successful presidential run in 2012 in light of a recent poll finding that 71% of Americans think she is not qualified for the job.  Stuart Varney, in for Paul Gigot, lead the round table in a discussion on Palin's chances in 2012. The commentators turned on Palin, with the ones trying to find the sunny side of the former Alaska governor slamming her even harder than her detractors. (more...)

video Here's a great way to get people to change their minds about you: pen a smash-hit memoir, sell out your national, campaign-like book tour, and flood the media with big interviews and soundbites. It's hard to argue with that kind of success. Or at least it's hard to argue against it. (more...)

During the 2008 Presidential campaign, The Onion satirically asked "Do We Really Want Another Black President After The Events Of Deep Impact?" Now that the electorate has answered that question in the affirmative, you would think that fictional black Presidents would see some sort of progress in the area of the world not ending. While there may not be a deeper meaning to 2012's political trappings, it certainly is an interesting coincidence. (more...)

Obviously, unless sometime between now and 2012 there occurs a rip in the space-time continuum and the country slips into an alternate reality, Sarah Palin and Glenn Beck will not be running on a joint ticket for the presidency. But let's speculate anyway. (more...)

video CNN is not about opinions, they're about news. So listen, NASA, there's this movie out about the world coming to an end in 2012, and we know you've been out trying to debunk this possibility. But we need facts, and T.J. Holmes guest anchoring American Morning is going to be our fact-finding vessel. (more...)

Has Matt Drudge stumbled upon the Mayan code for the rumored upcoming 2012 apocalypse? A quick click on this morning's Drudge Report might lead you to think so. (Plus, if there was such a code, Drudge no doubt, would be an early adopter). Alas, no. Today's ominous, numerical headline is actually Drudge's way of letting us know that over the weekend the President declared the swine flu outbreak to be a national emergency. Meaning, one supposes, that H1N1 is the new 9/11? Or just that the country needs to call 911. Probably the latter, come to think of it. From the somewhat less than apocalyptic article. (more...)

Fox News, 10:53amET: You know that whole 'world is going to end in 2012' thing? Well Fox News spent a segment discussing it this morning. The conclusion - this is probably not going to happen. But the chyron suggested the possibility was out there (via HuffPost, via Mike Madden). (more...)