Herman Cain‘s departure from the presidential race may turn out to be good news for Newt Gingrich, as the current GOP frontrunner is starting to gain the support of some former Cain backers. Byron York pointed out on Fox News Sunday today that Gingrich is polling well in both Iowa and South Carolina, and has a real chance of winning the nomination because of conservative antipathy towards Mitt Romney.

In the latest installment of What Divisive Political Issue Has Mitt Romney Suddenly Changed His Position On This Week?, Chris Wallace and the Fox News Sunday panel parsed Romney’s words last week when he claimed we do not know what causes global warming, when he had stated the opposite several months ago.

On Fox News Sunday today, Chris Wallace and panel debated the targeted killing of U.S. citizen and al-Qaeda member Anwar al-Awlaki and whether or not it was within the legal rights of the United States government to carry out that military action. Wallace highlighted the position taken by some liberals and conservatives that since al-Awlaki was an American citizen, he should have been subjected to the American justice system instead of being taken out on foreign soil.

Now that the GOP race has been framed as Mitt Romney vs. Rick Perry, the media has been comparing both candidates’ records, past accomplishments, and current popularity within the Republican party. To that extent, Bill Kristol predicted today that if the Republican race is a relatively “normal” one, Perry will be the GOP nominee.

The NPR sting video which led to the departure of CEO Vivian Schiller as well as the resignation of the man in the video, former executive Ron Schiller. It has also, according to 22 journalists from NPR News, “done real damage” to the entire organization. In an open letter, they write that they were “appalled” by Ron Schiller’s comments caught on tape.

This morning on Fox News Sunday, a roundtable of political analysts discussed President Obama and President Clinton’s Friday joint press conference on the tax deal — and contrary to what most are saying, suggested it may have been a good moment for President Obama.

Nancy Pelosi‘s announcement that she intends to run for Minority Leader in the House appears to have caught many people — many of whom thought she’s go quietly into the midterm defeat — off guard.off guard. On Fox News Sunday today Mara Liasson said she thought Pelosi’s current place in the Democratic party was similar to that of Winston Churchill. Really.

During today’s White House press briefing, NPR’s Mara Liasson asked about Senator Mitch McConnell‘s “blasting the White House for jamming down the bill” just after he had met with President Obama. White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs used an odd metaphor to dismiss complaints that the administration wasn’t willing to work with the GOP, saying “Republicans have made it to church” but “very few to the altar.” And some wonder why critics of this administration claim a messiah complex.

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.

Déjà vu? Mara Liasson, the national political correspondent for NPR, has been pressured by the radio network not to appear on Fox News, Politico reports. The White House’s war against Fox News may not have lasted very long, but it sounds like the tactic of boycotting Fox over its political leanings has survived it:

President Obama continues to make the off-the-record rounds with prominent member of the press. A little over two weeks ago he met with MSNBC anchors Rachel Maddow and Keith Olbermann among others. Today he met with a cross-section of journos including someone from Fox News, sort of.