This week on The Confab: Managing Editor Joel Dreyfuss chats with Washington reporter Cynthia Gordy and contributors Madison Gray and Helena Andrews about Herman Cain's influence on the image of black conservatives, Mike Tyson as a comedian and the newest child-abuse case in the sports world.

Rather than simply judge him, blacks should look at how his hard life shaped his conservative views.

As the New York Times has noted, 2010 finds more than 30 African Americans running for Congress on the GOP ticket. That's more black Republicans vying for office since Reconstruction--and proof positive that President Obama has forever changed the face of politics. Let’s meet the candidates.