In a blog entry at the Washington Post, columnist Jonathan Capehart smacks down GOP presidential hopeful Herman Cain’s claim in a political advertisement that as “a descendant of slaves,” he can lead the Republican Party to victory by garnering a large share of black votes. Herman Cain is at it again, making bold pronouncements that…

Since last month’s NYT-CBS News poll, GOP presidential hopeful Herman Cain’s support among women has dropped from 28 percent to 15 percent, which spells trouble for the embattled candidate, columnist Jonathan Capehart blogs at the Washington Post. The drop comes in the wake of several sexual harassment accusations against him.  May I state the obvious?…

In a blog entry at the Washington Post, columnist Jonathan Capehart critiques the GOP’s questionable acceptance of presidential candidate Herman Cain’s nicety jokes in response to difficult questions. He says, “it’s just a matter of time before Republican primary voters rallying to his side learn that the joke is on them.” Herman Cain likes to…

In a blog entry at the Washington Post, columnist Jonathan Capehart lambastes Herman Cain’s campaign for releasing a video ad showing the GOP hopeful’s chief of staff smoking a cigarette, among other things. He says that the video could go down in history as the Showgirls of political ads. … We already know [Herman Cain]…

In a blog entry, Washington Post columnist Jonathan Capehart upbraids GOP presidential candidate Herman Cain for his insistence that he be shown evidence that being gay is an inherent trait like skin color. Capehart writes that he himself is black and gay and had no choice in either matter. Herman Cain’s insistence that he be shown…

In a blog entry at the Washington Post, Jonathan Capehart issues a wakeup call to daydreamers longing for Hillary Clinton to emerge as a candidate in the 2012 presidential race. Using her words, he says she has “below zero” interest in the job. Here we go again. More useless what-if daydreaming about WWHHD: “what would…

Jonathan Capehart, in his Washington Post opinion blog, suggests that President Barack Obama take action to change the nation’s darkening mood toward his performance, citing recent polls.  I’m a silver-lining kind of guy. No matter how bad the news or the experience, I will find the larger, positive lesson to be learned to move forward.…

Jonathan Capehart, in his Washington Post blog, suggests that GOP presidential candidate Michele Bachmann watch her language after saying she received direct messages from God.  There are far too many people out there who think they have a DM relationship with @TheAlmighty and then subject the rest of us to what they say His judgment…

Jonathan Capehart, in the Washington Post opinion blog, writes about statements Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) made to a reporter when asked if President Obama was trying to destroy the country. Take a gander at what Coburn said when Tulsa World reporter Randy Krehbiel asked him whether he thought Obama was trying to destroy the country:…