The View from One Prudential Plaza: Why the Obama Campaign Is So Confident About Beating Romney  —  President Obama pauses while speaking at a campaign event in Columbus, Ohio, on May 5, 2012  —  Barack Obama's decision to base his re-election campaign outside of Washington seems to be working pretty darn well.

Those Revolting Europeans  —  The French are revolting.  The Greeks, too.  And it's about time.  —  Both countries held elections Sunday that were in effect referendums on the current European economic strategy, and in both countries voters turned two thumbs down.

Mitt Romney Was Arrested For Disorderly Conduct In 1981  —  The charges were dropped after Romney threatened to sue.  “I was not a disorderly person,” Romney said.  —  Mitt Romney campaigns in Pittsburgh.  —  It's a little reported anecdote, but in 1981 presumptive Republican Presidential …

A Scramble as Biden Backs Same-Sex Marriage  —  Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. said on Sunday that he was “absolutely comfortable” with same-sex marriages and was heartened by their growing acceptance across the country, a position that moves well beyond the “evolving” views that President Obama has said he holds on the issue.

Clinton hopes to see female US president  —  KOLKATA, India (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Monday she has no desire to make another run for the White House but hopes to see an American woman president in her lifetime.  —  Politely turning aside questions …

Why Ron Paul's big wins in Maine and Nevada matter  —  When Ron Paul delegates show up at the Republican National Convention in August, they may be strong enough to throw the event into disarray - just at the moment Mitt Romney needs to show the GOP united behind him.

Secret Meeting Has ‘Washington Post’ Buzzing As paper struggles, big-name journalists meet with the paper's top business exec By Lucia Moses  —  Washington Post staffers are buzzing about a secret meeting between some 10 big-name Post journalists including Dana Priest, David Finkel and Carol Leonnig …

Secret U.S. program releases high-level insurgents in exchange for pledges of peace  —  KABUL — The United States has for several years been secretly releasing high-level detainees from a military prison in Afghanistan as part of negotiations with insurgent groups, a bold effort to quell violence …

Why Colleges Don't Teach the Federalist Papers  —  At America's top schools, graduates leave without reading our most basic writings on the purpose of constitutional self-government.  —  It would be difficult to overstate the significance of The Federalist for understanding the principles …

Prostitute at center of Secret Service scandal: Agents were ‘stupid brutes’  —  MADRID, Spain — A woman identifying herself as the Colombian prostitute at the center of a scandal involving U.S. Secret Service personnel has called the group of agents “stupid brutes” who put partying above President Barack Obama's security.

Official: Obama Admin Drafted Memo to Blame Military If Bin Laden Mission Failed  —  Leadership: Obama Administration Drafted Memo to Blame Military if OBL Mission Failed  —  Former Attorney General Michael Mukasey told Sean Hannity tonight that the Obama Administration drafted a memo …

Bryan Fischer's Last Stand Against The Gays  —  From Idaho to Tupelo, how the last, loudest, proudest scourge of homosexuality made it to the center of the presidential campaign.  He thinks Obama is punishing us for our racism, and says he's Romney's “best friend,” whether the candidate knows it or not.

Opinion: Vote in French presidential election should be a warning for America  —  The French have now elected a socialist government.  This event should be instructive to us.  —  France currently has a government that absorbs more than 50 percent of its economy.

Behind the rhetoric: Why Scott Walker was able to raise unlimited funds  —  Democrats and their recall allies decry the law that has helped Gov. Scott Walker out-raise his opponents combined by $11 million dollars without regard to normal campaign contribution limits.

Josh Dixon comes out as gay, aims for spot on Olympic gymnastics team  —  The United States has never had a publicly out male gymnast participate in the Olympics.  Josh Dixon hopes to be the first.  —  The Stanford grad took a big step toward that goal at the U.S. Men's Qualifier on Saturday …