Joseph Curl

CURL: Obama, Biden, Clinton — a fly on the wall hears all

President Obama, Vice President Joseph R. Biden and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton met in the White House on Thursday. This is, according to a nonpartisan fly that happened to be on the wall, a firsthand, verbatim account of their conversation. Published August 19, 2012

CURL: Game-changing pick for Romney, worst nightmare for Obama

Well, that didn't take long. By 11 a.m. Saturday, shortly after presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney appeared with his newly picked running mate, the Senate Democratic leader fired out a bitter e-mail. Published August 12, 2012

CURL: The silly season — Obama’s winning?!

It's political "silly season," when everyone says whatever they want — it doesn't matter, no one will know if it's true or not, and whatever is said will be ancient history by tomorrow morning. Published August 5, 2012

CURL: Romney didn’t say what they said he said

"Romney trip begins in shambles," blared CNN. "Britain is not ready for the Olympics says Mitt Romney," screamed the U.K.'s Daily Mail. "Mitt Romney's Olympics gaffe overshadows visit to London," bellowed Britain's Telegraph newspaper. But guess what? Mr. Romney said nothing of the kind. Published July 29, 2012

CURL: From bad to worse for President Obama

A lot happened last week — and none of it was good for President Obama. Published July 22, 2012

CURL: Why Romney’s NAACP speech matters

Mitt Romney's address to the NAACP, despite the boos, may prove pivotal. He spoke to them like adults — here are your problems and here's what I'll do to address them. Maybe blacks will vote en masse anyway for the first "black" president who didn't even bother to show up for the NAACP. Published July 15, 2012

CURL: Who’s bailing on Obama? Just about everybody

The president is back on the campaign trail. What's striking is where he's going: Pennsylvania, Ohio, Iowa — places he won in 2008. Why? Simple. All the latest polls show he's losing … well, everyone. Published July 8, 2012

CURL: Roberts to the rescue for Romney

In voting to uphold President Obama's disastrous health-care overhaul, Supreme Court Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. took away the president's main line of attack that surely would have been deployed had the court voted 5-4, along party lines. Published June 28, 2012

CURL: Lying liars and the ‘furious’ lies they tell

"Lie, noun, 1. A false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth." Thus begins the fast and furious descent of President Obama. Published June 24, 2012

CURL: Obama’s a domestic enemy of the U.S. Constitution

When Congress wrote its own oath of office in 1884, little did they know that, 128 years later, America would face a domestic threat to the U.S. Constitution — from its very own president. Published June 17, 2012

CURL: Forget the ‘boring white guy’ — Romney will pick Rubio

Paul Ryan. Rob Portman. Tim Pawlenty. Bob McDonnell. Mitch Daniels. Even their names are boring. Sure, they're all highly qualified public servants — governors, senators, congressmen — but they are also borrrrrring. Published June 10, 2012

CURL: This sure isn’t the McCain campaign

Historians may well look back, when they dissect Mr. Romney's landslide victory in November 2012, to last week — a week when the Republican candidate not only showed that he's ready to mix it up in the octagon, but the Democratic incumbent looked like an overrated palooka finally matched against someone his own size. Published June 3, 2012