Joe Scott: The Body Politic

Boxer vs. Forina: “Robo Polls;” A Toss-Up?

26 August 2010 |permalink | email article

A Rasmussen Reports poll shows California Sen. Barbara Boxer and Republican challenger Carly Fiorina in a statistical tie in the Senate race. Rasmussen has now moved it from “leans Democratic” to toss-up.

Boxer leads Fiorina by 44 percent to… read full story

Suing Feds: Whitman Backpedals Again

25 August 2010 |permalink | email article

Just days after the Republican California gubernatorial candidate claimed that she would keep her promise, if elected, to join other states’ challenges to the new federal health care reform law, she appears to be backing away from the pledge.

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Mavericks: Turnabout is Fair Play

24 August 2010 |permalink | email article

Politics is a contact sport which demands orthodoxy. One tenet is liberals do not suddenly become conservatives, nor conservatives convert to liberalism. But there are occasions when well known politicians stray as a matter of conscience. Two mavericks, Republican… read full story

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Mission Statement

Aristotle's Politics (Book 1, Chapter 1) is clear that "man is a political animal in a greater measure than any bee or any gregarious animal. For nature does nothing without purpose, and man alone of the animals possesses speech."

The blogosphere watches as a divided America reexamines its soul. After 35 years as a journalist I have broken a long silence to comment again on critical moral and political issues that impact the U.S. body politic. Reflections on JoeScott3.com, an independent, non-profit blog, are posted frequently, not daily. I hope global readers, accepting Aristotle's definition of a political animal, will find this quick scan both provocative and mindful.

About Joe Scott

A graduate of the University of Notre Dame, Joe Scott spent many years as a columnist for the Herald-Examiner (1978-1989), and later the Los Angeles Times and other California dailies.He was the critically-acclaimed editor and publisher of the Political Animal and California Eye, newsletters (1973-1992). He worked as a political consultant and ran several successful political campaigns in California. Joe Scott is a third-generation Angeleno. He is working on a novel about public corruption in Los Angeles during the late 1930's.

Joe Scott 3: The Body Politic