Joe Scott: The Body Politic

Who will Arnold endorse?

22 July 2010 |permalink | email article

Does Gov. Schwarzenegger’s mere 22 percent approval rating in the recent Field Poll make him too toxic to embrace as Republican Meg Whitman and Democrat Jerry Brown escalate their battle to succeed him? No, and he may surprise the… read full story

Obama’s tough summer, and more

21 July 2010 |permalink | email article

A Washington Post/ABC News poll last week suggested that in the summer of his discontent there is some solace for President Obama in comparing him with Ronald Reagan – the last president to take office in the midst of… read full story

Parsing Jerry Brown’s Fall Strategy

20 July 2010 |permalink | email article

A recurring question in California politics is why Jerry Brown is holding his fire until Labor Day, or later, to engage Meg Whitman in their nasty battle for governor. Chris Matthews, MSNBC’s “Hardball” host, asked the former governor how… 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