lying in ponds
The absurdity of partisanship
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Paul Krugman
New York Times

Columns 96
Words 78140
Normalized Median Partisanship Index 81.18
Normalized Total Partisanship Index 75.97
Normalized Combined Partisanship Index 78.57
Democratic Index 37.14
Republican Index -80.70
Positive Index 8.99
Negative Index 76.90
Neutral Index 14.11



Partisan References

Type Number All References
Positive Democratic 42 Democrats(7), Democratic(5), Clinton(3), Franklin Roosevelt(3), Bill Clinton(2), Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin(2), Al Gore(2), Corzine(2), Stenholm(2), Larry Summers(2), Roosevelt(2), Lieberman, Gray Davis, Daniel Patrick Moynihan, Clinton administration, Jon Corzine, Robert Rubin, Rubin, Summers, Joe Lieberman, Senate Democrats
Negative Democratic 16 Democrats(5), John Breaux(2), Moynihan(2), administration, Ben Nelson, Tom Harkin, Max Baucus, Clinton administration, Stenholm, Democrat
Neutral Democratic 12Democrats(3), Charles Schumer(2), Democratic(2), Clinton administration, Moynihan, Congressional Democrats, Bill Clinton, Corzine
Positive Republican 16 Bush administration(3), Kolbe(2), Bush(2), Gordon Smith, Rudolph Giuliani, Baker, Smith, Paul O'Neill, administration, Republicans, Gerald Ford, Republican
Negative Republican 480 Bush(162), administration(120), George W. Bush(35), Bush administration(32), Cheney(20), Lindsey(12), Dick Cheney(11), White House(8), Paul O'Neill(8), O'Neill(8), Republican(5), Thomas(4), Republicans(3), Administration(3), Republican Party(3), Ari Fleischer(3), Lawrence Lindsey(3), the president(2), Daniels(2), House Republican(2), Bill Thomas(2), Barr(2), Senate Republicans(2), Dick Armey(2), Tom DeLay(2), Armey(2), John Ashcroft(2), Howard Baker, Jim Kolbe, Mitch Daniels, Karen Hughes, Donald Rumsfeld, Congressional Republicans, Reagan, Robert Zoellick, Zoellick, Fleischer, Charles Grassley, Karl Rove, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, Rove, George Bush, Ford, Phil Gramm, Wendy Gramm, Gramm, Richard Nixon
Neutral Republican 79Bush(18), George W. Bush(7), administration(6), White House(5), Ari Fleischer(4), Bush administration(4), Paul O'Neill(3), Republicans(3), Thompson(2), president(2), the president(2), Republican(2), President Bush(2), Mitch Daniels(2), O'Neill, Charles Grassley, Lawrence Lindsey, Ronald Reagan, Cheney, Tommy Thompson, Fleischer, Steve Forbes, Donald Rumsfeld, Lindsey, James Baker, The president, Bob Barr, Gerald Ford, Administration, Daniels, James A. Baker III



List of Columns

Title/
Date
words Norm
PI
Partisan References
Could've Been Worse
28 December 2001
791 43 1D+: Franklin Roosevelt
1D-: Democrats
1R+: Bush administration
4R-: Bush administration, Bush administration, Bush administration, Bush
The Scrooge Syndrome
25 December 2001
779 100 1R-: Paul O'Neill
A No-Win Outcome
21 December 2001
843 78 1D+: Democratic
13R-: Bush, George W. Bush, Bush, Bill Thomas, Thomas, Bush, Thomas, Bush, Thomas, Thomas, Bush administration, administration, Bush
2D=, 2R=
Death by Guru
18 December 2001
775 0
Eleven And Counting
14 December 2001
793 75 3R-: Bush administration, Paul O'Neill, Bush administration
1R=
Laissez Not Fair
11 December 2001
766 100 3R-: Phil Gramm, Wendy Gramm, Gramm
Hitting the Trifecta
7 December 2001
837 87 13R-: George W. Bush, Bush, administration, Bush, Bush, administration, Administration, administration, administration, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush
2R=
A Defining Issue
4 December 2001
795 100 1R-: Bush administration
An Alternate Reality
25 November 2001
796 100 5R-: Dick Armey, Tom DeLay, Administration, John Ashcroft, Bush administration
The 55-Cent Solution
21 November 2001
839 41 2R+: Gerald Ford, Republican
9R-: Ford, George W. Bush, Bush, White House, administration, Bush, administration, Bush administration, administration
1D=, 5R=
The Oil-Hog Cycle
18 November 2001
805 100 1R-: Bush administration
Other People's Money
14 November 2001
835 83 1D+: Democrats
1R+: Republicans
10R-: George W. Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, administration, Dick Armey, Tom DeLay, Armey, Armey, Senate Republicans
Another Useful Crisis
11 November 2001
857 94 3D+: Democrats, Senate Democrats, Democratic
13R-: Bush administration, administration, Dick Cheney, administration, George W. Bush, administration, administration, Senate Republicans, Ari Fleischer, Bush, administration, Bush administration, administration
1D=
A Cross of Dollars
7 November 2001
768 100 3D+: Franklin Roosevelt, Roosevelt, Roosevelt
Making Windows Transparent
4 November 2001
814 0
The One-Eyed Man
31 October 2001
838 80 1D-: Democrats
9R-: Bush administration, administration, Dick Cheney, Cheney, administration, Republican Party, Bush administration, administration, Cheney
Taking Care of Business
28 October 2001
778 100 5R-: Bush administration, House Republican, Republicans, Bush administration, administration
Ban the Bonds
24 October 2001
820 71 5R-: White House, O'Neill, the president, Ari Fleischer, White House
2R=
Harvest of Lemons
14 October 2001
789 100 1R-: Bush administration
The Public Interest
10 October 2001
815 67 6R-: Barr, Barr, Republican, Republican Party, White House, Bush administration
3R=
Fuzzy Math Returns
7 October 2001
814 100 7R-: Bush administration, administration, George W. Bush, administration, Bush, administration, administration
An Injured City
3 October 2001
766 0
The Hitchhiker Syndrome
30 September 2001
845 20 1D-: Democrats
2R+: Bush administration, administration
6R-: Bill Thomas, Robert Zoellick, Zoellick, administration, administration, Fleischer
6R=
Not a Fuels Errand
26 September 2001
773 0
A Bad Week
23 September 2001
781 0 1R=
What to Do
19 September 2001
790 0 2R=
Paying the Price
16 September 2001
781 0
After The Horror
14 September 2001
819 80 1D+: Democratic
3R-: administration, administration, Congressional Republicans
1R=
Hold Him To It
9 September 2001
879 82 5D+: Robert Rubin, Larry Summers, Democrats, Rubin, Summers
1R+: Bush administration
10R-: Bush administration, administration, George W. Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Dick Cheney, Bush, Bush
1D=
Don't Count On It
5 September 2001
797 0
Damaged By the Dow
2 September 2001
815 86 6R-: Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, administration, administration
1R=
Greenspan Stands Alone
31 August 2001
788 100 1R-: administration
Truth And Lies
28 August 2001
873 100 1D+: Democrats
16R-: George W. Bush, Bush, administration, administration, Bush, administration, administration, administration, administration, administration, administration, administration, administration, Donald Rumsfeld, Bush, Bush
That Sinking Feeling
26 August 2001
833 100 2R-: Administration, Bush
Pants on Fire
24 August 2001
808 100 3R-: Mitch Daniels, administration, administration
FABRICATING A CRISIS
21 August 2001
819 100 7R-: Bush administration, Bush, administration, administration, Bush administration, Bush, administration
ENRON GOES OVERBOARD
17 August 2001
818 100 4R-: George W. Bush, Bush administration, administration, administration
Delusions of Prosperity
14 August 2001
802 100 1D+: Larry Summers
3R-: Bush administration, Paul O'Neill, Bush
NOTHING FOR SOMETHING
8 August 2001
867 43 2D+: Stenholm, Stenholm
2D-: Stenholm, Democrat
2R+: Kolbe, Kolbe
8R-: Jim Kolbe, Republican, Bush administration, administration, administration, administration, administration, administration
FEELING OPEC'S PAIN
5 August 2001
866 82 14R-: George W. Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, administration, administration, Republicans, administration, administration, administration, administration, Bush, Bush
3R=
BLESSED ARE THE WEAK
1 August 2001
831 62 1R+: Baker
6R-: Paul O'Neill, O'Neill, O'Neill, O'Neill, O'Neill, O'Neill
1R=
REBATE AND SWITCH
29 July 2001
861 82 1D+: Democrats
13R-: Lawrence Lindsey, White House, Lindsey, Lindsey, Lindsey, Lindsey, Lindsey, Bush, administration, Lindsey, Bush, Lindsey, Lindsey
1D=, 2R=
SINS OF COMMISSION
25 July 2001
802 100 3R-: George W. Bush, Bush, Bush
2016 AND ALL THAT
22 July 2001
826 33 1D+: Daniel Patrick Moynihan
2D-: Moynihan, Moynihan
3R-: George W. Bush, Bush, Bush
OTHER PEOPLE'S MONEY
18 July 2001
797 100 3R-: Richard Nixon, Howard Baker, Bush administration
A LATIN TRAGEDY
15 July 2001
811 100 1R-: George Bush
OUTSIDE THE BOX
11 July 2001
822 83 10R-: George W. Bush, Bush, administration, Daniels, Bush, administration, Bush administration, Bush, Daniels, Bush
2R=
A LEAP IN THE DARK
8 July 2001
779 0
RED TIDE RISING
6 July 2001
830 100 11R-: George W. Bush, administration, Bush, administration, Bush administration, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, Bush, administration, Bush, Paul O'Neill, administration
THE SMELL TEST
1 July 2001
804 0
Turning California On
27 June 2001
772 100 4R-: Dick Cheney, Bush administration, Cheney, Cheney
TRUST AND ANTITRUST
24 June 2001
850 100 7R-: George W. Bush, administration, Bush administration, Karl Rove, Rove, White House, Paul O'Neill
WATT PRICE IDEOLOGY
3 June 2001
839 100 1D+: Gray Davis
10R-: George W. Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, administration, Bush, Bush, administration
BAD HEIR DAY
29 May 2001
823 86 6R-: George W. Bush, Bush, administration, administration, Bush, administration
1D=
THE BIG LIE
27 May 2001
835 45 3D-: Democrats, John Breaux, Max Baucus
8R-: administration, administration, administration, administration, administration, Bush, Republican, Republican Party
MY BEAUTIFUL MANSIONETTE
23 May 2001
798 100 2R-: George W. Bush, Dick Cheney
BURN BABY BURN
20 May 2001
879 100 1D+: Al Gore
18R-: Dick Cheney, administration, Cheney, George W. Bush, Cheney, Bush, Cheney, Bush, administration, Cheney, Cheney, Cheney, Cheney, Cheney, Cheney, Cheney, administration, Cheney
THE UNIVERSAL ELIXIR
16 May 2001
830 75 12R-: White House, Lawrence Lindsey, George W. Bush, Bush, administration, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush
4R=
NATION IN A JAM
12 May 2001
827 43 3R-: Dick Cheney, administration, administration
4R=
THE UNREFINED TRUTH
9 May 2001
814 89 1D+: Clinton
7R-: administration, Dick Cheney, Cheney, Cheney, Cheney, administration, Cheney
1R=
MORE MISSING PAGES
5 May 2001
826 85 11R-: House Republican, George W. Bush, Republican, Bush, administration, administration, administration, administration, Bush, Bush, Bush
1D=, 1R=
DODGING THE BULLET
2 May 2001
784 0
THE REAL WOLF
29 April 2001
810 100 2R-: Bush administration, administration
PURGING THE ROTTENNESS
25 April 2001
768 100 1D+: Franklin Roosevelt
1R-: Paul O'Neill
HEARTS AND HEADS
22 April 2001
787 100 1D-: Tom Harkin
CHIP OF FOOLS
18 April 2001
777 0
LET THEM SHOVEL
15 April 2001
800 40 3R+: Gordon Smith, Rudolph Giuliani, Smith
1R-: George W. Bush
1R=
MUDDLED IN THE MIDDLE
11 April 2001
832 60 1D+: Al Gore
8R-: Bush, Bush, Bush, administration, Bush, Charles Grassley, Bush, Bush
6R=
TWO UNTRUE THINGS
8 April 2001
882 50 1D+: Democratic
3D-: Democrats, Ben Nelson, John Breaux
1R+: Bush
13R-: Bush, Bush, Bush, Dick Cheney, administration, Bush, Cheney, administration, administration, Bush, Bush, administration, Bush
1D=, 1R=
THE CLASS WARRIOR
4 April 2001
837 100 1D+: Democrats
9R-: George W. Bush, Bush, Bush, Republican, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush
THE LEVITATING DOLLAR
31 March 2001
770 0
THE HOSTAGE ECONOMY
28 March 2001
880 89 4D+: Democratic, Joe Lieberman, Lieberman, Democrats
12R-: George W. Bush, administration, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush
2R=
THE PRICE OF POWER
24 March 2001
776 100 1R-: administration
HALF A LOAF
20 March 2001
786 0
THE MONEY PIT
18 March 2001
838 77 10R-: George W. Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, administration, Bush, administration, Bush
3R=
AFTER THE FALL
14 March 2001
807 100 1D+: Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin
5R-: White House, Ari Fleischer, Bush, George W. Bush, Bush
RECKONING HANGUPS AND HANGOVERS
11 March 2001
783 0
BASHING THE BOOMERS
7 March 2001
875 86 12R-: Bush, George W. Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Reagan, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush
2R=
OUT OF THE LOOP
4 March 2001
759 0
DEBT AND TAXES
28 February 2001
809 88 7R-: George W. Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush
1R=
WILL V GO TO L?
25 February 2001
818 100 1D+: Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin
1R-: administration
FOWL PLAY
21 February 2001
811 69 1D-: administration
10R-: George W. Bush, Dick Cheney, administration, administration, Bush, administration, Bush, administration, Lindsey, administration
2R=
THE UNREAL THING
18 February 2001
783 0
DOING THE WRONG THING
14 February 2001
782 60 3D+: Jon Corzine, Corzine, Corzine
2D=
SLICING THE SALAMI
11 February 2001
868 92 1D+: Clinton
10R-: George W. Bush, administration, Bush, administration, administration, administration, O'Neill, Bush, Bush, Bush
1R=
BUMS AND RUSHES
7 February 2001
870 73 8R-: Bush, administration, Paul O'Neill, Bush, George W. Bush, O'Neill, Bush, Bush
1D=, 2R=
GUNS AND BITTERNESS
4 February 2001
837 67 1R+: Bush
9R-: George W. Bush, Bush, Karen Hughes, Bush, administration, administration, Bush, Bush, administration
2R=
SMOG AND MIRRORS
31 January 2001
810 78 7R-: Bush administration, administration, administration, Dick Cheney, administration, Bush, Bush
2R=
ET TU, ALAN?
28 January 2001
789 50 2R-: administration, Bush
2R=
POWER AND PROFITS
24 January 2001
798 20 1R-: the president
4R=
JERKING THE OTHER KNEE
21 January 2001
869 64 1D+: Bill Clinton
1D-: Clinton administration
1R+: Paul O'Neill
10R-: John Ashcroft, George W. Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, administration, Bush
1R=
SECRETS AND TRUTH
17 January 2001
779 0
MERGER MOST FOUL
14 January 2001
836 100 1R-: Republicans
GETTING FISCAL
10 January 2001
846 79 3D+: Bill Clinton, Clinton administration, Clinton
8R-: administration, George W. Bush, Lawrence Lindsey, Lindsey, Bush, Lindsey, Lindsey, administration
3R=
ABUSES OF POWER
7 January 2001
777 100 2R-: George W. Bush, Bush
HERD ON THE STREET
3 January 2001
784 0