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The absurdity of partisanship
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Combined Partisanship Index

Author/
Affiliation
Cols Comb
PI
Most Frequent Partisan References
1 Paul Krugman
New York Times
99 82 93D+: Clinton(13), Bill Clinton(8), Paul Wellstone(7)
21D-: Democrats(12), Democratic(3), Democratic National Committee
42R+: Bush(7), Republican(7), Republicans(3)
759R-: administration(188), Bush(158), Bush administration(79)
2 Collin Levey
Wall Street Journal
26 57 26D-: Clinton(3), Democratic(3), Democrat(2)
27R+: Powell(5), Bush administration(2), Republican(2)
4R-: Colin Powell(2), Nixon, Dickey
3 Claudia Rosett
Wall Street Journal
45 46 4D+: Roosevelt(2), Franklin Delano Roosevelt, FDR
43D-: Clinton(13), Bill Clinton(5), President Clinton(5)
74R+: Bush(38), President Bush(14), Giuliani(3)
18R-: President Bush(4), White House(3), Bush(2)
4 Robert L. Bartley
Wall Street Journal
46 37 33D+: President Kennedy(4), Kennedy(3), Democrats(3)
167D-: Democrats(30), Clinton(27), Democratic(12)
182R+: Bush(39), President Bush(17), Reagan(12)
100R-: Republicans(10), Bush(9), Nixon(7)
5 Michael Kelly
Washington Post
44 34 28D+: Kennedy(4), Bill Clinton(3), Democratic(2)
169D-: Clinton(36), Gore(36), Democrats(18)
144R+: Bush(60), administration(14), Bush administration(11)
60R-: Bush(19), administration(5), Republicans(5)
6 Mary McGrory
Washington Post
94 33 345D+: Democrats(24), Democratic(21), Reid(16)
213D-: Democrats(56), Democratic(14), Clinton(8)
227R+: Bush(33), Republican(19), McCain(15)
689R-: Bush(171), White House(37), Republicans(36)
7 Daniel Henninger
Wall Street Journal
49 30 29D+: Tom Daschle(4), Democratic(4), Sam Nunn(2)
113D-: Democrats(43), Democratic(9), Tom Daschle(8)
99R+: Bush(21), George Bush(16), Republicans(6)
36R-: Trent Lott(4), Republicans(3), Bush(3)
8 Frank Rich
New York Times
24 28 53D+: Democratic(6), Hart(3), Clinton(3)
187D-: Democrats(43), McAuliffe(18), Gore(15)
90R+: Republican(10), Bush(7), John McCain(6)
406R-: administration(75), Bush(75), White House(42)
9 Michael Kinsley
Washington Post
39 24 17D+: Bill Clinton(3), Democrats(3), Clinton(3)
13D-: Clinton(4), Democrats(3), Democratic(2)
18R+: Bush(4), Ronald Reagan(2), Republicans(2)
135R-: Bush(37), Republicans(12), administration(11)
10 Pete du Pont
Wall Street Journal
50 24 40D+: Democratic(7), Democrats(5), Bill Clinton(3)
121D-: Democrats(18), Democratic(12), Tom Daschle(5)
151R+: President Bush(36), Bush(28), Ronald Reagan(10)
81R-: Bush(16), President Bush(10), White House(8)
11 Thomas J. Bray
Wall Street Journal
52 23 63D+: Granholm(11), Democratic(8), Democrat(6)
196D-: Democrats(39), Democratic(21), Granholm(16)
178R+: Bush(28), Republican(25), Republicans(25)
116R-: Bush(16), Republicans(16), Republican(14)
12 Dorothy Rabinowitz
Wall Street Journal
8 23 10D-: Reno(7), Janet Reno(2), Al Gore
4R+: Bush, George W. Bush, George Bush
3R-: William Weld, Jane Swift, Swift
13 Brendan Miniter
Wall Street Journal
51 22 25D+: Democrats(5), Democratic(5), FDR(2)
99D-: Clinton(15), Democrats(10), Bill Clinton(9)
84R+: Bush(15), President Bush(13), Ronald Reagan(6)
46R-: Republicans(4), President Bush(4), Mecham(3)
14 Maureen Dowd
New York Times
98 22 74D+: Clinton(13), Democratic(9), Democrats(8)
110D-: Democrats(19), Clinton(14), Bill Clinton(11)
106R+: Bush(22), Ronald Reagan(7), White House(5)
524R-: Bush(143), Cheney(41), Dick Cheney(29)
15 Bob Herbert
New York Times
92 20 109D+: McCall(8), Cuomo(8), Reuss(7)
66D-: Democrats(20), Cuomo(15), McCall(11)
73R+: Giuliani(8), Bush(7), Bloomberg(6)
283R-: Bush(27), Bush administration(21), Bloomberg(18)
16 Charles Krauthammer
Washington Post
50 20 12D+: Bill Clinton, Democrat, Tom Daschle
110D-: Democrats(25), Gore(13), Clinton(10)
107R+: Bush(25), Cheney(10), Kissinger(9)
66R-: Lott(25), Cheney(6), Powell(5)
17 Kimberley A. Strassel
Wall Street Journal
20 19 8D+: Phelps(4), Democrat(2), Shaheen
27D-: Phelps(7), Democrats(4), Biden(3)
45R+: Republicans(9), Shimkus(9), Sununu(6)
15R-: Republican(2), Smith(2), Bush(2)
18 Richard Cohen
Washington Post
97 18 124D+: Clinton(25), Bill Clinton(12), Gore(12)
115D-: Gore(15), Clinton(15), Democrats(12)
89R+: Bush(31), Powell(7), President Bush(5)
373R-: Bush(95), Lott(33), administration(29)
19 John Fund
Wall Street Journal
57 18 224D+: Democrats(32), Democratic(29), Democrat(20)
472D-: Democrats(66), Democratic(39), Davis(32)
346R+: Republican(50), Republicans(34), Bush(27)
294R-: Lott(37), Republican(29), Riordan(27)
20 Bill Keller
New York Times
24 14 58D+: Gore(8), Democrats(7), Kerry(7)
87D-: Gore(17), Democrats(13), Al Gore(8)
56R+: Bush(15), administration(6), Bloomberg(4)
165R-: Bush(24), administration(17), Bush administration(12)
21 Tunku Varadarajan
Wall Street Journal
33 14 13D+: Gore(8), Al Gore(2), Democrats
20D-: Clinton(4), Gore(3), Levin(3)
18R+: Rumsfeld(9), President Bush(3), Donald Rumsfeld
3R-: President Bush(2), Bush administration
22 Nicholas D. Kristof
New York Times
99 13 23D+: Kennedy(8), Clinton(3), President Clinton(2)
13D-: Democrats(3), Democratic(3), Clinton administration(2)
70R+: President Bush(22), Bush(17), Colin Powell(5)
157R-: Bush(47), President Bush(32), Bush administration(22)
23 George F. Will
Washington Post
98 12 178D+: Clyburn(13), Brown(12), Democrats(10)
398D-: Democrats(70), Torricelli(31), Gore(30)
285R+: Bush(47), Republicans(27), Republican(26)
177R-: Bush(44), McCain(24), Republicans(15)
24 Peggy Noonan
Wall Street Journal
51 11 115D+: Democrats(9), JFK(8), Torricelli(7)
171D-: Democrats(37), Clinton(21), Gore(17)
296R+: Bush(116), Republicans(22), Reagan(18)
149R-: Lott(30), Bush(21), Republicans(13)
25 Robert Kagan
Washington Post
10 10 22D+: Lieberman(8), Democrat(2), Democratic Party(2)
35D-: Democratic Party(6), Daschle(6), Clinton administration(3)
35R+: Powell(10), Bush administration(5), Bush(4)
21R-: Bush(8), Republican(3), administration(3)
26 William Raspberry
Washington Post
48 10 11D+: Clinton(4), Gore(3), Vice President Al Gore
7D-: Gore(3), Al Gore, Democrats
24R+: Bush(5), Paige(5), Powell(3)
46R-: Lott(9), Bush(5), administration(5)
27 Thomas L. Friedman
New York Times
91 7 28D+: Clinton(11), Bill Clinton(5), President Clinton(3)
20D-: Democrats(13), Democratic Party(2), Democratic(2)
55R+: Bush(17), President Bush(9), Colin Powell(8)
97R-: Bush(62), President Bush(13), Dick Cheney(5)
28 David S. Broder
Washington Post
99 7 351D+: Democratic(33), Democrats(31), Clinton(27)
170D-: Democrats(53), Democratic(28), Kerry(6)
420R+: Bush(70), Republican(45), Republicans(30)
362R-: Bush(90), Republicans(35), Republican(29)
29 Jim Hoagland
Washington Post
101 6 12D+: Bill Clinton(3), Strom Thurmond(2), Clinton
49D-: Clinton(17), Clinton administration(6), Bill Clinton(6)
319R+: Bush(153), President Bush(26), Rumsfeld(19)
222R-: Bush(69), administration(21), Powell(20)
30 David Ignatius
Washington Post
47 6 14D+: Franklin D. Roosevelt(3), Clinton(2), Roosevelt
6D-: Lyndon Johnson(3), Bill Clinton, Johnson
72R+: Bush(30), President Bush(8), O'Neill(4)
99R-: Bush(34), Kissinger(14), administration(13)
31 Sebastian Mallaby
Washington Post
45 5 28D+: Dean(10), Clinton(6), Bill Clinton(3)
18D-: Democrats(5), Clinton(4), Dean(2)
109R+: Bush(28), Zoellick(12), administration(9)
141R-: Bush(53), administration(23), White(13)
32 Colbert I. King
Washington Post
49 5 82D+: Townsend(10), Williams(9), Gore(5)
179D-: Byrd(34), Williams(20), Democratic(16)
24R+: Republican(8), President Bush(3), Ehrlich(2)
70R-: Lott(17), Ashcroft(9), Thurmond(7)
33 William Safire
New York Times
94 4 64D+: Gore(6), Clinton(5), Democratic(4)
136D-: Clinton(24), Democrats(19), Democratic(8)
176R+: Bush(62), President Bush(16), Nixon(7)
168R-: Bush(50), White House(12), Ashcroft(11)
34 E. J. Dionne Jr.
Washington Post
103 4 459D+: Democrats(67), Democrat(33), Democratic(24)
246D-: Democrats(90), Democratic(22), Gore(11)
498R+: Bush(94), Republican(66), Republicans(40)
490R-: Bush(125), Republicans(60), Republican(56)
35 Jackson Diehl
Washington Post
27 1 5D+: Bush administration, Clinton administration, Madeleine Albright
3D-: Clinton administration(2), Madeleine Albright
52R+: Bush(14), Bush administration(10), administration(7)
56R-: Bush(13), Bush administration(12), administration(12)
36 Fred Hiatt
Washington Post
20 1 27D+: Warner(5), Truman(5), Clinton(4)
20D-: Truman(3), Forrestal(3), Townsend(3)
54R+: Bush(15), administration(7), President Bush(7)
43R-: administration(12), Bush(11), Ehrlich(6)
37 Robert J. Samuelson
Washington Post
49 0 8D+: Al Gore, Eliot Spitzer, Clinton
26D-: Feingold(6), Spitzer(4), Clinton(4)
17R+: Bush(4), Ronald Reagan(3), President Bush(2)
36R-: Bush(6), McCain(6), White House(3)