LOTTS OF MOVEMENT: Even now at the very end of the year, there has been quite a bit of movement in the bottom half of the Top Ten. The Trent Lott debacle has played a signficant role -- the partisanship scores of many Repbulican-leaning columnists (Pete du Pont, Brendan Miniter, Charles Krauthammer) have dropped and those of Democratic-leaning pundits like Frank Rich have risen because of columns critical of Lott.
| Author/ Affiliation |
Title/ Date |
words | PI | Partisan References |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Krugman New York Times |
The Good Guys 24 December 2002 |
872 | 88 | 7D+: Eliot Spitzer, Spitzer, Spitzer, Spitzer, Spitzer, Spitzer, Spitzer 1D= |
| Nicholas D. Kristof New York Times |
In Praise of Snowmobiles 24 December 2002 |
871 | 40 | 3R+: President Bush, President Bush, President Bush 1R-: Bush administration 1D= |
| Thomas J. Bray WSJ OpinionJournal |
After Lott 24 December 2002 |
1191 | 19 | 2D-: Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton 4R+: George W. Bush, GOP, GOP, Bush administration 12R-: Lott, Trent Lott, Trent Lott, Strom Thurmond, Lott, Trent Lott, Lott, Trent Lott, Trent Lott, Lott, GOP, Lott 14R= |
| E. J. Dionne Jr. Washington Post |
Christmas Tales Of Transcendence 24 December 2002 |
861 | 0 | |
| Richard Cohen Washington Post |
A Birthday Birthright 24 December 2002 |
881 | 0 | |
| Robert Kagan Washington Post |
War And the Fickle Left 24 December 2002 |
1081 | 0 | 1D= |