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The absurdity of partisanship
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Charles Krauthammer
Washington Post

Columns 50
Words 45414
Median Partisanship Index 0.0
Total Partisanship Index 38.9
Combined Partisanship Index 19.5
Positive Democratic Index 3.4
Negative Democratic Index 30.8
Positive Republican Index 30.0
Negative Republican Index 18.5
Positive Index 33.3
Negative Index 49.3
Neutral Index 17.4



Partisan References

Type Number All References
Positive Democratic 12 Bill Clinton, Democrat, Tom Daschle, John F. Kennedy, President Kennedy, Democratic, Kennedy, Democrats, Daniel P. Moynihan, Moynihan, Clinton administration, Strom Thurmond
Negative Democratic 110 Democrats(25), Gore(13), Clinton(10), Clinton administration(8), Democratic(5), Daschle(4), Carl Levin(3), Democratic Party(3), Clinton-Gore administration(3), Jimmy Carter(2), Carter(2), Thurmond(2), Al Gore(2), administration(2), Ted Kennedy(2), Sandy Berger(2), Kennedy(2), Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle(2), Robert Byrd, Tom Daschle, Zbigniew Brzezinski, Tom Harkin, Harkin, George Mitchell, Madeleine Albright, Dianne Feinstein, James Traficant, Major Owens, George McGovern, Levin, President Clinton, Terry McAuliffe, McAuliffe, Max Cleland, congressional Democrats, Edward M. Kennedy
Neutral Democratic 10
Positive Republican 107 Bush(25), Cheney(10), Kissinger(9), Bush administration(8), administration(7), President Bush(6), Republicans(6), George W. Bush(5), Republican(3), Scowcroft(3), Colin Powell(2), Condoleezza Rice(2), Baker(2), Powell(2), Henry Kissinger, John Ashcroft, Newt Gingrich, George Bush, Tom Ridge, Ridge, Donald Rumsfeld, Dick Cheney, Paul Wolfowitz, Republican Party, Jeb Bush, Elizabeth Dole, Saxby Chambliss, Wayne Allard, Trent Lott, Lott, Pat Buchanan
Negative Republican 66 Lott(25), Cheney(6), Powell(5), Republican(5), Colin Powell(4), Bush(4), Hatch(2), Bush administration(2), administration(2), Secretary of State Colin Powell, Orrin Hatch, Dick Cheney, Specter, Richard Nixon, Republicans, Dick Armey, Armey, Trent Lott, Arlen Specter, President Bush
Neutral Republican 52



List of Columns

Title/
Date
words PI Partisan References
The Pariah Chess Club
27 December 2002
908 0 1D=
Lott and the Right
20 December 2002
943 57 1D-: Thurmond
3R+: Lott, Pat Buchanan, Republican
20R-: Lott, Lott, Republican, Lott, Lott, Republican, Lott, Republican, Lott, Lott, Republican, Lott, Lott, Lott, Lott, Lott, Lott, Lott, Lott, Republican
1D=, 3R=
A Clear Choice of Words
12 December 2002
930 56 1D+: Strom Thurmond
1D-: Thurmond
1R+: Trent Lott
11R-: Trent Lott, Lott, Lott, Lott, Lott, Lott, Lott, Lott, Lott, Lott, Lott
2D=, 2R=
Violence and Islam
6 December 2002
832 0
The Bold Road To NATO Expansion
22 November 2002
892 60 1D+: Clinton administration
3D-: congressional Democrats, Clinton administration, Clinton administration
1R+: Bush administration
The Window of Legitimacy
15 November 2002
863 33 2R+: Condoleezza Rice, President Bush
4R=
The Uses of Political Courage
8 November 2002
985 80 2D+: Daniel P. Moynihan, Moynihan
17D-: Democrats, Democrats, Democrats, Democratic, Democratic, Democrats, Democrats, Democrats, Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle, Daschle, Democratic, Terry McAuliffe, Democratic, McAuliffe, Clinton, Max Cleland, Democrats
13R+: Republican Party, Republicans, Republicans, Jeb Bush, Republican, Elizabeth Dole, Saxby Chambliss, Wayne Allard, Republicans, George W. Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush
3D=
Don't Go Wobbly
1 November 2002
941 29 2R+: President Bush, Colin Powell
4R-: Powell, Powell, Colin Powell, Powell
1R=
The Clinton Paper Chase
25 October 2002
962 100 12D-: Clinton, Clinton administration, Clinton, Clinton administration, Clinton, Clinton, Jimmy Carter, Carter, Carter, Clinton administration, President Clinton, Clinton
Call Their Bluff
18 October 2002
928 100 4R+: President Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush
What Good Is Delay?
7 October 2002
952 62 2D+: Kennedy, Democrats
12D-: Democratic Party, Al Gore, Ted Kennedy, Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle, Democratic, Kennedy, Democrats, Democrats, George McGovern, Democrats, Democrats, Democrats
1D=, 1R=
The Myth Of 'U.N. Support'
4 October 2002
906 53 3D+: John F. Kennedy, President Kennedy, Democratic
11D-: Edward M. Kennedy, Democrats, Ted Kennedy, Democratic Party, Democrats, Carl Levin, Kennedy, Levin, Democrats, Clinton administration, Democrats
1D=
Gore's Glass House
27 September 2002
1012 100 20D-: Gore, Al Gore, Clinton-Gore administration, Gore, Clinton-Gore administration, Gore, Gore, administration, Clinton-Gore administration, Clinton administration, Gore, Gore, Gore, Democrats, Gore, Gore, Gore, Gore, Gore, Gore
9R+: Bush, Bush, Bush, Donald Rumsfeld, Condoleezza Rice, Dick Cheney, Colin Powell, Paul Wolfowitz, Bush
Is This the Way To Decide on Iraq?
20 September 2002
944 71 2D+: Democrat, Tom Daschle
10D-: Democrats, Democrats, Democrats, Democrats, Democratic Party, administration, Democrats, Daschle, Daschle, Daschle
2R+: administration, administration
Fictional Rift
13 September 2002
1049 18 12R+: Scowcroft, Scowcroft, Bush, administration, Scowcroft, Kissinger, Kissinger, Baker, Baker, Powell, Powell, President Bush
5R-: Bush, Bush, Republicans, Dick Armey, Armey
1D=, 20R=
Remembrance And Resolve
6 September 2002
880 0 1R+: President Bush
1R-: administration
Kidnapped by the Times
18 August 2002
1068 52 16R+: Republicans, Republican, Bush, Kissinger, administration, Bush, Bush, Kissinger, Kissinger, Bush, Kissinger, Republicans, Kissinger, Kissinger, Kissinger, Bush
1R-: Bush
12R=
Invoking The Hamdi Rights
16 August 2002
848 50 1R+: administration
1R=
Cheney and the CEOs
9 August 2002
960 27 1D-: James Traficant
13R+: Cheney, Cheney, George Bush, Cheney, Tom Ridge, Ridge, Cheney, Cheney, Cheney, Cheney, Cheney, Cheney, Cheney
8R-: Dick Cheney, Cheney, Cheney, Richard Nixon, Cheney, Cheney, Cheney, Cheney
Disturbed Nerd Chic
2 August 2002
871 0
No-Respect Politics
26 July 2002
956 88 1D-: Major Owens
6R+: John Ashcroft, Republicans, Newt Gingrich, Bush administration, George W. Bush, Bush
1R=
Parsley And Pride
19 July 2002
906 0
When Modern Medicine Fails
12 July 2002
909 100 1D-: Dianne Feinstein
The Strike That Will Kill Baseball
5 July 2002
888 0
Peace Through Democracy
28 June 2002
927 75 1D-: Clinton administration
2R+: President Bush, Bush
1R=
A Guarantee of More Violence
20 June 2002
874 100 2R-: Colin Powell, Powell
Troubled, but Not Terrorized
14 June 2002
835 0
Why Didn't the Church Call the Cops?
7 June 2002
901 0
A Token for Russia
31 May 2002
857 100 3D-: Carl Levin, Clinton, Sandy Berger
4R+: Bush administration, Bush, Bush, Bush administration
Re-Imagining NATO
24 May 2002
861 100 1D-: Madeleine Albright
1R+: Bush administration
Why They Fight
15 May 2002
910 0 2D-: Sandy Berger, George Mitchell
2R-: Colin Powell, Colin Powell
Research Cloning? No.
10 May 2002
915 43 2D-: Tom Harkin, Harkin
5R-: Arlen Specter, Specter, Orrin Hatch, Hatch, Hatch
Jenin: The Truth
3 May 2002
909 0
Europe and 'Those People'
26 April 2002
888 0
We Can't Blow It Again
19 April 2002
932 0 1D-: Zbigniew Brzezinski
1R+: Bush administration
2R-: administration, Bush
2R=
The Danger in Lebanon
10 April 2002
849 0
Banish Arafat Now
5 April 2002
909 0 1R+: Henry Kissinger
1R-: President Bush
Arafat's Harvest of Hate
26 March 2002
864 100 1D-: Clinton
They Splutter Through The War
22 March 2002
879 100 4D-: Robert Byrd, Tom Daschle, Democrats, Democrats
4R+: Bush administration, George W. Bush, Bush, George W. Bush
Not Guilty, Insane
15 March 2002
841 0
Saudi Peace Sham
6 March 2002
947 25 2R+: administration, administration
1R-: Bush administration
1R=
The Axis of Petulance
1 March 2002
890 100 5D-: Clinton, Clinton, Democrats, Carl Levin, Jimmy Carter
3R+: Bush administration, Bush, Bush
Who Needs Gold Medals?
20 February 2002
929 0
Enron in the Woodshed
15 February 2002
811 0
Why Arafat Must Go
8 February 2002
906 60 3R-: Secretary of State Colin Powell, Powell, Bush administration
2R=
Redefining the War
1 February 2002
887 75 3R+: George W. Bush, Bush, Bush
1R=
The Jackals Are Wrong
25 January 2002
920 0
America, Battle-Tested
18 January 2002
894 100 1D+: Bill Clinton
Ship Of Truth
11 January 2002
868 0
Where Power Talks
4 January 2002
878 0