lying in ponds
The absurdity of partisanship
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Daniel Henninger
WSJ OpinionJournal

Wall Street Journal page
Jack Shafer Slate article, July 2002


Columns 50
Words 60964
Median Partisanship Index 48.81
Total Partisanship Index 50.08
Combined Partisanship Index 49.45
Positive Democratic Index 7.71
Negative Democratic Index 34.00
Positive Republican Index 27.64
Negative Republican Index 3.85
Positive Index 35.34
Negative Index 37.86
Neutral Index 26.80



Partisan References

Type Number All References
Positive Democratic 46 Al Gore(5), Kerry(4), Howard Dean(4), Dean(3), Bill Cohen(2), Bill Clinton(2), Democratic(2), Democrats(2), Clinton Defense Department, Bob Graham, Lyndon Johnson, Franklin Roosevelt, John Kerry, Joe Lieberman, Madeleine Albright, Henry Jackson, Nunn, Moynihan, Boren, FDR, Harry Truman, LBJ, Robert Rubin, Cyrus Vance, Anthony Williams, James Carville, Sargent Shriver, Hillary, Sam Nunn, Democrat
Negative Democratic 203 Democrats(34), Democratic(29), Democratic Party(15), Kerry(11), John Kerry(10), Howard Dean(8), Dean(6), Al Sharpton(5), Gore(5), Bill Clinton(5), Gray Davis(5), Lieberman(5), Dick Gephardt(4), Joe Lieberman(4), Gephardt(4), Kucinich(3), Democrat(3), John Edwards(3), Dennis Kucinich(3), Wesley Clark(3), Sharpton(3), Al Gore(3), Sarbanes(2), Clinton(2), Hillary Clinton(2), Eliot Spitzer(2), Bob Graham, Jesse Jackson, Jerry Springer, Carol Moseley Braun, Cruz Bustamante, Democratic Senate, George McGovern, Clinton administration, Fulbright, Dems, Bustamante, Democratic party, Tom Harkin, Lyndon Johnson, Wes Clark, Jesse L. Jackson, Clark, Robert Menendez, Jimmy Carter, Carl Levin, President John F. Kennedy, Terry McAuliffe, Tom Daschle, the Clintons
Neutral Democratic 86Democratic(10), Howard Dean(7), Democrats(6), John Kerry(5), Dean(5), Democratic Party(4), Joe Lieberman(4), Lieberman(3), Clinton(3), John Edwards(2), Hillary(2), Dick Gephardt(2), Richard Gephardt(2), Democrat(2), Al Gore(2), Kerry(2), the Clintons(2), Gephardt(2), Democratic party(2), Bill Clinton(2), Bob Graham, Graham, Democratic Leadership Council, J. William Fulbright, Wesley Clark, Shriver, Ted Kennedy, Al Sharpton, Hillary Clinton, President Clinton, Clinton administration, Sharpton, Pat Moynihan, McAuliffe, Harold Ickes, Gore, Bill and Hillary
Positive Republican 165 Bush(29), George Bush(17), George W. Bush(11), President Bush(11), GOP(11), Arnold(9), Schwarzenegger(8), the president(7), Arnold Schwarzenegger(6), Republican(5), Republicans(5), Ronald Reagan(4), Rumsfeld(4), Donald Rumsfeld(3), Rudy Giuliani(2), administration(2), Reagan(2), Dan Quayle(2), President(2), Nancy Reagan(2), president(2), Bloomberg, William J. Bennett, Dick Cheney, Grover Norquist, Karl Rove, George Shultz, McClintock, Secretary of State Colin Powell, Rudolph Giuliani, Giuliani, Tom McClintock, Steve Forbes, Powell, George H.W. Bush, White House, Cheney, Defense Secretary Don Rumsfeld, President of the United States, Irving Kristol, the President, Jim Baker
Negative Republican 23 George Pataki(2), Oxley(2), GOP(2), the president, President Bush, White House, Richard Shelby, Olympia Snowe, George Voinovich, Lincoln Chafee, Republicans, Republican, Mike Bloomberg, Trent Lott, Rumsfeld, Wolfowitz, Bush Administration, Bush, administration, George Bush
Neutral Republican 74Republican(8), McClintock(6), Republicans(6), The Reagans(5), GOP(4), Arnold(4), Bush(4), George Bush(4), the president(3), President Bush(3), Richard Perle(2), Olympia Snowe(2), White House(2), Bush administration(2), Richard Nixon, Colin Powell, Condoleezza Rice, Nelson Rockefeller, Arnie Schwarzenegger, Lincoln Chafee, George Voinovich, Tom McClintock, Rush Limbaugh, Dick Cheney, Rockefeller, Schwarzenegger, Giuliani, Robertson, President, Donald Rumsfeld, Ronald Reagan, Bush cabinet, Strom Thurmond



List of Columns

Title/
Date
words PI Partisan References
Build It and They Won't Come
26 December 2003
1024 0 1R=
Escape From Unreality
19 December 2003
1186 46 2D+: Sam Nunn, Democrat
3D-: Howard Dean, Hillary Clinton, Democratic
5R+: George Bush, Bush, the president, George Bush, Bush
1D=, 2R=
Godfather II: Gore Makes Dean an Offer
15 December 2003
1579 32 12D+: Al Gore, Howard Dean, Bill Clinton, Dean, Dean, Al Gore, Al Gore, Howard Dean, Howard Dean, Al Gore, Hillary, Al Gore
33D-: Gore, Dean, Democratic Party, Democratic, Democratic Party, Democratic Party, Hillary Clinton, Clinton, Democratic Party, Bill Clinton, Democratic Party, Terry McAuliffe, Democratic Party, Al Gore, Howard Dean, Bill Clinton, Al Sharpton, Gore, Al Gore, Al Gore, Howard Dean, Gephardt, Kerry, the Clintons, Gore, Bill Clinton, Wesley Clark, Howard Dean, Gore, Gore, Dean, Democratic Party, Dean
2R+: President Bush, President Bush
23D=, 2R=
What the Silence Said
12 December 2003
1914 38 1D+: James Carville
2D-: Clinton, Jimmy Carter
2R+: Jim Baker, Ronald Reagan
2D=, 1R=
The Democrats want to sign a non-compete clause for everything.
5 December 2003
1241 39 4D+: Robert Rubin, Cyrus Vance, Democratic, Anthony Williams
13D-: Democrats, Democratic Party, Democratic, Dick Gephardt, Howard Dean, Democrats, Democratic, Democrats, Democratic, Democrats, Democratic, Democrats, Democrats
2R+: Republicans, the President
8D=, 1R=
Beloved Series
28 November 2003
1316 58 3D+: FDR, Harry Truman, LBJ
20D-: Democrats, Democratic, Democrats, Democrats, Democrats, Democrats, Al Sharpton, Sharpton, Sharpton, Dennis Kucinich, Kucinich, Wesley Clark, Dean, Kerry, Gephardt, Lieberman, Clark, Kucinich, Sharpton, Democrats
8R+: George Bush, Bush, Bush, George Bush, Bush, Republicans, Bush, Republicans
9D=, 3R=
Joining the Fight
21 November 2003
1246 48 5D+: Democratic, Henry Jackson, Nunn, Moynihan, Boren
1D-: Democrats
14R+: president, President Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, the president, president, Bush, Ronald Reagan, Irving Kristol, George Bush, Donald Rumsfeld, Bush, George Bush
1R=
Howard Scores
14 November 2003
1204 68 2D+: Howard Dean, Dean
16D-: Kerry, Dean, John Kerry, Democrats, Kerry, John Kerry, Dick Gephardt, John Edwards, Joe Lieberman, Wes Clark, John Kerry, John Kerry, Kerry, Al Sharpton, Bill Clinton, Democratic
3R+: Bush, George W. Bush, George Bush
3D=, 1R=
Why the fiasco over "The Reagans"? CBS abandoned adult supervision.
7 November 2003
1240 57 1D-: Howard Dean
7R+: Republican, President, Nancy Reagan, Reagan, Nancy Reagan, President, Ronald Reagan
6R=
A Week of Fire
31 October 2003
1201 62 4D-: Democratic, Democratic, John Kerry, Wesley Clark
1R+: President Bush
3D=
Xtreme Politics
24 October 2003
1210 67 2D-: Tom Harkin, Democratic Party
5R+: President Bush, the president, George W. Bush, GOP, Bush
1R-: George Bush
1D=
The Nonreligious Left
17 October 2003
1235 41 1D-: Democratic
8R+: Republican, Dan Quayle, Dan Quayle, George H.W. Bush, Bush, George Bush, White House, George Bush
8D=, 5R=
To Find the Center, Turn Right
10 October 2003
2016 58 1D+: Sargent Shriver
10D-: Democrat, Democratic, Gray Davis, Gray Davis, Bustamante, Democrats, Democrats, Democratic party, Democrats, Democrats
40R+: Schwarzenegger, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Arnold, Arnold Schwarzenegger, George Shultz, Schwarzenegger, GOP, Arnold, McClintock, Reagan, Republican, Schwarzenegger, GOP, GOP, Rudolph Giuliani, Giuliani, Rudy Giuliani, Arnold, Schwarzenegger, Schwarzenegger, Schwarzenegger, Arnold Schwarzenegger, GOP, GOP, GOP, Schwarzenegger, Arnold, Arnold, GOP, Schwarzenegger, Arnold, Arnold, Republicans, Tom McClintock, GOP, Steve Forbes, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Arnold, George Bush, Arnold
1R-: GOP
3D=, 28R=
Shop Till You Drop
3 October 2003
1235 0
Where to Find Good News
26 September 2003
1142 33 1D+: Madeleine Albright
1R+: President Bush
2R-: Bush, administration
1D=, 1R=
Do You Feel Lucky, Paris?
19 September 2003
1148 40 2R+: George W. Bush, George Bush
2D=, 1R=
The Case Against Rebuilding
12 September 2003
1144 100 3D-: Democrats, Democratic Party, Democratic
3R+: George Bush, Rudy Giuliani, the president
John Kerry Puts the Big Issue Before the Voters
5 September 2003
1372 39 6D+: John Kerry, Kerry, Joe Lieberman, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry
22D-: John Kerry, Democrat, Democratic Party, Howard Dean, Democratic, George McGovern, Democrats, Democrats, Democrats, Democratic, Clinton administration, Fulbright, Democrats, Democratic, Democrats, Democrats, Democrats, Democratic, John Kerry, Kerry, Dean, Kerry
5R+: Republicans, Dick Cheney, GOP, Bush, Bush
3R-: Rumsfeld, Wolfowitz, Bush Administration
10D=
Blue-State Pols Are Emptying Their Own States
29 August 2003
1164 33 6D-: Democrats, Democratic, Gray Davis, Democratic, Cruz Bustamante, Democratic Senate
1R+: Republican
3R-: George Pataki, Mike Bloomberg, GOP
1D=, 1R=
A Citizen Uprising
8 August 2003
1065 57 5D-: Gray Davis, Democratic, Al Sharpton, Carol Moseley Braun, Dennis Kucinich
3R+: Ronald Reagan, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Arnold Schwarzenegger
4D=, 2R=
A word for modern times.
1 August 2003
1202 100 1D-: Jerry Springer
The New Stoicism
25 July 2003
1196 0
A Failure to Communicate
18 July 2003
1302 78 2D+: Democrats, Franklin Roosevelt
35D-: Kerry, Dems, Democratic, Joe Lieberman, Dennis Kucinich, Dick Gephardt, John Edwards, John Kerry, John Kerry, Al Sharpton, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Democratic Party, Democratic Party, Democrats, Democratic Party, Gephardt, Lieberman, Democratic, Democratic Party, Joe Lieberman, Dick Gephardt, Lieberman, Gephardt, Kucinich, Lieberman, Democratic, Democrats, Democrats, Democrat, Democratic, Democratic, Bill Clinton, Democrats
4R+: George Bush, GOP, Grover Norquist, George W. Bush
2R-: Republicans, Republican
1D=, 1R=
Let Patients Decide
11 July 2003
1064 0
40 Years After
27 June 2003
1209 14 1D+: Lyndon Johnson
1D-: Sarbanes
1R-: Oxley
2D=, 2R=
Jessica Lynch Is Spinning Into Semi-Reality
20 June 2003
1121 0
Where's the 'Intelligence'?
13 June 2003
1123 100 1D-: Carl Levin
5R+: George W. Bush, Bush, Bush, George Bush, Bush
The Only News
6 June 2003
1235 69 1D+: Bob Graham
11D-: Democratic, Democratic, Joe Lieberman, John Kerry, Howard Dean, Bob Graham, John Edwards, Democrats, Democrats, Jesse Jackson, Democratic
1R+: Republican
3R=
Rights Fatigue
30 May 2003
1184 0
Who Needs Horror Shows?
23 May 2003
1083 100 1R+: President Bush
The Fun Deficit
16 May 2003
1233 9 5D-: Eliot Spitzer, Eliot Spitzer, Sarbanes, Tom Daschle, Gray Davis
6R-: Richard Shelby, Oxley, Olympia Snowe, George Voinovich, Lincoln Chafee, George Pataki
Education in Disorder--II
9 May 2003
1130 62 1D+: Democrats
2D-: President John F. Kennedy, Democrats
4R+: President Bush, Bloomberg, William J. Bennett, Karl Rove
1D=
Education in Disorder
2 May 2003
1103 0 1R=
Agents in Place
25 April 2003
1259 100 3R+: Donald Rumsfeld, Rumsfeld, Rumsfeld
America sees and defeats the face of evil.
18 April 2003
1031 100 8R+: George W. Bush, President Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, the president, the president, George Bush
Berlin to Baghdad
11 April 2003
1206 100 2R+: George Bush, Donald Rumsfeld
The Anti-Woodstock
4 April 2003
1224 100 1R+: President of the United States
Taking Sides
28 March 2003
1211 0 3D=
Why We're No. 1
21 March 2003
1135 100 1R+: Defense Secretary Don Rumsfeld
Terror's Truth
14 March 2003
1176 40 4D+: Bill Cohen, Bill Clinton, Bill Cohen, Clinton Defense Department
1R+: Rumsfeld
1R-: White House
4R=
Anti-Anti-Americanism
7 March 2003
1210 50 4R+: George W. Bush, Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld
1R-: President Bush
1R=
Opinion Overload
28 February 2003
943 100 2R+: administration, administration
Yesterday's Child
21 February 2003
1170 0
Comic Relief
14 February 2003
1139 33 1R+: George Bush
2R=
America Grows Up
7 February 2003
1090 100 2R+: Secretary of State Colin Powell, Powell
In Plague Time
31 January 2003
1214 44 5R+: President Bush, George W. Bush, Bush, the president, Bush
1R-: the president
3R=
Failure Starts Young
24 January 2003
1237 100 4D-: Jesse L. Jackson, Robert Menendez, Lieberman, Democratic
3R+: George W. Bush, Bush, George W. Bush
Opting Out of Hypermass
17 January 2003
1216 0
Marcus Welby Doesn't
10 January 2003
1193 50 1D-: Lyndon Johnson
1R=
Getting a Grip
3 January 2003
1243 67 5R+: George W. Bush, Bush, President Bush, Bush, Bush
1R-: Trent Lott