lying in ponds
The absurdity of partisanship
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Michael Kinsley
Washington Post

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Columns 41
Words 43512
Median Partisanship Index 50.00
Total Partisanship Index 46.23
Combined Partisanship Index 48.11
Positive Democratic Index 9.25
Negative Democratic Index 7.74
Positive Republican Index 6.79
Negative Republican Index 51.51
Positive Index 16.04
Negative Index 59.25
Neutral Index 24.72



Partisan References

Type Number All References
Positive Democratic 49 Dean(8), Bill Clinton(5), Democratic(5), Democrats(4), Clinton(4), Howard Dean(3), Lieberman(3), Moynihan(2), Al Gore(2), Clinton administration(2), Clark(2), Joe Lieberman(2), Gore, Daniel Patrick Moynihan, Wes Clark, President Clinton, Michael Dukakis, John F. Kerry, Wesley K. Clark
Negative Democratic 41 Democrats(7), Dean(6), Clark(5), Democratic(4), Kennedy(2), Wesley Clark(2), John Kerry(2), Senate Democrats, Gary Hart, Bill Clinton, James Carville, Al Gore, Gen. Wesley Clark, Joe Lieberman, Clinton, Howard Dean, Dick Gephardt, John Edwards, Bill Richardson, Dennis Kucinich
Neutral Democratic 47Democratic(7), Democrats(7), Lieberman(6), Howard Dean(3), Clark(3), Democrat(3), Al Gore(2), Edwards(2), John Edwards, Ted Kennedy, president, Jimmy Carter, Gen. Wesley Clark, Clinton, Senate Democrats, Federico Peņa, Democratic National Committee, Wesley Clark, President Clinton, Clinton-Gore administration, Kerry, Dean
Positive Republican 36 Bush(13), Republicans(5), McCain(4), John McCain(3), President Bush(3), administration(2), Republican, Tom DeLay, Bennett, Donald Rumsfeld, Bush administration, The president
Negative Republican 273 Bush(96), President Bush(21), Bennett(20), Republicans(19), Bush administration(15), George W. Bush(12), administration(10), Republican(10), the president(7), Schwarzenegger(6), White House(4), George Bush(4), Bushies(4), Hatch(3), Tom DeLay(3), president(3), Glenn Hubbard(2), The president(2), Bill Bennett(2), GOP(2), Rice(2), Card(2), William Bennett, Ronald Reagan, Jack Kemp, Kemp, McCain, Attorney General John Ashcroft, President Nixon, Bill Frist, Condoleezza Rice, congressional Republicans, Reagan, Dan Quayle, Mary Matalin, Republican House leadership, Karl Rove, Bush White House, Rumsfeld, Condi Rice, Andy Card, Vice President Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld, Condi, Nixon, George Romney
Neutral Republican 84Bush(34), President Bush(5), Republicans(4), McCain(4), Republican(4), administration(4), Bush administration(3), George W. Bush(3), White House(2), Colin Powell(2), Goldwater(2), Powell(2), Rice(2), the president, Orrin Hatch, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Schwarzenegger, Ronald Reagan, Rick Santorum, Vice President Cheney, Secretary of State Colin Powell, congressional Republicans, George Bush, Andy Card, Tom DeLay, Card



List of Columns

Title/
Date
words PI Partisan References
Good-News Dilemma
19 December 2003
1108 56 1D+: Dean
7D-: Democratic, Dean, Dean, Dennis Kucinich, Democratic, Dean, John Kerry
4R+: administration, Bush, Bush, President Bush
1R-: Bush
1D=, 2R=
Trapped Behind Enemy Lines
12 December 2003
1188 7 3D+: Howard Dean, Joe Lieberman, Democrats
5D-: Dean, Dick Gephardt, John Edwards, John Kerry, Wesley Clark
2R+: President Bush, Bush
6R-: Bush administration, George Romney, Bush, George W. Bush, Bush, Bush
5D=, 7R=
What Did You Do in the War?
5 December 2003
993 38 2D+: John F. Kerry, Wesley K. Clark
1D-: Howard Dean
2R-: George W. Bush, Bush
3D=
Attack Geography
21 November 2003
965 58 13D+: Democratic, Howard Dean, Democratic, Michael Dukakis, Bill Clinton, Democratic, Dean, Dean, Dean, Dean, Dean, Dean, Democrats
2D-: Dean, Dean
3R+: Bush, Bush, Bush
10R-: Republicans, Nixon, Bush, Republicans, George Bush, Republicans, George W. Bush, Republicans, Republican, Republicans
1D=, 2R=
The Limits of Eloquence
14 November 2003
1160 69 1D+: Al Gore
10R-: Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, George W. Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush
1D=, 4R=
Grandfather-Clause Politics
7 November 2003
987 67 1D-: Democratic
5R-: President Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush
Kabuki and Stem Cells
31 October 2003
855 64 1D+: President Clinton
8R-: President Bush, Bush, George W. Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, President Bush
2D=, 3R=
One Reason Not to Like Bush
24 October 2003
1046 80 12R-: Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, George W. Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, the president
3R=
Bush's Filtered News
17 October 2003
1083 74 1R+: The president
24R-: Bush, President Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, president, George W. Bush, Bush, George W. Bush, president, president, Bush, Condi Rice, Andy Card, Bush, Rice, Card, Bush, The president, Rice, Card, Condi, the president, the president
6R=
General Amnesty
13 October 2003
1108 4 5D+: Howard Dean, Clark, Clark, Dean, Wes Clark
7D-: Gen. Wesley Clark, Democrats, Clark, Clark, Democrats, Wesley Clark, Clark
1R+: John McCain
4R-: Bush administration, Karl Rove, Bush White House, Republicans
6D=, 4R=
In Defense of Hypothetical Questions
4 October 2003
994 0 2D-: Clark, Clark
2R-: administration, President Bush
3D=, 3R=
Oil Folly
26 September 2003
1057 100 5R-: Bush administration, President Bush, Bush administration, Bush, Bush
Lobbying Glamorized
19 September 2003
1005 40 1D-: James Carville
3R-: Mary Matalin, Republican House leadership, Republicans
1R=
An Apology Would Help
12 September 2003
1091 67 1D+: Clinton
1R+: Bush
14R-: President Bush, administration, administration, Bush, Bush, Bush administration, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush
5R=
The Invisible Issue
5 September 2003
1090 22 4D-: Kennedy, Kennedy, Gary Hart, Bill Clinton
8R-: Schwarzenegger, Schwarzenegger, Schwarzenegger, Schwarzenegger, Schwarzenegger, George W. Bush, Dan Quayle, Schwarzenegger
4D=, 2R=
Blair Dares to Be Interesting
25 July 2003
1006 50 1R+: John McCain
1R=
...Or More Lies From The Usual Suspects?
16 July 2003
1047 100 19R-: President Bush, Condoleezza Rice, George Bush, Bush administration, Bushies, Bushies, Bush, Bush, administration, Bush, Bush, Bush, the president, Bush, White House, the president, The president, the president, administration
A Painful Malpractice Debate
11 July 2003
1047 56 6D-: Senate Democrats, Democrats, Democrats, Democratic, Democrats, Democrats
3R+: Republicans, Republicans, Republicans
5D=, 2R=
Abolish Marriage
3 July 2003
976 100 1R-: Bill Frist
Want Diversity? Think Fuzzy
25 June 2003
1044 0
Untethered to Reality
20 June 2003
1076 50 1R+: Bush administration
5R-: Bush administration, Bush administration, administration, Bush administration, George W. Bush
2R=
An Incipient Loss of Freedom
15 June 2003
1044 100 3R-: Attorney General John Ashcroft, administration, President Nixon
Capitalism's 'Deal' Falls Apart
8 June 2003
1129 85 1R+: Republicans
12R-: George W. Bush, Republicans, White House, the president, Bush, Bush, President Bush, Bush, Republican, Tom DeLay, Bush, Bush administration
Rehnquist's Surprise
30 May 2003
1060 43 3D+: Gore, Clinton administration, Bill Clinton
2R+: Bush, administration
5R-: Bush, Bush, Bushies, Republicans, Republican
1D=, 3R=
Sympathy for the Times
23 May 2003
936 0 1R=
The Fabulist
17 May 2003
1122 47 2D-: Clinton, Bill Richardson
9R-: President Bush, Ronald Reagan, Republicans, GOP, Republican, Jack Kemp, Kemp, Republican, President Bush
1D=, 3R=
Bad Bet by Bill Bennett
5 May 2003
1205 92 1R+: Bennett
23R-: Bill Bennett, William Bennett, Bennett, Bill Bennett, Bennett, Bennett, Bennett, Bennett, Bennett, Bennett, Bennett, Bennett, Bennett, Bennett, Bennett, Bennett, Bennett, Bennett, Bennett, Bennett, Bennett, Bennett, Bennett
Deficit Denial
2 May 2003
909 33 1D+: Bill Clinton
1D-: Democrats
2R+: Republican, Tom DeLay
8R-: President Bush, GOP, Republicans, Tom DeLay, White House, Republicans, Bush, Republicans
6R=
Democracy and Traffic Jams
25 April 2003
1008 0 1D=
Spoils To the Victor
18 April 2003
1125 89 1D+: Clinton administration
7R-: President Bush, Republican, Vice President Cheney, Bush, Bush administration, Bush administration, Donald Rumsfeld
1R=
No Quagmire, but Still Some Questions
11 April 2003
1034 75 2D+: Bill Clinton, Al Gore
1R-: Bush
1D=
Our Kind of Law
28 March 2003
990 100 3D+: Daniel Patrick Moynihan, Moynihan, Moynihan
1R-: President Bush
By Whose Authority?
21 March 2003
1060 44 1R+: Bush
5R-: Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush
3R=
Oil-Fueled Confidence
10 March 2003
1038 33 1R+: Bush
4R-: Bush administration, President Bush, Bush, Bush
4R=
Problems of International Law
3 March 2003
1090 25 1R+: Donald Rumsfeld
2R-: Rumsfeld, administration
1R=
Losing on the Bush Diet
21 February 2003
1094 72 1R+: Republicans
14R-: Bush, Bush administration, Republican, Bush, Glenn Hubbard, Reagan, Bushies, White House, Tom DeLay, Republicans, President Bush, administration, Bush, Bush
3R=
Estrada's Omerta
14 February 2003
1147 85 7D+: Democratic, Bill Clinton, Democrats, Clinton, Clinton, Democrats, Clinton
15R-: President Bush, President Bush, congressional Republicans, Republican, Hatch, President Bush, Republican, Hatch, Republicans, Republicans, Republicans, Bush, Hatch, Bush, Republicans
2D=, 2R=
The Case for Steve Case
7 February 2003
1156 0
Morally Unserious
31 January 2003
1097 50 1D+: Democratic
3R+: President Bush, Bush, Bush
10R-: Bush administration, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush
2R=
The Capitol's Pious Pair
24 January 2003
1139 7 4D+: Joe Lieberman, Lieberman, Lieberman, Lieberman
2D-: Al Gore, Joe Lieberman
5R+: John McCain, McCain, McCain, McCain, McCain
5R-: George W. Bush, McCain, President Bush, George Bush, George Bush
8D=, 4R=
Dubya's Dividend Delight
17 January 2003
1203 53 1R+: Bush
10R-: President Bush, Bush, Bush, administration, Republicans, Bush, Glenn Hubbard, Republican, Bush, Bush
2D=, 4R=