lying in ponds
The absurdity of partisanship
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Peggy Noonan
WSJ OpinionJournal

Wall Street Journal page
Jonathan Chait The New Republic article, March 2002


Columns 23
Words 42053
Median Partisanship Index 58.82
Total Partisanship Index 48.50
Combined Partisanship Index 53.66
Positive Democratic Index 7.69
Negative Democratic Index 21.58
Positive Republican Index 41.88
Negative Republican Index 7.26
Positive Index 49.57
Negative Index 28.85
Neutral Index 21.58



Partisan References

Type Number All References
Positive Democratic 36 Kennedy(10), JFK(5), Democrats(4), the president(2), Bob Casey(2), Howard Dean, Joe Lieberman, Donna Brazile, Mike Dukakis, Bill Clinton, Dean Acheson, Clinton, Adlai Stevenson, Democratic Party, Franklin Roosevelt, Democrat, Democratic, John Kennedy
Negative Democratic 101 Democrats(19), Democratic Party(15), Clinton(10), Carter(8), Democratic(8), Kennedy(8), Bill Clinton(8), Democrat(4), LBJ(3), JFK(3), President Clinton(2), Jimmy Carter(2), Sharpton(2), Lieberman(2), Bill Clinton's White House, Michael Dukakis, Dean, Gore, Hillary Clinton, Hillary, Al Gore
Neutral Democratic 43Democrats(8), Kennedy(7), Democratic(4), Dems(3), Dean(2), Bobby Kennedy, RFK, Dukakis, John Kerry, John Edwards, Dick Gephardt, Gary Hart, Al Sharpton, Hart, Mario Cuomo, administration, Pat Moynihan, President Kennedy, Mr. President, Andrew Cuomo, Democratic Party, Democrat, Clinton, John F. Kennedy
Positive Republican 196 Bush(68), administration(13), the president(12), Eisenhower(11), President Bush(10), George W. Bush(9), Powell(8), president(7), Republicans(7), Colin Powell(6), Nixon(5), Republican(4), Ike(4), White House(3), Reagan(3), Republican Party(2), Ronald Reagan(2), George Bush(2), Barry Goldwater(2), Bush administration(2), John McCain, Nelson Rockefeller, Dwight David Eisenhower, Dwight Eisenhower, The president, Richard Nixon, Ikes, Rush Limbaugh, Bill Frist, GOP, president of the United States, Condi Rice, President Reagan, Bush White House, President, Rush
Negative Republican 34 Bush(10), Republicans(6), Richard Nixon(3), Nixon(2), White House(2), Paul O'Neill, Republican National Committee, Bushes, George W. Bush, administration, President Bush, Republican, Ike, Henry Cabot Lodge, George H.W. Bush, Republican Party
Neutral Republican 58Bush(22), the president(9), George W. Bush(4), President Bush(4), administration(3), Republicans(2), Republican(2), Republican Party(2), Colin Powell(2), White House(2), Vice President George Bush, Taft, Nixon, Laura Bush, Eisenhower, Bushes



List of Columns

Title/
Date
words PI Partisan References
The Banners
29 December 2003
1551 0
Mel Gibson's "The Passion" gets a thumbs-up from the pope.
17 December 2003
1362 0
Joy to the World
14 December 2003
1202 100 3R+: administration, administration, administration
Freedom's Best Friend
11 December 2003
1021 57 1D-: Democratic Party
4R+: Rush, Barry Goldwater, Reagan, George W. Bush
1R-: Republican Party
1R=
What I Told the Bishops
15 September 2003
2327 0
September 11 Today
11 June 2003
1328 77 1D+: John Kennedy
2D-: Democratic, President Clinton
9R+: President Bush, Bush, Bush, President Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush
1R=
The Day That Changed Everything
2 June 2003
923 0
President Backbone
7 April 2003
2093 89 8R+: President, president, George W. Bush, George W. Bush, George W. Bush, Bush, Bush, president
1D=
Michael Kelly, RIP
4 April 2003
1803 80 8D-: Hillary Clinton, Hillary, Clinton, Bill Clinton, Al Gore, Bill Clinton, Bill Clinton, Clinton
1D=, 1R=
We Can Take It
31 March 2003
1404 100 2R+: President Reagan, Bush White House
Eyes on the Prize
24 March 2003
1193 67 1D-: Jimmy Carter
4R+: president, president, Bush, Bush
1R-: Bush
Bush Wages Peace
17 March 2003
1088 90 19R+: Bush, Bush administration, Colin Powell, President Bush, Bush, Bush, White House, Ronald Reagan, president, Bush, Bush, administration, Bush, Bush, administration, Bush, administration, Bush, Bush
2R=
Oh Happy Day
10 March 2003
1874 100 8R+: president of the United States, president, Bush, Bush, the president, president, the president, the president
Dem Problems
3 March 2003
4738 36 12D+: Adlai Stevenson, JFK, Democrats, Democratic Party, JFK, Franklin Roosevelt, Democrat, Democrats, Democratic, Democrats, Bob Casey, JFK
32D-: Democrat, Democratic Party, Democratic Party, Democrats, Democrat, Democratic Party, President Clinton, Democratic, Democratic Party, Democrats, Democrats, Democratic, Democrats, Democrat, Democratic Party, Democratic Party, Democrats, Democratic, Democratic, Democrats, Democratic Party, Democrats, Democratic, Democratic Party, Democrats, Bill Clinton, Gore, Bill Clinton, Democrat, Democratic Party, Democrats, Democrats
13R+: Republicans, Bush, Republican, Republicans, President Bush, Rush Limbaugh, Republican Party, Republican, Reagan, Republicans, GOP, Republican Party, Republicans
7R-: Richard Nixon, Republicans, Republicans, Henry Cabot Lodge, Republicans, George H.W. Bush, Republicans
6D=, 3R=
The Anti-Ikes
24 February 2003
2573 52 16D+: Dean Acheson, Kennedy, Kennedy, Kennedy, Kennedy, JFK, Kennedy, the president, the president, Kennedy, Kennedy, Kennedy, Kennedy, Kennedy, Clinton, JFK
30D-: Bill Clinton, Jimmy Carter, JFK, Kennedy, Kennedy, Kennedy, Kennedy, Kennedy, Kennedy, JFK, Kennedy, JFK, Kennedy, Clinton, Carter, Carter, Carter, Carter, Clinton, Clinton, Clinton, Carter, Clinton, Clinton, Carter, Carter, Clinton, Bill Clinton, Clinton, Carter
35R+: Eisenhower, Dwight David Eisenhower, Republican, Richard Nixon, Nixon, Nixon, Nixon, Nixon, Nixon, Nelson Rockefeller, Barry Goldwater, Dwight Eisenhower, Eisenhower, Ike, Eisenhower, Ike, Eisenhower, Eisenhower, Eisenhower, Ike, Eisenhower, Eisenhower, Eisenhower, Eisenhower, Ike, administration, Bush administration, administration, President Bush, administration, administration, George Bush, Bush, Ikes, Eisenhower
1R-: Ike
10D=, 1R=
Auden, Ahead of His Time
17 February 2003
2874 38 5R+: Colin Powell, Bush, White House, Bush, Bush
8R=
Gut Time
10 February 2003
2366 67 14R+: Colin Powell, George W. Bush, President Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Colin Powell, Powell, Powell, Powell, the president, Powell, President Bush
2R-: Bush, Bush
2R=
Since You Asked . . .
3 February 2003
2225 64 2D-: Democrats, Democrats
28R+: Bush, the president, Bush, President Bush, Bush, Bill Frist, Bush, Bush, Bush, Colin Powell, Powell, Powell, administration, Powell, the president, Bush, George Bush, George W. Bush, Bush, Bush, the president, Powell, Bush, Bush, Bush, the president, Bush, Bush
2R-: President Bush, Republican
12R=
The Right Man
30 January 2003
1289 87 13R+: George W. Bush, the president, administration, the president, the president, the president, Bush, Bush, White House, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush
1D=, 1R=
Just the Facts
27 January 2003
1763 0 8R+: Bush, Bush, Bush, Colin Powell, Condi Rice, The president, Bush, Bush
8R-: Bush, Bush, George W. Bush, Bush, White House, Bush, Bush, administration
16R=
A Tough Roe
20 January 2003
1570 59 1D+: Bob Casey
9D-: Democratic Party, Democratic Party, Democrats, Democratic Party, Democrats, Democratic, Democratic, Democratic Party, Democratic Party
3R+: Republicans, Republicans, Republicans
1R-: Republicans
2D=, 1R=
That Seven-D's Show
13 January 2003
2162 16 6D+: Democrats, Howard Dean, Joe Lieberman, Donna Brazile, Mike Dukakis, Bill Clinton
12D-: Michael Dukakis, LBJ, Dean, Lieberman, Lieberman, Sharpton, Sharpton, Democrats, Democrats, Democrats, Democrats, Democrats
8R+: John McCain, Ronald Reagan, President Bush, Reagan, Bush, Republican, George W. Bush, Bush
5R-: Richard Nixon, Bush, Republicans, Republican National Committee, Bushes
18D=, 6R=
Human, but Not to a Fault
6 January 2003
1324 34 4D-: LBJ, Bill Clinton's White House, LBJ, Bill Clinton
12R+: President Bush, George W. Bush, Bush, administration, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush
6R-: Bush, Richard Nixon, Paul O'Neill, Nixon, Nixon, White House
4D=, 3R=