lying in ponds
The absurdity of partisanship
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Brendan Miniter
WSJ OpinionJournal

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Columns 53
Words 52289
Normalized Median Partisanship Index 45.12
Normalized Total Partisanship Index 42.46
Normalized Combined Partisanship Index 43.79
Democratic Index -36.40
Republican Index 51.04
Positive Index 39.00
Negative Index 31.77
Neutral Index 29.23
Kerry Index -48.00
Bush Index 62.33



Partisan References

Type Number All References
Positive Democratic 84 Kerry(13), Bill Clinton(11), Democrat(8), Clinton(7), Democrats(4), John Kerry(4), LBJ(4), Democratic(3), Al Gore(3), Joe Lieberman(2), Terry McAuliffe(2), JFK(2), Ed Rendell(2), John F. Kennedy(2), FDR(2), former president, Bill Richardson, Lieberman, Rendell, Blanche Lincoln, Evan Bayh, Harold Ickes, Jennifer Granholm, Bob Graham, Ted Kennedy, Zell Miller, Clinton administration, Jimmy Carter, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Robert Byrd
Negative Democratic 278 Kerry(92), Democrats(37), John Kerry(20), Democratic(15), Howard Dean(11), Dean(11), Democrat(10), Dukakis(9), Clinton(6), Clinton administration(5), Democratic Party(5), Michael Dukakis(5), Warner(4), Al Gore(3), Bill Clinton(3), Jimmy Carter(3), John Edwards(3), Carter(3), Dodd(2), Hillary Clinton(2), President Clinton(2), Walter Mondale(2), Jon Corzine, Corzine, Al Sharpton, Dennis Kucinich, Chris Dodd, Lee Hamilton, John Forbes Kerry, Ted Kennedy, Jack Reed, Senate Democrats, Democratic Congress, Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, Carl Levin, Democratic National Committee, Edwards, Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, Mark Warner, Democratic president, House Democrats, President Carter, LBJ, Carol Moseley Braun, Terry McAuliffe, George McGovern, Johnson
Neutral Democratic 171Kerry(60), Democrats(24), John Kerry(10), Democratic(8), Bill Clinton(8), Clinton(7), Democrat(6), LBJ(5), Dean(4), McAuliffe(3), Edwards(3), Gore(3), Dodd(2), John Edwards(2), Al Gore(2), Dukakis(2), Feingold(2), Democratic Party(2), Sam Nunn, the Clintons, Democratic National Committee, Daniel Patrick Moynihan, Attorney General Janet Reno, President Clinton, Clinton administration, Tip O'Neill, Warner, George McGovern, Mondale, Les Aspin, John F. Kennedy, JFK, Democratic Congress, Donna Brazile, Jane Harman, Minority Leader Tom Daschle
Positive Republican 331 Bush(89), President Bush(35), Hunter(31), Reagan(26), the president(18), Republicans(15), Ronald Reagan(10), George W. Bush(10), Bush administration(9), Duncan Hunter(8), Republican(8), administration(7), GOP(5), White House(4), president(4), Rumsfeld(3), Cheney(3), Rice(3), The president(3), Republican Party(2), President Reagan(2), GWB(2), Donald Rumsfeld(2), Warner(2), Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz, Jim Saxton, George H.W. Bush, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, Robert Ehrlich, commander in chief, Eisenhower, Rudy Giuliani, Republican president, Karl Rove, Jim DeMint, DeMint, Reagan administration, Colin Powell, Reagan's administration, Labor Secretary Elaine Chao, the Gipper, Newt Gingrich, Republican House, Jim Nussle, Jim Sensenbrenner, John Warner, Henry Kissinger, Ted Stevens, Sensenbrenner, Condoleezza Rice, Stephen Hadley, House Republicans, Speaker Dennis Hastert, George Bush
Negative Republican 60 Republicans(15), Reagan(6), Bush(6), Republican(3), Nixon(3), President Bush(2), Bush administration(2), John Warner(2), Republican Party, GOP, Senate Republicans, Zach Wamp, Thomas Kean, Colin Powell, White House, Warner, Richard Nixon, the president, Republican president, George H.W. Bush, William Weld, The president, Dick Cheney, House Speaker Dennis Hastert, Susan Collins, president, Ike, Collins, Tricky Dick
Neutral Republican 140Bush(29), President Bush(18), the president(11), Republicans(10), Republican(9), administration(7), George W. Bush(4), Reagan(4), George Bush(3), Donald Rumsfeld(2), White House(2), Bush administration(2), House Republicans(2), Rice(2), Susan Collins(2), Nixon(2), McCain(2), Cheney(2), The president(2), Collins(2), Richard Nixon(2), Rumsfeld, David Stockman, president, Reaganites, Vice President George Bush, GOP, Dwight Eisenhower, Bush cabinet, Vice President Bush, Dick Cheney, Condoleezza Rice, Duncan Hunter, Attorney General John Ashcroft, Colin Powell, GWB, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Majority Leader Bill Frist, Vice President Dick Cheney, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, Richard M. Nixon, Ronald Reagan



List of Columns

Lines in yellow indicate a substantive crossover column, meaning that the column is of opposite sign to the pundit's Normalized Total PI for the season, and contains at least five non-neutral partisan references.
Title/
Date
words Norm
PI
Partisan References
The Second Term Curse
28 December 2004
1059 30 2D-: John Kerry, Clinton
10R+: George Bush, White House, Bush, Bush, Reagan, Bush, Bush, Republican, Bush, Bush
4R-: Tricky Dick, Nixon, Nixon, Bush
1D=, 11R=
God and Good Government
21 December 2004
723 100 1R+: President Bush
Hunter's Gun Truck
14 December 2004
1043 88 7R+: Hunter, Duncan Hunter, Hunter, Hunter, Hunter, Hunter, Rumsfeld
1R=
Dodging a Bullet
7 December 2004
1334 61 2D+: Democratic, Robert Byrd
1D-: Democrats
26R+: Duncan Hunter, George W. Bush, the president, White House, Hunter, Hunter, Jim Sensenbrenner, Republicans, John Warner, Hunter, Warner, Ted Stevens, Warner, Sensenbrenner, Hunter, Hunter, White House, administration, Condoleezza Rice, Stephen Hadley, Rice, Hunter, House Republicans, Speaker Dennis Hastert, Hunter, White House
1R-: Collins
1D=, 6R=
No Need for Nukes
30 November 2004
983 92 11R+: Bush, George W. Bush, the president, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush
1R=
The Wrong Reform
23 November 2004
1006 72 3D-: Democratic, Jimmy Carter, John Kerry
3R+: Duncan Hunter, Hunter, Republican House
2D=
Don't Look Back
16 November 2004
1037 56 5D+: Bill Clinton, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Bill Clinton, Democrat, Democrat
15D-: Democrats, Democrats, John Kerry, Democrats, John Edwards, Jimmy Carter, Carter, Democrats, Democrats, Democrats, Democrats, Democrats, Kerry, Democrats, Democrats
6R+: George W. Bush, Ronald Reagan, President Bush, Bush, President Bush, Republican Party
1D=
Second Wind
9 November 2004
1120 28 6D+: LBJ, FDR, LBJ, LBJ, FDR, LBJ
3D-: Johnson, Clinton, Clinton
22R+: GWB, GOP, George W. Bush, president, GWB, Republican, Bush, President Bush, Reagan, President Bush, Reagan, Reagan, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Reagan, Republican, Reagan, President Bush, Bush, Republican
3R-: Nixon, Ike, Bush
9D=, 3R=
What's at Stake
1 November 2004
1267 72 2D-: John Kerry, Kerry
8R+: Ronald Reagan, the Gipper, President Reagan, Bush, George W. Bush, Bush, the president, president
3D=
Do Nothing, Congress
26 October 2004
1033 26 3R-: House Speaker Dennis Hastert, Republican, Susan Collins
1D=, 7R=
Bush's Stealth Supporters
19 October 2004
1578 41 5D+: Zell Miller, Democrats, Al Gore, Kerry, Democrat
9D-: Kerry, John Kerry, Democrat, Democrat, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry
14R+: Bush, George W. Bush, Bush, the president, Bush, the president, Bush, Republicans, Bush, The president, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush
7D=, 4R=
Presidential Timber
12 October 2004
1613 35 4D+: Kerry, Bill Clinton, Democrats, Kerry
7D-: Democrat, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Democrat, Kerry, Democrat
19R+: Bush, Bush, president, the president, the president, Bush, Bush, Bush, President Bush, the president, Labor Secretary Elaine Chao, the president, Bush, Bush, Bush, The president, Bush, Bush, Bush
3R-: The president, Dick Cheney, Bush
8D=, 9R=
Great Expectations
5 October 2004
1157 9 2D+: John Kerry, Kerry
4D-: John Edwards, Walter Mondale, Kerry, Kerry
6R+: Cheney, Cheney, Cheney, the president, Ronald Reagan, Reagan
5R-: President Bush, Reagan, Reagan, Reagan, Bush
12D=, 7R=
A Nuance Too Far
28 September 2004
1090 68 11D-: Kerry, John Kerry, Democrat, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Democrats, Kerry, Kerry, George McGovern, Kerry
3R+: President Bush, Bush, administration
4D=, 3R=
Teach Iraq to Fish
21 September 2004
793 0 1D=, 1R=
D Is for Descendancy
15 September 2004
1353 45 3D+: Bill Clinton, Al Gore, Clinton
15D-: Democrats, Democratic Party, John Kerry, Democratic, Democrats, Carter, Democratic Party, Clinton, Al Gore, Democrats, Democrats, Kerry, Democrats, Michael Dukakis, Al Gore
11R+: George W. Bush, Republicans, Republicans, Republicans, GOP, Republicans, Bush, Colin Powell, the president, the president, Bush
11D=, 10R=
Bush Will Bury Kerry
7 September 2004
2383 40 11D+: Kerry, Blanche Lincoln, Democrat, Ed Rendell, Democrat, Evan Bayh, Harold Ickes, Bill Clinton, Jennifer Granholm, Bob Graham, Ted Kennedy
31D-: Kerry, Democrat, Michael Dukakis, Kerry, Michael Dukakis, Kerry, Kerry, Walter Mondale, Kerry, Democrats, Kerry, Kerry, Democrats, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Democratic, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Democrats, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Democratic, Kerry, Kerry, Democrats, Kerry, Kerry
24R+: Bush, Republicans, Republicans, Bush administration, Republicans, Bush, the president, Bush, Republican president, Bush, Karl Rove, Bush, Bush, Jim DeMint, Republican, DeMint, Republican, Republicans, Republicans, Bush, Bush, administration, Bush, Reagan administration
4R-: the president, Republican president, George H.W. Bush, William Weld
17D=, 10R=
Pet Issues
31 August 2004
636 60 1D+: Kerry
6D-: Kerry, John Kerry, Kerry, Democrat, Kerry, Bill Clinton
5R+: George W. Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush
1R-: Richard Nixon
1D=, 1R=
Swinging Is Everything
24 August 2004
643 23 2D-: Howard Dean, Kerry
4D=, 4R=
Senator No-Show
18 August 2004
1151 42 5D+: Bill Clinton, Clinton, Clinton, Clinton, Bill Clinton
12D-: Kerry, John Kerry, Kerry, Al Gore, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, President Carter, Carter, Jimmy Carter, Kerry, President Clinton
10R+: President Bush, the president, Bush, Ronald Reagan, Reagan, Reagan, Reagan, Reagan, Rudy Giuliani, George W. Bush
1R-: Bush
6D=, 1R=
Kerry's Mandate
10 August 2004
881 70 1D+: Clinton
7D-: John Kerry, Kerry, Bill Clinton, Clinton, Democrats, Democratic president, Kerry
7R+: Bush, Bush, Republicans, GOP, Eisenhower, Bush, Bush
2D=, 1R=
Lt. Kerry Runs for President
3 August 2004
1001 4 6D+: Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry
6D-: Kerry, Kerry, Democrat, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry
1R+: commander in chief
5D=, 3R=
In the Room With Osama
28 July 2004
1106 78 2D-: Clinton administration, Clinton
8R+: Duncan Hunter, Hunter, Hunter, President Bush, Bush administration, Hunter, Hunter, Hunter
3R=
Hold the Spooks Accountable
20 July 2004
704 44 2D-: John Kerry, Clinton administration
2R+: President Bush, the president
3D=, 2R=
Give Me a D?
13 July 2004
1115 27 9D+: Democratic, Al Gore, Jimmy Carter, former president, Bill Richardson, Democrat, Ed Rendell, Democrat, Rendell
14D-: Kerry, President Clinton, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Democrats, Kerry, Kerry, Edwards, Democrats, Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, Democratic Party, Kerry, Democratic
8R+: President Bush, Republicans, GOP, President Bush, Bush, Republican, Robert Ehrlich, Bush
8D=, 4R=
Weapons in the Warehouse
29 June 2004
849 62 3D-: Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, Democratic, Carl Levin
6R+: Duncan Hunter, Hunter, Hunter, administration, Hunter, Hunter
2R-: John Warner, Warner
1R=
The Martial Plan
22 June 2004
658 0
The New Soldiers
15 June 2004
835 25 1D+: John Kerry
1D-: Clinton administration
7R+: Duncan Hunter, Hunter, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, Rumsfeld, Bush administration, President Bush, Hunter
2R-: Bush administration, White House
5D=, 1R=
Freedom's Beacon
8 June 2004
828 89 18R+: Bush, Reagan, Ronald Reagan, Ronald Reagan, Reagan, Reagan, Reagan, Reagan, administration, Reagan, Reagan, President Bush, the president, Reagan, Reagan, Reagan, Bush, Reagan
1R-: Reagan
The Fallujah Brigade
1 June 2004
1133 0
Iraq, Then and Now
27 May 2004
773 52 4D-: Senate Democrats, Democratic, Democratic Congress, John Kerry
6R+: President Bush, President Bush, George H.W. Bush, President Bush, Bush, President Bush
3R-: Bush administration, Republicans, Colin Powell
2R=
What's Needed in Iraq
18 May 2004
858 71 4D-: Democratic, Ted Kennedy, Hillary Clinton, Jack Reed
4R+: Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz, Duncan Hunter, Hunter, Jim Saxton
4R=
Jefferson in Baghdad
11 May 2004
782 100 1R+: President Bush
When Bureaucracy Kills
4 May 2004
894 100 7R+: Duncan Hunter, Hunter, Hunter, Hunter, Hunter, Hunter, Hunter
Defensive Diplomacy
27 April 2004
867 75 3R+: Donald Rumsfeld, Donald Rumsfeld, Rumsfeld
1R=
In Iraq, John Kerry wants to take the easy way out.
19 April 2004
843 56 2D+: John F. Kennedy, JFK
6D-: John Kerry, John Forbes Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry
7R+: President Bush, Reagan, President Bush, Bush, The president, Bush, Bush
1R-: Bush
1D=
A Coalition of One
13 April 2004
830 61 3D-: Kerry, John Kerry, Kerry
1R+: Bush administration
1D=, 2R=
History Under Siege
9 April 2004
872 0
Rice's Best Defense
6 April 2004
1059 53 4D-: Lee Hamilton, Clinton administration, John Kerry, Kerry
8R+: Rice, Bush administration, Rice, Bush administration, Ronald Reagan, President Bush, administration, Bush administration
1R-: Thomas Kean
3D=, 5R=
Toward the Center?
30 March 2004
688 73 12D-: Kerry, John Kerry, Democratic Party, Kerry, Kerry, Bill Clinton, Democrats, Kerry, Howard Dean, Kerry, Democrats, Kerry
5R+: Bush, President Bush, Ronald Reagan, President Bush, Bush administration
5D=, 1R=
John F. Who?
23 March 2004
895 28 4D+: Bill Clinton, Clinton, Democrat, Clinton
12D-: Howard Dean, Hillary Clinton, Kerry, Democratic National Committee, Terry McAuliffe, Democratic, Kerry, Kerry, Democrats, Kerry, Democratic, Kerry
3R+: Ronald Reagan, George W. Bush, Bush
1R-: Republicans
12D=, 4R=
Tanks for the Memories
17 March 2004
791 78 21D-: John Kerry, Michael Dukakis, John Kerry, Michael Dukakis, Kerry, Kerry, Dukakis, Dukakis, Democratic Party, Democrats, Kerry, Kerry, Dukakis, Kerry, Dukakis, Dukakis, Dukakis, Dukakis, Dukakis, Kerry, Dukakis
3R+: Henry Kissinger, President Reagan, Bush
6D=, 1R=
Dodd Jobs
9 March 2004
608 31 8D-: Dodd, John Kerry, Kerry, Chris Dodd, Democrat, Democrats, Dodd, Democrats
2R+: Republicans, Jim Nussle
6R-: Senate Republicans, Republicans, Republicans, Republicans, Republicans, Zach Wamp
2D=, 1R=
God's Second Act
2 March 2004
698 0
Richmond, Poor Man
24 February 2004
1148 2 6D-: Mark Warner, Democratic, Warner, Warner, Warner, Warner
2R+: Republican, President Bush
10R-: Republicans, Republicans, GOP, Republicans, Republicans, Republicans, Republicans, John Warner, Republican, Republicans
1D=, 6R=
What Bush learned from Lincoln.
17 February 2004
1246 91 1D-: John Kerry
9R+: Bush, President Bush, Bush, Bush, President Bush, administration, President Bush, Bush, Bush
1R=
Bush vs. the Deficit Hawks
10 February 2004
987 13 1D+: Democrats
2D-: LBJ, House Democrats
12R+: President Bush, Bush, Ronald Reagan, Reagan's administration, Reagan, Reagan, Republican Party, GOP, Reagan, Republicans, Newt Gingrich, President Bush
8R-: President Bush, Reagan, Reagan, president, Republican Party, Republican, Republicans, Republicans
4D=, 11R=
Protection Racket
3 February 2004
1214 10 4D+: Bill Clinton, Clinton administration, Joe Lieberman, Democratic
3D-: Democratic, John Edwards, Democratic
3D=
Establishment 2, Dean 0
29 January 2004
904 18 7D+: Terry McAuliffe, Democrats, Bill Clinton, Terry McAuliffe, Bill Clinton, Kerry, John Kerry
14D-: Dean, Democrats, Howard Dean, Dean, Dean, Dean, Dean, Howard Dean, Dean, Dean, Al Sharpton, Dennis Kucinich, Carol Moseley Braun, Howard Dean
1R+: Bush
18D=, 5R=
Capps Off
20 January 2004
540 0
Founding Father of
15 January 2004
927 0
A Man, a Planet
13 January 2004
797 72 2D+: John F. Kennedy, JFK
6D-: Democratic, Democratic, Democrats, Democrats, Democrats, Howard Dean
9R+: President Bush, President Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, the president, Bush, Bush, the president
Truth or Consequences
6 January 2004
956 58 3D+: Joe Lieberman, Lieberman, John Kerry
14D-: Howard Dean, Howard Dean, Dean, Jon Corzine, Democrats, Dean, Clinton administration, Corzine, Democrats, Howard Dean, Dean, Dean, Democrats, Howard Dean
5R+: President Bush, Bush administration, President Bush, Bush, president
3D=, 2R=