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Pundit Boxscore for Sunday 15 February 2004

Lines in yellow indicate a substantive crossover column, meaning that the PI of the column differs by more than 100 points from the pundit's Normalized Total PI for the season, and the column contains at least five non-neutral partisan references.
Lines in gray indicate that the pundit has been classified as inactive, meaning that their columns are not currently being evaluated for partisanship.
Democratic references in blue, Republican in red, positive references in bold, negative in italics.
Author/
Affiliation
Title/
Date
words PI Partisan References
Jeff Jacoby
Boston Globe
. . . Or is it an air of hypocrisy?
15 February 2004
929 100 1R-
No one: Senate Republican
NYT Lead Editorial
New York Times
How America Doesn’t Vote
15 February 2004
1329 100 1D+,6R-
One outcome: Katherine Harris
Ms. Harris's: Harris, Harris, Bush, Harris
The sad: Harris, Democratic
George F. Will
Washington Post
The 1st 28 Questions For Kerry
15 February 2004
891 67 1D+,3D-,1D=,6R+,1R=
The 1st: Kerry
In the: John Kerry
You say: President Bush
On Jan.: President Bush
You say: Bush administration, Robert Zoellick
You strongly: Bob Rubin
You favor: Dick Cheney
Praising McCain-Feingold: McCain, Feingold
Billionaire George: George Soros, President Bush
Clarence Page
Chicago Tribune
Why the president's record matters
15 February 2004
987 61 7D+,3D-,2D=,1R+,14R-,1R=
Why the: the president
It happened: GOP, Dan Quayle
It happened: Democratic, Bill Clinton
And it: Democratic, John Kerry
And President: President Bush
Muller is: John F. Kerry
Should Kerry's: Kerry, Bush
Last week,: Bush, White House, White House, Bush
Bush's surrogates,: Bush, Kerry, Bush, Kerry
Of course,: Kerry
Former Defense: Robert McNamara
On the: Secretary of State Colin Powell
Flash forward.: Powell, Sherrod Brown, Bush, Powell, Brown
Too bad.: Powell
OJ On the Editorial Page
WSJ OpinionJournal
REVIEW & OUTLOOK
15 February 2004
710 50 5D-,2D=,1R+,1R-,1R=
Critics of: President Bush
Nevertheless, the: Democratic, Republican
Leave aside: John Kerry, John Edwards, Democratic, Republican
Our original: Democrats, Ted Kennedy, George Miller
WP Lead Editorial
Washington Post
Time for Clarity
15 February 2004
827 40 1D+,8D-,5D=,1R+,5R=
JOHN KERRY: JOHN KERRY, Democratic, Democratic, President Bush, Kerry, Howard Dean
That task: Kerry, Kerry, Bush, Kerry
The most: Kerry, President Clinton, Bush
Mr. Kerry's: Kerry, President Bush, Kerry
More important,: Kerry, Bush administration, Kerry, Bush
Maureen Dowd
New York Times
The Thief of Baghdad
15 February 2004
928 39 1D+,1R+,9R-,12R=
In the: Ford White House, Dick Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld
As James: Bush, Cheney, Betty Ford, the president
Rummy's alter: Rummy, President Bush, Cheney
But W.: W. , Cheney
Back when: Dick Cheney
As Mr.: Cheney
During the: Cheney
He hoodwinked: Dick Cheney, Paul Wolfowitz, Richard Perle
A wily: vice president
But here's: Bush administration
Mr. Chalabi's: Bob Graham
The C.I.A.: Bush administration
But even: Bush
Thomas Oliphant
Boston Globe
Clark falls prey to anti-Kerry rumor mill
15 February 2004
1016 8 8D+,11D-,2R+,3R-,1R=
Clark falls: Clark, Kerry
WASHINGTON POLITICS: John Kerry, Wesley Clark
The sin: Clark, Kerry
The sin: Clark, President Bush, Clark
The first: Kerry
The second: Democratic, Terry McAuliffe, Bush
In the: President Bush
Clark's rumor-mongering: Clark, Kerry
His comments: Kerry
It worked.: Kerry, Kerry
The chain: Clark, McAuliffe
In addition,: McAullife, the president, White House
However, the: Bush
David S. Broder
Washington Post
A Hill Of Beans
15 February 2004
877 0 1D+,1D-,5D=,6R=
MILWAUKEE --: President Bush, Democrats
As you: Bush, Paul Simon
Not only: Maurice D. Hinchey
This session: Republican, Thomas E. Petri
When they: Ron Paul
Senators understand: Minority Leader Tom Daschle, Bill Frist
John Kerry: John Kerry, Democratic
The Senate,: Daschle
Jim Hoagland
Inactive
The Quadrennial Job Scramble
15 February 2004
1027
Thomas L. Friedman
Inactive
Meet the Press
15 February 2004
1001