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Pundit Boxscore for Wednesday 18 February 2004

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.
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
Linda Chavez
Creators Syndicate
The San Francisco weddings
18 February 2004
760 100 1D-
Officials in: Gavin Newsom
Joe Conason
New York Observer
Vile Ann Coulter smears a war hero
18 February 2004
991 77 18D+,4D=,1R+,6R-,1R=
Her current: Max Cleland, Cleland, Clinton administration
But Ms.: Cleland, Democrat, the President
There was: Republicans, George W. Bush
Now the: Democrats, John F. Kerry, Kerry, Republican
Inevitably, Mr.: Kerry, Bush, Cleland
"Max Cleland: Max Cleland, Democrats, Cleland, Cleland, Bush
Denigrating Mr.: Cleland, Republican, Cleland
But that: Saxby Chambliss, Cleland
What, then,: Cleland, Max Cleland
According to: Cleland, Cleland
Yes, Mr.: Cleland
Tony Blankley
Creators Syndicate
Kerry's pre-emptive war policy
18 February 2004
1086 56 2D+,13D-,5D=,7R+,5R=
Kerry's pre-emptive: Kerry
Consider the: John Kerry
Returning from: Kerry, Democrats, President Bush, Kerry, Bush administration, Kerry, President Bush, Democratic Party, President Bush
Also, not: Kerry, Democrats, the president, Kerry
It makes: Henry Kissinger, Kerry
Senator Kerry: Kerry, President Bush, the president
It would: Kerry, President Bush, Democratic
But regarding: Bush, Kerry, Kerry, the president
"Yes. Absolutely.: Kerry
Was Sen.: Kerry, Kerry
Senator Kerry's: Kerry, President Bush
William Safire
New York Times
The Edwards Surprise
18 February 2004
984 38 3D+,23D-,26D=,1R=
The Edwards: Edwards
This lugubrious: Howard Dean
Steven Grossman,: Steven Grossman, Democratic National Committee, Dean
What drives: Grossman, John Kerry, Dean
To most: Kerry, Dean
First, contested: Kerry, President Bush, Dean
The other: Dean, Kerry, Kerry, Democratic, Kerry, Dean, John Edwards, Democrats, Kerry, Edwards, Kerry
There's a: Kerry, Kerry
Kerry's momentum: Kerry, John Edwards, Dean, Dean, Grossman, Edwards, Kerry
If Edwards: Edwards, Kerry, Kerry
Kerry would: Kerry, Dean, Dean
Did I: Edwards, Kerry, Clintonites, Dean, Hillary, Kerry, Kennedy, Al Gore
Here's how:: Dean, Kerry, Edwards
There's a: Kerry, Edwards, Democratic Party
Clarence Page
Chicago Tribune
There's nothing new about whites-only scholarships
18 February 2004
876 33 2R+,1R-
As you: Republicans
For that: Republican Party, GOP
OJ On the Editorial Page
WSJ OpinionJournal
REVIEW & OUTLOOK
18 February 2004
1019 26 10D-,7D=,1R+,4R-,5R=
Democrats owe: Democrats
Democrats in: Democrats, President Bush
The FEC: George Soros, Democratic Party
All of: Democrats, Nancy Pelosi
Republicans are: Republicans, McCain, Feingold, Republican National Committee, GOP, Republicans
About the: Republican
As it: McCain, Feingold
The supreme: Democrat
At the: Dick Durbin, Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle, Smith
If nothing: McCain, Feingold
Howard Dean: Howard Dean
At the: Dick Gephardt, Robert Torricelli, John Kerry, Torricelli
WP Lead Editorial
Washington Post
Soft Money and the FEC
18 February 2004
765 0 3D+,1D-,7D=,3R+,1R-,4R=
These groups,: McCain, Feingold, Democrats, Republicans, Democratic, President Bush
This helps: Republican, Democratic, Democrats, Democrats
In a: McCain, Feingold
But this: McCain, Feingold, McCain, Feingold
The chief: McCain, Feingold, Democratic
Pete du Pont
Inactive
The Bush Paradox
18 February 2004
1237
Robert J. Samuelson
Washington Post
OPEC in a Better Light
18 February 2004
863 0
Anne Applebaum
Inactive
The Next Plague
18 February 2004
854
Thomas Sowell
Creators Syndicate
The inequality dogma
18 February 2004
754 0
Jim Hoagland
Inactive
A U.N. Surprise
18 February 2004
899
Nicholas D. Kristof
Inactive
Vrooming Into Yellowstone
18 February 2004
839
NYT Lead Editorial
New York Times
Gay Marriage in the States
18 February 2004
520 0
Walter E. Williams
Inactive
Goodies cost
18 February 2004
685