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Pundit Boxscore for Friday 20 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
Charles Krauthammer
Washington Post
The Democrats' Smear Race
20 February 2004
1024 100 26D-,19R+
The Democrats': Democrats
As the: Democrats, Republicans, John Kerry
Kerry's spokesmen: Kerry, George W. Bush
Republicans turning: Republicans
First, that: President Bush, Al Sharpton, Kerry, Howard Dean, Dennis Kucinich, Kerry, Edward Kennedy, Bush, president
Second, that: Democratic National Committee, Terry McAuliffe, Wesley Clark
And these: Bush, John Edwards, Dean, Kerry, president, Bush
Part of: Dean, Richard Gephardt, the president, Democratic, George W. Bush
Part of: Dean, the president
And now,: Bush, Democrats, Republicans
What, in: Republicans, Kerry, Republican National Committee, Kerry
The Republicans: Republicans, Kerry
Which is: Kerry, Republican
It would: Bush, Kerry
Daniel Henninger
WSJ OpinionJournal
Why Do Dems
20 February 2004
1222 85 11D-,2D=,12R+,2R=
Why Do: Dems
Call Bush: Bush
"He lied: Al Sharpton
"Certainly the: president of the United States, John Edwards
"Congress must: President Bush
In the: President Bush
Many Americans: President Bush, John Edwards, the president
But what: Democratic, President Bush
Americans are: Bush, Democrats, president
It allows: Edwards
The Bush: Bush, Bush, Democrats, Madeleine Albright, Bush
But rather: Democratic, Bush, Democrats, John Kerry, George Bush, Democratic Party
WP Lead Editorial
Washington Post
Iran's 'Serious Failures'
20 February 2004
535 67 2R+,1R=
The IAEA's: President Bush
So far: Bush administration, administration
Mona Charen
Creators Syndicate
Futile reform
20 February 2004
816 50 1D-,1D=
Gov. James: James McGreevey
There are: McGreevey
George F. Will
Washington Post
The Economics of Progress
20 February 2004
875 45 6D-,2R+,3R-
It is: House Speaker Dennis Hastert, the president
John Kerry: John Kerry, John Edwards, N. Gregory Mankiw, Hastert
Hastert's ideal: Hastert
Kerry says: Kerry
Does Kerry: Kerry
In November,: Joseph Kernan
When Kernan: Kernan
OJ On the Editorial Page
WSJ OpinionJournal
REVIEW & OUTLOOK
20 February 2004
1119 33 2D=,2R+,2R=
At issue: Bush Administration, Clinton, Administration
Under its: Administration
Nor does: John Kerry
Ask yourself: Karl Rove
E. J. Dionne Jr.
Washington Post
Dean and the Power That Lives On
20 February 2004
963 28 12D+,3D-,13D=,1R+
Dean and: Dean
It was: Howard Dean
While Dean: Dean, Democrats
So what: Democrats, Dean
How these: Dean
The popular: Dean
The Deaniacs: President Bush, Dean
Yes, Dean: Dean, Dean, Dean
If Dean: Dean, Dean
But that's: Dean
Even the: Dean
It turns: Joe Trippi, Dean, Democrats, Dean, Dean, Democrats, Dean, Dean, Democratic
As for: Dean, Democratic
But Dean: Dean
NYT Lead Editorial
New York Times
More Than College Football
20 February 2004
691 0
David Ignatius
Inactive
Reading The Enemy
20 February 2004
840
Bob Herbert
Inactive
Dark Side of Free Trade
20 February 2004
801