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Pundit Boxscore for Tuesday 24 February 2004

CUT ON THE BIAS IS 2! Happy Blogiversary to the priceless Susanna Cornett, who's been out of the technological loop since moving to Alabama recently. But she promises that she'll soon be "posting like a wild woman"!



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
NYT Lead Editorial
New York Times
Hour of the Gunmen in Haiti
24 February 2004
762 100 1D-
Once a: Clinton administration
Robert Scheer
Creators Syndicate
Nader crashes the party yet again
24 February 2004
766 83 1D+,1D-,10R-
Yes, Al: Al Gore, George W. Bush, Bush, Democrats, Republicans, Republican Party
The vital: Republican, Bush, Republican-controlled Congress, president
Nader is: Bush
His fans,: Republicans
E. J. Dionne Jr.
Washington Post
Bush's McCain Strategy Redux
24 February 2004
1105 49 16D+,4D=,8R+,19R-,8R=
Bush's McCain: Bush, McCain
That was: George W. Bush, Bush, Bush
Now comes: John Kerry, Democrats, Kerry
And, lo,: Kerry, Kerry, Kerry
Which makes: Kerry, Bush, John Edwards, Democratic, Republican president
The Bush: Bush, Bush, Kerry
What's forgotten: Bush, Republicans, Kerry, Kerry
The template: Bush, John McCain, Republican
Here is: George W. Bush, John McCain, Bush, McCain
" 'He: McCain
"McCain dismissed: McCain, Bush, McCain, McCain, Bush
Note that: Bush
And so: Republicans, Saxby Chambliss, Kerry, Chambliss, Max Cleland, Chambliss, Cleland, Kerry
Nothing so: Democrats, Chambliss, Cleland, Republicans, Democrats, Kerry, Bush
Maybe it's: Bush, Bush, John McCain
Richard Cohen
Washington Post
Run, Ralph, Run
24 February 2004
905 41 2D+,8D-,2D=,2R+,1R-,2R=
Now he: George W. Bush
This is: Al Gore, Bush, Bush, Gore, Bush
Maybe. But: Gore, Bush, Clinton, Joe Lieberman, Gore, Howard Dean
Whatever the: Democrats
But most: Democratic, Bill Richardson, Richardson, Democratic Party
OJ On the Editorial Page
WSJ OpinionJournal
Ralph Rides Again
24 February 2004
724 39 2D+,10D-,8D=,1R+,2R=
Ralph Nader: Democrats
The Kerry: Kerry, Edwards, Democratic National Committee, Terry McAuliffe, Al Sharpton, Bush
All of: Democrats, President Bush, Al Gore, Bill Clinton
The Green: Gore, Gore, Gore
It isn't: Democratic, Kerry, Edwards, GOP
Mr. Nader: Kerry, Edwards, Edwards
We agree: Democrats, Democrats
WP Lead Editorial
Washington Post
Another Try in Iraq
24 February 2004
671 14 1R+,6R=
THE REPORT: Bush administration, administration, administration
The first: Administration
The administration: administration, administration, Bush administration
Brendan Miniter
WSJ OpinionJournal
Richmond, Poor Man
24 February 2004
1148 8 6D-,1D=,2R+,10R-,6R=
Virginia Republicans: Republicans
It's hard: Republicans, GOP
Surprisingly, this: Mark Warner, Democratic, Warner, Warner
That's when: Republican, Republicans
There's perhaps: Republicans
Astonishingly this: Warner, Republicans, Republicans, Republicans, Warner
House Republicans: House Republicans, Republican, Republicans
It's not: John Warner, Republican, Warner
A few: Republicans, Republicans
Some Republican: Republican
But the: President Bush
Thomas Sowell
Creators Syndicate
Big lie of the year
24 February 2004
781 0
David Brooks
New York Times
The Americano Dream
24 February 2004
744 0
David Ignatius
Inactive
Dishonest Trade Talk
24 February 2004
972