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Pundit Boxscore for Sunday 29 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
OJ On the Editorial Page
WSJ OpinionJournal
California Here We Come
29 February 2004
651 100 1D-,1R+
Some groups: John Kerry
Arnold Schwarzenegger--himself: Arnold Schwarzenegger
NYT Lead Editorial
New York Times
Premature Death for the Hubble
29 February 2004
643 75 3R-,1R=
Cancellation of: President Bush
The Bush: Bush administration
The chief: the president
The administration: administration
Maureen Dowd
New York Times
Sorry, Right Number
29 February 2004
933 73 2D+,3R+,17R-
The catchphrase: the president, vice president
The White: White House
After trying: Kissinger, President Bush, Dick Cheney
It is: Bush
Last week,: the president, administration, J. Dennis Hastert, White House
Senators John: John McCain, Joseph Lieberman, Hastert
Mr. McCain: McCain, administration, Bush
Especially not: administration, Bush
As Bob: Bob Kerrey
A Bush: Bush 41
Here's a: White House
Thomas Oliphant
Boston Globe
Edwards makes issue of poverty personal
29 February 2004
1025 46 15D+,3D-,8D=,1R-,1R=
Edwards makes: Edwards
CLAREMONT, Calif.: John Edwards, John Kerry, John Edwards
That is: Edwards
It was,: Robert Kennedy, Bill Clinton, Jack Kemp
Elaborating, Edwards: Edwards
Drawing on: Edwards, Edwards
Listening to: Edwards, Democrats
With the: Edwards, John Kerry, Dick Gephardt, Howard Dean
The fact: Kerry, Kerry, Edwards
On occasion: Kerry, Edwards, Kerry, Edwards
Almost on: Bush, Kerry
Edwards has: Edwards, Kerry
Jeff Jacoby
Boston Globe
Kerry's lack of political courage
29 February 2004
1056 30 4D+,11D-,9D=,1R+,2R=
Kerry's lack: Kerry
So far: Kerry, John Kerry, Kerry, Democratic, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, JFK, Kerry, John F. Kennedy, Kerry, Bill Clinton, Democrats, George W. Bush, Republicans, Kerry, Kerry, White House, Kerry, John Kerry
WP Lead Editorial
Washington Post
Mr. Kerry's Path
29 February 2004
825 20 11D+,5D-,3D=,3R+,3R-,5R=
Mr. Kerry's: Kerry
PRESIDENT BUSH'S: PRESIDENT BUSH, Democratic Party, Bush, Democrats, John F. Kerry, Democratic, Bush, George Bush, Kerry
The fairness: Kerry, Bush administration, Bush administration, Kerry, John Edwards, Kerry, Kerry, Edwards, Kerry
His speech: Kerry, Sam Nunn, Richard G. Lugar
Like Mr.: Bush, Kerry, Kerry, Bush, Bush, Democratic
But Mr.: Kerry, Bush
George F. Will
Washington Post
The GOP's Latina Weapon
29 February 2004
970 14 3D+,3D-,3D=,7R+,2R-,17R=
The GOP's: GOP
LOS ANGELES: President Bush
Disregard the: Democrats, Republican, Barbara Boxer
Gov. Arnold: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Bill Jones, Schwarzenegger, Gray Davis, Jones
But suppose: Republican, Rosario Marin, Democrats
Today, when: Marin, Pete Wilson
Bill Simon,: Bill Simon, Davis, Republican, Boxer, Republicans, Schwarzenegger, Tom McClintock, Boxer
A recent: Jones, Marin, Boxer, Marin, Bush
At Bush's: Bush, Schwarzenegger
The former: Davis
If Proposition: Schwarzenegger
Schwarzenegger's campaigning: Schwarzenegger, Marin, Bush
David S. Broder
Washington Post
Serious Times, Serious Choice
29 February 2004
846 12 2D+,7D=,4R+,4R=
COLUMBUS, Ohio: President Bush
The truth: Bush, Democratic, John Kerry, John Edwards
Americans understand: the president
That is: Bush
Confronted with: Bush, Democrats
On the: Bush
Although they: Kerry, Edwards
On the: Bush
After some: Democrats
Bush describes: Bush, Edwards, Kerry
Thomas L. Friedman
Inactive
30 Little Turtles
29 February 2004
909
Clarence Page
Chicago Tribune
`Passion's' controversy is getting people talking
29 February 2004
921 0
Jim Hoagland
Inactive
October Surprises All Year Long
29 February 2004
934