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Pundit Boxscore for Friday 31 December 2004

STAY TUNED: In past years I've posted a partisan punditry review on New Year's Day, but I'll be a little late this time. We'll be loading up the minivan in the morning and driving to Alexandria, VA to visit my nephew and his wife for the weekend. So I'll close out the 2004 numbers and summarize the results by Monday or Tuesday.



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
Mona Charen
Creators Syndicate
The serpent spits his venom
31 December 2004
797 100 1R+
 The U.N.: President Bush
E. J. Dionne Jr.
Washington Post
Lessons for Democrats
31 December 2004
995 54 4D+,5D=,1R+,12R-,6R=
Lessons for: Democrats
• Relentlessness: President Bush, John Kerry, Democratic, Bush
Kerry was: Kerry, president
Kerry was: Kerry, Kerry, Bush
The sheer: Bush, Democrats, Bush, the president, Bush
Memo to: Democrats, Bush, Bush
• Class: Bush, Republicans, Bush, Bush
Somebody has: Bush
• Stand: Bush, Kerry
One line: Bush, Bush
The long-term: Bush
NYT Lead Editorial
New York Times
Real-World New Year's Resolutions
31 December 2004
1207 16 4D+,1D-,6D=,10R+,2R-,9R=
WORLD HUNGER: Republican
This is: Bush administration, Democrats, the president, Republican
SEX TRAFFICKING: Bush administration
QUALITY HEALTH: Republicans, Democrats, Democrats, Republicans
The outgoing: Tommy Thompson, Bush, Democrats, Democrats, Republican, Republicans
AGRICULTURAL SUBSIDIES: Democrats, Republicans, Bush administration
Now even: Chuck Hagel, Republican
CAMPAIGN FINANCE: McCain, Feingold, Republicans, John McCain, Christopher Shays, Democrats
Theoretically unattached: George Bush, John Kerry, Democrats, Republicans, Democrats
WP Lead Editorial
Washington Post
The Malpractice Show
31 December 2004
573 8 1D+,5D=,1R+,1R-,4R=
THE MEDICAL: Democrats, Robert L. Ehrlich Jr., Ehrlich
Mr. Ehrlich,: Ehrlich, Democrats, Democrats
That proved: Democrats, Republican, Democrats
The legislation: Ehrlich
Mr. Ehrlich: Ehrlich, D-
OJ On the Editorial Page
WSJ OpinionJournal
The End of the Affair
31 December 2004
1089 0 1D-,1R+,2R-,2R=
Arafat was: White House
But what: Bush Administration
In 2004,: George W. Bush
Now the: Bush Administration, Administration
Elsewhere in: Administration
David Ignatius
Inactive
The Year We Hope Won't Be Ahead
31 December 2004
750
Thomas Sowell
Creators Syndicate
Gay marriage 'rights'
31 December 2004
778 0
Bob Herbert
Inactive
Our Planet, and Our Duty
31 December 2004
839
Daniel Henninger
WSJ OpinionJournal
Why We Need Politics
31 December 2004
1213 0