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Pundit Boxscore for Friday 7 January 2005

NEXT WEEK: I had hoped to post the year-end review this week, but various things got in the way. I promise that the third annual review of partisan punditry will appear next week.

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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
Paul Krugman
New York Times
Worse Than Fiction
7 January 2005
926 100 24R-
In my: the president
In my: administration
In my: administration
The secretary: the president
Last but: the president
How did: Republican
Apologists for: administration, Kerik, Bernard Kerik, Rudolph Giuliani, President Bush, Giuliani
Once the: Kerik, Kerik
And Alberto: Alberto Gonzales
The principal: Gonzales
As White: Gonzales, Kerik, Kerik
Did Mr.: Gonzales, president, Kerik, Bush
Either way,: Gonzales
Thomas Sowell
Creators Syndicate
The left monopoly
7 January 2005
834 100 2R+
Recently Albert: Reagan
 A student: Republican
Mona Charen
Creators Syndicate
Don't let Democrats get away with race-baiting
7 January 2005
844 85 16D-,6R+,4R=
Don't let: Democrats
 There they: Democrats, Republicans
 And why: Democrats, Democrats, Democratic Party, Democrats
 Now a: Democrats, Barbara Boxer, Democrat, John Conyers, Barbara Lee
 Republicans really: Republicans
 Remember the: Democrats
 In the: George W. Bush, Bush, Vice President Al Gore, Bush, Bush
 During the: Democrats, Republican Party, Republicans
 The Democrats: Democrats
 But Republicans: Republicans, Democrats, Republicans
E. J. Dionne Jr.
Washington Post
Social Security: The Democrats Need a Plan
7 January 2005
1033 77 23D+,1D-,3D=,1R+,16R-,4R=
Social Security:: Democrats
The debate: congressional Democrats, President Bush, Bush, Democrats
Bush's problem: Bush, Democrats, Bush, Democrats, Bush
Since Bush: Bush, Democrats, the president, Bush, Progressive Policy Institute, Democratic Leadership Council
But Marshall: Democrats, Bush, Rahm Emanuel, Democrat, Bush
"We should: Emanuel, The president
Emanuel and: Emanuel, Clinton administration, Gene Sperling, Bush
Such proposals: Democrats, Democrats, Bush, Emanuel, Sperling, Bill Clinton
The Bush: Bush administration, Bush, Democrats, Bush, Democrats
"You can't: Democrats, Emanuel
Democratic resistance: Democratic, Bush, Republicans, Clinton, Bush, Bush
Until Bush: Bush, Democrats
Daniel Henninger
WSJ OpinionJournal
The Golden Age
7 January 2005
1120 50 1D-,1R=
The '70s: Giuliani
It might: Democratic
Ellen Goodman
Washington Post Writers Group
Fury of nature, folly of humanity
7 January 2005
820 0
Bob Herbert
Inactive
Promoting Torture's Promoter
7 January 2005
911
Charles Krauthammer
Washington Post
Arafat's Heir
7 January 2005
834 0
David Ignatius
Inactive
Braving the Hammer
7 January 2005
1087