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The absurdity of partisanship
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Columns 94
Words 89656
Normalized Median Partisanship Index 18.50
Normalized Total Partisanship Index 17.36
Normalized Combined Partisanship Index 17.93
Democratic Index 18.79
Republican Index -15.98
Positive Index 28.36
Negative Index 30.23
Neutral Index 41.41
Kerry Index 23.81
Bush Index -20.17



Partisan References

Type Number All References
Positive Democratic 234 Kerry(57), Democratic(19), Obama(18), Clinton(16), Democrats(14), John Kerry(9), President Bill Clinton(6), Barack Obama(6), Bill Clinton(5), Democrat(4), John F. Kennedy(4), Rangel(4), Franklin D. Roosevelt(3), Edwards(3), Al Gore(2), Howard Dean(2), Lyndon B. Johnson(2), Michael Dukakis(2), Charles Rangel(2), Rockefeller(2), James Carville(2), Carville(2), John Edwards(2), Sherrod Brown, Brown, President Bill Clinton's administration, Anthony Williams, congressional Democrats, former president, Theresa Heinz Kerry, Kwame M. Kilpatrick, Bobby Rush, Rush, Jesse Jackson Jr., Richard Holbrooke, Harold Washington, Ernest Hollings, Ike Skelton, Lieberman, Dick Gephardt, Clinton administration, Former President Bill Clinton, Dean, Jerry Brown, President Lyndon B. Johnson, Johnson, LBJ, Jay Rockefeller, Kweise Mfume, Mario Cuomo, former President Bill Clinton, Mr. President, Mfume, Paul Begala, Stan Greenberg, Joe Lockhart, John F. Kerry, John Conyers, Conyers, Thomas P. "Tip" O'Neill, Ernest "Fritz" Hollings, Democratic Leadership Council, President Clinton, Hillary Clinton, President John F. Kennedy, Roosevelt, Vice President Al Gore, John Lewis, Jon Corzine, D-, Corzine
Negative Democratic 116 Kerry(17), Dean(16), Democratic(10), Sharpton(7), Democrats(6), John Kerry(6), Democratic Party(6), Al Sharpton(5), Lieberman(4), Clinton administration(3), Joseph Lieberman(2), Kucinich(2), Bill Clinton(2), Howard Dean(2), President Bill Clinton(2), Begala(2), Gen. Wesley Clark(2), Clark(2), Dennis Kucinich(2), Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, Townsend, Joe Lieberman, Bob Graham, Gephardt, George McGovern, Dick Gephardt, Robert McNamara, President Clinton, John F. Kennedy, John Edwards, Edwards, Dukakis, Democratic president, Dan Rostenkowski, Rosty, Dems, president
Neutral Democratic 278Kerry(76), Democrats(40), Democratic(39), John Kerry(21), Dean(14), Democrat(9), Democratic Party(6), Bill Clinton(6), President Bill Clinton(5), Clinton(5), Howard Dean(4), Obama(4), Democratic National Committee(3), Terry McAuliffe(2), Sharpton(2), McAuliffe(2), Al Gore(2), Al Sharpton(2), former President Bill Clinton(2), Vice President Al Gore(2), Jesse Jackson(2), John F. Kennedy, Paul Wellstone, Edwards, Clark, Dems, John F. Kerry, Lieberman, Daniel Patrick Moynihan, House Democratic, Dick Gephardt, President Clinton, Ron Brown, Chaka Fattah, Sheila Jackson Lee, Clinton administration, Lee Hamilton, Richard Ben-Veniste, DNC, Robert McNamara, McNamara, the Clintons, The Clintons, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Democratic Leadership Council, Hillary, Joe Lieberman, President Lyndon B. Johnson, Gore, Madeleine Albright, Democratic party
Positive Republican 205 Bush(54), Powell(15), Republican(12), President Bush(11), Rice(10), Republicans(8), Colin Powell(8), McCain(7), the president(6), GOP(5), Reagan(5), Ryan(5), Paige(5), Secretary of State Colin Powell(4), administration(4), Cheney(4), Rove(4), Karl Rove(3), Republican Party(2), Condoleezza Rice(2), Bush administration(2), Jack Ryan(2), President Ronald Reagan, Barry Goldwater, President Dwight Eisenhower, John McCain, former First Lady Nancy Reagan, Michael Deaver, Haley Barbour, Michael Bloomberg, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Everett M. Dirksen, Dirksen, Olympia Snowe, Bob Ehrlich, Reaganesque, Ehrlich, President George Bush, Republican Congress, Ronald Reagan, Lee Atwater, Vice President Dick Cheney, James Thompson, Walter B. Jones, Jones, The president, Thomas White, Phyllis Schlafly, Richard M. Nixon
Negative Republican 352 Bush(87), Rumsfeld(26), Bush administration(24), President Bush(24), Cheney(22), administration(19), Keyes(15), Republicans(12), the president(11), Republican(9), Powell(8), Vice President Dick Cheney(7), GOP(6), DeLay(5), Ryan(5), White House(4), Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld(4), Rummy(4), Reagan(4), Barry Goldwater(2), Robertson(2), Jack Ryan(2), George W. Bush(2), Alan Keyes(2), President Richard Nixon(2), House Republicans(2), Tom DeLay(2), Colin Powell(2), Limbaugh(2), president(2), Bush White House(2), vice president(2), The president, Dan Quayle, President Bush's White House, George Bush, Donald Rumsfeld, Dwight Eisenhower, Paige, Republican National Committee, Bill Weld, President Ronald Reagan, Republican Party, Reaganomics, Reagan administration, Ronald Reagan, Bob Dole, Goldwater, House Republican, Rudy Giuliani, Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz, Nixonian, Secretary of State Colin Powell, Republican Congress, Michael Patrick Flanagan, Dick Cheney, Republican House, Vice President, Rush Limbaugh, President, John Boehner, R-
Neutral Republican 363Bush(99), President Bush(35), Republican(24), Powell(23), Republicans(19), GOP(10), Bush administration(10), Rumsfeld(10), White House(10), administration(9), the president(6), Republican National Committee(6), Rice(5), George W. Bush(5), Keyes(5), Reagan(5), Rove(5), Cheney(4), Colin Powell(4), McCain(4), Karl Rove(4), John McCain(3), Condoleezza Rice(3), Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld(3), The president(3), Rush Limbaugh(3), DeLay(3), Republican Party(2), Ed Gillespie(2), George Bush(2), Ronald Reagan(2), Paige(2), Giuliani(2), Bush White House, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Vice President Dick Cheney, Colin, Susan Collins, John Ashcroft, Scott McClellan, congressional Republicans, Republican Congress, president, The Reagans, Jim Edgar, Ryan, Barry Goldwater, Education Secretary Rod Paige, Bob Dole, Alan Keyes, Jim Gilmore, Karl Roves, George H. W. Bush, Ralph Reed, Jack Kemp, Wolfowitz, Pat Robertson, Robertson, Eric I. Cantor, Henry Bonilla, Donald Rumsfeld, Kenneth Starr, Cantor, Tom DeLay



List of Columns

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.
Title/
Date
words Norm
PI
Partisan References
Bush's lump of coal for students
29 December 2004
943 74 3D+: Jon Corzine, D-, Corzine
1D-: president
15R-: Bush, President, President Bush, Bush administration, administration, Republican, Bush, Bush administration, Bush administration, Republican, John Boehner, R-, Bush, the president, Bush
1D=, 2R=
Just answer the question, Mr. Rumsfeld
12 December 2004
879 73 1R+: President Bush
12R-: Rumsfeld, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, Rumsfeld, Rumsfeld, President Bush, Rumsfeld, Rumsfeld, Rumsfeld, Rumsfeld, Rumsfeld, Rush Limbaugh, Bush administration
2R=
How `The Hug' helped
8 December 2004
1100 35 2D+: Kerry, James Carville
4D-: John Kerry, Kerry, Democratic, Kerry
12R+: President Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Republican, Republican, Bush
9D=, 9R=
A black father on the brink of becoming a real parent
5 December 2004
916 0 1D=
Persistent civil rights wounds
1 December 2004
954 4 1D+: John Lewis
4R+: the president, Bush, Bush, Bush
2R-: Bush, Bush
6R=
Why don't we call them brawl games?
28 November 2004
909 67 2R-: Limbaugh, Limbaugh
1R=
Where are the answers from the wounded Dems?
24 November 2004
1064 25 7D+: Democrats, Democratic, Kerry, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Roosevelt, Lyndon B. Johnson, Vice President Al Gore
6D-: Dems, Democratic Party, Democratic, John Kerry, Kerry, Democratic Party
12R+: President Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Richard M. Nixon, Bush, administration, President Bush, Bush, Republicans
1R-: Bush
5D=
A no-good congressional delaying tactic
21 November 2004
984 36 2D+: Democrats, President John F. Kennedy
3D-: Dan Rostenkowski, Rosty, President Bill Clinton
17R-: House Republicans, Tom DeLay, Republican, Republican, Republicans, Michael Patrick Flanagan, Republican, House Republicans, Tom DeLay, Republicans, DeLay, Republicans, DeLay, Republican House, DeLay, DeLay, DeLay
5D=, 12R=
Saving `Saving Private Ryan'
17 November 2004
907 29 1R-: Bush
1D=, 1R=
Greetings from the disunited `United States of Canada'
14 November 2004
894 56 3D+: Kerry, President Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton
2R-: President Bush, Bush
2D=, 2R=
Heart drug for blacks hard to swallow
10 November 2004
855 0 1D=
Bush's `values' got more black voters in his camp than in 2000, but all is not lost for Democrats
7 November 2004
977 21 5D+: Kerry, President Clinton, Barack Obama, Democratic, Obama
3D-: Democratic, John Kerry, Kerry
12R+: Bush, President Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Karl Rove, Bush, Bush, Bush, Phyllis Schlafly
2R-: Bush, Barry Goldwater
5D=, 2R=
`Partisan' is what the IRS claims it is
3 November 2004
815 25 1R+: Bush
5R-: Nixonian, President Richard Nixon, the president, Bush, Robertson
10R=
An embedded October surprise
31 October 2004
1040 57 3D+: John Kerry, Democratic, Kerry
2R+: Colin Powell, Thomas White
14R-: President Bush, Rudy Giuliani, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, Bush administration, Bush administration, Rumsfeld, Vice President Dick Cheney, Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz, Rumsfeld, Rumsfeld, Rumsfeld, Bush, Rumsfeld, Bush
1D=, 7R=
TV's argument shows get some comeuppance
27 October 2004
966 30 3D-: Begala, Democratic, Begala
4D=, 4R=
Still seeking justice for the murder of Emmett Till
24 October 2004
923 0
Powell's ups, downs and new battlefields
17 October 2004
1041 21 1D+: John Kerry
1D-: Kerry
14R+: Powell, Colin Powell, Powell, Bush administration, administration, Powell, Powell, Powell, the president, the president, Powell, Powell, Powell, the president
8R-: administration, Vice President Dick Cheney, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, President Bush, Bush, Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld
4R=
Free press under attack
13 October 2004
943 50 1R-: President Bush
1R=
Will draft cards make a comeback?
10 October 2004
970 68 9D+: Charles Rangel, Ernest "Fritz" Hollings, Rangel, Rangel, Democratic, Rangel, Rangel, Democrats, Democratic
4R-: House Republican, Republicans, Republicans, Republicans
2D=, 5R=
A surprising black `bump' for Bush
20 October 2004
953 17 6D+: Democrats, Franklin D. Roosevelt, President Bill Clinton, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry
3D-: Kerry, Kerry, Kerry
15R+: Bush, President Bush, Bush, Bush, Cheney, Bush, Cheney, Bush, Bush, Karl Rove, Bush, the president, Bush, Secretary of State Colin Powell, Condoleezza Rice
3R-: Bush, Cheney, Bush
6D=, 6R=
Together at last and the rhetoric flowed
3 October 2004
994 12 7D+: Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry
1D-: Kerry
7R+: Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, The president, Bush, Bush
2R-: Bush, the president
5D=, 2R=
Cell phones: Danger or just a menace to the rest of society?
29 September 2004
864 100 1D+: John F. Kennedy
Save the straight, white, Christian male
26 September 2004
888 100 3R+: Walter B. Jones, Republican, Jones
What to do about CBS' performance
22 September 2004
938 28 3R-: President Richard Nixon, Republican, Bush White House
2D=, 5R=
Non-swing states want some love too
19 September 2004
917 15 2D+: Thomas P. "Tip" O'Neill, Al Gore
1R+: Bush
1R-: George W. Bush
6D=, 5R=
Bye-bye to a gun ban that wasn't
15 September 2004
903 41 1D+: Clinton
1R-: the president
1D=, 2R=
Breast beating about the airwaves
12 September 2004
858 100 2D+: John Conyers, Conyers
The `Comeback Kid' advises candidate Kerry
8 September 2004
996 50 11D+: former President Bill Clinton, Clinton, Clinton, Mr. President, James Carville, Paul Begala, Stan Greenberg, Joe Lockhart, Michael Dukakis, Carville, Carville
3D-: Kerry, Kerry, Dukakis
1R+: Bush
8R-: Republicans, President Bush, Bush, Bob Dole, Bush, administration, Bush, Bush
4D=, 2R=
Alan Keyes becomes GOP's burden
5 September 2004
1050 52 6D+: Democratic, Barack Obama, Obama, Democrats, John Kerry, Obama
7R+: Cheney, Vice President Dick Cheney, GOP, Republican Party, James Thompson, Republican, GOP
19R-: Alan Keyes, GOP, Republican, Alan Keyes, Keyes, Keyes, Keyes, Keyes, Jack Ryan, Keyes, Keyes, Keyes, Keyes, Keyes, Keyes, Keyes, Keyes, Keyes, Keyes
5R=
Future Karl Roves getting ready to rumble
1 September 2004
1104 6 3D+: Democratic, John Kerry, Bill Clinton
8R+: Rove, Lee Atwater, Bush, Rove, Rove, Bush, Rove, Republicans
1R-: GOP
7D=, 26R=
Study schools that are successful too
29 August 2004
892 100 1R+: Bush administration
Why does America continue to refight the war in Vietnam?
25 August 2004
1010 18 6D+: Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry
2D-: Kerry, Kerry
1R+: Republican
1R-: president
12D=, 1R=
A man for all racial reasons
22 August 2004
923 51 5D+: Barack Obama, Democratic, Democratic, Obama, Obama
6R-: Jack Ryan, Republican Party, GOP, Keyes, Reagan administration, GOP
4D=, 7R=
Despite Cheney's disclaimer, he and Bush are `sensitive' too
18 August 2004
984 58 9D+: John Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Democratic, Kerry, Kerry
3R+: Cheney, President George Bush, Bush
15R-: Cheney, Bush, Vice President Dick Cheney, Cheney, Cheney, Bush, Cheney, Cheney, Cheney, Cheney, vice president, Cheney, Cheney, Cheney, Cheney
3D=, 8R=
Obama's drama and our dreams
1 August 2004
994 67 13D+: Obama, Barack Obama, Democratic, Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama, Democrats, Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama
1R+: Colin Powell
4D=, 1R=
Quick refresher: Politics according to the Clintons
28 July 2004
1011 36 12D+: Clinton, Democrats, Clinton, Democrats, Mario Cuomo, Democratic, Kerry, John Edwards, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry
1D-: Kerry
1R+: Reaganesque
5R-: Republicans, Republican, Bush, Bush, Bill Weld
16D=, 7R=
Love-hate relationships with `documentaries'
25 July 2004
987 46 1D+: John Kerry
2R-: Republican National Committee, Bush administration
4R=
Fighting class, culture wars-- for a big loss
21 July 2004
1070 59 13D+: Democratic, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Democrat, Kerry, Bill Clinton, Kerry, Bill Clinton, Kerry, Clinton, Kerry
7R-: Bush, Bush, Bush, Cheney, Bush, Bush, Bush
6D=, 9R=
NAACP vs. GOP: Preaching to the choir
18 July 2004
1029 10 9R+: Bush, GOP, Bush, Paige, Paige, Bush, Paige, Paige, Paige
6R-: President Bush, the president, the president, Bush, Bush, Paige
3D=, 12R=
Candidates never have to say `I'm sorry'
14 July 2004
1028 40 5D+: Jay Rockefeller, Democrat, Democrat, Rockefeller, Rockefeller
4D-: John Kerry, John Edwards, Kerry, Edwards
11R-: President Bush, Vice President Dick Cheney, Bush administration, Bush administration, Secretary of State Colin Powell, Bush, President Bush, the president, Bush, vice president, Vice President
5D=
Cosby's `deal' to quell poverty cuts both ways
11 July 2004
933 5 1D+: Democrats
3R+: Republicans, Olympia Snowe, President Bush
2R-: Republicans, Republicans
1D=
At colleges, immigrants are `minorities' too
7 July 2004
884 0
40 years of opportunities
4 July 2004
959 1 3D+: President Lyndon B. Johnson, Johnson, LBJ
1D-: Democratic
4R+: Colin Powell, Everett M. Dirksen, Republican, Dirksen
1R-: Goldwater
3R=
The `no-sex' scandal
30 June 2004
940 6 5D+: Democratic, Barack Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama
1D-: John F. Kennedy
9R+: Jack Ryan, Republican, Ryan, Ryan, Ryan, Ryan, Jack Ryan, Ryan, Republicans
5R-: Ryan, Ryan, Ryan, Ryan, Ryan
5R=
Movements to muzzle Michael Moore backfire
27 June 2004
993 57 3D+: Democratic, Michael Dukakis, Bill Clinton
1D-: Bill Clinton
5R-: Bush administration, Bush, Republican, Bush, Bush
3R=
Freedom Summer of '64
23 June 2004
928 100 1R+: Haley Barbour
No contest: Iraq-gate trumps Monica-gate
20 June 2004
948 71 2D+: Former President Bill Clinton, Clinton
1D-: President Clinton
19R-: Bush administration, Bush White House, Bush, administration, Bush, Vice President Dick Cheney, Cheney, Cheney, administration, administration, Bush, administration, White House, administration, administration, Bush administration, Republican Congress, Bush, Bush
1D=, 4R=
When a diversity plan works too well
16 June 2004
849 100 1D+: Clinton administration
Our great racial divide
13 June 2004
1051 40 3D+: Franklin D. Roosevelt, John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson
3R+: Michael Deaver, Reagan, Reagan
6R-: President Ronald Reagan, president, Reagan, Reagan, Reagan, Reagan
5R=
Finding a cure for Alzheimer's, ALS, . . .
9 June 2004
798 16 5R+: Reagan, Reagan, former First Lady Nancy Reagan, Reagan, Republicans
3R-: Reaganomics, Ronald Reagan, President Bush
1D=, 3R=
War talk: `Let's you and them fight'
6 June 2004
904 49 3D+: Charles Rangel, Ernest Hollings, Ike Skelton
1R+: President Dwight Eisenhower
1D=
Kerry is not the only one doing flip-flops
2 June 2004
1036 40 15R-: President Bush, the president, Bush, Bush, administration, administration, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, White House, Bush, Bush, Bush, Vice President Dick Cheney
7D=, 13R=
What Bill Cosby meant to say
30 May 2004
897 0
Farewell to an old friend
26 May 2004
993 50 2D+: Barack Obama, Harold Washington
2D=
Cosby sounds off over `dirty laundry'
23 May 2004
984 100 1R-: President Bush
Rethinking Brown? Think again
19 May 2004
941 0
The murder of Emmett Till finally becomes a federal case
16 May 2004
895 0 1R=
Weapons of mass photography
12 May 2004
949 72 13R-: Bush administration, Rummy, Rumsfeld, Rumsfeld, Rumsfeld, Rumsfeld, Rumsfeld, administration, Dick Cheney, Bush, Cheney, Rummy, Bush administration
5R=
Brown vs. Board: Then versus now
9 May 2004
865 0
The implications of torture
5 May 2004
911 100 4R-: Bush administration, administration, President Bush, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld
It's time to level the faith-based playing field
2 May 2004
848 0 7R=
A surprise running mate for Kerry: Calling Colin Powell
28 April 2004
1195 8 3D+: Kerry, Kerry, Kerry
1D-: Kerry
17R+: Colin Powell, Colin Powell, McCain, Republican, Bush, McCain, McCain, McCain, Bush, McCain, John McCain, Colin Powell, Powell, McCain, Powell, Powell, Powell
7R-: Bush, Bush, GOP, Bush, Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld
21D=, 26R=
Updated policy: Don't ask, don't tell and please don't leave
25 April 2004
840 19 1D-: President Bill Clinton
1R+: Barry Goldwater
4R-: Dwight Eisenhower, President Bush, Rumsfeld, Rumsfeld
2R=
Did loyalty finally trip up Colin Powell?
21 April 2004
1035 18 1D+: John F. Kennedy
3R+: Powell, Powell, Powell
10R-: Colin Powell, Powell, Bush administration, Powell, Colin Powell, Powell, Powell, administration, Cheney, Powell
1D=, 31R=
Rumsfeld's candor can be too revealing
18 April 2004
891 58 7R-: Rumsfeld, Donald Rumsfeld, Rummy, Rumsfeld, Rumsfeld, Rumsfeld, Rummy
5R=
Kerry needs a vision to win votes for the presidency
14 April 2004
969 44 9D+: Kerry, Kerry, President Bill Clinton, Kerry, Clinton, Kerry, Clinton, Al Gore, Clinton
1D-: John Kerry
1R+: President Ronald Reagan
8R-: President Bush, Bush, Bush, Cheney, President Bush, George Bush, Bush, Bush
11D=, 3R=
Rice takes the right tone in hearings
11 April 2004
1057 31 1D+: Democratic
13R+: Rice, Condoleezza Rice, Rice, Rice, Rice, Rice, Rice, Secretary of State Colin Powell, Rice, Rice, President Bush, Rice, Rice
2R-: Bush administration, Republicans
4D=, 9R=
Rwanda's lesson: `Never again'
7 April 2004
952 4 1D+: Richard Holbrooke
2D-: Clinton administration, Clinton administration
1R-: President Bush's White House
3D=
Pop star's thriller on Capitol Hill
4 April 2004
912 48 2D+: Jesse Jackson Jr., Democrat
2R-: Bush, President Bush
3D=, 1R=
Finding hope in America's bleak racial statistics
31 March 2004
874 100 1R+: Colin Powell
Pressure building to warm up `cold case'
28 March 2004
930 100 2D+: Bobby Rush, Rush
Running with religion in 2004
21 March 2004
960 10 1R+: Ronald Reagan
6D=, 1R=
What Brown did not bring to education
17 March 2004
923 0
Jayson Blair's new career: Scandal star
14 March 2004
872 0
Blacks eye that John Kerry guy
10 March 2004
981 26 8D+: Clinton, Clinton, former president, Clinton, Theresa Heinz Kerry, Clinton, Kerry, Kwame M. Kilpatrick
2D-: John Kerry, Kerry
13D=
U.S. greased Aristide's slide
7 March 2004
878 64 1D+: congressional Democrats
1D-: Clinton administration
5R-: Bush administration, Bush administration, Bush administration, Bush administration, President Bush
Even a TV president has embraced school vouchers
3 March 2004
990 7 4D+: Anthony Williams, Democrats, President Bill Clinton, John F. Kennedy
3D-: Democrats, Democrats, Democratic president
3R+: Republican Congress, President Bush, Republicans
6D=, 1R=
`Passion's' controversy is getting people talking
29 February 2004
921 0
Here's why there is no `White History Month'
25 February 2004
904 0 1R=
Iraq's lessons can help in Haiti
22 February 2004
856 35 1D+: President Bill Clinton's administration
1R+: Secretary of State Colin Powell
2R-: Bush administration, administration
1D=, 1R=
There's nothing new about whites-only scholarships
18 February 2004
876 33 2R+: Republican Party, GOP
1R-: Republicans
Why the president's record matters
15 February 2004
987 57 7D+: Democratic, John Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Sherrod Brown, Brown
3D-: Democratic, Bill Clinton, Robert McNamara
1R+: Secretary of State Colin Powell
14R-: the president, GOP, Dan Quayle, President Bush, Bush, White House, White House, Bush, Bush, Bush, Powell, Bush, Powell, Powell
2D=, 1R=
What a friend Bush has in the Rev. Al Sharpton
11 February 2004
1044 19 9D+: Howard Dean, John Edwards, John F. Kerry, Kerry, Edwards, Kerry, Edwards, Democrats, Democratic Leadership Council
19D-: Al Sharpton, Al Sharpton, Sharpton, Gen. Wesley Clark, Howard Dean, Joseph Lieberman, Dennis Kucinich, Sharpton, Clark, Dean, Lieberman, Kucinich, Sharpton, Sharpton, Sharpton, Kucinich, Sharpton, Sharpton, Al Sharpton
3R-: Bush, George W. Bush, Bush
9D=, 2R=
Unspoken conflicts
8 February 2004
934 100 2D+: Kweise Mfume, Mfume
The fallout from Janet and Justin
4 February 2004
898 33 1R-: President Bush
2R=
When pundits blab, blab, blab
1 February 2004
1127 8 10D+: Howard Dean, John Kerry, Democrats, Democrats, Bill Clinton, Edwards, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Democratic
16D-: Joe Lieberman, Bob Graham, Dean, Dick Gephardt, Gen. Wesley Clark, Clark, Dean, George McGovern, Gephardt, Dean, Lieberman, Dennis Kucinich, Al Sharpton, Dean, Dean, Lieberman
3R-: Bush, Bush, Bush
16D=, 4R=
Reparations on trial--briefly
28 January 2004
856 0
Bush leaves no promise behind
25 January 2004
984 24 4D-: Democratic, Howard Dean, Dean, Dean
1R+: the president
14R-: Bush, President Bush, The president, Bush, the president, Bush administration, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, President Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush
5D=, 3R=
Here comes the bride
21 January 2004
961 14 1D-: Al Sharpton
4R+: Bush, Karl Rove, administration, administration
2R-: President Bush, administration
3D=, 12R=
Watch the moon, Mars, your wallet
18 January 2004
942 50 10R-: the president, Bush, Bush administration, administration, Vice President Dick Cheney, Bush, administration, Cheney, administration, Bush
10R=
Remembering King's `forgotten years'
14 January 2004
1043 50 1D+: President Bill Clinton
1D=
Pols playing the `God card'
11 January 2004
939 2 1D-: Dean
1R-: Robertson
8D=, 9R=
Republicans would be smart to woo black voters and non-voters
7 January 2004
1050 47 1D+: Democrats
8D-: Democrats, Democrats, Democratic Party, Democratic, Democratic, Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, Townsend, Democrats
11R+: Republicans, President Bush, Republican, Michael Bloomberg, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Republican, GOP, Republican, Republican, Bob Ehrlich, Ehrlich
2R-: Bush, Cheney
2D=, 12R=
The public spewing of insults
4 January 2004
1096 9 9D+: Lieberman, Dick Gephardt, John Kerry, Democratic, President Bill Clinton, Clinton, Dean, Clinton, Jerry Brown
14D-: Democratic Party, Dean, Joseph Lieberman, Dean, Democratic Party, Democrats, Lieberman, Dean, Dean, Dean, Dean, Dean, Democratic Party, Democratic
3R+: President Bush, Republicans, McCain
2R-: Bush, Barry Goldwater
29D=, 8R=