lying in ponds
The absurdity of partisanship
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Daniel Henninger
WSJ OpinionJournal

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Henninger Wins Eric Breindel Award for Excellence in Journalism
Jack Shafer Slate article, July 2002



Columns 50
Words 60465
Normalized Median Partisanship Index 31.76
Normalized Total Partisanship Index 42.21
Normalized Combined Partisanship Index 36.98
Democratic Index -43.79
Republican Index 39.20
Positive Index 26.98
Negative Index 35.49
Neutral Index 37.53
Kerry Index -51.67
Bush Index 46.41



Partisan References

Type Number All References
Positive Democratic 49 John Kerry(7), Kerry(6), Truman(4), Joe Lieberman(3), Bill Clinton(3), Democratic(3), Democrat(2), Clinton(2), Tip O'Neill(2), Baucus(2), Democrats(2), Roosevelt, FDR, Lieberman, Kennedy, Robert Kennedy, Hillary Clinton, Edwards, Harry Truman, President Bill Clinton, Howard Dean, Henry Jackson, Franklin Roosevelt, president
Negative Democratic 271 Kerry(64), John Kerry(57), Democrats(48), Democratic(27), Democratic Party(11), Howard Dean(7), John Edwards(7), Edwards(5), Dean(5), Bill Clinton(4), Al Gore(4), Dems(2), Tom Harkin(2), Clinton(2), Gore(2), Wesley Clark, Jimmy Carter, Terry McAuliffe, Lyndon Baines Johnson, Al Sharpton, Dennis Kucinich, Max Baucus, Ted Kennedy, Clinton administration, George Soros, Sidney Blumenthal, Joe Biden, Fritz Mondale, Michael Dukakis, Byron Dorgan, Jim McDermott, Hubert Humphrey, George McGovern, Democratic party, Nancy Pelosi, Bob Shrum, Mary Beth Cahill, James Carville, Bill and Hillary Clinton
Neutral Democratic 187Kerry(49), John Kerry(25), Democrats(20), Democratic(17), Edwards(6), LBJ(5), Dean(5), Clinton(5), Democrat(4), Bill Clinton(4), Al Gore(3), Hillary Clinton(3), Gore(2), John Kennedy(2), Gephardt(2), John Edwards(2), Sharpton(2), Howard Dean(2), Ted Kennedy, Lieberman, DNC, Al Sharpton, Jackie Kennedy, Madeleine Albright, Max Baucus, administration, Harry Truman, Carter, JFK, Lyndon Baines Johnson, Dick Gephardt, president, Barbra Streisand, Dennis Kucinich, Dean Acheson, Max Cleland, Democratic Party, Joe Biden, Biden, Joe Lieberman, Roosevelt, Teresa Heinz Kerry, Bob Bauer, Democratic National Committee, Ed Rendell, Tip O'Neill, Pat Moynihan
Positive Republican 189 Bush(54), George Bush(24), Ronald Reagan(14), Reagan(10), President Bush(9), Republican(8), Republicans(6), Dick Cheney(5), George W. Bush(4), GOP(4), the president(4), Cheney(3), president(3), Nixon(3), administration(3), Meese(2), president of the United States(2), Bush White House(2), Bush administration(2), Deaver, Condoleezza Rice, Laura Bush, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Paul Wolfowitz, Rumsfeld, Republican president, Ronald Wilson Reagan, Reaganism, Richard Allen, Ray Donovan, Edwin Meese, Bob Dole, John Ashcroft, Powell, Rice, Wolfowitz, Ashcroft, Richard Nixon, Mike Deaver, John McCain, Rudy Giuliani, Arnold Schwarzenegger, former president, Reaganite, Eisenhower, Jim Schlesinger
Negative Republican 42 O'Neill(12), Bush(7), Bush administration(4), Paul O'Neill(4), administration(4), Colin Powell(2), John Rowland, the president, President Bush, White House, GOP, The President, Richard Nixon, Joe McCarthy, Republicans
Neutral Republican 144Bush(41), George Bush(16), George W. Bush(6), Reagan(6), O'Neill(5), President Bush(5), Republican(5), the president(5), Ronald Reagan(5), Bush administration(5), Republicans(4), the President(3), Cheney(3), White House(3), Rumsfeld(3), president(2), Paul O'Neill(2), Don Rumsfeld(2), Richard Nixon(2), Ford(2), GOP(2), Ollie North, John Ashcroft, Condi, Vice President, Margaret Tutwiler, Tutwiler, Dole, Joe Pitts, President Reagan, John Dean, Ford administration, George Pataki, Brent Scowcroft, James Baker, Ashcroft, Powell, Snow



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
Why We Need Politics
31 December 2004
1213 0
Whence Came
24 December 2004
1032 0
Here's One Use
17 December 2004
1161 100 1D+: John Kerry
The Democratic Boom
10 December 2004
1046 0
From McLuhan to Artest
3 December 2004
1138 0
The Home Front Comes to Life
26 November 2004
1062 0 2R=
We Won't Have a Draft
19 November 2004
1042 20 2R+: Bush, Jim Schlesinger
1R-: Bush administration
2R=
2004's Biggest Losers
12 November 2004
1223 42 1D-: Kerry
3R+: GOP, president, Bush
6R=
Generation Gap
5 November 2004
1087 65 2D+: Democrats, Tip O'Neill
17D-: Democrats, Democratic Party, John Kerry, Howard Dean, Nancy Pelosi, Bob Shrum, Mary Beth Cahill, James Carville, John Kerry, Al Gore, Bill and Hillary Clinton, Democrats, Democratic, Bill Clinton, John Kerry, Democratic, Democrats
4R+: Ronald Reagan, George Bush, George Bush, George Bush
5D=, 1R=
10,000 Lawyers
29 October 2004
1271 51 11D-: Kerry, Democratic, Kerry, John Edwards, Kerry, Democratic, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Democratic, Democrats
6R+: Republican, Republican, GOP, Republican, Republicans, George Bush
1R-: Republicans
10D=, 4R=
The Spirit Endures
22 October 2004
1211 15 1D+: Democrat
1D-: John Kerry
1R+: Republican
2D=
Change Is Inevitably Not Popular
15 October 2004
1230 18 4D+: Franklin Roosevelt, Democrats, Clinton, Bill Clinton
6D-: Kerry, John Kerry, John Kerry, Bill Clinton, John Kerry, Democratic
5R+: George Bush, Republicans, Eisenhower, GOP, Reagan
2R-: Bush, administration
2D=, 8R=
They'd Better Clarify Tonight
8 October 2004
1361 48 2D+: Kerry, Henry Jackson
16D-: Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, John Kerry, Kerry, John Kerry, Democrats, Kerry, Kerry, John Kerry, Democratic Party, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry
10R+: George Bush, Bush, George W. Bush, Reaganite, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush
2R-: Bush, Bush
8D=, 9R=
You Don't Need
1 October 2004
1278 36 2D+: Democratic, Kerry
5D-: Democratic, Kerry, Democrats, Democrats, Democratic party
9R+: Bush administration, administration, Bush administration, Bush, George Bush, Republican, Ronald Reagan, Republicans, President Bush
1R-: Bush administration
8D=, 3R=
Dan Rather
24 September 2004
1031 0 1D+: Howard Dean
1D-: John Kerry
1R=
Kerry and Bush
17 September 2004
1116 9 5D+: John Kerry, John Kerry, Kerry, John Kerry, Democratic
1D-: Kerry
8R+: Bush, Bush, Republican, Bush, President Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush
4D=, 4R=
9/11 World:
10 September 2004
1018 22 3D-: John Kerry, Kerry, Democrats
8D=, 4R=
Dancing in the Street
3 September 2004
1657 79 6D-: Democratic Party, Democratic Party, Democratic, John Kerry, Democratic Party, Democrats
10R+: GOP, Bush, Dick Cheney, Republicans, George Bush, Reagan, Republican, John McCain, Rudy Giuliani, Arnold Schwarzenegger
2D=, 2R=
Kerry Reopens Vietnam's Wounds
27 August 2004
1343 72 1D+: John Kerry
21D-: Kerry, John Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, John Kerry, Democrats, Kerry, John Kerry, John Kerry, Democrats, John Kerry, John Kerry, Democratic, John Kerry, Kerry, Democratic, Kerry, John Kerry
5D=, 1R=
Olympic Games
20 August 2004
1188 37 1D+: President Bill Clinton
2D-: Howard Dean, Kerry
4R+: George W. Bush, Ronald Reagan, Reagan, President Bush
1R-: Bush
2D=
Democrats Sell
13 August 2004
1224 72 18D-: Democrats, Democratic, Democrats, Democratic, Democratic, Democratic Party, John Kerry, Democrats, Bill Clinton, Democrats, Democrats, Kerry, Democrats, Democrats, Democrats, Hubert Humphrey, George McGovern, John Kerry
6R+: George Bush, Republicans, Bush, Cheney, Richard Nixon, Nixon
1R-: Bush
4D=, 4R=
Kerry Commands
6 August 2004
1306 41 1D+: Joe Lieberman
12D-: Kerry, Kerry, Democratic, Kerry, Democratic Party, Clinton, John Kerry, Democratic Party, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry
13D=, 1R=
Carpet-Bomb Filmmaking
23 July 2004
1258 73 2D-: Byron Dorgan, Jim McDermott
9R+: George Bush, administration, Bush, Powell, Rice, Wolfowitz, Ashcroft, Bush, Bush
1D=, 3R=
Love of Reading's
16 July 2004
1190 0 1D=
Ditto, Ditto
9 July 2004
1214 36 3D+: Edwards, Democratic, Bill Clinton
20D-: Edwards, John Kerry, John Edwards, John Kerry, Democratic, John Kerry, Democratic, John Edwards, Democratic, Kerry, Democrats, John Kerry, Kerry, Edwards, Democrats, Kerry, Edwards, Democrats, Fritz Mondale, Michael Dukakis
23D=, 2R=
Not Just a Political Problem
25 June 2004
1205 62 2D+: Bill Clinton, Joe Lieberman
12D-: John Kerry, John Kerry, John Kerry, Kerry, John Kerry, Kerry, Democrats, Kerry, John Kerry, Kerry, Democratic, John Kerry
7R+: President Bush, Bush, George Bush, Republicans, Bush, Bush, Bush
1D=, 6R=
Why the Pledge Matters
18 June 2004
1088 13 1D+: Robert Kennedy
2R+: Ronald Reagan, Reagan
1R=
Ronald Reagan
11 June 2004
1354 52 2D-: Democrats, Joe Biden
22R+: Ronald Reagan, Ronald Reagan, Reagan, Reagan, president, Ronald Wilson Reagan, Ronald Reagan, Ronald Reagan, Reagan, Reagan, Reaganism, the president, Richard Allen, Ray Donovan, Edwin Meese, Meese, Meese, Ronald Reagan, Reagan, George W. Bush, Ronald Reagan, Ronald Reagan
12D=, 6R=
Dems Get Mad, Not Even
4 June 2004
1337 61 1D+: Kennedy
7D-: Dems, Al Gore, George Soros, Democratic, Al Gore, Gore, Gore
18R+: Bush, Bush, Bush, George Bush, Dick Cheney, George Bush, Bush, Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, Bush, Bush, Republican president, Bush, George Bush, Bush, Bush, Dick Cheney
2R-: Richard Nixon, Joe McCarthy
5D=, 2R=
The Ultimate Sacrifice Asks for One Day
28 May 2004
1057 0
Let's Get Serious
21 May 2004
1288 28 6D-: Democratic Party, John Kerry, Howard Dean, John Edwards, John Kerry, John Kerry
1R-: The President
6D=, 9R=
Want a Different
14 May 2004
1252 50 1R+: Paul Wolfowitz
1R=
America's Missing Voice
7 May 2004
1235 12 2D-: Tom Harkin, Clinton administration
3R+: George Bush, Bush, Dwight D. Eisenhower
9R-: Bush administration, administration, Colin Powell, White House, administration, GOP, Bush, Colin Powell, Bush administration
11R=
A Good Start
30 April 2004
1080 37 2D-: John Kerry, Ted Kennedy
1R+: Laura Bush
1D=, 5R=
F-Word Fight
23 April 2004
1462 0
Spirit of America
16 April 2004
1179 100 1R+: George W. Bush
Story of the Week
9 April 2004
1175 0
No Longer a 'Problem'
2 April 2004
1161 47 1D-: Howard Dean
5R+: Condoleezza Rice, Bush, president of the United States, Bush, George Bush
3D=, 3R=
Skiing as News
26 March 2004
1269 1 3D+: Kerry, John Kerry, Kerry
4R+: Mike Deaver, former president, Reagan, Deaver
14D=, 3R=
National Unity Dies
19 March 2004
1189 50 2D+: John Kerry, Kerry
12D-: Kerry, Democrats, Democratic, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Democratic, Kerry, Democrats, Democratic, Democrats, Democrats
7R+: Bush, administration, George Bush, Bush, George Bush, Bush, George Bush
3R-: the president, President Bush, administration
1D=, 5R=
The Mind of John Kerry
12 March 2004
1257 25 9D+: Harry Truman, Truman, president, Democrat, Truman, Truman, FDR, Roosevelt, Truman
14D-: John Kerry, John Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, John Kerry, John Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, John Kerry, John Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, John Kerry
5R+: Bush, John Ashcroft, Ronald Reagan, Bush, Bush
7D=
Lou Dobbs Takes On the World
5 March 2004
1174 10 3D+: Baucus, Hillary Clinton, Baucus
2D-: Dennis Kucinich, Max Baucus
5D=
It's not an option in the new world.
27 February 2004
1075 4 1D+: Tip O'Neill
1R+: President Bush
1D=, 7R=
Why Do Dems
20 February 2004
1222 85 11D-: Dems, Al Sharpton, John Edwards, John Edwards, Democratic, Democrats, Edwards, Democratic, Democrats, John Kerry, Democratic Party
12R+: Bush, president of the United States, President Bush, President Bush, President Bush, the president, President Bush, Bush, president, Bush, Bush, George Bush
2D=, 2R=
Primary Democrats
13 February 2004
1310 69 3D+: Joe Lieberman, Lieberman, Clinton
38D-: Democrats, John Kerry, Democrats, Terry McAuliffe, Democrats, Democrats, Democrats, Democrats, Democrats, Howard Dean, John Kerry, John Kerry, Democratic Party, Democrats, Democrats, Kerry, Democrats, Kerry, Lyndon Baines Johnson, Democrats, Democrats, Democrats, John Kerry, Democrats, John Kerry, Democrats, Kerry, Kerry, John Kerry, Democratic, John Kerry, Democrats, John Kerry, John Kerry, Democratic, Democrats, John Kerry, Kerry
10R+: Nixon, Republican, Nixon, Ronald Reagan, Ronald Reagan, George Bush, Bush, Bush, George Bush, George Bush
9D=, 6R=
The Jacksonian Era
6 February 2004
1221 0 1D=
Patient Rage
30 January 2004
1068 50 1D-: Clinton
1D=
Thanks, Iowa
23 January 2004
1337 48 16D-: Howard Dean, John Kerry, Dean, Dean, Democrats, Wesley Clark, Democratic, John Edwards, Edwards, Howard Dean, Dean, Dean, Dean, Al Gore, Jimmy Carter, Tom Harkin
4R+: George Bush, Bush, Bush, the president
18D=, 3R=
O'Neill's Bush-bashing confusion shows why Cheney pulled the plug.
16 January 2004
1362 16 1D-: Sidney Blumenthal
8R+: Bush, Cheney, Bush White House, the president, Bush White House, Bush, Dick Cheney, Dick Cheney
17R-: O'Neill, Paul O'Neill, O'Neill, Bush, O'Neill, O'Neill, O'Neill, Paul O'Neill, O'Neill, O'Neill, O'Neill, O'Neill, Paul O'Neill, O'Neill, O'Neill, Paul O'Neill, O'Neill
2D=, 17R=
Hall of Defame
9 January 2004
1208 41 1D-: Bill Clinton
1R+: Bob Dole
1R-: John Rowland