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The absurdity of partisanship
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E. J. Dionne Jr.
Washington Post

Columns 103
Words 100511
Normalized Median Partisanship Index 42.92
Normalized Total Partisanship Index 39.37
Normalized Combined Partisanship Index 41.15
Democratic Index 45.36
Republican Index -32.61
Positive Index 35.71
Negative Index 33.62
Neutral Index 30.67
Kerry Index 49.35
Bush Index -53.46



Partisan References

Type Number All References
Positive Democratic 844 Kerry(229), Democrats(76), Democratic(54), Dean(49), Edwards(49), Clinton(35), John Kerry(34), Democrat(29), Obama(18), Salazar(16), John Edwards(15), Bill Clinton(11), Chandler(9), Democratic Party(9), Howard Dean(8), Gore(8), Herseth(7), Kerrey(7), Gephardt(7), Levin(6), Frank(6), Feingold(6), Clinton administration(6), Inslee(5), McAuliffe(4), John F. Kennedy(4), Bob Kerrey(4), Roosevelt(4), Al Gore(3), Ted Kennedy(3), Franklin D. Roosevelt(3), John F. Kerry(3), Ickes(3), Clark(3), Baird(3), Ken Salazar(3), Dick Gephardt(3), Biden(3), John Kennedy(2), Joe Biden(2), Franklin Roosevelt(2), Greenberg(2), Barack Obama(2), Barney Frank(2), Wesley Clark(2), Jimmy Carter(2), Charles Rangel(2), Rangel(2), Hamilton(2), Cleland(2), Dukakis(2), Zell Miller(2), Russ Feingold(2), Rosenberg(2), Sarbanes, Maria Cantwell, Anna Greenberg, Joseph Biden, Clintonians, Daschle, Daniel Patrick Moynihan, Moynihan, Carl Levin, Stanley Greenberg, Robert Kerrey, Richard A. Gephardt, Tim Roemer, Richard Ben-Veniste, John Heinz, Joe Lieberman, Lieberman, President Roosevelt, the president, Marty Meehan, Richard Gephardt, Truman, Sandy Berger, Stephanie Herseth, Wesley K. Clark, Roy Neel, Michael Dukakis, Lyndon B. Johnson, Brian Baird, Kennedy, Al Smith, Bruce Reed, Lee Hamilton, Democratic Leadership Council, George McGovern, former president, McGovern, Charles Schumer, Paul Wellstone, Wellstone, Edward M. Kennedy, John Spratt, Kent Conrad, Conrad, Jim Doyle, Miles, Doyle, Janet Napolitano, Napolitano, Max Cleland, Gary Hart, Hart, Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle, Harry Truman, Harry Reid, David Bonior, Bonior, FDR, Chet Edwards, Simon Rosenberg, New Democrat Network, Paul Sarbanes, Wellington Webb, Jim Blanchard, Martin Frost, Harold Ickes, Donnie Fowler
Negative Democratic 160 Democrats(33), Kerry(31), Dean(30), Miller(10), Democratic(9), Ickes(7), John Kerry(4), Bill Clinton(4), Democratic Party(3), Clinton(3), John F. Kerry(2), Al Gore(2), Carter(2), Clark, Mondale, John Edwards, Harold Ickes, Edwards, George McGovern, Michael Dukakis, Gephardt, vice president, Wesley K. Clark, Former president Jimmy Carter, Lyndon Johnson, Chandler, Democrat, Mike Miles, Bob Kerrey, Clintonian, Jimmy Carter, Gore, Rostenkowski
Neutral Democratic 504Kerry(135), Democrats(105), Democratic(47), Dean(38), John Kerry(26), Democrat(22), Clinton(13), Edwards(12), Al Gore(9), Ickes(7), Democratic Party(7), Howard Dean(6), Bill Clinton(6), Clark(5), John Edwards(4), Chandler(3), Gore(3), Michael Dukakis(2), George McGovern(2), Herseth(2), Obama(2), Inslee(2), Salazar(2), Ted Kennedy(2), Tom Harkin, Jim McGreevey, Bill Bradley, McGovern, Charles E. Schumer, Joe Trippi, Al Sharpton, administration, Soros, George Soros, Clinton administration, Tom Daschle, Senate Democratic, Dick Gephardt, House Democratic, Feingold, President Jimmy Carter, Ben Chandler, Chelsea Clinton, Karenna Gore Schiff, Richard A. Gephardt, Jay Inslee, Gephardt, Tip O'Neill, Democratic-controlled House, Richard Gephardt, Dukakis, Barack Obama, Jimmy Carter, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Lyndon B. Johnson, Gary Hart, Richard Lamm, Pat Schroeder, Dems, Wesley Clark, President Bill Clinton, Dan Rostenkowski, Terry McAuliffe, McAuliffe, Democratic National Committee, DNC
Positive Republican 366 Republican(50), Bush(46), McCain(29), Reagan(25), Republicans(14), John McCain(13), President Bush(13), Ronald Reagan(10), the president(10), Specter(8), Leach(7), Cheney(7), Chafee(7), Rove(7), Houghton(5), Kean(5), GOP(5), Amo Houghton(3), Chris Shays(3), Jim Leach(3), Tom Kean(3), George W. Bush(2), House Speaker Dennis Hastert(2), Barry Goldwater(2), Rudy Giuliani(2), Newt Gingrich(2), Eisenhower(2), Steve Gunderson(2), Gunderson(2), Lincoln Chafee(2), Arlen Specter(2), Roberts(2), Atwater(2), The president(2), Pete Coors(2), Coors(2), Karl Rove(2), Quinn(2), Shays(2), Graham, Richard Lugar, David Winston, Winston, this president's father, Giuliani, President Ronald Reagan, Bob Dole, Ernie Fletcher, administration, Bush 41, George Bush, Charles Grassley, Edward W. Brooke, Senate Republican, Henry Hyde, Richard L. Armitage, Armitage, Rice, Orrin Hatch, Hatch, Pat Roberts, Fred Fielding, Mitch McConnell, Condoleezza Rice, Reaganesque, William Weld, Schaffer, Weld, Armstrong, Vice President Cheney, Dick Cheney, Tom Dewey, president, Dewey, Fred Upton, Upton, Laura Bush, first lady , Warren Rudman, Rudman, Colin Powell, Paul O'Neill, Larry Lindsey, Lindsey, Haley Barbour, Jack Quinn, Republican House, Mike Castle, Castle, Lindsey Graham, Gingrich, Bolten, John Lehman, Lehman, Rumsfeld, Pat Buchanan
Negative Republican 979 Bush(383), administration(96), Republicans(85), the president(72), Republican(54), President Bush(49), Cheney(26), president(22), Bush administration(20), White House(19), George W. Bush(13), Rumsfeld(12), GOP(10), Coors(8), DeLay(7), The president(7), Vice President Cheney(7), Rice(6), Frist(6), George Bush(5), Republican Party(4), vice president(4), Bushies(4), Chambliss(3), Giuliani(3), Reagan(3), Mr. President(3), House Republicans(3), Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist(2), McCarthyism(2), Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld(2), the President(2), Sam Johnson(2), Pat Toomey(2), Specter(2), Dick Cheney(2), Richard Nixon(2), Buchanan(2), Tom DeLay(2), Republican administration(2), Condoleezza Rice, Joseph McCarthy, Barry Goldwater, Saxby Chambliss, Jack Ryan, Ryan, Rush Limbaugh, Republican president, Bob Schaffer, Armstrong, McCarthy, commander in chief, Rove, Donald H. Rumsfeld, Nixon, Ronald Reagan, Henry Bonilla, Joshua B. Bolten, William Kristol, Grover Norquist, Donald Rumsfeld
Neutral Republican 535Bush(189), Republican(54), Republicans(45), President Bush(24), the president(22), administration(11), George W. Bush(10), Specter(10), Cheney(9), Atwater(9), Rice(7), White House(6), Rumsfeld(6), GOP(5), Reagan(5), vice president(4), The president(4), Giuliani(4), Vice President Cheney(4), Kristol(4), George Bush(3), Karl Rove(3), Johnson(3), McCain(3), Condoleezza Rice(3), Coors(3), Santorum(3), Dick Cheney(2), Ronald Reagan(2), Rick Santorum(2), Rush Limbaugh(2), Schaffer(2), Bill Armstrong(2), Pete Coors(2), Bob Dole(2), John McCain(2), Gingrich(2), president(2), Shelby, Frist, McConnell, Colin Powell, Marc Racicot, Racicot, John Kline, Kline, Toomey, Chafee, Snowe, Voinovich, Lincoln Chafee, Olympia Snowe, George Voinovich, president of the United States, Tom Kuchel, Clifford Case, Jacob Javits, Republicanism, Arlen Specter, Don Rumsfeld, Ed Gillespie, Porter Goss, Mitch McConnell, Ken Mehlman, Fletcher, Limbaugh, Republican House, Republican National Committee, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, Roberts, Gillespie, Lee Atwater, Vice President Bush, David Winston, Barry Goldwater, President, Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge, Mike Murphy, Richard Nixon, Rove, Hastert, Secretary of State Colin Powell, Dole, Powell, Schwarzenegger, Mr. President, Republican Party, Castle, House Republican, Newt Gingrich, Ford administration, Ken Starr, Bonilla, DeLay, Richard Shelby, Bush administration, Nixon White House, BUSH



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
Lessons for Democrats
31 December 2004
995 53 4D+: John Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry
1R+: Bush
12R-: President Bush, Bush, president, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Republicans, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush
5D=, 6R=
You Hate Me? I'm Listening.
28 December 2004
913 5 1D+: John Kerry
3R+: Pat Buchanan, Ronald Reagan, Reagan
1R-: President Bush
1D=, 4R=
The True Values of The Day
24 December 2004
889 85 4D+: Bob Kerrey, Kerrey, Kerrey, Clinton
1R=
Peace on Earth?
21 December 2004
861 100 2R+: President Bush, the president
Getting the Chills
17 December 2004
924 12 1D+: Democratic
1R+: Republicans
1R=
The Democrats' Rove Envy
14 December 2004
1089 7 20D+: John Kerry, McAuliffe, McAuliffe, McAuliffe, Dean, Dean, McAuliffe, Dean, Dean, Simon Rosenberg, New Democrat Network, Rosenberg, Dean, Rosenberg, Wellington Webb, Jim Blanchard, Martin Frost, Clinton administration, Harold Ickes, Donnie Fowler
5D-: Democrats, Democrats, Democratic, Democratic, Democratic
16R+: Rove, Rove, Karl Rove, President Bush, Rove, GOP, Rove, Bush, Republicans, GOP, Republicans, Republicans, Rove, Rove, Republican, Bush
1R-: Bush
22D=
Truth From the Troops
10 December 2004
939 67 1R+: Rumsfeld
11R-: Donald Rumsfeld, Rumsfeld, administration, administration, Rumsfeld, Rumsfeld, Rumsfeld, administration, administration, President Bush, the president
3R=
Get Along? Get Real.
7 December 2004
1059 55 13D+: Franklin D. Roosevelt, FDR, Democrats, Democrats, Clinton administration, Bill Clinton, Democrats, Clinton, Clinton, Clinton, Clinton, Clinton, Democrats
3R+: Ronald Reagan, Reagan, President Bush
17R-: Bush, Bush, Republicans, Republican, Republicans, Republicans, William Kristol, Republican, Republicans, Republicans, Republican, Grover Norquist, Republicans, Republicans, Republicans, Bush, Republicans
8D=, 9R=
Let the Military on Campus
3 December 2004
877 36 3D+: Charles Rangel, Democrat, Rangel
2R+: John Lehman, Lehman
The Price of Imprudent Reform
30 November 2004
1009 44 7D+: Democrat, Al Gore, Gore, Gore, Gore, Gore, Gore
9R+: John McCain, Bush, Bush, McCain, McCain, McCain, The president, Bolten, McCain
17R-: President Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Republicans, Joshua B. Bolten, White House, administration, Bush, the president, Bush
2D=, 2R=
The Politics of Gratitude
26 November 2004
875 0 3D=, 2R=
Talking Sense On Court Choices
23 November 2004
878 0 2R=
Revolution In Reverse
19 November 2004
1057 31 6D+: Democrats, Democrat, Democrat, Democrat, Clinton, Clinton
2D-: Rostenkowski, Democratic
7R+: Republican, Republican, Chris Shays, Republican, Shays, Shays, Gingrich
19R-: GOP, House Republicans, Tom DeLay, DeLay, Republicans, DeLay, DeLay, Republicans, Republican, Henry Bonilla, Republican, DeLay, House Republicans, House Republicans, Republicans, DeLay, DeLay, Republicans, Republicans
6D=, 12R=
Will the Moderates Speak Up?
16 November 2004
1105 23 10D+: John Kerry, Harry Reid, Democratic, David Bonior, Democrat, Bonior, Barney Frank, Democrat, Frank, Frank
17R+: Arlen Specter, Specter, Republican, Specter, Specter, Specter, Specter, Specter, Specter, Republicans, Lincoln Chafee, Jim Leach, Republican, Republican House, Mike Castle, Republicans, Castle
17R-: Republican, Tom DeLay, Republican, Republican, Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, Republican, Republican, Frist, Republicans, Frist, Republicans, Republicans, DeLay, Republicans, Republicans, Republicans, Republicans
3D=, 9R=
. . . and Lost Chances
12 November 2004
842 0
Moderates, Not Moralists
9 November 2004
1065 20 9D+: Democrat, Ken Salazar, Kerry, Salazar, Democratic, Salazar, Salazar, Salazar, Democrats
9D-: John Kerry, Democrats, Democrats, Democrats, Democrats, Kerry, Kerry, Democrats, Kerry
13R+: President Bush, Bush, the president, Bush, the president, Bush, Bush, Karl Rove, Rove, Bush, Bush, Republican, GOP
1R-: the president
8D=, 8R=
. . . He Didn't Get
5 November 2004
932 50 2D+: John Edwards, Kerry
10R-: Bush, Bush, Rove, GOP, Bush, the president, administration, administration, president, Mr. President
5D=, 6R=
What Bush Threw Away
2 November 2004
987 49 8D+: Democrats, Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle, Joe Biden, Franklin Roosevelt, Harry Truman, John Kerry, John Edwards, Dick Gephardt
8R+: the president, the president, Bush, the president, Bush, the president, Ronald Reagan, Eisenhower
17R-: Bush, George W. Bush, the president, Bush, Bush, Bush, Republican, the president, Bush, the president, Bush, Republican, the president, the president, Bush, Bush, the president
1D=, 4R=
Underdogs, Overjoyed
29 October 2004
856 26 1R-: President Bush
2D=
The Intensity Gap
26 October 2004
965 86 10D+: John Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Democrats, Bill Clinton, Kerry, Kerry, Democratic, John Kerry, Kerry
22R-: Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, President Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, the president, Bush, the president, Bush, Bush, the president, Bush, administration, the president, the president, Republicans, administration, Bush, the president
6R=
Behind Bush's Rhetoric
22 October 2004
960 82 5D+: John Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry
1D-: Kerry
1R+: Bush
21R-: Bush, President Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, administration, Republicans, White House, Bush, Bush
1R=
Faith Without Fealty
19 October 2004
959 4 2D+: Kerry, Kerry
2D-: Kerry, Kerry
2R+: Bush, Bush
3R-: Bush, Bush, Republicans
7D=, 8R=
Bush's Old Playbook
15 October 2004
999 79 19D+: John Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Democrat, Ted Kennedy, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry
1D-: Clinton
14R-: Bush, President Bush, the president, Bush, Bush, Bush, Republican, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, the president
2D=, 5R=
. . . And Bush's Telling Non-Answer
11 October 2004
959 48 1D+: John Kerry
3R+: Paul O'Neill, Larry Lindsey, Lindsey
17R-: Bush, The president, president, the president, Bush, the president, Bush, administration, Bush, administration, administration, Bush, president, Bush, the president, commander in chief, Bush
1D=, 9R=
Switching Stories
7 October 2004
978 78 5D+: John Edwards, Edwards, Democratic, John Kerry, Edwards
2R+: Colin Powell, Cheney
24R-: Vice President Cheney, Cheney, vice president, Cheney, Cheney, Cheney, administration, administration, president, administration, Cheney, Cheney, administration, Bush, Cheney, administration, the president, vice president, Cheney, Cheney, administration, administration, Bush, Cheney
1D=, 3R=
Giving Democrats Reasons to Smile
2 October 2004
1012 47 13D+: Democrats, Democrats, John Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Democrats, Kerry, Kerry, Democrats
4D-: Democrats, Kerry, Gore, Dean
4R+: Republicans, Bush, Bush, Bush
18R-: President Bush, Bush, Bush, the president, Bush, Bush, the president, Bush, the president, Bush, Bush, Bush, the president, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush
5D=, 4R=
Spinning the Debate in Advance
1 October 2004
922 56 7D+: Kerry, Kerry, Democrat, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry
1D-: Jimmy Carter
1R+: Ronald Reagan
10R-: Bush, Vice President Cheney, McCarthyism, Bush, Bush, Bush, the president, the president, Bush, Bush
5D=, 2R=
How to Win the Heartland
28 September 2004
1019 43 18D+: Ken Salazar, Democrats, Salazar, Democrat, Democrats, Salazar, Salazar, Democratic, Gary Hart, Salazar, Hart, Salazar, Salazar, Salazar, Salazar, Salazar, Salazar, Salazar
2D-: Democrats, Democrats
5R+: Republican, Warren Rudman, Rudman, Bush, Republican
6R-: Bush administration, Bush, president, Bush, Republican, Republicans
7D=, 6R=
Twisting the Truth
24 September 2004
993 62 13D+: Al Gore, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Democratic, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry
1D-: Kerry
1R+: Bush
12R-: the president, Bush, Bush, the president, Republican, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush
4D=, 7R=
What Is Bush Hiding?
21 September 2004
981 69 6D+: John Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Bill Clinton
1D-: Clintonian
20R-: Bush, President Bush, George W. Bush, Bush, George Bush, Bush, Bush, George W. Bush, Bush, Republicans, Bush, Bush, Republican, Bush, the president, Bush, the president, Bush, Bush, Bush
3D=, 5R=
'Conservative' World Order?
17 September 2004
924 36 1D+: Democrat
1R+: President Bush
4R-: Bush administration, President Bush, administration, Bush
6R=
Staring Down the Barrel of The NRA
14 September 2004
905 73 4D+: John Kerry, Democrats, Gore, Kerry
10R-: Republican Party, President Bush, president, Republican, Republican, Bush, GOP, Bush, the president, president
2D=, 3R=
Rewriting The Record
10 September 2004
965 73 3D+: John Kerry, Kerry, Hamilton
1R+: Kean
20R-: Republican, Bush administration, Bush, the president, President Bush, Vice President Cheney, Cheney, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, administration, administration, Cheney, Bush, administration, administration
1D=, 5R=
Can Kerry Match The Comeback Kid?
7 September 2004
1063 16 12D+: Kerry, Bill Clinton, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Democratic
11D-: John Kerry, Democrats, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry
2R+: Bush, Republicans
12R-: Republican, Bush, Republicans, Bush, Republicans, President Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Republicans, Bush, Republican
15D=, 2R=
The GOP's Dirty Z-Bomb
3 September 2004
1055 26 17D+: John Kerry, Kerry, Democratic Party, Democrat, Democrat, Zell Miller, Zell Miller, Democratic, Democrats, Democratic, Democratic Party, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry
10D-: Miller, Miller, Miller, Miller, Miller, Miller, Miller, Miller, Miller, Miller
7R+: President Bush, John McCain, McCain, McCain, McCain, Laura Bush, first lady
15R-: GOP, George W. Bush, Bush, Republicans, Buchanan, Buchanan, President Bush, Republican, Bush, Dick Cheney, vice president, Cheney, Cheney, Republicans, the president
4D=, 2R=
Getting Centered In N.Y.
31 August 2004
1038 18 2D+: Democrat, John Kerry
1D-: Democrats
18R+: Tom Dewey, Republican, Republican, Bush, president, the president, Newt Gingrich, Republicans, Amo Houghton, Republican, Houghton, Dewey, Houghton, Houghton, Fred Upton, Republican, Houghton, Upton
8R-: Republican, Republican, President Bush, Republican, President Bush, the president, Bush, Republicans
1D=, 16R=
Love or Ideology? Heart or Strategy?
27 August 2004
925 24 10R+: Vice President Cheney, Cheney, Cheney, Cheney, Cheney, Dick Cheney, Steve Gunderson, Republican, Gunderson, Cheney
5R-: Republicans, Cheney, administration, Bush, Republican
6R=
Tests of a Smear Campaign
24 August 2004
1053 61 10D+: John Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, John Kerry, Kerry, Kerry
7R+: John McCain, McCain, McCain, McCain, McCain, McCain, McCain
26R-: President Bush, Vice President Cheney, Bush, Cheney, Republicans, Republican, Bush, Bush, George W. Bush, Bush, president, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Republicans, Bush, Republicans, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush
1D=, 6R=
Divides That Aren't
20 August 2004
959 17 9D+: Bill Clinton, Democratic, Janet Napolitano, Napolitano, Democratic, Democratic, Clinton, Democratic, Democratic
1D-: Democratic
5R+: Bush, Republican, Republican, Republican, Republican
1R-: Bush
10D=, 8R=
A Test of Toughness
17 August 2004
1025 43 10D+: Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Democratic, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry
3D-: Kerry, Kerry, Kerry
2R+: President Bush, Bush
19R-: Bushies, Bush, Bushies, Bush, Bush, The president, the president, the president, Bush, Bush, Bush, White House, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, the president, Bush, the president
8D=, 12R=
GOP Values -- and Those Twins
13 August 2004
1061 35 6D+: Ken Salazar, John Kerry, Miles, Howard Dean, Salazar, Democratic Party
1D-: Mike Miles
6R+: Pete Coors, Schaffer, Coors, Armstrong, Pete Coors, Coors
14R-: GOP, Coors, Bob Schaffer, Republican, Coors, Republican, Coors, Coors, Coors, Coors, Armstrong, Coors, Coors, Republican
2D=, 10R=
Democrats on the Warpath
3 August 2004
1015 59 20D+: Democrats, John Kerry, Kerry, Democrats, Kerry, Democrats, Kerry, Kerry, Democrats, Kerry, Kerry, John Kennedy, Kerry, Kerry, John F. Kennedy, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry
2D-: Democrats, Bill Clinton
2R-: Bush, Republicans
6D=, 5R=
Reclaiming the Center
30 July 2004
1094 90 36D+: Democrats, John Kerry, Democratic, Democrats, Democrats, Kerry, Edward M. Kennedy, Democrats, Democrats, Bill Clinton, Democrats, Democrats, Clinton, Clinton, Clinton, Clinton, Democratic, Barack Obama, Obama, John Edwards, Democrats, Kerry, Democratic, Democrats, Democrats, John Spratt, Kent Conrad, Conrad, Democrats, Democrats, Kerry, Democrats, Democratic, Democrats, Democrats, Democrats
2R+: Republicans, Reaganesque
22R-: Republican, Republicans, Republicans, Richard Nixon, Reagan, president, president, Republicans, Republicans, Republicans, Republican, President Bush, Republican, Republicans, Bush, the president, Bush, Bush, Republicans, Republicans, Republican, President Bush
2D=, 1R=
Creating the 'Kerry Democrat'
27 July 2004
1091 52 37D+: Clinton, Clinton, Clinton, Clinton, Clinton, George McGovern, former president, McGovern, Democrat, Clinton, Clinton, Clinton, Clinton, Charles Schumer, Democratic, Clinton, Democrats, Clinton, Obama, Obama, Obama, Clinton, Obama, Obama, Clinton, Obama, Clinton, Paul Wellstone, Wellstone, Clinton, Kerry, Democratic, Clinton, Clinton, Obama, Kerry, Democrats
2R-: George Bush, Bush
35D=
A Lesson From 9/11: Openness
23 July 2004
922 16 2D+: Lee Hamilton, Hamilton
1D-: Clinton
5R+: Tom Kean, Kean, Kean, Kean, Kean
8R-: Bush administration, the president, Bush, president, Bush administration, Bush, the President, president
4D=, 4R=
What Dean Did
20 July 2004
1092 38 22D+: Dean, Howard Dean, Dean, Dean, Dean, John Kerry, Dean, Dean, Dean, Dean, Dean, Dean, Kerry, Democrats, Dean, Dean, Dean, Democratic, Dean, Dean, Democratic Party, Howard Dean
3D-: Dean, Dean, Dean
1R+: Barry Goldwater
3R-: President Bush, Bush, George Bush
24D=, 3R=
Doing an Atwater on Kerry
16 July 2004
1042 13 1D-: John Kerry
8R+: Ronald Reagan, Reagan, Atwater, Atwater, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush
3R-: President Bush, Bush, Bush
10D=, 22R=
Who's Got the Wrong Values Now?
13 July 2004
985 36 5R+: Bush, Pat Roberts, Republican, Roberts, Roberts
14R-: administration, administration, President Bush, The president, the president, Bush, the president, administration, administration, the president, the president, administration, Bush, Bush
6R=
The Best Choice
7 July 2004
1036 68 30D+: John Edwards, Edwards, Kerry, Edwards, Edwards, Kerry, Kerry, Edwards, Edwards, Kerry, Gephardt, Democratic Party, Kerry, Dick Gephardt, Kerry, Kerry, Edwards, Kerry, Edwards, Edwards, Edwards, Democrats, Edwards, Edwards, Edwards, Edwards, Edwards, Edwards, Edwards, Kerry
5R+: Orrin Hatch, Hatch, Republican, John McCain, McCain
9R-: Republicans, George W. Bush, Republicans, Republicans, the president, Republicans, Republicans, Republicans, president
6D=, 3R=
A Draft for Some
5 July 2004
803 100 2D+: Charles Rangel, Rangel
3R-: administration, Rush Limbaugh, administration
Room Left to Govern?
2 July 2004
1084 24 2D+: Kerry, Democratic
24R+: Jim Leach, Republican, Leach, Republican, GOP, Republican, Senate Republican, Leach, Leach, Leach, Steve Gunderson, Republican, Gunderson, Lincoln Chafee, Republican, Chafee, Leach, Leach, Chafee, Chafee, Chafee, Chafee, Chafee, Chafee
6R-: Bush, Bush, Bush, Republican, Bush, Republican
13D=, 13R=
First Ripple of a Political Tidal Wave?
29 June 2004
1056 28 17D+: Inslee, Inslee, Inslee, John Kerry, Kerry, Democrats, Kerry, Brian Baird, Democrat, Baird, Baird, John Kerry, John Kerry, Inslee, Democrats, Inslee, Baird
3D-: Al Gore, Bill Clinton, Democrats
10R+: Republican, George Bush, Republican, Newt Gingrich, Republican, Republicans, GOP, Republicans, Republican, Republican
8R-: George W. Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Republicans, Bush, Bush, administration
6D=, 8R=
In Illinois, a Star Prepares
25 June 2004
945 57 12D+: Barack Obama, Democratic, Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama
2D-: Democrats, Democrats
4R-: administration, Jack Ryan, Republican, Ryan
5D=, 1R=
9/11 Credibility Gap
22 June 2004
859 4 1D-: Bill Clinton
5R+: administration, Bush, Cheney, Tom Kean, Republican
7R-: Bush administration, administration, administration, President Bush, Vice President Cheney, administration, Bush administration
1D=, 1R=
Running on Independence
18 June 2004
1084 49 24D+: Chandler, Chandler, Democrat, Chandler, Democrat, Stephanie Herseth, Democratic, Chandler, Herseth, Democrats, Chandler, Democrats, Democratic Party, Chandler, Herseth, Chandler, Chandler, Herseth, Herseth, Chandler, Herseth, Herseth, John Edwards, Herseth
4D-: Chandler, Democrat, Democrats, Democrats
3R+: Republican, Ernie Fletcher, Bush
14R-: Republicans, Republican, Bush, Bush, administration, Bush, Republican, Bush, Republicans, Republicans, Republicans, President Bush, Republicans, GOP
13D=, 6R=
Bush's 'Him-Too' Strategy
15 June 2004
1097 54 10D+: Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Clinton administration, Kerry, Kerry
2D-: Kerry, Kerry
27R-: Bush, President Bush, the president, Bush, administration, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, administration, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, the president, Bush, Bush, administration, administration, Republicans, Bush
10D=, 13R=
Poor Version of Democracy
11 June 2004
839 0
The New Dealer
8 June 2004
1007 18 8D+: Franklin D. Roosevelt, Bill Clinton, Roosevelt, Roosevelt, Roosevelt, Roosevelt, Truman, Jimmy Carter
2D-: Democratic Party, Carter
21R+: Ronald Reagan, Reagan, Reagan, Reagan, Reagan, Reagan, Reagan, Reagan, Reagan, Reagan, Reagan, Bob Dole, Reagan, Reagan, Eisenhower, Reagan, Ronald Reagan, Reagan, Reagan, Reagan, Reagan
4R-: Barry Goldwater, White House, Reagan, Reagan
3D=, 4R=
A Better Campaign Finance System
4 June 2004
947 35 10D+: Russ Feingold, Marty Meehan, Feingold, Howard Dean, Dean, Kerry, Dean, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry
3R+: John McCain, Chris Shays, McCain
1R-: Bush
8D=, 5R=
Iraq and the Conservative Crackup
1 June 2004
959 30 1D+: Ted Kennedy
3D-: Former president Jimmy Carter, Democratic Party, Carter
3R+: Ronald Reagan, President Bush, Reagan
13R-: Bush, the president, President Bush, Richard Nixon, George Bush, Bush, administration, Bush, the president, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, Rumsfeld, Bush, Bush
1D=, 1R=
First in War, First in Peace
28 May 2004
834 36 3D+: Franklin D. Roosevelt, President Roosevelt, the president
2R+: President Ronald Reagan, Reagan
Election Dangers To Be Avoided
25 May 2004
828 100 1D+: Gore
1R-: Bush
What Giuliani Missed
21 May 2004
885 22 3D+: Bob Kerrey, Kerrey, Bob Kerrey
5R+: Rudy Giuliani, Giuliani, Bush, The president, Rudy Giuliani
5R-: Giuliani, Bush, the president, Giuliani, Giuliani
5R=
Can Kerry Stay Out Of Bush's Trap?
18 May 2004
954 53 8D+: Democrats, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Democrats, Kerry
1R+: this president's father
16R-: Bush, George W. Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Republicans, Bush, Republicans, Ronald Reagan, George W. Bush, Republicans, Bush, Bush, Republicans, Bush
12D=, 4R=
Don't Discount the Middle
14 May 2004
1008 36 8D+: Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry
2D-: Kerry, Kerry
5R+: Bush, Bush, David Winston, Republican, Winston
19R-: President Bush, president, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, administration, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, the president, Bush, the president, Bush, Bush
10D=, 10R=
Getting Out of a Quagmire
11 May 2004
998 63 1D+: Joe Biden
4R+: Lindsey Graham, Republican, Graham, Richard Lugar
23R-: Bush administration, President Bush, administration, Rumsfeld, Cheney, Rumsfeld, Rumsfeld, administration, administration, White House, Cheney, administration, administration, administration, administration, administration, administration, Bush, administration, president, administration, Cheney, Bush
4R=
The System Was Lacking
7 May 2004
904 29 3R+: Republican, John McCain, McCain
8R-: Donald H. Rumsfeld, Rumsfeld, Rumsfeld, President Bush, The president, White House, administration, administration
6R=
Kerry and His Church
4 May 2004
967 9 2D+: John F. Kennedy, Democratic
5D-: John F. Kerry, Democrats, Kerry, Democratic, Democratic Party
1R+: Specter
2R-: Republicans, Pat Toomey
7D=, 12R=
The GOP's Vanishing Breed
30 April 2004
1140 10 2D+: John Heinz, Democratic
8R+: Arlen Specter, Amo Houghton, Jack Quinn, Houghton, Quinn, Reagan, Quinn, Bush
11R-: GOP, Republicans, Pat Toomey, Specter, Republicans, Republican, Republican, Republican, Specter, Dick Cheney, Republicans
1D=, 33R=
Stooping Low to Smear Kerry
27 April 2004
1062 44 13D+: Kerry, Democrat, Kerry, Democrat, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry
8R+: John McCain, McCain, McCain, Republican, McCain, McCain, McCain, McCain
17R-: Joseph McCarthy, McCarthy, Republicans, Bush, GOP, Republican, Republican, Republican, Sam Johnson, Republican, Republican, Bush, Cheney, Bush, Bush, Sam Johnson, Bush
6D=, 11R=
Perfect Words And Principle
24 April 2004
944 30 4D+: Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry
6D-: Kerry, John F. Kerry, Kerry, Democrats, Al Gore, vice president
7R+: William Weld, Republican, Weld, Haley Barbour, Republican, George W. Bush, John McCain
6D=, 3R=
Kerry's Terrorism Offensive
20 April 2004
1028 29 12D+: Kerry, John Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry
5D-: Democrats, Democrats, Democrats, Democrats, Democrats
7R+: Ronald Reagan, President Bush, George W. Bush, Bush, the president, Republicans, Bush
14R-: President Bush, president, Bush, Bush, administration, the president, administration, Bush, Bush, Bush, the president, Bush, Bush, Bush
3D=, 9R=
Radical Theories And Reality
16 April 2004
940 48 4R+: President Bush, Bush, Bush, the president
15R-: Bush, Bush, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, Rumsfeld, Rumsfeld, Bush, President Bush, Bush, Bush, Mr. President, president, the president, Bush, administration, Bush
4R=
Will Bush Own Up?
13 April 2004
916 14 10R+: Bush, Bush, Condoleezza Rice, Amo Houghton, Republican, Chris Shays, Republican, Jim Leach, Republican, Leach
7R-: Bush, the president, the president, White House, Bush, White House, the president
4R=
A New 9/11 Debate
9 April 2004
1056 50 13D+: Democratic, Robert Kerrey, Kerrey, Kerrey, Kerrey, Kerrey, Tim Roemer, Democratic, Democratic, Clinton administration, Richard Ben-Veniste, Democratic, Democratic
6R+: Rice, Tom Kean, Republican, Fred Fielding, Mitch McConnell, Republican
17R-: Rice, White House, Rice, Bush administration, Bush, Rice, administration, the President, administration, Bush, White House, the president, Bush, administration, Rice, Bush administration, Republicans
1D=, 16R=
'God Bless Atheism'
6 April 2004
799 0
An Offer Of Help On Iraq
2 April 2004
989 67 12D+: Democrat, Democrats, Democrats, Carl Levin, Democrat, Levin, Levin, Levin, Levin, Levin, Levin, Democrat
14R-: administration, the president, White House, administration, Bush, Bush, administration, GOP, Republicans, Bush, administration, administration, administration, administration
5D=, 8R=
Bush's Secret Storm
30 March 2004
989 70 5D+: Daschle, Gephardt, John Kerry, Daniel Patrick Moynihan, Moynihan
25R-: Bush, White House, White House, Bush, White House, administration, the president, administration, Bush, Bush administration, administration, Condoleezza Rice, administration, Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, Frist, Frist, Frist, McCarthyism, Frist, administration, Rice, administration, administration, Rice, Bush
5D=, 7R=
Democracy's Revenge
26 March 2004
947 57 5D+: Bill Clinton, Clinton, Clintonians, Clinton administration, Clinton
1D-: Clinton
14R-: Bush administration, President Bush, Bush administration, administration, Bush, administration, administration, the president, administration, Bush, Bushies, Bush administration, administration, Bush administration
5D=, 5R=
Why Scalia Should Duck Out
23 March 2004
957 76 1D+: Gore
14R-: Vice President Cheney, President Bush, administration, Bush, Cheney, Bush, Cheney, Cheney, vice president, Cheney, Cheney, Bush, Cheney, administration
5R=
. . . Or Rejecting Manipulation?
19 March 2004
934 22 5D+: Joseph Biden, Democrat, Biden, Biden, Biden
6R+: House Speaker Dennis Hastert, Henry Hyde, Republican, Richard L. Armitage, Armitage, Bush
5R-: Republican, President Bush, Republican Party, administration, Bush administration
1D=, 8R=
Playing With Fire On 'Soft Money'
16 March 2004
1019 3 13D+: Democrats, Russ Feingold, Ickes, Ickes, Feingold, Feingold, Ickes, Feingold, Feingold, Democrat, Feingold, Howard Dean, Democrats
10D-: Harold Ickes, Ickes, Ickes, Ickes, Ickes, Ickes, Ickes, Ickes, Democratic, Democrats
3R+: John McCain, McCain, McCain
1R-: Republicans
16D=, 7R=
Job No. 1 for Bush
12 March 2004
918 35 4D+: Bill Clinton, Anna Greenberg, Democratic, Kerry
2R+: President Bush, Bush
6R-: Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush
4D=, 8R=
How to Help in the Meantime
9 March 2004
862 91 5D+: Democrats, Paul Sarbanes, Democrats, Sarbanes, Maria Cantwell
3R-: Republican administration, Republican, President Bush
1R=
Steal This Speech
5 March 2004
940 43 15D+: John Edwards, Edwards, Edwards, Edwards, Democrats, Edwards, Edwards, Edwards, Edwards, Edwards, Edwards, Edwards, Kerry, Edwards, Edwards
1D-: Edwards
6R+: Ronald Reagan, Barry Goldwater, Republicans, Republican, Reagan, Reagan
3R-: President Bush, Bush, Republicans
5D=
In Search of Syntax On Gay Marriage
2 March 2004
971 29 7D+: Democratic, Barney Frank, Democrat, Frank, Frank, Frank, Frank
2D-: John Kerry, John Edwards
1R+: President Bush
5R-: Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush
11D=, 4R=
Grateful to Greenspan
27 February 2004
918 75 6D+: Democrats, Chet Edwards, Democrat, Edwards, Edwards, Al Gore
12R-: President Bush, Bush, Bush, Republicans, Bush, the president, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush
2D=, 4R=
Bush's McCain Strategy Redux
24 February 2004
1105 53 16D+: John Kerry, Democrats, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, John Edwards, Democratic, Kerry, Max Cleland, Cleland, Kerry, Democrats, Cleland, Democrats, Kerry
8R+: McCain, John McCain, John McCain, McCain, McCain, McCain, McCain, John McCain
19R-: Bush, Republican president, Bush, Bush, Republicans, Bush, George W. Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Republicans, Saxby Chambliss, Chambliss, Chambliss, Chambliss, Republicans, Bush, Bush
4D=, 8R=
Dean and the Power That Lives On
20 February 2004
963 29 12D+: Dean, Howard Dean, Dean, Dean, Dean, Dean, Dean, Dean, Dean, Dean, Dean, Dean
3D-: Democrats, Dean, Dean
1R+: President Bush
13D=
Kerry's Primary Education
17 February 2004
1030 47 19D+: Democrats, Howard Dean, John Kerry, John Edwards, Kerry, Kerry, Democrats, Democrats, Kerry, Democrats, Democrats, Jim Doyle, Democratic, Democratic, Doyle, Democratic, Edwards, Edwards, Edwards
4D-: Dean, Dean, Kerry, Kerry
11R-: Bush, Bush, Bush, administration, Bush, the president, administration, White House, Bush, Bush, Bush
13D=, 6R=
A Voice Of Trade Rebellion
13 February 2004
884 69 14D+: John Edwards, Edwards, Edwards, Edwards, Edwards, Edwards, Edwards, Democratic, John Kerry, Edwards, Kerry, Bruce Reed, Democratic Leadership Council, Edwards
1R+: House Speaker Dennis Hastert
2R-: White House, President Bush
3D=, 3R=
. . . To 'War President'
10 February 2004
995 59 19R-: the president, The president, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush administration, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, president, President Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, administration
1D=, 12R=
Two Americas, One Deficit
6 February 2004
942 100 3D+: Democratic, John Edwards, Edwards
21R-: Bush administration, administration, White House, President Bush, The president, the president, administration, The president, Bush, the president, Bush, administration, Bush, Bush, Bush, administration, administration, administration, Bush, Bush, Bush
The Truth About Massachusetts
3 February 2004
1035 58 15D+: John Kerry, John Edwards, Democratic, John Kerry, Ted Kennedy, Michael Dukakis, Dukakis, Dukakis, John F. Kennedy, Democrat, Lyndon B. Johnson, Kennedy, Al Smith, Franklin Roosevelt, John Kennedy
1D-: Democrats
4R+: Republican, Republican, Republican, Edward W. Brooke
10R-: Bush administration, President Bush, Republican administration, President Bush, Republican, Republican Party, Republican, Republican, president, Nixon
4D=, 2R=
Kerry and the Party Establishment
30 January 2004
1130 37 29D+: Kerry, Dean, Democratic, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Dean, Dean, Dean, Roy Neel, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Dean, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Democratic, Dean, Kerry, Democratic, Democratic, Democratic, Kerry, Democrats
8D-: Mondale, Dean, Kerry, Dean, Dean, Dean, Dean, Dean
7R-: Republican Party, Republicans, Republican, Republicans, President Bush, the president, Republican
25D=, 5R=
For Kerry, Veteran Voices . . .
27 January 2004
1084 65 29D+: Kerry, John F. Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Clinton, Clinton, Kerry, Wesley K. Clark, Clark, Kerry, Democratic, Democratic Party, Bob Kerrey, Democrats, Clark, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Clark, John Edwards, Kerry, Kerry, Democrats
5D-: Bill Clinton, Bob Kerrey, Democrats, Clark, Kerry
14R-: Republicans, George W. Bush, George Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Republicans, Bush administration, the president, Vice President Cheney, Republicans, Bush, Republicans, GOP
7D=, 2R=
Wedge Hammer
23 January 2004
978 67 12D+: Democrats, Clinton administration, Sandy Berger, Bill Clinton, Clinton, Democrats, Democrats, John Kerry, John Edwards, Wesley Clark, Democrats, Howard Dean
2D-: Lyndon Johnson, Democrats
2R+: Charles Grassley, Republican
14R-: President Bush, Bush, Bushies, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, White House, Bush, Bush, Republicans, Bush
1D=, 2R=
Can He Come Back?
21 January 2004
1037 4 13D+: Democratic Party, Democrats, Dean, Democratic, Democrats, John F. Kerry, Kerry, Edwards, Democrats, Kerry, Kerry, Edwards, Edwards
13D-: Democrats, Democrats, Dean, Dean, Dean, Dean, Dean, Dean, Dean, Dean, Dean, Gephardt, Wesley K. Clark
1R+: Bush
4R-: George W. Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush
19D=, 1R=
. . . But First, an Earthly Idea
16 January 2004
917 56 3D+: Democratic, Richard Gephardt, Gephardt
1R+: Bush 41
10R-: President Bush, President Bush, Bush, Bush, White House, administration, president, Mr. President, the president, President Bush
3D=, 4R=
The Democrats' Mutual Morality . . .
13 January 2004
948 83 18D+: Democrats, Richard A. Gephardt, Gephardt, Democratic, John Edwards, Edwards, John F. Kerry, Dean, Dean, Democrats, Democratic, Gephardt, Gephardt, Gephardt, Edwards, Democrats, Joe Lieberman, Lieberman
3R-: Bush, Bush, Republicans
2D=, 3R=
The Balance Sheet for Dean
9 January 2004
1065 14 18D+: Jimmy Carter, Democratic, Dean, Democratic Party, Bill Clinton, Dean, Dean, Dean, Dean, Dick Gephardt, Wesley Clark, Dean, Dean, Stanley Greenberg, Democratic, Greenberg, John F. Kennedy, Greenberg
10D-: George McGovern, Michael Dukakis, Dean, Dean, Democratic, Dean, Dean, Dean, Dean, Dean
2R+: John McCain, Republican
17D=, 1R=
Bush's Shrewd Budget Strategy
6 January 2004
1038 34 1D+: Democrats
2D-: Democrats, Democratic
1R+: Bush
12R-: George W. Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, president, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush
11R=
Working Hard -- And Forgotten
2 January 2004
824 100 1R-: President Bush