lying in ponds
The absurdity of partisanship
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Linda Chavez
Creators Syndicate

Columns 48
Words 40352
Normalized Median Partisanship Index 67.11
Normalized Total Partisanship Index 62.67
Normalized Combined Partisanship Index 64.89
Democratic Index -68.69
Republican Index 52.24
Positive Index 30.12
Negative Index 44.58
Neutral Index 25.30
Kerry Index -61.63
Bush Index 71.17



Partisan References

Type Number All References
Positive Democratic 19 Kerry(6), John Kerry(2), Clinton Administration, administration, Gorelick, President Bill Clinton, Bill Clinton, Dean, Bob Kerry, John F. Kerry, Barack Obama, Al Gore, Democrat
Negative Democratic 302 Kerry(84), Democrats(41), John Kerry(32), Clinton(19), Edwards(14), Democratic(10), Clinton Administration(10), Democratic Party(8), Democrat(7), John Edwards(6), Berger(6), Howard Dean(5), Lake(5), Clinton administration(4), President Clinton(4), Bill Clinton(4), Anthony Lake(3), Gorelick(3), Dean(2), White House(2), Hillary Clinton(2), Ted Kennedy(2), Gephardt(2), Jamie Gorelick(2), former vice president, Al Gore Democrats, Dick Gephardt, former president, Gavin Newsom, Gray Davis, Al Gore, McAuliffe, Edward M. Kennedy, Kennedy, Sandy Berger, Samuel Berger, Jack Reed, administration, the president, Joe Lockhart, Clinton White House, Bob Shrum, Shrum, Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle, George Soros, Democratic National Committee, Terry McAuliffe, President Jimmy Carter, President Carter
Neutral Democratic 91Kerry(37), John Kerry(9), Democrats(7), Democrat(5), Democratic(4), Edwards(4), Dean(3), Joe Lieberman(2), John Edwards(2), Gephardt(2), President Clinton, Attorney General Janet Reno, Clinton Administration, Gorelick, Dick Gephardt, J. William Fulbright, Kennedy, Carl M. Levin, Feingold, President Bill Clinton, Clinton administration, Clinton, Democratic National Committee, Terry McAuliffe, Bill Clinton, Jay Rockefeller
Positive Republican 206 Bush(38), the president(27), President Bush(20), Republicans(17), George W. Bush(16), Ashcroft(7), Cheney(6), President Reagan(6), Republican(6), Rice(5), Gonzales(4), GOP(4), The president(3), President George W. Bush(3), Rudy Giuliani(2), George Bush(2), Lynne Cheney(2), John McCain(2), administration(2), Reagan(2), President Ronald Reagan(2), White House, Jeff Flake, Jim Kolbe, Vice President Dick Cheney, Card, O'Neill, Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, Attorney General John Ashcroft, Jeanne Kirkpatrick, Kirkpatrick, vice-president, Ron Reagan, the Bushes, Ronald Reagan, Reagan White House, President George Herbert Walker Bush, president, president-elect, Bush administration, Dick Cheney, Bob Dole, Ronald Wilson Reagan, vice president, Quayle, Republican Party, Condoleezza Rice, White House Counsel Alberto Gonzales, Donald Rumsfeld, Colin Powell, Powell
Negative Republican 31 O'Neill(11), White House(3), Bush(2), Card(2), Powell(2), the president, President Richard M. Nixon, Republican, Jim Thompson, George W. Bush, Condoleezza Rice, Richard Nixon, Dan Quayle, Republicans, Paul O'Neill, Ashcroft
Neutral Republican 98the president(17), Bush(13), O'Neill(7), Rice(7), Republican(5), administration(4), George W. Bush(4), President Bush(4), Paul O'Neill(3), The president(3), Republicans(3), White House(3), Condoleezza Rice(2), president of the United States(2), President George W. Bush(2), George Bush(2), Fred Fielding, Reagan administration, Fielding, Thompson, Tom Tancredo, Bush White House, Andrew Card, McConnell, McCain, Dan Quayle, Scott McClellan, Bupsh, Ronald Reagan, Richard Nixon, president, Ashcroft, Gonzales



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
Good vs. Evil
29 December 2004
700 0
Merry Christmas and good reading
22 December 2004
823 100 1R+: George W. Bush
The gig is up for Berry
8 December 2004
835 88 4D-: President Jimmy Carter, President Carter, Democrats, President Clinton
2R+: President Ronald Reagan, President Reagan
1R=
It's time for a rational debate
1 December 2004
833 0
Schools are distorting Thanksgiving
24 November 2004
786 100 1R+: President George W. Bush
Cabinet shuffle
17 November 2004
902 44 21R+: Condoleezza Rice, White House Counsel Alberto Gonzales, President Bush, Bush, the president, administration, Rice, Gonzales, Bush, the president, Colin Powell, Powell, Rice, Gonzales, Rice, Gonzales, the president, President Bush, Rice, Gonzales, the president
3R-: Powell, Powell, Ashcroft
2D=, 14R=
Preferences aren't necessary
10 November 2004
833 100 1D+: Democrat
Down with the elites
3 November 2004
846 74 6D-: Democrats, Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle, Bill Clinton, George Soros, Democratic National Committee, Terry McAuliffe
10R+: Republican Party, the president, The president, The president, Republicans, George W. Bush, Republicans, GOP, the president, Bush
4D=, 1R=
The media plays 'trick or treat'
27 October 2004
790 100 9D-: John Kerry, John Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, John Kerry, John Kerry, Kerry, John Kerry, Kerry
5R+: President George W. Bush, administration, George W. Bush, Bush, Bush
A 'good man' or not
20 October 2004
1006 86 22D-: John Kerry, Democratic, John Kerry, Democrats, John Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Bob Shrum, Kerry, Shrum, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Democrats, Democrats, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, John Kerry
16R+: Lynne Cheney, Cheney, Bush, vice president, Bush, Cheney, Republican, Bush, the president, Bush, Republicans, Bush, President Bush, the president, Republicans, Lynne Cheney
4D=, 2R=
What makes Kerry tick
13 October 2004
902 52 12D-: Kerry, John Kerry, Kerry, John Kerry, John Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry
11D=
Edwards' job interview
6 October 2004
933 77 23D-: Edwards, John Edwards, John Edwards, Edwards, Edwards, Edwards, John Kerry, Edwards, Kerry, Edwards, Kerry, Kerry, Edwards, Kerry, Democrats, Edwards, John Kerry, John Kerry, John Edwards, John Edwards, Kerry, John Kerry, John Edwards
7R+: Dick Cheney, Cheney, Cheney, Bob Dole, President Bush, Bush, Cheney
2R-: Dan Quayle, Republicans
5D=
It's debate time
29 September 2004
930 29 1D+: Al Gore
3D-: Kerry, Kerry, Kerry
7R+: George W. Bush, president-elect, the president, the president, George W. Bush, Bush, The president
1R-: Bush
7D=, 7R=
CBS just doesn't get it
22 September 2004
839 93 3D-: Joe Lockhart, Clinton White House, John Kerry
9R+: George W. Bush, Bush, Bush, President Bush, George W. Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, president
1R=
A matter of life and death
8 September 2004
850 75 6D-: Democrats, John Kerry, Democrats, Democrats, Democrats, Democrats
6R+: President Bush, GOP, Republican, President Bush, Republicans, George Bush
2D=, 2R=
Covering the convention
1 September 2004
826 78 5D-: Democrats, Democratic, Democrat, Howard Dean, Democrats
14R+: Republican, John McCain, Rudy Giuliani, George W. Bush, President Bush, President Bush, President Bush, Republicans, Rudy Giuliani, George Bush, the president, GOP, Republicans, GOP
2D=, 3R=
Four months laters
25 August 2004
940 91 12D-: Kerry, John Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry
9R+: Bush, Bush, the president, Bush, Bush, Republican, Bush, Cheney, Republicans
1D=, 1R=
Church-going voters
11 August 2004
891 29 7D+: John F. Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Barack Obama, Kerry
8D-: Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, John Kerry
9R+: George W. Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Ron Reagan
3D=, 2R=
Tours of duty
4 August 2004
842 75 18D-: John Kerry, Democratic, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, John Kerry, Kerry, Kerry
6D=
The cat is out of the bag
28 July 2004
766 89 7D-: Democratic Party, Democrats, Democratic Party, Democrats, Democrats, Democratic Party, Democrats
2R+: President Bush, Republicans
1D=
Sandy's socks
21 July 2004
854 95 26D-: Clinton, Sandy Berger, Berger, President Clinton, Clinton administration, Clinton, Berger, Clinton administration, Clinton, Berger, Berger, Berger, administration, Clinton, Clinton, Clinton, President Clinton, Berger, Anthony Lake, Lake, President Clinton, Democrat, Lake, Lake, Lake, the president
1R+: Republicans
1R-: White House
I don't like being called a cockroach
14 July 2004
878 78 2D+: Dean, Kerry
21D-: Democrats, John Kerry, John Edwards, Kerry, Edwards, Kerry, Edwards, Kerry, Kerry, Edwards, Howard Dean, Kerry, Edwards, Kerry, Edwards, Democrats, Kerry, Edwards, Democrats, Democrats, Democrats
9R+: Republicans, Bush, the president, vice-president, Republicans, Republicans, Republicans, the president, George W. Bush
3D=
Kerry's VP pick
7 July 2004
942 50 1D+: Bill Clinton
13D-: Democrats, John Kerry, Democrats, Democratic Party, Democrats, Democrats, Al Gore, McAuliffe, Kerry, Democrats, Democrats, Democrats, John Kerry
7R+: George W. Bush, Bush, Bush, Quayle, George W. Bush, the president, George W. Bush
1R-: Richard Nixon
11D=, 3R=
Protecting the wrong kind of speech
30 June 2004
708 29 1D+: President Bill Clinton
1D=, 2R=
Teacher unions get active
23 June 2004
838 95 13D-: John Kerry, John Kerry, Democratic, Democratic, Democrats, Democratic Party, Democrats, Democrats, Democratic, Democrat, Democratic, Gray Davis, Democratic Party
1R+: President Bush
1R=
Union influence
16 June 2004
933 100 22D-: Bill Clinton, Clinton, Democratic Party, Clinton, Clinton administration, Democrat, Democratic Party, Clinton, former president, Clinton, White House, White House, Clinton, Hillary Clinton, Clinton, Clinton administration, Democratic, Clinton, Democrats, Bill Clinton, Democrats, Clinton
2R+: President Reagan, Reagan
Remembering Reagan
9 June 2004
838 86 15R+: Reagan, Ronald Wilson Reagan, President Reagan, the president, President Reagan, President Reagan, the president, the president, Ronald Reagan, the president, the president, the president, Reagan White House, President Reagan, President Ronald Reagan
1D=, 1R=
Freedom threatens the despots
2 June 2004
762 0
Is it entertainment or politics?
26 May 2004
749 100 2D-: Al Gore Democrats, former vice president
4R+: President George Herbert Walker Bush, President George W. Bush, the Bushes, President Bush
Ignoring the WMD find
19 May 2004
780 100 2R+: Bush administration, the president
Blaming America first
12 May 2004
864 79 13D-: Ted Kennedy, Democrats, Democrats, Democrats, Democrats, Ted Kennedy, Democrat, Democrat, Jack Reed, Democrat, Hillary Clinton, Democrats, Democrats
6R+: Jeanne Kirkpatrick, Kirkpatrick, George W. Bush, Bush, Donald Rumsfeld, George W. Bush
4D=, 1R=
Sexual tension in the military
5 May 2004
723 0
What happened after the war
28 April 2004
977 48 1D+: John Kerry
9D-: Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, John Kerry, John Kerry
6D=, 1R=
Waiting in line
21 April 2004
803 0
Gorelick's conflict
14 April 2004
798 72 1D+: Gorelick
8D-: Gorelick, Clinton Administration, Jamie Gorelick, Clinton Administration, Gorelick, Gorelick, Clinton Administration, Jamie Gorelick
8R+: Attorney General John Ashcroft, Ashcroft, Ashcroft, Ashcroft, Ashcroft, Ashcroft, Ashcroft, Ashcroft
3D=
Condoleezza's turn
7 April 2004
992 48 2D+: Clinton Administration, administration
15D-: Clinton Administration, Clinton, Clinton Administration, Clinton Administration, Anthony Lake, Samuel Berger, Clinton Administration, Clinton Administration, Clinton, Clinton, Clinton Administration, Clinton, Anthony Lake, Lake, Bill Clinton
2R+: Bush, Rice
2R-: George W. Bush, Condoleezza Rice
2D=, 7R=
The Commission
31 March 2004
911 6 1D+: Bob Kerry
2D-: Democratic, Clinton Administration
3R+: President Bush, Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, President Bush
3R-: President Richard M. Nixon, Republican, Jim Thompson
2D=, 12R=
Taking out the terrorists
24 March 2004
779 0 1R+: George W. Bush
1R-: White House
3R=
Voting for terror
17 March 2004
788 62 5D-: John Kerry, Democratic, John Kerry, Kerry, Kerry
3D=
Union politics
10 March 2004
840 87 5D-: John Kerry, Kerry, Edward M. Kennedy, Kennedy, Democrats
9R+: President Bush, the president, Bush, President Bush, Republican, Republicans, President Bush, Republicans, President Bush
1D=, 1R=
The filthy airwaves
3 March 2004
807 0
The Passion
25 February 2004
765 0
The San Francisco weddings
18 February 2004
760 100 1D-: Gavin Newsom
'Silly' Howard
4 February 2004
753 50 2D-: Howard Dean, Howard Dean
2D=
Those old cardboard boxes
28 January 2004
795 0
Watching over the unions
21 January 2004
816 47 1D+: John Kerry
7D-: Howard Dean, Dick Gephardt, Dean, Dean, Gephardt, Gephardt, Clinton
1R+: Republicans
4D=, 2R=
Sour grapes
14 January 2004
1036 16 9R+: the president, the president, the president, Vice President Dick Cheney, Bush, Card, Bush, O'Neill, the president
17R-: Paul O'Neill, O'Neill, O'Neill, White House, O'Neill, O'Neill, O'Neill, O'Neill, O'Neill, the president, O'Neill, O'Neill, O'Neill, O'Neill, Bush, Card, Card
25R=
The Bush proposal
8 January 2004
790 58 7R+: Bush, President Bush, White House, Republican, Jeff Flake, Jim Kolbe, John McCain
5R=