lying in ponds
The absurdity of partisanship
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Molly Ivins
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Columns 83
Words 79442
Normalized Median Partisanship Index 68.79
Normalized Total Partisanship Index 64.79
Normalized Combined Partisanship Index 66.79
Democratic Index 39.68
Republican Index -75.80
Positive Index 16.85
Negative Index 65.24
Neutral Index 17.92
Kerry Index 55.43
Bush Index -84.48



Partisan References

Type Number All References
Positive Democratic 170 Kerry(45), Clinton(21), John Kerry(13), Bill Clinton(9), Democrats(8), Cleland(7), Democrat(7), Dean(5), Howard Dean(4), John Edwards(4), Ben Barnes(3), Democratic(3), Edwards(3), Sarbanes(2), Hart(2), Ann Richards(2), D's(2), Henry Waxman(2), Barnes(2), Eliot Spitzer(2), Robert Rubin, Tom Harkin, Paul Wellstone, Max Cleland, Charles Schumer, Hillary Clinton, Ted Kennedy, David Obey, Clintonites, Teresa Kerry, Barack Obama, Mario Cuomo, President Clinton, FDR, Pete Stark, Bob Kerrey, Gore, Daschle, Chris Dodd, Dianne Feinstein, George Soros, Feingold, William Delahunt, Al Gore
Negative Democratic 47 Democrats(10), John Kerry(5), Dean(4), Kerry(3), Sharpton(3), Barnes(3), Democratic(2), Lloyd Bentsen(2), John Connally(2), Daschle(2), D's, Clinton administration, Dukakis, Zell Miller, Ben Barnes, Lyndon Johnson, Al Sharpton, Democratic Party, Democrat, Democratic Leadership Council, Dan Rostenkowski
Neutral Democratic 93Kerry(16), Democrats(13), Clinton(7), Democratic(7), John Kerry(7), Democrat(5), Edwards(4), Ben Barnes(4), Barnes(4), Bill Clinton(3), Howard Dean(2), Dean(2), Janet Reno, LBJ, Eliot Spitzer, Joe Biden, John F. Kennedy, Teresa Kerry, John Edwards, Jimmy Carter, Berger, Sarbanes, Franklin Roosevelt, Gore, John F. Kerry, Hillary, DNC, Harry Reid, Pelosi, Charlie Wilson, Rostenkowski
Positive Republican 50 Republicans(8), Paul O'Neill(4), Republican(3), O'Neill(2), Oxley(2), Rudman(2), Bush(2), Colin Powell(2), Ashcroft(2), John McCain(2), Cheney, George W. Bush, Donald Rumsfeld, Newt Gingrich, Aiken, Secretary of State Colin Powell, President Bush, William Weld, Dick Cheney, the president, George Romney, Romney, Doug Bereuter, Dick Lugar, Chuck Hagel, Bob Dole, Charles Grassley, Grassley, McCain, Rove, R's
Negative Republican 805 Bush(216), administration(71), Republican(40), White House(40), George W. Bush(35), Republicans(33), Bush administration(32), Bushies(26), President Bush(24), the president(23), DeLay(23), Goodhair(14), Rumsfeld(14), Dick Cheney(12), Ashcroft(10), Donald Rumsfeld(9), president(9), Tom DeLay(7), Karl Rove(7), Rove(7), Cheney(6), Goodhair Perry(6), John Ashcroft(6), George Bush(5), Gramm(4), Perle(4), Ken Starr(4), Douglas Feith(4), Nixon(4), Republican National Committee(3), Republican Party(3), Rush Limbaugh(3), Rod Paige(3), Paul Wolfowitz(3), Vice President Cheney(3), White(3), Luntz(3), Poppy(3), Phil Gramm(3), Wendy Gramm(3), Richard Perle(2), GOP(2), President George W. Bush(2), Bush White House(2), the Bushes(2), Bush Administration(2), Feith(2), Grover Norquist(2), Istook(2), Reagan(2), The president(2), Wolfowitz(2), Condi Rice, Republican Congress, Kay Bailey Hutchison, Haldeman, Ehrlichman, Attorney General John Ashcroft, Pat Roberts, Paige, Gingrich, Jesse Helms, White House counsel Alberto Gonzalez, Jack Ryan, vice president, Gregory Mankiw, Colin Powell, Norquist, Labor Secretary Elaine Chao, White house, Rudy Giuliani, Phyllis Schafly, Schafly, Giuliani, Schwarzenegger, Condoleezza Rice, Doug Feith, John Connally, Dick Armey, commander in chief, Joe Barton, Billy Tauzin, Dennis Hastert, Orrin Hatch, Ronald Reagan, Tom Ridge, W. Bush, Bill Bennett, Cabinet, Dubya, House Republicans, Joseph McDade, Ernie Istook, Bill Frist, Tom Coburn, Ted Stevens, Republican House, Gordon Smith, Frist, Tom Delay, Spencer Abraham, Gramm , Perry, Alberto Gonzales, Gonzales
Neutral Republican 141Bush(35), Republicans(11), Republican(10), President Bush(9), George W. Bush(7), the president(5), administration(4), Luntz(4), White House(3), Cheney(3), George Bush(2), George W. (2), Paul Wolfowitz(2), Condoleezza Rice(2), Tom Ridge(2), Arnold Schwarzenegger(2), Rush Limbaugh(2), Karl Rove(2), Ashcroft(2), RNC, Ed Gillespie, John McCain, Norquist, Scott McClellan, Ronald Reagan, Barbara Bush, Nancy Reagan, Lamar Smith, Wolfowitz, White House counsel Alberto Gonzales, Anthony Principi, Dick Cheney, Reagan, Frank Luntz, O'Neill, R's, Richard Perle, Feith, Dick Armey, Rush, Donald Rumsfeld, Secretary of State Colin Powell, the President, Porter Goss, President George W. Bush, president, Wendy Gramm, Interior Secretary Gale Norton, The president, John 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
How 'bout a do-over?
30 December 2004
896 45 2D+: Eliot Spitzer, Bill Clinton
7R-: the president, President Bush, Bush, the president, Bushies, Bush, Gonzales
2D=, 9R=
Merry Christmas to all
23 December 2004
914 58 2D+: D's, Ann Richards
1R+: R's
1R-: John Ashcroft
Iraq reality check
21 December 2004
931 100 10R-: Donald Rumsfeld, Rumsfeld, Rumsfeld, Rumsfeld, Rumsfeld, Rumsfeld, Bush, administration, administration, administration
Social Security suicide
14 December 2004
996 100 1D+: Al Gore
8R-: Bush, President Bush, Bush, Bushies, Grover Norquist, Bush, Bush, White House
Is this American?
2 December 2004
923 100 2R-: Alberto Gonzales, John Ashcroft
How things work in Texas
30 November 2004
1045 92 22R-: Phil Gramm, Phil Gramm, President Bush, Gramm, Wendy Gramm, Gramm, Gramm , Gramm, Goodhair Perry, Phil Gramm, Goodhair, Goodhair, Wendy Gramm, Goodhair, Gramm, Goodhair Perry, George Bush, Goodhair, Goodhair Perry, Perry, Wendy Gramm, Republican
2R=
Gee... thanks
29 November 2004
884 100 1R-: Gordon Smith
Three ugly weeks
23 November 2004
972 77 1D+: Democrat
1D-: Democratic
13R-: Bush, Republicans, Ernie Istook, Istook, Tom Coburn, Ted Stevens, Istook, Republican House, Republican, Republicans, Bush, Cheney, Bush administration
1R=
Republican ethics
18 November 2004
860 67 1D-: Dan Rostenkowski
20R-: Republican, House Republicans, Tom DeLay, DeLay, Republican, Tom DeLay, Joseph McDade, Republican, DeLay, DeLay, DeLay, Republican, Republican, DeLay, DeLay, DeLay, DeLay, DeLay, Bush, Bushies
3D=, 2R=
White House to 'gut' CIA
16 November 2004
1011 63 11R-: White House, White House, George W. Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, White House, Bush, administration, Bushies, Dubya
1D=, 5R=
Awwww, Ashcroft!
15 November 2004
1042 77 1D+: Eliot Spitzer
1R+: Ashcroft
13R-: Ashcroft, Ashcroft, Cabinet, Ashcroft, Bush administration, Ashcroft, Ashcroft, Ashcroft, Ashcroft, John Ashcroft, Republican, Ashcroft, Ashcroft
2R=
Back to work
9 November 2004
1036 15 6D+: Clinton, Daschle, Chris Dodd, Dianne Feinstein, George Soros, Feingold
4D-: Daschle, Daschle, Democratic Leadership Council, Kerry
2R+: McCain, Rove
3R-: George Bush, Bush, Rove
4D=, 1R=
Mourning in America
4 November 2004
947 28 1D+: Democrats
1D-: Democrats
2R+: Charles Grassley, Grassley
5R-: Bush administration, Republicans, Bush, administration, George W. Bush
1R=
We run this country
2 November 2004
907 0
A divider, not a uniter
28 October 2004
944 60 4D+: Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry
1R+: Bob Dole
7R-: Bush, Bill Bennett, George W. Bush, George W. Bush, administration, Bush, Rove
2D=, 3R=
Clueless people love Bush
26 October 2004
1216 84 5D+: Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry
26R-: Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, administration, Dick Cheney, Cheney, Bush, Cheney, administration, Bush, W. Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Rush Limbaugh, Bush administration, administration, Bush administration
1D=, 5R=
No more years
19 October 2004
955 81 1D+: Clinton
1D-: Democrats
16R-: Bush, Bush, Bush, administration, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Republican, Bush
1R=
Creeping fascism at Sinclair
14 October 2004
959 91 4D+: John Kerry, John Kerry, Kerry, Kerry
5R-: President George W. Bush, Republicans, Bush administration, Tom Ridge, Bush
1R=
How dumb does Bush think we are?
12 October 2004
1000 88 3D+: Gore, Kerry, Clinton
13R-: Bush, President Bush, Bush, Donald Rumsfeld, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, George W. Bush, Bush
1D=, 1R=
Our petulant president
5 October 2004
933 76 11R-: president, Rove, president, Bush, Karl Rove, Bush, president, Republican National Committee, Bush administration, Ronald Reagan, Republicans
1D=, 2R=
Debate this
30 September 2004
889 50 2R-: Dick Cheney, Bush
2R=
The twilight zone of wonderland
28 September 2004
999 53 3D+: John Kerry, Kerry, Kerry
5R+: Dick Lugar, Chuck Hagel, John McCain, Republicans, Colin Powell
12R-: Donald Rumsfeld, Dennis Hastert, Vice President Cheney, Orrin Hatch, George W. Bush, Bush, Bush, administration, Republicans, Bush, Republican National Committee, Republicans
The carnival con
23 September 2004
993 100 25R-: Bush, administration, Tom DeLay, DeLay, Republican, Republican, Republicans, DeLay, DeLay, Republicans, DeLay, Republicans, DeLay, Joe Barton, DeLay, Billy Tauzin, DeLay, DeLay, DeLay, DeLay, DeLay, Republican, DeLay, DeLay, Republicans
Them's fightin' words
21 September 2004
991 20 6D+: Democrat, Democrats, Democrats, Kerry, Democrats, Democrat
1D-: Democrats
3R+: Republicans, Republicans, Republicans
1R-: Republican
6D=, 3R=
Why history is relevant
16 September 2004
898 100 2R-: Rumsfeld, Wolfowitz
Iraq outrage
14 September 2004
1003 80 4D+: Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry
15R-: Bush, Bush, George W. Bush, Bush, White House, White House, Rove, White House, Republicans, commander in chief, White House, White House, Bushies, Dick Cheney, Bush
3D=, 1R=
Moral blindness
13 September 2004
1119 30 10D+: Ben Barnes, Democrat, Ben Barnes, Democrat, Ben Barnes, Kerry, Democratic, Barnes, Democrat, Barnes
8D-: John Connally, Lloyd Bentsen, Ben Barnes, Lyndon Johnson, Barnes, Barnes, Democratic Party, Barnes
16R-: Republican, George Bush, Poppy, George Bush, Poppy, Bush, Republican, Bush, Republicans, Republicans, John Connally, Republican, Dick Armey, Tom DeLay, White House, Bush
11D=, 6R=
Forget Bush
9 September 2004
938 74 2D+: FDR, John Kerry
8R-: Bush, White House, White House, president, White House, the president, administration, Bush
2D=, 1R=
Throwing out the garbage
7 September 2004
984 90 7D+: John Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry
1D-: Zell Miller
18R-: Republican, Bush, Dick Cheney, George Bush, Bush, Cheney, Douglas Feith, Feith, Dick Cheney, Richard Perle, Doug Feith, Perle, Perle, Bush, George W. Bush, Dick Cheney, Republicans, Cheney
Unmitigated gall
2 September 2004
948 76 1D+: John Edwards
1D-: Democrats
18R-: Republican, Rudy Giuliani, the president, Bush, Bush, Rush Limbaugh, Republicans, Bush, Rod Paige, Republican, Phyllis Schafly, Schafly, White House, administration, Bush, Giuliani, Bush, Schwarzenegger
3R=
Did you sign up for this?
31 August 2004
934 65 1D+: Clinton
14R-: Bush, Douglas Feith, Feith, administration, administration, administration, Bush administration, George W. Bush, Bush, John Ashcroft, Dick Cheney, Bush, Bush, Bush
1D=, 7R=
Conservatives, repent!
26 August 2004
981 53 2D-: John Connally, Lloyd Bentsen
2R+: Republican, Doug Bereuter
17R-: Bush, Cheney, the president, George W. Bush, the president, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Poppy, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Donald Rumsfeld, administration
1R=
What. A. Mess.
19 August 2004
941 55 3D+: Kerry, John Kerry, Democrats
1D-: John Kerry
7R-: Colin Powell, the president, George W. Bush, George W. Bush, Bush administration, the president, Republicans
3D=, 1R=
Tough sledding
10 August 2004
814 43 2D-: John Kerry, Democrats
7R-: George W. Bush, Bush administration, Bush White House, administration, Bush, Bush administration, George W. Bush
One America, two Americas, red America, blue America
29 July 2004
1083 25 6D+: Teresa Kerry, Clinton, Barack Obama, Mario Cuomo, D's, Howard Dean
1D-: D's
2R+: George Romney, Romney
1R-: administration
7D=, 1R=
The peace president
22 July 2004
918 100 4D+: Clinton, Clinton, Clintonites, Clinton
14R-: president, Republican, Republican, President Bush, President Bush, President Bush, White, Republicans, Bush, Bush, president, Bushies, administration, Bush
The hopeless hillbilly and the American Dream
13 July 2004
913 86 9D+: Bill Clinton, Clinton, Clinton, Clinton, Clinton, Clinton, Bill Clinton, Clinton, Clinton
5R-: president, Republicans, Ken Starr, Ken Starr, Ken Starr
2D=
To the ladies in the room
8 July 2004
936 53 9R-: administration, Luntz, Luntz, Luntz, George W. Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush
8R=
Happy birthday, America
1 July 2004
935 100 2R-: vice president, Dick Cheney
Walking? Or just talking?
29 June 2004
872 100 1D+: Bill Clinton
2R-: Jack Ryan, Republican
Call to action on electronic voting
24 June 2004
904 32 4R-: Bush, Republican, Republicans, Republican
4D=, 3R=
Media gets liberal allowing Bush excuses
22 June 2004
929 100 14R-: Bush, administration, President Bush, Bush administration, Paul Wolfowitz, administration, administration, Reagan, Dick Cheney, John Ashcroft, Nixon, the president, George W. Bush, White House
The Patriot amendment
17 June 2004
908 69 1D+: Democrats
1R+: Republicans
4R-: Tom DeLay, Bush, Bush, Bush
How comforting
15 June 2004
891 29 1D+: John Kerry
1R+: the president
3R-: President Bush, President Bush, George W. Bush
1D=, 5R=
The day the Constitution died
10 June 2004
947 54 2R+: Ashcroft, John McCain
12R-: the president, the president, Nixon, Bush administration, the president, Bush, Ashcroft, administration, White House counsel Alberto Gonzalez, Rumsfeld, Rumsfeld, Bush
1D=, 3R=
Bush's kiss of death
8 June 2004
955 78 2D+: Ted Kennedy, David Obey
18R-: Bush, White House, Bush, White, White House, White House, White House, Bush, White House, Bush, White House, administration, Bush, White House, Republican, White House, White House, administration
6R=
Can the PR -- get the facts
3 June 2004
925 72 1D+: John Kerry
1R+: Colin Powell
10R-: George W. Bush, Bush, Bush administration, Bushies, White House, Donald Rumsfeld, Douglas Feith, Paul Wolfowitz, Richard Perle, White
2R=
Going Strong
1 June 2004
879 59 2R-: George W. Bush, Bush administration
1D=
10 ways we botched Iraq
27 May 2004
938 100 5R-: President Bush, George W. Bush, Donald Rumsfeld, Rumsfeld, Rumsfeld
How fascism starts
20 May 2004
965 70 1R+: Secretary of State Colin Powell
8R-: administration, President Bush, Donald Rumsfeld, Attorney General John Ashcroft, Bush, Douglas Feith, Bush, Rumsfeld
1R=
Killing people for their own good
18 May 2004
931 24 1R+: President Bush
3R-: Bush, administration, administration
1D=, 3R=
Just like Saddam?
4 May 2004
833 100 2D+: William Delahunt, Bill Clinton
3R-: Bush, administration, Bushies
Sinners unite!
29 April 2004
923 100 3R-: Goodhair Perry, President Bush, Republicans
Who decides?
27 April 2004
937 55 1D+: Ann Richards
1R+: Republicans
2R-: George W. Bush, George W. Bush
Fantasyland of the free
22 April 2004
940 76 2D+: Clinton, Bill Clinton
1R+: Paul O'Neill
11R-: the president, Bush, George W. Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, White House, Bush, Bush Administration, administration, Bush
2R=
Be there
20 April 2004
1056 64 7R-: Bush Administration, Bush, George W. Bush, Reagan, George W. Bush, President Bush, President Bush
4R=
A foolish consistency
15 April 2004
1045 89 3D+: Clinton, Clinton, Bill Clinton
19R-: President Bush, the president, the president, Republican National Committee, the president, President Bush, administration, administration, Dick Cheney, Bush, Bush, Rove, Bush White House, Bush, Bush, Bush, Condi Rice, Republican Congress, Ken Starr
2D=
Didn't you get the memo?
13 April 2004
909 76 11R-: administration, Republican Party, Spencer Abraham, Bush, GOP, Bush, Bush administration, administration, Republican, Bush administration, Bush
1D=, 2R=
The death of democracy
8 April 2004
932 80 1R+: Republicans
9R-: Tom DeLay, Republicans, DeLay, Republican, Republican, Republican, Tom Delay, Republicans, Republicans
Iraq: it's a crowd pleaser
6 April 2004
830 54 1R+: Aiken
5R-: Bush administration, administration, Bushies, President Bush, George W. Bush
1D=
The sideline states
1 April 2004
837 68 8R-: Bush administration, Donald Rumsfeld, John Ashcroft, administration, Condoleezza Rice, Bill Frist, Frist, administration
2D=, 1R=
Environmental assaults
30 March 2004
980 100 13R-: Karl Rove, Karl Rove, George W. Bush, Rove, Bush, Rove, Bush administration, Bushies, Bushies, Bushies, GOP, Republican, Bush administration
A sad tale of arrogance and ignorance
25 March 2004
966 40 5D+: Bob Kerrey, Clinton, Hart, President Clinton, Hart
1D-: Clinton administration
6R+: Rudman, Donald Rumsfeld, Newt Gingrich, Republicans, Rudman, Paul O'Neill
16R-: Bush administration, Bush administration, President George W. Bush, administration, Bushies, administration, White House, White House, Vice President Cheney, Bush, White house, White House, White House, Karl Rove, Bush administration, administration
2D=, 6R=
Bomb Mexico!
23 March 2004
966 65 2D+: John Kerry, Kerry
9R-: White House, Bush, George W. Bush, Bushies, Bush, administration, Rumsfeld, Rumsfeld, Bush
3D=, 2R=
Crooked liars
18 March 2004
1073 71 9D+: Kerry, Democrat, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Henry Waxman, Democrats
2D-: John Kerry, Kerry
1R+: Republican
21R-: Bushies, Republicans, Bush, Republican, Bushies, Bush administration, administration, Bush, Bushies, Bush, administration, Bush, Bush, George W. Bush, Bushies, President Bush, Dick Cheney, administration, Bush, Karl Rove, Bush
1D=, 3R=
Red alert at the White House
16 March 2004
1056 100 1D+: Pete Stark
19R-: White House, administration, White House, President Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Republican Party, Bush, Bush, White House, Bush, Bush, Labor Secretary Elaine Chao, Bush, administration, Bush, White House
How to ruin the public schools
11 March 2004
1110 82 9R-: Goodhair Perry, Goodhair, Goodhair, Grover Norquist, Norquist, Republican, Goodhair, Goodhair, Goodhair
2R=
Remember when?
9 March 2004
974 56 7D+: Charles Schumer, Hillary Clinton, Kerry, Kerry, Sarbanes, Sarbanes, John Kerry
2D-: Democrats, Democrat
3R+: George W. Bush, Oxley, Oxley
14R-: Bush, Bush, President Bush, Bush, Republicans, White House, White House, Bush, Bush, George W. Bush, Bush, president, Bush, Bush
1D=, 1R=
Sometimes, bad is bad
4 March 2004
900 53 2D+: Kerry, Edwards
1R+: Paul O'Neill
15R-: Bushies, Rod Paige, Bush, Dick Cheney, Bush, Gregory Mankiw, Bush, Bush, Bushies, Bush, Bush, Bush administration, Republican, Bushies, Bush
7D=, 3R=
Four wars and a cloud of dust
2 March 2004
935 100 1D+: Henry Waxman
10R-: Bush, Jesse Helms, Bush administration, administration, administration, Bush, Bush, Bush, administration, Bush
Taxpayers' Fannies on the line
26 February 2004
937 66 1D-: Democratic
7R-: administration, Republican, George W. Bush, Republican, Bushies, Republican, Gingrich
Bait-and-switch Bush
25 February 2004
974 62 3R+: Republican, Dick Cheney, Cheney
16R-: Bush, Rod Paige, Paige, administration, administration, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bushies, Bush, Bush, administration, administration, Bushies, Bush, president
2R=
Life without Dean
19 February 2004
1021 48 11D+: Dean, Kerry, John Edwards, Edwards, John Edwards, Edwards, Kerry, Dean, Howard Dean, Dean, Howard Dean
2D-: John Kerry, Dean
1R+: William Weld
2R-: Bushies, Rush Limbaugh
5D=
And they're off!
17 February 2004
994 55 14D+: Democratic, John Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, John Kerry, Kerry, Max Cleland, Cleland, Cleland, Cleland, Cleland, Cleland, Cleland, Cleland
4D-: Al Sharpton, Sharpton, Sharpton, Sharpton
7R-: Republicans, President Bush, Bush, Republican, Republican, Republicans, Bush administration
2D=, 3R=
Under the Gun
12 February 2004
947 50 1R-: Bush administration
1R=
Setting the record straight
10 February 2004
990 92 2D+: Democratic, John Kerry
20R-: Bush administration, President Bush, Pat Roberts, White House, administration, Bush, Vice President Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld, administration, administration, Rumsfeld, administration, administration, Paul Wolfowitz, administration, administration, administration, Wolfowitz, the president, Bush
2R=
The 'everybody was wrong' excuse
3 February 2004
870 17 1D-: Democrats
2R-: George W. Bush, Bush administration
Ain't democracy grand?
22 January 2004
1036 13 9D+: Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, John Edwards, Dean, Clinton, Dean, Paul Wellstone, Howard Dean
7D-: John Kerry, Democrats, Kerry, Dukakis, Dean, Dean, Dean
2R-: Bush, President Bush
8D=, 1R=
It's about money
20 January 2004
1007 96 2D+: Bill Clinton, Tom Harkin
21R-: George W. Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, the president, George W. Bush, the president, Bush administration, The president, Bush, Bush, Republican, White House, administration, administration, administration, the president, White House, Bush, Republican Party
1R=
Giving money to rich people
15 January 2004
1028 57 3D+: Robert Rubin, Clinton, Bill Clinton
3R+: Paul O'Neill, O'Neill, O'Neill
17R-: Karl Rove, the president, Nixon, Haldeman, Ehrlichman, Nixon, Bush, George W. Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, the Bushes, the Bushes, Bush, Perle, Perle
8R=
Bracing for bracero
13 January 2004
939 45 2R+: Bush, Bush
7R-: Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, administration, Bush, Bush
2R=
Gov. Goodhair's year in review
8 January 2004
898 69 1D-: Democrats
12R-: Goodhair, Republicans, Tom DeLay, Karl Rove, Goodhair Perry, Goodhair, Goodhair, Bush, Goodhair, Kay Bailey Hutchison, Goodhair, the president
2R=
Bad news drops into Bush's punchbowl
6 January 2004
967 84 1D+: Democrats
1D-: Democrats
15R-: Bush, administration, Bush, Bush, the president, Bushies, Republican, The president, Bush, Republicans, administration, Republicans, Republicans, Republicans, Bush