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Columns 85
Words 72549
Normalized Median Partisanship Index 80.00
Normalized Total Partisanship Index 74.84
Normalized Combined Partisanship Index 77.42
Democratic Index 63.76
Republican Index -79.39
Positive Index 17.92
Negative Index 65.02
Neutral Index 17.06
Kerry Index 70.34
Bush Index -83.82



Partisan References

Type Number All References
Positive Democratic 201 Kerry(60), John Kerry(26), Democratic(17), Clinton(13), Dean(11), Democrats(9), Bill Clinton(7), Rubin(6), Soros(6), Democrat(5), Howard Dean(4), Wesley Clark(4), Franklin Roosevelt(3), Clark(3), Max Cleland(2), Al Gore(2), Teresa Heinz Kerry(2), George Soros(2), Robert Rubin(2), John Dingell, Gore, Daschle, Harry Truman, Rubinesque, Rubinomics, Lyndon Johnson, President Clinton, Clinton administration, Chris Bell, Gen. Wesley Clark, the Clintons, Heinz Kerry, Edwards, Rush Holt, F.D.R., Barack Obama
Negative Democratic 18 Kerry(6), Lieberman(4), Democratic Party, Dean, Joseph Lieberman, Clinton, Democrat, Charles Schumer, Al From, Democratic Leadership Council
Neutral Democratic 68Kerry(19), Democrats(13), Democratic(9), Clinton(6), John Kerry(4), Bill Clinton(2), Dean(2), John Edwards(2), Democratic party, Al Gore, Johnson, Lyndon Johnson, Joseph Lieberman, Democrat, Lieberman, Terry McAuliffe, Zell Miller, Gore, Edwards
Positive Republican 27 Bush(4), Reagan(3), Gregory Mankiw(2), Republican(2), Ronald Reagan(2), O'Neill(2), President Reagan(2), Mankiw, Dennis Hastert, Paul O'Neill, Charles Grassley, Grassley, Frank Luntz, Lindsey Graham, George H. W. Bush, John McCain, George Bush
Negative Republican 809 Bush(267), administration(164), Bush administration(59), George Bush(36), President Bush(29), Republican(25), Ashcroft(22), White House(18), DeLay(16), Cheney(16), the president(14), Republicans(14), Dick Cheney(12), George W. Bush(8), Republican Party(6), John Ashcroft(6), president(6), Goss(5), Nixon(5), Karl Rove(5), Donald Rumsfeld(4), Reagan(4), Jeb Bush(4), Republican National Committee(3), Tom DeLay(3), Paul Wolfowitz(3), President Reagan(2), president of the United States(2), Paul O'Neill(2), Ari Fleischer(2), Richard Nixon(2), Nixonian(2), Reaganomics(2), Ronald Reagan(2), G.O.P. (2), Administration(2), Tom Ridge(2), Hastert(2), Henry Kissinger, Michael Oxley, Condoleezza Rice, Bill Frist, Rumsfeld, Graham, John McCain, Bush's administration, commander in chief, Marc Racicot, John Mitchell, Bush White House, Thomas White, Joseph McCarthy, Phil Gramm, O'Neill, Trent Lott, Jack Ryan, Ed Gillespie, Rick Santorum, Dennis Hastert, Frank Murkowski, Newt Gingrich, Sam Brownback, The president, Congressional Republicans, vice president, Vice President Dick Cheney, Porter Goss, Richard Perle, John Snow
Neutral Republican 149Bush(43), President Bush(13), Reagan(11), administration(10), White House(8), Republicans(7), Dick Cheney(5), Republican(5), O'Neill(4), Ronald Reagan(4), Cheney(3), the president(3), Bush administration(3), George Bush(3), Rudy Giuliani(3), Ashcroft(2), Jeb Bush(2), Rick Santorum, Don Rumsfeld, Paul Wolfowitz, President Reagan, Mankiw, Reagan administration, Pat Roberts, John Ashcroft, Richard Armitage, Scott McClellan, Arnold Schwarzenegger, John Dean, Dwight Eisenhower, Vice President Cheney, Republican Party, the President, commander in chief, George W. Bush, Condoleezza Rice, Donald Rumsfeld



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
Buying Into Failure
17 December 2004
818 100 3R-: Bush administration, Bush administration, Bush administration
Borrow, Speculate and Hope
10 December 2004
811 100 6R-: Bush administration, Bush, President Bush, Bush, Bush, John Snow
Inventing a Crisis
7 December 2004
843 67 2R-: President Bush, Bush
1R=
No Surrender
5 November 2004
926 30 4D+: Franklin Roosevelt, Democratic, Democrats, Democrats
2D-: Al From, Democratic Leadership Council
8R-: Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Republican Party, Bush, Bush
9D=, 7R=
Faith in America
2 November 2004
800 0 1R=
It's Not Just Al Qaqaa
29 October 2004
921 83 5D+: John Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry
15R-: President Bush, Bush, Cheney, Bush, administration, Dick Cheney, Bush, Cheney, administration, Bush, Bush, administration, the president, Karl Rove, Bush
1D=, 3R=
A Culture of Cover-Ups
26 October 2004
889 100 1D+: John Kerry
19R-: Porter Goss, Goss, Republican, Goss, Bush administration, President Bush, administration, administration, administration, Administration, Bush, Bush administration, administration, administration, administration, administration, Goss, Goss, Goss
Voting and Counting
22 October 2004
879 50 5D+: John Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Democratic, Kerry
2R+: Bush, Bush
6R-: Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush
7R=
Feeling the Draft
19 October 2004
887 85 1D+: John Kerry
16R-: President Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Republican National Committee, administration, administration, President Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Paul Wolfowitz, Bush
3R=
Block the Vote
15 October 2004
845 88 8D+: Democratic, Democratic, Democrats, Democratic, Democratic, Democratic, Democratic, Democrats
7R-: Republican National Committee, Republican, Republican Party, Republican, Republican, Republicans, Republican Party
1D=, 1R=
Checking the Facts, in Advance
12 October 2004
948 86 10D+: John Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry
1D-: Kerry
19R-: President Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, administration, Bush, Bush, administration, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush
1D=, 1R=
Ignorance Isn't Strength
8 October 2004
894 89 17R-: Bush, George W. Bush, President Bush, Vice President Dick Cheney, Bush administration, Bush administration, administration, Dick Cheney, George Bush, administration, Bush administration, administration, administration, administration, John Ashcroft, administration, Bush
2R=
The Falling Scales
5 October 2004
956 72 4D+: John Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry
21R-: President Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, administration, Bush, president, Bush, Bush administration, Cheney, Bush, vice president, Cheney, Cheney, Cheney, Cheney, administration, Dick Cheney, George Bush
3D=, 6R=
America's Lost Respect
1 October 2004
866 93 13R-: Bush, president, administration, Bush, administration, administration, Bush, Bush, administration, Congressional Republicans, Bush, Bush, Bush
1R=
Swagger vs. Substance
28 September 2004
893 65 3D+: Al Gore, Kerry, John Kerry
1R+: Bush
13R-: Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Karl Rove, Bush, Bush
2D=, 4R=
Let's Get Real
24 September 2004
928 68 1D+: John Kerry
13R-: Bush, Bush, administration, administration, Bush, Bush, administration, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush administration, Bush
2D=, 4R=
The Last Deception
21 September 2004
852 80 1D+: John Kerry
8R-: President Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush administration, Bush, Bush administration, Bush administration
1D=, 1R=
Taking On the Myth
14 September 2004
906 68 3D+: Kerry, Kerry, Kerry
16R-: President Bush, Bush, Bush, Dick Cheney, Bush, Bush, Bush administration, White House, Bush, Bush, Cheney, Bush, Bush, Paul Wolfowitz, Donald Rumsfeld, Bush
6D=, 1R=
The Dishonesty Thing
10 September 2004
903 100 20R-: George W. Bush, White House, administration, administration, Bush, Bush administration, administration, the president, administration, administration, Bush administration, administration, Bush, Bush, administration, Bush, The president, Bush, Bush, Bush
A Mythic Reality
7 September 2004
877 54 10R-: Bush, administration, Bush, Bush, Bush, president, Bush administration, Bush, Bush, Bush
4D=, 3R=
Feel the Hate
3 September 2004
938 87 13D+: George Soros, George Soros, Soros, Soros, Soros, Soros, Soros, Democratic, Barack Obama, Democratic, John Kerry, Kerry, Soros
15R-: George W. Bush, Republicans, Dennis Hastert, Hastert, Newt Gingrich, administration, Bush, Republican, Republicans, Bush, Hastert, Bush administration, Sam Brownback, Republicans, Bush
2D=, 2R=
A No-Win Situation
31 August 2004
802 100 2R-: President Bush, Bush
America's Failing Health
27 August 2004
798 52 3D+: John Kerry, Kerry, Kerry
1R+: George Bush
1R=
The Rambo Coalition
24 August 2004
871 92 8D+: John Kerry, Kerry, Democrat, Max Cleland, John Kerry, Kerry, John Kerry, Kerry
1R+: John McCain
14R-: President Bush, Bush, Bush, Dick Cheney, John Ashcroft, George Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, George Bush, Republican, Karl Rove, Bush, Bush
Saving the Vote
17 August 2004
806 73 1D+: John Kerry
4R-: George Bush, Jeb Bush, Bush, President Bush
2R=
Bush's Own Goal
13 August 2004
852 77 10R-: Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush
3R=
Spin the Payrolls
10 August 2004
849 91 5D+: Kerry, Kerry, Bill Clinton, Clinton, Bill Clinton
8R-: President Bush, President Bush, administration, administration, administration, administration, administration, administration
1D=
What About Iraq?
6 August 2004
857 100 1R+: George H. W. Bush
Reading the Script
3 August 2004
889 51 6D+: Democratic, Democrats, John Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry
3R+: Frank Luntz, Republican, Bush
9R-: Republicans, G.O.P. , Ed Gillespie, Republican Party, Republican, Republicans, Rick Santorum, Tom DeLay, Tom Ridge
2D=, 5R=
Triumph of the Trivial
30 July 2004
923 81 16D+: Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Teresa Heinz Kerry, the Clintons, Heinz Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Edwards, Kerry, Teresa Heinz Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Democratic, Kerry
8R-: George Bush, Jack Ryan, Bush, Bush, Republicans, Jeb Bush, Republican Party, Bush administration
3D=, 3R=
Fear of Fraud
27 July 2004
819 76 1D+: Democratic
5R-: George W. Bush, Republicans, Jeb Bush, Republicans, Republican
2R=
Accounting and Accountability
23 July 2004
827 100 1R-: Bush administration
The Arabian Candidate
20 July 2004
832 100 1D+: Kerry
12R-: Joseph McCarthy, President Bush, Dick Cheney, Bush, Bush, Republican, G.O.P. , Bush, Administration, Tom Ridge, George Bush, Bush
Medical Class Warfare
16 July 2004
820 79 2D+: Kerry, Kerry
6R-: Bush, Bush administration, administration, Bush, President Bush, Bush
1D=, 1R=
Machine at Work
13 July 2004
891 88 1D+: Chris Bell
24R-: Tom DeLay, Republican, DeLay, DeLay, DeLay, DeLay, Republicans, Republican, DeLay, Republicans, DeLay, DeLay, DeLay, DeLay, Republican Party, DeLay, DeLay, DeLay, Republican, DeLay, DeLay, Republicans, DeLay, DeLay
1D=, 2R=
Health Versus Wealth
9 July 2004
864 63 9D+: John Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry
2D-: Kerry, Kerry
6R-: White House, George Bush, Bush, administration, Bush, President Bush
2D=, 1R=
Bye-Bye, Bush Boom
6 July 2004
876 63 2D+: Clinton, John Kerry
7R-: Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush administration, Bush
2D=, 3R=
Moore's Public Service
2 July 2004
918 100 1D+: John Kerry
15R-: George Bush, Bush administration, president of the United States, Bush, George Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush
Who Lost Iraq?
29 June 2004
830 80 4R-: Bush administration, Republican, Ari Fleischer, administration
1R=
Errors on Terror
25 June 2004
794 60 6R-: Bush administration, White House, Bush administration, Bush, administration, Bush
4R=
Noonday in the Shade
22 June 2004
873 89 16R-: Ashcroft, Ashcroft, John Ashcroft, Bush administration, Ashcroft, Ashcroft, Ashcroft, Ashcroft, Ashcroft, Ashcroft, Ashcroft, Ashcroft, Ashcroft, John Mitchell, Richard Nixon, Ashcroft
2R=
Travesty of Justice
15 June 2004
851 63 1D+: Clinton administration
2R+: Charles Grassley, Grassley
11R-: John Ashcroft, Ashcroft, Ashcroft, Ashcroft, Ashcroft, Ashcroft, Ashcroft, Ashcroft, administration, Ashcroft, Ashcroft
2R=
An Economic Legend
11 June 2004
874 47 3D+: Bill Clinton, Clinton, Clinton
5R-: Reaganomics, President Reagan, Reagan, Reagan, Reagan
1D=, 9R=
The Great Taxer
8 June 2004
895 21 2D+: Bill Clinton, President Clinton
6R+: Ronald Reagan, President Reagan, Reagan, Reagan, President Reagan, Reagan
8R-: Ronald Reagan, Reagan, George W. Bush, President Bush, President Bush, George W. Bush, President Bush, President Reagan
1D=, 5R=
Dooh Nibor Economics
1 June 2004
853 100 15R-: George Bush, administration, administration, Bush, Bush administration, White House, Bush, administration, Bush, George Bush, administration, Bush, administration, White House, Bush
To Tell the Truth
28 May 2004
886 100 16R-: George Bush, Bush, president, Bush, Bush, Bush, commander in chief, Bush, Bush, president of the United States, the president, Bush administration, Bush, Bush, administration, Bush
Delusions of Triumph
25 May 2004
873 69 2D+: Clinton, Clinton
9R-: Republicans, George Bush, Republican, administration, Bush, Bush administration, Bush administration, President Bush, Bush
1D=, 4R=
The Wastrel Son
18 May 2004
860 82 14R-: George Bush, President Bush, Bush, administration, administration, Bush, Bush, Bush, administration, administration, administration, Bush, Bush, Bush
3R=
A Crude Shock
14 May 2004
811 0
Just Trust Us
11 May 2004
905 73 2R+: Lindsey Graham, Republican
21R-: Bush, administration, administration, Nixon, administration, Nixon, administration, John Ashcroft, Ashcroft, George Bush, Bush, Donald Rumsfeld, administration, Rumsfeld, administration, Graham, John McCain, administration, George Bush, Bush's administration, Donald Rumsfeld
3R=
The Oil Crunch
7 May 2004
798 100 2R-: George Bush, Bush
Battlefield of Dreams
4 May 2004
792 100 4R-: Bush administration, George Bush, administration, Jeb Bush
In Front of Your Nose
30 April 2004
807 75 3R-: George Bush, administration, administration
1R=
A Vision of Power
27 April 2004
898 100 22R-: Dick Cheney, Bush administration, administration, administration, Cheney, administration, Bush administration, George Bush, Dick Cheney, administration, Cheney, Bush administration, Cheney, Cheney, Cheney, Cheney, administration, administration, administration, administration, Cheney, president
What Went Wrong?
23 April 2004
784 77 10R-: Bush administration, administration, Bush, Bush administration, President Bush, administration, administration, administration, administration, Condoleezza Rice
3R=
Questions of Interest
20 April 2004
834 50 1R+: Gregory Mankiw
1R=
The Vietnam Analogy
16 April 2004
843 86 1D+: Lyndon Johnson
7R-: President Bush, George Bush, Bush, Nixonian, Nixon, George Bush, Nixon
1D=
Snares and Delusions
13 April 2004
810 80 8R-: George Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, administration, Bush, administration, Bush
2R=
One Good Month
9 April 2004
869 84 11D+: Bill Clinton, Clinton, John Kerry, Bill Clinton, Robert Rubin, Kerry, Rubinesque, Rubin, Clinton, Clinton, Rubinomics
3R-: George Bush, Reaganomics, Bush
1D=, 2R=
The Mercury Scandal
6 April 2004
825 75 9R-: Bush administration, Bush administration, administration, Bush administration, Republican, administration, administration, administration, administration
3R=
Smear Without Fear
2 April 2004
882 63 12R-: White House, Bush, White House, White House, Bush, George Bush, administration, administration, administration, White House, White House, administration
7R=
This Isn't America
30 March 2004
891 85 2D+: Democratic, Democrats
1R+: Paul O'Neill
21R-: George Bush, administration, Bush, Bush, administration, administration, administration, administration, Nixon, Bill Frist, White House, administration, administration, Republican, Dick Cheney, Michael Oxley, Republican, Tom DeLay, Bush, Bush, Cheney
2R=
The Medicare Muddle
26 March 2004
815 100 1R-: administration
Lifting the Shroud
23 March 2004
914 89 1D+: John Kerry
22R-: Bush administration, administration, Ari Fleischer, administration, Bush administration, White House, administration, George Bush, Bush, administration, Bush, Bush administration, John Ashcroft, administration, White House, Bush, administration, the president, Bush, administration, administration, Bush administration
3R=
Taken for a Ride
19 March 2004
874 85 3D+: John Kerry, Kerry, Kerry
1R+: Dennis Hastert
14R-: President Bush, Bush, Bush administration, Bush administration, administration, Bush, Bush administration, administration, Bush, administration, the president, administration, the president, Bush
1R=
Weak on Terror
16 March 2004
902 96 3D+: Clinton, John Kerry, Kerry
17R-: Bush administration, Bush, Bush, administration, administration, Bush, Bush, Bush, administration, administration, administration, administration, Bush, Bush, the president, Republican, administration
1R=
No More Excuses on Jobs
12 March 2004
860 93 1D+: Franklin Roosevelt
11R-: Bush administration, administration, Marc Racicot, Bush, administration, Bush administration, George Bush, administration, administration, Bush, Bush
1R=
Promises, Promises
9 March 2004
246 100 2R-: administration, administration
Social Security Scares
5 March 2004
820 100 4R-: Bush, Bush, administration, Republican
Maestro of Chutzpah
2 March 2004
786 75 3R-: Bush, Bush, Bush White House
1R=
The Trade Tightrope
27 February 2004
870 80 7D+: Democrats, John Dingell, John Kerry, Kerry, Democratic, Franklin Roosevelt, Harry Truman
1D-: Charles Schumer
8R-: Bush administration, the president, White House, administration, Republican, administration, Ronald Reagan, George W. Bush
1D=
The Health of Nations
17 February 2004
821 52 1D+: Democrats
1D-: Democrat
3R-: the president, administration, administration
The Real Man
13 February 2004
873 95 1D+: Bill Clinton
18R-: George Bush, Bush, the president, the president, Bush administration, Bush, Bush, the president, administration, administration, the president, Bush, Bush, Bush, administration, Bush, Bush, White House
1R=
Jobs, Jobs, Jobs
10 February 2004
825 83 5R-: President Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush
1R=
Get Me Rewrite!
6 February 2004
875 79 11R-: Bush administration, administration, Richard Perle, Paul Wolfowitz, Dick Cheney, President Bush, administration, administration, administration, administration, administration
3R=
Another Bogus Budget
3 February 2004
825 64 6R-: Republican, administration, administration, administration, Bush, administration
1D=, 2R=
Where's the Apology?
30 January 2004
867 95 1D+: Clinton
17R-: George Bush, administration, Bush, Dick Cheney, Bush, Bush administration, administration, administration, White House, administration, Henry Kissinger, administration, administration, Bush, administration, Bush, president
1R=
Red Ink Realities
27 January 2004
825 81 6R-: George Bush, administration, Bush, Bush, Trent Lott, Frank Murkowski
1D=
Democracy at Risk
23 January 2004
770 71 1D+: Rush Holt
2R-: George W. Bush, Republican
1D=
Going for Broke
20 January 2004
874 94 2D+: F.D.R., Wesley Clark
13R-: George Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Republican, Bush, administration, Republican National Committee, Bush, Bush, Karl Rove
1R=
Who Gets It?
16 January 2004
947 61 12D+: Wesley Clark, Clark, Howard Dean, John Kerry, Dean, Dean, Clark, Clinton, Clinton, Democrat, Democrat, Democratic
1D-: Clinton
13R-: administration, Richard Nixon, Bush administration, George Bush, Bush, Bush administration, Bush, Nixonian, Paul O'Neill, Republican, Bush, Republican, Bush
10D=, 1R=
The Awful Truth
13 January 2004
899 60 2D+: Howard Dean, Wesley Clark
2R+: O'Neill, O'Neill
14R-: George Bush, Bush, Paul O'Neill, administration, Bush administration, administration, Dick Cheney, O'Neill, Bush, Donald Rumsfeld, administration, administration, administration, administration
6R=
Enron and the System
9 January 2004
816 45 2D+: Gen. Wesley Clark, Howard Dean
1D-: Joseph Lieberman
2R-: Thomas White, Phil Gramm
1D=
Rubin Gets Shrill
6 January 2004
850 57 6D+: Rubin, Robert Rubin, Rubin, Rubin, Rubin, Rubin
3R+: Gregory Mankiw, Mankiw, Ronald Reagan
4R-: administration, the president, administration, Bush administration
1R=
Who's Nader Now?
2 January 2004
983 46 21D+: Al Gore, Gore, Howard Dean, Democratic, Wesley Clark, Dean, Dean, Dean, Democrat, Max Cleland, Daschle, Dean, Democrat, John Kerry, Dean, Clark, Dean, Dean, Dean, Democrats, Dean
9D-: Democratic Party, Lieberman, Kerry, Dean, Lieberman, Kerry, Lieberman, Lieberman, Kerry
9R-: White House, George Bush, Bush, Bush, Karl Rove, Republicans, Bush, Bush, Bush
4D=