lying in ponds
The absurdity of partisanship
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Robert J. Samuelson
Washington Post

Columns 52
Words 51636
Normalized Median Partisanship Index 0.00
Normalized Total Partisanship Index 7.77
Normalized Combined Partisanship Index 3.89
Democratic Index -31.86
Republican Index -18.85
Positive Index 14.01
Negative Index 38.58
Neutral Index 47.41
Kerry Index -47.47
Bush Index -29.80



Partisan References

Type Number All References
Positive Democratic 14 Democrats(3), Kerry(3), Franklin Roosevelt(2), Truman, Democratic, Treasury secretary Robert Rubin, McAuliffe, Paul Begala, Clinton administration
Negative Democratic 79 Kerry(40), Democrats(15), John Kerry(10), Clinton(2), Feingold(2), Spitzer(2), Sandy Berger, Bill Clinton, John Edwards, President Jimmy Carter, Carter, Democratic, Eliot Spitzer, Clinton administration
Neutral Democratic 111Kerry(34), Democrats(15), John Kerry(11), Democratic(10), DNC(4), Lyndon Johnson(3), Democrat(3), Clinton(3), Truman(3), Bill Clinton(2), Jimmy Carter(2), Democratic National Committee(2), Edwards(2), President Bill Clinton(2), Terry McAuliffe(2), Al Gore(2), Gore, Jon Corzine, John Kennedy, Adlai Stevenson, Teresa Heinz Kerry, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, McAuliffe, FDR, Clinton administration, Begala, Sarbanes
Positive Republican 51 Bush(18), Reagan(11), Eisenhower(3), Bush administration(3), Reaganomics(3), the president(2), Ronald Reagan(2), White House, William E. Simon, President Reagan, administration, Republican, Newt Gingrich, The President, David Stockman, Republicans
Negative Republican 100 Bush(48), Republicans(10), President Bush(7), George Bush(7), administration(6), Bush administration(4), White House(4), Thompson(3), Eisenhower(2), McCain(2), the president, Reagan administration, Rush Limbaugh, O'Neill, Richard Nixon, Tommy Thompson, Vice President Cheney
Neutral Republican 109Bush(42), Republicans(9), President Bush(8), George Bush(7), Republican(7), Reagan(5), Eisenhower(4), Bush administration(4), administration(3), George W. Bush(3), O'Neill(3), White House(2), Thompson(2), Paul O'Neill, Richard Nixon, Tommy G. Thompson, Rush Limbaugh, House Republicans, Cheney, Dwight Eisenhower, The president, Ronald Reagan, Oxley



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
The Next Economy
29 December 2004
975 0
Cautious Capitalists
22 December 2004
911 0 1D=, 3R=
Who Will Say No?
15 December 2004
1038 78 7R-: Tommy Thompson, Thompson, President Bush, Thompson, Bush administration, Bush administration, Thompson
2R=
The Airbus Showdown
8 December 2004
902 100 2R+: Bush administration, Bush administration
The End Of the Age Of Inflation
2 December 2004
1038 0 2D=, 3R=
Republic of Turmoil
24 November 2004
995 0
The Dangerous Dollar
17 November 2004
1040 23 1R-: Bush
1D=, 2R=
The Politics of Self-Esteem
10 November 2004
1135 2 2D+: Paul Begala, Clinton administration
3D-: John Kerry, Kerry, Kerry
1R+: Ronald Reagan
3R-: George Bush, Bush, Bush
9D=, 6R=
The Deadlock of Democracy
1 November 2004
1070 31 8D-: John Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry
6R-: George Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush
Election by Litigation?
27 October 2004
959 11 1D-: Democrats
1R-: Republicans
1D=
Nuclear Nightmare
20 October 2004
1104 4 1D+: Kerry
1R+: Bush
4D=, 3R=
A Poverty Issue Left Untouched
13 October 2004
936 0 2D=, 2R=
Oil Fantasies
6 October 2004
1036 3 3D-: John Kerry, Kerry, Kerry
4R-: George Bush, Richard Nixon, Bush, Bush
Presidents And Jobs (Again)
1 October 2004
944 32 1D+: Franklin Roosevelt
1D-: John Kerry
2R-: Republicans, George Bush
1D=
Prognosis: Stalemate
22 September 2004
1074 15 7D-: John Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry
6R-: George Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush
4D=, 4R=
'Job Quality' -- Campaign Myth
15 September 2004
939 30 2D-: Kerry, Kerry
1R+: Bush
5D=, 2R=
Same Old Evasion
8 September 2004
1059 3 4D-: John Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry
6R-: President Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush
1D=, 1R=
Bush's Jobs Albatross
1 September 2004
937 7 1D+: Democrats
3D-: John Kerry, Democrats, Kerry
2R+: Bush, Republicans
6R-: Bush, President Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush
3R=
So Much for Free Speech
25 August 2004
1099 2 1D+: McAuliffe
2D-: Kerry, Feingold
2R-: Bush, McCain
16D=, 5R=
Staying Out Of Cell Hell
18 August 2004
936 0
Attorney Generals' Hot Air
11 August 2004
877 100 3D-: Eliot Spitzer, Spitzer, Spitzer
Marketing Revolution In Politics
3 August 2004
941 0 13D=, 6R=
Pressure of the American Dream
26 July 2004
991 33 1D-: Kerry
2D=
Lessons From New England
21 July 2004
900 0 1D+: Democrats
1D-: Democrats
3D=
Champs of Clatter
14 July 2004
1102 16 9D-: John Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Democratic, John Kerry, Kerry, Democrats, Kerry
1R+: Bush
8R-: George Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, George Bush, Bush, Republicans, Bush
6D=, 6R=
By the Seat of His Pants
7 July 2004
917 0 1D=
How Polarization Sells
30 June 2004
1072 3 1D-: Democrats
2R-: Republicans, Rush Limbaugh
6D=, 8R=
Bull Market for Media Bias
23 June 2004
1054 0 4D=, 5R=
Our Next Shortage
17 June 2004
945 0
Unsung Triumph
9 June 2004
1140 65 3D-: President Jimmy Carter, Carter, Democrats
17R+: Ronald Reagan, Reagan, Reagan, Reagan, Reagan, Reagan, Reaganomics, Reagan, Reagan, Reaganomics, Reagan, Reaganomics, Reagan, Reagan, The President, David Stockman, Reagan
2R-: Republicans, Reagan administration
3D=, 2R=
Seduced By 'Reform'
2 June 2004
1015 1 2D-: Democrats, Feingold
3R-: President Bush, Bush, McCain
4D=, 1R=
Great Wall of Unknowns
26 May 2004
878 0
Crutch of Cheap Credit
19 May 2004
1014 100 1R+: Bush
Tax Reform R.I.P.
12 May 2004
876 31 4D-: Democrats, Bill Clinton, Democrats, Democrats
2R+: William E. Simon, President Reagan
4R-: Republicans, President Bush, Republicans, Republicans
Drifting Apart
5 May 2004
1052 8 2R+: Bush, Bush
1R-: Bush
9R=
Keeping U.S. Jobs at Home
28 April 2004
939 29 1D+: Kerry
3D-: Kerry, Kerry, Kerry
3D=
Presidential Power Trips
21 April 2004
1160 10 1D+: Kerry
7D-: Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry
7R+: Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush
11R-: Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, administration, the president, administration, Bush, Bush
5D=, 10R=
Is Housing Headed for a Fall?
15 April 2004
976 0
Governing by Crisis
8 April 2004
1037 38 3D-: Clinton administration, Sandy Berger, Clinton
2R+: Bush administration, Bush
2R-: President Bush, White House
3R=
China: The New America?
31 March 2004
987 33 1R+: White House
2R=
Calling the Next Tech Challenge
26 March 2004
1014 0
The Afflictions of Affluence
17 March 2004
901 0 1R=
Bush Allies, Falling Down on the Jobs
10 March 2004
1063 62 1D+: Democrats
7R-: Bush, administration, White House, White House, Bush, Bush, Bush
3D=, 1R=
The Future of the Welfare State
5 March 2004
871 0
A Phony Jobs Debate
25 February 2004
1074 11 2D-: John Kerry, John Edwards
1R+: Bush
2R-: Bush administration, administration
5D=, 3R=
OPEC in a Better Light
18 February 2004
863 0
Dishonest Budget Talk
11 February 2004
1043 10 2D+: Democratic, Treasury secretary Robert Rubin
3D-: Democrats, Democrats, Democrats
2R+: Republican, Newt Gingrich
5R-: Bush administration, White House, administration, Bush, Republicans
2R=
The European Predicament
4 February 2004
852 0
The China Riddle
30 January 2004
986 0 1R=
Presidential Scorekeeping
20 January 2004
1067 2 2D+: Truman, Franklin Roosevelt
8R+: the president, Eisenhower, Eisenhower, Bush, administration, the president, Bush, Eisenhower
6R-: Eisenhower, Eisenhower, Bush, administration, Vice President Cheney, O'Neill
6D=, 13R=
The Specter of Outsourcing
14 January 2004
1021 0
The Boomers' Time Bomb Denial
7 January 2004
881 17 3D-: Democrats, Democrats, Clinton
3R-: Republicans, President Bush, Bush