lying in ponds
The absurdity of partisanship
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Sebastian Mallaby
Washington Post

Columns 37
Words 36525
Normalized Median Partisanship Index 0.00
Normalized Total Partisanship Index 8.71
Normalized Combined Partisanship Index 4.35
Democratic Index -6.60
Republican Index -21.24
Positive Index 24.44
Negative Index 40.30
Neutral Index 35.26
Kerry Index -20.41
Bush Index -20.00



Partisan References

Type Number All References
Positive Democratic 52 Kerry(17), Clinton(7), Biden(3), John Kerry(3), Richard Holbrooke(2), Franklin Roosevelt(2), Clintonites(2), Holbrooke, George Soros, John F. Kennedy, Kennedy, Charles Rangel, Carville, Democrat, Howard Dean, Democratic Party, Clinton administration, Larry Summers, Joe Biden, Lawrence Summers, Joe Lieberman, Democrats, Gene Sperling
Negative Democratic 65 Kerry(32), John Kerry(8), Democratic(5), Clinton administration(4), Byrd(4), Robert Byrd, Kennedy, McNamara, Bill Clinton, Edwards, Stephanie Tubbs Jones, Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin, Rubin, Clinton, Lawrence Summers, Summers, Biden
Neutral Democratic 80Kerry(34), Biden(7), Kennedy(5), John Kerry(4), Bill Clinton(3), Clinton(3), Holbrooke(2), Hillary Rodham Clinton(2), Democrats(2), Clinton administration(2), administration(2), Democrat(2), McNamara(2), Robert McNamara, Democratic, James Carville, Jimmy Carter, Rubin, the president, Clintonites, Nita Lowey, Edwards, Al Gore
Positive Republican 79 Bush(36), Zoellick(13), Bush administration(6), the president(3), President Bush(2), Ronald Reagan(2), George W. Bush(2), Bond, GOP, Bill McInturff, Vice President Cheney, Tommy Thompson, Republicans, the President, Colin Powell, Republican, John McCain, Reagan, president, administration, Bill Thomas, Bob Zoellick
Negative Republican 151 Bush(70), Bond(17), administration(9), Bush administration(7), President Bush(4), Reagan(4), George W. Bush(4), Republican(3), Republicans(3), George Bush(3), Zoellick(3), O'Neill(2), Ronald Reagan(2), Newt Gingrich, GOP, Republican Party, Republican National Committee, Ed Gillespie, Marc Racicot, Vice President Cheney, Gingrich, Cheney, The Gipper, Reaganite, Charles Grassley, vice president, Paul O'Neill, Kit Bond, White House, the president, president, Colin Powell, Frist
Neutral Republican 109Bush(53), Reagan(8), President Bush(8), Bush administration(8), George Bush(4), George W. Bush(3), the president(3), administration(2), Condoleezza Rice(2), Republican(2), Frist(2), Republican Party(2), Colin Powell(2), Donald Rumsfeld, Bill Frist, Majority Leader Bill Frist, Ronald Reagan, Powell, Robert Zoellick, White House, Dick Cheney, Zoellick, Cabinet



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
Trouble With Choices
20 December 2004
896 0
Flaws of Private Accounts
13 December 2004
955 45 2D+: Democrats, Gene Sperling
1R+: Bush
3R-: administration, President Bush, Bush
4R=
Zoellick's Lonely Path
6 December 2004
940 40 2D-: Clinton administration, Clinton administration
14R+: Zoellick, Bob Zoellick, Zoellick, Zoellick, Zoellick, Zoellick, Zoellick, Zoellick, Zoellick, Zoellick, Zoellick, Zoellick, Zoellick, Zoellick
6R-: Bush, Colin Powell, Bush, Zoellick, Zoellick, Zoellick
4R=
How Africa Subsidizes U.S. Health Care
29 November 2004
972 0
Ownership Society Still Needs Rules
22 November 2004
972 17 1R+: administration
5R=
Jumbo Shrimp Follies
15 November 2004
879 0 1R=
Bush's Ungrounded Vision
8 November 2004
1048 38 2R+: president, Bush
10R-: Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, the president, administration, Bush, Bush, president
2D=, 6R=
How to Melt European Iciness
1 November 2004
1058 21 2D+: John Kerry, Joe Lieberman
5R+: Republican, John McCain, Bush, Ronald Reagan, Reagan
7R-: Bush administration, Bush, Bush, Bush administration, Bush, administration, White House
3D=, 4R=
Iraq: Does Kerry Have A Plan?
25 October 2004
1122 5 7D+: Kerry, Richard Holbrooke, John Kerry, Joe Biden, Biden, Biden, Biden
6D-: Biden, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry
1R-: George W. Bush
17D=, 1R=
The (Probably) Right Answer to Terrorism
18 October 2004
990 0 2R=
A Reason to Back the President?
11 October 2004
1104 14 3D+: John Kerry, Kerry, Kerry
5D-: Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry
7R+: the President, Bush, Ronald Reagan, Bush, Bush, Bush, the president
6R-: Bush administration, President Bush, Bush administration, Bush, Bush, Bush
1D=, 2R=
Long Road to Universal Education
4 October 2004
771 0 3D=
The World Bank's Force of Nature
27 September 2004
1036 8 1D+: Clinton
5D-: Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin, Rubin, Clinton, Lawrence Summers, Summers
3R-: Paul O'Neill, O'Neill, O'Neill
10D=, 9R=
Three Debates About Iraq
20 September 2004
1068 28 2D+: Kerry, Kerry
7D-: John Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Clinton administration, Kerry
7R+: President Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush
4R-: Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush
4D=, 6R=
Trade Flip-Flops
13 September 2004
999 31 1D+: Clinton administration
6D-: John Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Democratic, Kerry, Kerry
6R+: Republicans, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush
6R-: Bush, George W. Bush, Bush, administration, Bush, administration
1R=
Bush's Blind Spots
6 September 2004
1007 57 12R-: Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, administration, Bush, Bush administration, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush
9R=
The Character Question
30 August 2004
1167 52 1R+: Bush
15R-: Bush, George W. Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush
2D=, 8R=
The Other Candidate Bounce
9 August 2004
1005 25 1D+: Clinton
6D-: Democratic, Democratic, John Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry
6R+: Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush
7R-: Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush
1R=
Trade and the Honest Candidate
2 August 2004
980 38 3D+: Clinton, Democratic Party, Clinton
8D-: John Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry
2D=
The Pocketbook Issue
26 July 2004
1063 1 4D+: Howard Dean, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry
5D-: Democratic, John Kerry, Kerry, Edwards, Stephanie Tubbs Jones
6R+: GOP, Bill McInturff, Bush, Vice President Cheney, Bush, Tommy Thompson
7R-: Bush, Republican, Bush, Bush, President Bush, Bush, Bush
8D=, 2R=
AIDS Activists Misfiring
19 July 2004
1042 11 1D+: Democrat
7R+: Bush administration, Bush, President Bush, Bush administration, Bush administration, Bush, Bush administration
4R-: administration, Bush administration, Bush, administration
2R=
Kerry's (Silent) Vision
12 July 2004
983 40 13D+: Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Franklin Roosevelt, Kerry, Kerry, Clinton, Carville, Clinton, Clinton
1D-: Kerry
1R+: Bush
3R-: Bush, George Bush, George Bush
14D=, 4R=
How to Nurse Sick States
5 July 2004
953 9 1D+: Franklin Roosevelt
1R+: Bush administration
2R=
Deficits' Bite
21 June 2004
977 74 2D+: Lawrence Summers, Larry Summers
1D-: John Kerry
12R-: Ronald Reagan, The Gipper, Reagan, Bush, Reagan, Reagan, Bush, Reaganite, Bush, Bush, George Bush, vice president
2R=
Big Government Again
14 June 2004
970 40 2D-: Democratic, Bill Clinton
14R-: Ronald Reagan, Newt Gingrich, GOP, Republican Party, Republican, Republicans, Republicans, Republican National Committee, Ed Gillespie, Marc Racicot, Reagan, Gingrich, Republicans, George W. Bush
11R=
Kit's Caboodle
7 June 2004
1008 76 1R+: Bond
20R-: Kit Bond, Republican, Bond, Bond, Bond, Bond, Bond, Bond, Bond, Bond, Bond, Bond, Bond, Bond, Bond, Bond, Bond, Bond, Bond, Frist
4R=
Sartorial Snag
31 May 2004
965 26 1D+: Charles Rangel
1R+: Bill Thomas
2R-: Bush administration, Charles Grassley
2D=, 2R=
Arts of Development
24 May 2004
960 0
Blind to Progress
17 May 2004
911 0
For a 'New Imperialism'
10 May 2004
981 11 1R-: Bush
2D=, 5R=
Gates's New Frontier
3 May 2004
992 100 1D+: Kennedy
Movement off the Streets
26 April 2004
866 0
Visions of U.S. Aid
19 April 2004
958 40 4R+: Bush, the president, Bush, the president
6R=
Legitimacy's Legacy
12 April 2004
1024 6 1D+: John F. Kennedy
2D-: Kennedy, McNamara
2R+: George W. Bush, Bush administration
2R-: Bush, Bush
8D=, 3R=
Opening the Gates
5 April 2004
921 100 1D+: George Soros
A Fishy Approach to Fair Trade
29 March 2004
898 100 5D-: Robert Byrd, Byrd, Byrd, Byrd, Byrd
A Campaign For the Allies Too
22 March 2004
1084 5 5D+: Richard Holbrooke, Holbrooke, Kerry, Clintonites, Clintonites
4D-: John Kerry, Clinton administration, John Kerry, Kerry
6R+: George W. Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Colin Powell
6R-: President Bush, Bush, administration, Vice President Cheney, Bush, Cheney
2D=, 3R=