lying in ponds
The absurdity of partisanship
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William Raspberry
Washington Post

Columns 50
Words 40084
Normalized Median Partisanship Index 0.00
Normalized Total Partisanship Index 24.59
Normalized Combined Partisanship Index 12.29
Democratic Index 12.66
Republican Index -31.72
Positive Index 18.11
Negative Index 36.60
Neutral Index 45.28
Kerry Index -18.18
Bush Index -27.87



Partisan References

Type Number All References
Positive Democratic 25 Obama(5), Democrats(3), Democratic(3), Barack Obama(3), Byrd(2), Fauntroy(2), Tony Williams, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Robert C. Byrd, Senate Democrats, Walter E. Fauntroy, Kerry, John F. Kerry
Negative Democratic 15 Kerry(7), Democrats(3), Williams(2), Anthony Williams, John Kerry, Strom Thurmond
Neutral Democratic 39Kerry(16), John Kerry(7), Democrats(5), Al Gore(2), Democratic(2), Williams, Marion Barry, Bill Clinton, Democrat, Michael Dukakis, Kitty Dukakis, Dukakis
Positive Republican 23 Paige(7), Bush(5), president(3), Bush administration, Education Secretary Rod Paige, Kay Bailey Hutchison, Vice President Cheney, Republican, Republicans, President Bush, Colin
Negative Republican 82 administration(18), the president(14), Bush(8), Bush administration(8), president(5), President Bush(4), Republican(4), Reagan(3), George W. Bush(3), Republicans(3), The president(2), White House, Ronald Reagan, Republican Party, Trent Lott, Lott, president Ronald Reagan, White House counsel Alberto Gonzales, Vice President Cheney, George Bush, W.
Neutral Republican 81the president(13), Bush(11), President Bush(9), Bush administration(8), administration(5), Reagan(4), Republicans(3), president(3), Republican(3), Powell(2), The president(2), Ridge(2), Secretary of Education Rod Paige, Bush Administration, Education Secretary Rod Paige, Paige, Eisenhower administration, Colin Powell, Secretary of State Colin Powell, Paul O'Neill, George Bush, John McCain, McCain, Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge, Condoleezza Rice, Eisenhower, Tom Ridge, Karl Rove



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
Occupation Hazards
27 December 2004
809 20 1R-: Bush administration
4R=
Common Sense for the Holidays
20 December 2004
868 0
Marriage Rites and Wrongs
13 December 2004
870 0
Rage in the Courtroom
6 December 2004
714 0 3D=
Duct Tape Won't Cover This
29 November 2004
813 0 8R=
What Cosby Should Say
22 November 2004
874 100 1R+: Colin
Accepting Our Shades of Purple
15 November 2004
746 100 1D+: Barack Obama
Rewarding the 'Values' Crowd
8 November 2004
805 10 1D+: John F. Kerry
3R+: President Bush, Bush, Bush
6D=, 3R=
Watching for a Groundswell
1 November 2004
814 44 2D+: Democrats, Democratic
2R-: administration, Republicans
3D=, 2R=
A Web of Bunk
25 October 2004
814 0 1D=
Improve on Red vs. Blue
18 October 2004
784 13 1D+: Democrats
1R+: Republicans
1R-: George W. Bush
2D=, 5R=
Hoping For Busy Signals
11 October 2004
877 0
Achieving Peace in D.C.
4 October 2004
784 0
Change the Iraq Conversation
27 September 2004
849 5 1D-: Kerry
1R+: Bush
3R-: Bush administration, Bush, Bush
2D=, 3R=
Time to Lead, Marion
20 September 2004
810 0 2D=
Reengaging Our Schools
13 September 2004
807 0
Good Homes, Good Students
6 September 2004
852 0
Is 'Not George Bush' Enough?
30 August 2004
721 7 1D+: Kerry
5D-: Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry
1R+: Bush
5R-: George Bush, George W. Bush, Bush, Bush, W.
3D=, 4R=
The Bus Is Still Broken
23 August 2004
809 0
No Quick Fixes for District Schools
16 August 2004
791 0
Believing the Shepherd
9 August 2004
745 20 1R+: president
2R-: administration, The president
2R=
All Together, Now
2 August 2004
857 80 9D+: Democratic, Barack Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama, Barack Obama, Democratic
1R+: Republican
1R=
Failures of the Sept. 11 Commission
26 July 2004
784 89 8R-: administration, President Bush, the president, White House counsel Alberto Gonzales, the president, the president, administration, Vice President Cheney
1R=
America, Ray Charles Style
5 July 2004
749 0
Fiery Hatchet Job
28 June 2004
850 65 9R-: Bush administration, president, the president, George W. Bush, Bush, Republicans, Bush administration, the president, administration
2D=, 2R=
Understanding Their Fears
21 June 2004
798 0 1R=
Reagan's Race Legacy
14 June 2004
698 39 2D-: Democrats, Strom Thurmond
1R+: Vice President Cheney
10R-: Reagan, president Ronald Reagan, Republican, Ronald Reagan, Reagan, Republican Party, Reagan, Trent Lott, Lott, Republican
2R=
Giving 'No Child' a Chance
7 June 2004
751 57 4R+: Paige, Paige, Paige, Paige
3R=
Tracking Why We Went to War
31 May 2004
810 20 2R-: Bush administration, administration
8R=
Revisiting Redistricting
24 May 2004
877 41 1D+: Democrats
1R-: Republican
1D=, 2R=
Brown Isn't Enough
17 May 2004
845 0
Nader's Advice To Kerry
10 May 2004
916 9 4D-: Democrats, John Kerry, Democrats, Kerry
3R-: Republicans, Bush, Republican
12D=, 3R=
No Child's Failure
3 May 2004
828 0 2R=
Authority Figures
26 April 2004
767 40 1D+: Tony Williams
3D-: Anthony Williams, Williams, Williams
1D=
We Didn't Dare Wait
19 April 2004
821 33 2R+: president, president
1R-: the president
Stop Embracing the Negative
12 April 2004
747 0 1D=, 1R=
Asleep on Alert
5 April 2004
869 50 5R-: President Bush, Bush administration, president, president, president
5R=
The Question We Should Be Asking
29 March 2004
806 65 13R-: President Bush, administration, Bush, administration, Bush, the president, administration, president, the president, administration, White House, the president, the president
7R=
South Africa's Luck
22 March 2004
812 0
Bare-Bones Equality in the Cape
15 March 2004
754 0
Separating Some, Educating All
8 March 2004
794 43 1D+: Hillary Rodham Clinton
5R+: Education Secretary Rod Paige, Paige, Paige, Kay Bailey Hutchison, Paige
2R=
Still Battling 'Massive Resistance'
1 March 2004
761 0
Reasons for Marriage
23 February 2004
773 0
Helping Haiti
16 February 2004
699 100 3D+: Walter E. Fauntroy, Fauntroy, Fauntroy
Commissions and Clarity
9 February 2004
887 85 4D+: Robert C. Byrd, Byrd, Byrd, Senate Democrats
6R-: the president, the president, administration, administration, administration, administration
2R=
Faulty Evidence And an Eager Victim
2 February 2004
826 43 2R+: Bush administration, Bush
8R-: President Bush, Bush administration, The president, administration, administration, Bush administration, administration, administration
4R=
Why Good Marriages Matter
26 January 2004
694 40 2R-: the president, the president
3R=
Honoring the Wisdom of the Opposition
19 January 2004
905 0 1R=
Community Is the Key
12 January 2004
707 0
Affirmative Approach
5 January 2004
743 0