lying in ponds
The absurdity of partisanship
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Mark Steyn
Chicago Sun-Times

Columns 26
Words 33457
Normalized Median Partisanship Index 67.76
Normalized Total Partisanship Index 64.40
Normalized Combined Partisanship Index 66.08
Democratic Index -80.79
Republican Index 39.71
Positive Index 28.99
Negative Index 49.39
Neutral Index 21.62



Partisan References

Type Number All References
Positive Democratic 6 Lieberman(3), Joe Lieberman(2), Democrat
Negative Democratic 170 Democrats(25), Dems(21), Democratic Party(15), Democrat(13), Beatty(8), Kerry(7), John Kerry(6), Howard Dean(5), Dean(3), Chuck Schumer(3), Schumer(3), Democratic(3), Joe Biden(3), Clinton(3), Dem(3), Biden(3), Nagin(3), Warren Beatty(3), Murtha(3), Nancy Pelosi(2), John Edwards(2), Al Gore(2), Jay Rockefeller(2), Rockefeller(2), Jack Murtha(2), George Soros(2), Dianne Feinstein(2), Robert C. Byrd, Senate Democrats, Richard ben Veniste, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Barbra Streisand, Bob Kerrey, Greenberg, Carville, Jamie Gorelick, Sandy Berger, Tom Harkin, D, Harry Reid, Bill Clinton, Ted Kennedy, Reid, Thomas R. Harkin, Elizabeth Edwards, Democratic National Committee, DNC, Barbara Boxer
Neutral Democratic 27Dems(3), Gore(2), Democratic(2), Democrats(2), Democrat(2), Murtha(2), Stan Greenberg, DNC, Lee Hamilton, Democratic Party, Kerry, Hillary, Dianne Feinstein, Dem, FDR, James Carville, Stanley Greenberg, Al Gore, Thomas R. Harkin, Nancy Pelosi
Positive Republican 112 Bush(52), Cheney(9), President Bush(5), Republicans(5), administration(5), the president(5), Karl Rove(4), The president(3), White House(3), John Bolton(2), Rove(2), Newt(2), Rumsfeld(2), Haley Barbour, Giuliani, Donald Rumsfeld, Alberto Gonzales, Republican, Bush administration, George W. Bush, Libby, Tom Delay, President, Secretary of State Colin Powell, Condi, Arnold
Negative Republican 31 Bush(4), Republican(4), Republicans(4), GOP(2), Nixon, Chuck Hagel, executive branch, George Bush, Young, Don Young, President Bush, the president, Newt Gingrich, Vice President Dick Cheney, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Arnold, Schwarzenegger, Arlen Specter, R, Bill Frist, White House
Neutral Republican 61Bush(19), Arnold(4), administration(3), Scooter Libby(3), the president(3), George W. Bush(2), Bush administration(2), Republican(2), Scooter(2), Republicans(2), Vice President Dick Cheney(2), GOP(2), The president(2), President, President Bush, Republican Party, Rove, Reagan administration, Libby, Colin Powell, Tom Ridge, Arlen Specter, Rumsfeld, Cheney, Scott McClellan, McCarthy



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
Falling birth rates not just a problem in Europe
December 25, 2005
1170 0
Iraq vote leaves Dems looking like the losers
December 18, 2005
1322 97 21D-: Dems, Democratic Party, Howard Dean, Nancy Pelosi, Democrats, Howard Dean, Dem, Dean, Barbara Boxer, John Kerry, Jack Murtha, Democratic Party, Kerry, Murtha, Dean, Howard Dean, Democratic, Kerry, Dean, Murtha, Kerry
3R+: Bush, Bush, Bush
1R=
But seriously folks, this clown is dangerous
December 11, 2005
1248 50 1R-: White House
1R=
Dems determined to ignore progress in Iraq
December 4, 2005
1273 31 6D+: Joe Lieberman, Democrat, Lieberman, Lieberman, Lieberman, Joe Lieberman
10D-: Dems, Democrat, Jack Murtha, Murtha, Democratic Party, John Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Democrats, Democrat
5R+: administration, President Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush
2D=, 3R=
Hollywood's PC perversion stifles storytelling
November 27, 2005
1245 100 1D-: Democratic Party
1R+: President Bush
Senate adopts 'exit strategy' from reality
November 20, 2005
1334 62 17D-: Tom Harkin, D, Democrats, Democrat, Harry Reid, Democrats, Democrats, Democrats, Democrats, Jay Rockefeller, Democrat, Rockefeller, Rockefeller, Reid, Kerry, Jay Rockefeller, Thomas R. Harkin
6R+: administration, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush
6R-: Arlen Specter, R, Republicans, Republican, Bill Frist, Republicans
1D=, 2R=
Warren Beatty flirts with politics, yet again
November 13, 2005
1352 59 13D-: Warren Beatty, Warren Beatty, Beatty, Democrats, Beatty, Warren Beatty, Al Gore, Beatty, Beatty, Beatty, Beatty, Beatty, Beatty
1R+: Arnold
3R-: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Arnold, Schwarzenegger
1D=, 5R=
Wake up, Europe, you've a war on your hands
November 6, 2005
1239 100 1D-: John Kerry
1R+: Bush
Don't expect a joyride from Scooter, Dems
October 30, 2005
1447 66 13D-: Dems, Dems, Democratic Party, Democratic, Democrat, Dems, Democrat, Dems, Democrat, Greenberg, Carville, Democratic Party, Democrats
24R+: Bush, George W. Bush, Karl Rove, Libby, Rove, Cheney, Bush, Newt, Republicans, Newt, Secretary of State Colin Powell, Cheney, Rumsfeld, the president, Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, The president, the president, Bush, Cheney, Rove, The president, administration
3R-: Newt Gingrich, Republicans, Vice President Dick Cheney
3D=, 10R=
Bush was right: Sometimes war is worth it
October 23, 2005
1145 67 2R+: Bush, Bush administration
1R=
Media utters nonsense, won't call enemy out
October 16, 2005
1214 0 1D=, 1R=
She's not ideal, but she'll get job done
October 9, 2005
1384 26 6D-: Democrat, Democrats, Clinton, Democrat, Dems, Democratic Party
8R+: Bush, Bush, Republicans, Bush, Bush, Karl Rove, Republican, administration
7R-: President Bush, Bush, Bush, GOP, Bush, Republican, the president
1D=, 13R=
Media deserve blame for New Orleans debacle
October 2, 2005
1219 79 3D-: Nagin, Nagin, Nagin
3R+: President Bush, White House, Bush
2R=
Politicians not giving us much of a choice
September 25, 2005
1368 30 10D-: Senate Democrats, Democratic Party, Dem, George Soros, Democrats, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Democratic Party, George Soros, Barbra Streisand, Democrats
2R+: Bush, White House
7R-: George Bush, Young, Don Young, Bush, Republicans, Republican, GOP
3D=, 5R=
Flawless Roberts holding Dems scoreless
September 18, 2005
1349 97 17D-: Dems, Clinton, Democrat, Joe Biden, Democrats, Chuck Schumer, Schumer, Schumer, Dem, Chuck Schumer, Dianne Feinstein, Joe Biden, Biden, Biden, Dianne Feinstein, Dems, Biden
3R+: Alberto Gonzales, the president, Bush
1R=
Terror war all but forgotten on home front
September 11, 2005
1256 65 1D-: Dems
6R+: The president, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Cheney
2D=, 1R=
Proof that nothing changed after Sept. 11
September 4, 2005
1267 20 2R+: Haley Barbour, Giuliani
1R-: executive branch
2R=
New constitution has something for everyone
August 28, 2005
1219 53 3D-: Ted Kennedy, Democrat, Joe Biden
2R+: Condi, Bush
2R-: Republican, Chuck Hagel
'Peace Mom's' marriage a metaphor for Dems
August 21, 2005
1474 69 7D-: Dems, Bill Clinton, Elizabeth Edwards, Democratic Party, Democratic Party, Howard Dean, Democratic Party
5R+: Bush, President, Bush, Bush, Bush
4D=, 1R=
Atta way to blow 9/11 panel's credibility
August 14, 2005
1293 71 5D-: Richard ben Veniste, Bob Kerrey, Clinton, Jamie Gorelick, Sandy Berger
2D=
Democrats' new strategy: Almost winning
August 7, 2005
1326 77 18D-: Democrats, Howard Dean, Democratic Party, Dems, Kerry, Democrat, Democratic, Democrats, Dems, Democratic National Committee, John Kerry, John Edwards, John Edwards, DNC, Dems, Dems, Robert C. Byrd, Democratic Party
12R+: President Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, John Bolton, Bush, Bush, Bush, Republicans
3D=, 7R=
Terrorists way too cozy in United Kingdom
July 31, 2005
1128 100 1D-: John Kerry
Dems had their chance to pick justice
July 24, 2005
1410 77 20D-: Dems, Democrats, Democrats, Democrats, Democrats, Dems, Al Gore, Democrat, Democrats, Democrats, Democrats, Dems, Democrats, Dems, Chuck Schumer, Schumer, Dems, Democrats, Dems, Democrats
10R+: President Bush, Republicans, Republicans, Bush, Bush, Bush, Tom Delay, Karl Rove, John Bolton, the president
1R-: Nixon
4D=, 4R=
Plame security breach? It just ain't so, Joe
July 17, 2005
1291 100 1D-: John Kerry
13R+: Karl Rove, administration, the president, Bush, Cheney, Bush, Cheney, Bush, Cheney, White House, Bush, Cheney, Bush
Time for stoic Brits to come out swinging
July 10, 2005
1214 75 3R+: Bush, Bush, Donald Rumsfeld
1R=
Public 'interest' shouldn't mean money
July 3, 2005
1270 100 2D-: Nancy Pelosi, Democratic Party