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Combined Partisanship Index

Author/
Affiliation
Cols Comb
PI
Most Frequent Partisan References
1 Robert Scheer
Creators Syndicate
2 79 1D+: James Hahn
11R-: Schwarzenegger(6), the president, president
2 Ann Coulter
Universal Press Syndicate
3 75 1D+: Democratic
63D-: Democrats(16), Clark(14), Dean(12)
5R+: Bush(2), "Fob" James, James
3 Mona Charen
Creators Syndicate
3 66 19D-: Dean(6), Clinton(2), Howard Dean(2)
9R+: Perle(3), Republican, Tom Delay
1R-: Republicans
4 Molly Ivins
Creators Syndicate
4 64 4D+: Democrats, Robert Rubin, Clinton
2D-: Democrats(2)
5R+: Bush(2), O'Neill(2), Paul O'Neill
51R-: Bush(18), Republicans(5), Goodhair(5)
5 Brendan Miniter
WSJ OpinionJournal
3 59 5D+: Joe Lieberman, Lieberman, John Kerry
20D-: Democrats(6), Howard Dean(5), Dean(4)
14R+: Bush(6), President Bush(4), the president(2)
6 Joe Conason
New York Observer
2 56 2D+: Tom Harkin, Democrat
10R+: O'Neill(9), Paul O'Neill
24R-: White House(10), The President(5), administration(3)
7 Richard Cohen
Washington Post
3 54 22D+: Clark(10), Dean(4), Wes Clark(2)
6D-: Dean(2), Clark(2), Strom Thurmond
3R+: George Bush, John McCain, McCain
32R-: Norquist(7), Karl Rove(4), Bush(3)
8 Paul Krugman
New York Times
5 50 43D+: Dean(11), Rubin(5), Howard Dean(4)
11D-: Lieberman(4), Kerry(3), Democratic Party
5R+: O'Neill(2), Gregory Mankiw, Mankiw
42R-: Bush(11), administration(9), Bush administration(4)
9 OJ On the Editorial Page
WSJ OpinionJournal
18 48 30D+: Clinton(4), Bill Clinton(3), Jesse Jackson(2)
165D-: Dean(50), Clark(20), Democrats(18)
52R+: Bush(13), President Bush(7), Bush Administration(7)
12R-: Bush administration(2), Powell(2), White House
10 E. J. Dionne Jr.
Washington Post
5 47 40D+: Dean(9), Democratic(5), Gephardt(5)
12D-: Dean(7), Democratic(2), Democrats
4R+: Bush, John McCain, Republican
26R-: Bush(14), President Bush(4), president(2)
11 Bill O'Reilly
BillOReilly.com
3 34 21D-: Howard Dean(4), Democratic(2), Democrats(2)
8R+: Bush(3), the President(2), Bush administration
12R-: Bush(5), Limbaugh, Goldwater
12 Thomas Sowell
Creators Syndicate
3 30 3D-: FDR(2), Al Sharpton
13 Charles Krauthammer
Washington Post
2 29 1D+: Kennedy
6D-: Howard Dean(2), Dean(2), Democrats
4R+: Bush administration(2), The president, the president
4R-: Bush(2), Bush administration, President Bush 41
14 Thomas Oliphant
Boston Globe
5 25 74D+: Kerry(23), Edwards(18), Kennedy(6)
41D-: Dean(23), Gephardt(7), George McGovern(2)
1R+: Bush I
13R-: Bush(6), President Bush(2), Barry Goldwater
15 David Brooks
New York Times
5 25 19D+: Lieberman(3), Democrats(2), Democratic(2)
26D-: Democrats(10), Dean(5), Democratic(3)
39R+: Bush(14), President Bush(4), Republicans(4)
16R-: Republicans(7), Bush(4), Republican Party(3)
16 George F. Will
Washington Post
6 25 10D+: Rubin(6), Lyndon Johnson, Democrat
9D-: Democrats(4), Howard Dean, George McGovern
17R+: Schwarzenegger(4), Bush(2), Republican(2)
3R-: Republicans(2), Barry Goldwater
17 Tony Blankley
Creators Syndicate
2 24 12D-: Wesley Clark(3), Clark(2), Democratic Party(2)
4R+: President Bush(2), George Bush, Republican Party
8R-: President Bush(2), GOP(2), Republican
18 NYT Lead Editorial
New York Times
18 23 7D+: Democrats(4), John Dingell, Rush Holt
36R+: Bush(7), Republicans(4), the president(4)
47R-: Bush administration(11), administration(9), Bush(9)
19 William Safire
New York Times
4 18 3D+: Dean, President John Kennedy, Dale Bumpers
2D-: Dean(2)
2R+: Bush administration, Colin Powell
20 Peggy Noonan
WSJ OpinionJournal
2 14 20D+: Dean(5), Edwards(4), Democratic(2)
36D-: Dean(23), Howard Dean(3), Michael Dukakis(2)
2R+: President Bush, Bush
2R-: Republican Party, Republicans
21 Cal Thomas
Tribune Media Services
1 13 1D+: Clinton administration
1D-: Democrats
12R+: administration(3), O'Neill(2), White House(2)
16R-: O'Neill(9), Paul O'Neill(2), President Bush
22 WP Lead Editorial
Washington Post
16 12 10D+: Lieberman(6), Joseph I. Lieberman(2), BILL CLINTON
11D-: Democrats, Democratic, Richard A. Gephardt
8R+: the president(4), Bush(3), Bush administration
38R-: Ashcroft(16), Bush(5), President Bush(3)
23 Linda Chavez
Creators Syndicate
2 10 16R+: the president(4), Bush(3), President Bush
17R-: O'Neill(11), Card(2), Paul O'Neill
24 David S. Broder
Washington Post
5 7 19D+: Dean(5), Howard Dean(3), Teresa Heinz Kerry(2)
14D-: Dean(8), Democrats, Democratic
16R+: O'Neill(11), Paul O'Neill, Republican White House
15R-: Bush(6), George W. Bush(2), Republicans
25 Michael Kinsley
Washington Post
3 6 1D+: administration
14D-: Schumer(7), Democratic(3), Democrats
17R+: Bush(4), the president(2), George W. Bush
28R-: O'Neill(14), White House(3), Paul O'Neill(3)
26 Robert J. Samuelson
Washington Post
2 5 3D-: Democrats(2), Clinton
3R-: Republicans, President Bush, Bush
27 Daniel Henninger
WSJ OpinionJournal
2 4 2D-: Bill Clinton, Sidney Blumenthal
9R+: Bush(2), Bush White House(2), Dick Cheney(2)
18R-: O'Neill(12), Paul O'Neill(4), John Rowland
28 Clarence Page
Chicago Tribune
5 3 11D+: President Bill Clinton(2), Clinton(2), Lieberman
23D-: Dean(8), Democratic Party(4), Democrats(4)
14R+: Republican(4), President Bush(2), Republicans(2)
15R-: Bush(5), administration(3), Cheney(2)
29 Jeff Jacoby
Boston Globe
5 2 23D+: Lieberman(4), Feingold(3), Democrat(2)
14D-: Dean(3), Democrats(3), Ted Kennedy
7R+: Bush(2), Republicans, Gerald Ford
3R-: Majority Leader Bill Frist, Pat Buchanan, Bush
30 Maureen Dowd
New York Times
4 1 13D+: Clark, Judy Steinberg, John Kerry
29D-: Howard Dean(4), Clark(4), Dean(4)
6R+: Arnold Schwarzenegger, W. , John McCain
18R-: Bush(5), President Bush(2), Republican(2)
31 Anne Applebaum
Inactive
2 0
32 Bob Herbert
Inactive
5 0
33 Colbert I. King
Inactive
3 0
34 Claudia Rosett
Inactive
1 0
35 David Ignatius
Inactive
4 0
36 Fred Hiatt
Inactive
1 0
37 Jackson Diehl
Inactive
1 0
38 John Fund
Inactive
2 0
39 Jim Hoagland
Inactive
4 0
40 Nicholas D. Kristof
Inactive
4 0
41 Thomas L. Friedman
Inactive
4 0
42 Walter E. Williams
Inactive
2 0
43 William Raspberry
Washington Post
2 0