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Normalized Combined Partisanship Index

Author/
Affiliation
Cols Norm
Comb
PI
Most Frequent Partisan References
1 Michelle Malkin
Creators Syndicate
45 66 26D+: Obama(5), Democratic(5), Heath Shuler
556D-: Obama(143), White House(28), Democrats(27)
80R+: GOP(15), Palin(11), Republican(9)
46R-: GOP(9), Republicans(4), Republican(4)
2 Charles Krauthammer
Washington Post
25 57 19D+: Obama(12), Truman, Timothy Geithner
170D-: Obama(101), president(11), Obama administration(5)
49R+: Bush(27), Bush administration(3), George Bush(3)
6R-: Bush(3), Richard Nixon, George W. Bush
3 Jonah Goldberg
Tribune Media Services
47 39 55D+: Obama(12), Democrats(6), FDR(3)
433D-: Obama(121), Democrats(36), Barack Obama(21)
101R+: Bush(20), Republicans(8), President Bush(8)
66R-: GOP(11), Specter(10), Republicans(5)
4 Bob Herbert
New York Times
44 35 115D+: Obama(37), the president(10), President Obama(10)
36D-: Obama(8), Obama administration(7), Democrats(5)
18R+: Kemp(4), Republican(3), Dwight Eisenhower
102R-: G.O.P. (17), Republican(13), Republicans(13)
5 E.J. Dionne Jr.
Washington Post
45 34 424D+: Obama(209), Democrats(19), the president(16)
87D-: Obama(25), administration(19), Geithner(7)
48R+: Hatch(8), Republican(6), Republicans(5)
103R-: Republicans(27), Bush(14), Republican(13)
6 Leonard Pitts Jr.
Miami Herald
48 32 42D+: Obama(9), Barack Obama(5), Michelle Obama(4)
33D-: Pelosi(7), Blagojevich(4), Bill Clinton(3)
23R+: McCain(4), Meghan McCain(3), Republicans(2)
132R-: Bush(26), Limbaugh(15), GOP(13)
7 Paul Krugman
New York Times
48 30 102D+: Obama(23), President Obama(11), Obama administration(9)
124D-: Obama(39), administration(25), Obama administration(18)
5R+: Ronald Reagan(2), Alberto Gonzales, Lee Atwater
135R-: Republicans(22), Bush(20), Bush administration(17)
8 Eugene Robinson
Washington Post
40 30 164D+: Obama(84), President Obama(13), Democrats(10)
72D-: Blagojevich(13), Burris(12), Geithner(11)
26R+: Steele(5), Bush(4), Cheney(4)
136R-: Cheney(20), Bush administration(15), Republicans(15)
9 Ellen Goodman
Washington Post Writers Group
24 29 45D+: Obama(11), president(5), Michelle Obama(4)
3D-: Obama(2), Al Franken
9R+: George W. Bush, president, Goldwater
31R-: Republican(4), Rush(4), Limbaugh(3)
10 Maureen Dowd
New York Times
42 27 157D+: Obama(35), the president(13), Michelle(9)
169D-: Obama(30), the president(15), Geithner(12)
44R+: McCain(8), W. (3), Republican(3)
263R-: Cheney(68), W. (40), Rummy(17)
11 George F. Will
Washington Post
34 25 14D+: Barack Obama(3), Obama(2), Gibbs(2)
115D-: administration(21), the president(17), Obama administration(12)
21R+: Leavitt(7), Republicans(3), Republican(2)
14R-: Schwarzenegger(4), Republicans(3), administration(2)
12 Cal Thomas
Tribune Media Services
52 24 59D+: the president(8), Obama(7), Democrats(6)
193D-: Democrats(26), Obama(24), President Obama(23)
184R+: THE PRESIDENT(27), Jindal(14), Kemp(13)
93R-: Republicans(43), Republican Party(7), Republican(6)
13 Gail Collins
New York Times
45 24 101D+: Obama(18), Barack Obama(6), Democrat(5)
146D-: Obama(11), Specter(10), Democrats(8)
14R+: Republican(3), Steele(2), Ronald Reagan
253R-: Republicans(32), Republican(21), Bush(12)
14 Nicholas D. Kristof
New York Times
50 22 82D+: Obama(26), President Obama(13), Barack Obama(5)
7D-: President Obama(2), Democrats(2), Tim Geithner
8R+: McCain, Scowcroft, Brent Scowcroft
18R-: Bush(6), Republicans(2), George W. Bush
15 Clarence Page
Chicago Tribune
40 21 177D+: Obama(94), Democrats(11), President Barack Obama(8)
85D-: Obama(18), Burris(15), Blagojevich(10)
71R+: Steele(8), Kemp(8), Bush(6)
141R-: Limbaugh(23), Bush(20), Republicans(19)
16 Thomas Sowell
Creators Syndicate
44 14 15D+: Barack Obama(4), Franklin D. Roosevelt(3), President Obama(2)
132D-: Barack Obama(20), President Obama(17), Democrats(15)
41R+: Ronald Reagan(8), Republican(5), Sarah Palin(5)
58R-: Republicans(24), President Bush(5), Republican(5)
17 Kathleen Parker
Washington Post Writers Group
37 12 77D+: Obama(38), Democrats(7), Barack Obama(5)
82D-: Obama(42), the president(9), Barack Obama(4)
51R+: Jindal(7), Cheney(6), Steele(4)
124R-: GOP(20), Steele(14), Bush(10)
18 Peggy Noonan
WSJ OpinionJournal
25 10 94D+: Obama(32), President Obama(7), Barack Obama(6)
76D-: Obama(17), administration(6), President Obama(5)
92R+: Reagan(23), Kemp(14), Ronald Reagan(8)
30R-: Republicans(9), Bush(4), George W. Bush(3)
19 Ruben Navarrette
Washington Post Writers Group
47 7 86D+: Obama(29), President Obama(8), Roland Burris(4)
147D-: Obama(44), Democrats(13), Reid(9)
86R+: Schwarzenegger(17), Garza(9), Bush(7)
53R-: Republicans(19), GOP(9), Republican Party(3)
20 David Brooks
New York Times
49 2 96D+: Obama(29), Geithner(11), administration(9)
127D-: Obama(36), administration(18), Democrats(12)
27R+: Republicans(4), Bush(4), Republican(3)
32R-: Republicans(13), Bush(5), Cheney(5)