2003 STATS: Beginning today, the statistics on the right side of this page show results from this year's columns rather than the final 2002 results. So the Top Ten includes three of the pundits added this year -- Robert Scheer, Molly Ivins, and Ann Coulter. The partisanship scores shouldn't be taken too seriously this early in the year -- the rankings can be expected to change dramatically over the next several months.
| Author/ Affiliation |
Title/ Date |
words | PI | Partisan References |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert L. Bartley WSJ OpinionJournal |
Germany and France ought to read Resolution 1441. 27 January 2003 |
1182 | 100 | 6R+: Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz, Secretary of State Colin Powell, Wolfowitz, Wolfowitz, President Bush, President Bush |
| William Safire New York Times |
Clear Ties of Terror 27 January 2003 |
844 | 60 | 3R+: Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, President Bush, Secretary of State Colin Powell 2R= |
| William Raspberry Washington Post |
Affirmative Action: Goal vs. Issue 27 January 2003 |
868 | 11 | 2R+: Powell, Rice 3R-: George W. Bush, George W. Bush, the president 4R= |
| Bob Herbert Inactive |
Falling Into the Gap 27 January 2003 |
850 | 0 | 1D=, 1R= |
| Jackson Diehl Inactive |
Axis Of Inaction 27 January 2003 |
873 | 0 | 1D=, 9R= |
| Peggy Noonan WSJ OpinionJournal |
Just the Facts 27 January 2003 |
1763 | 0 | 8R+: Bush, Bush, Bush, Colin Powell, Condi Rice, The president, Bush, Bush 8R-: Bush, Bush, George W. Bush, Bush, White House, Bush, Bush, administration 16R= |