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Pundit Boxscore for Tuesday 13 January 2004

PAUL KRUGMAN SPEAKS: Paul Krugman was a guest on the Diane Rehm show last week (link via The Unofficial Paul Krugman Archive). Mr. Krugman discussed the state of the economy, and then offered some advice to Democratic presidential candidates while joking that "officially at The New York Times I'm as nonpartisan as Bill Safire is". Of course, the data clearly shows that William Safire is far less partisan than Mr. Krugman. Some of Mr. Safire's individual columns are every bit as partisan as Mr. Krugman's, criticizing Democrats or praising President Bush profusely. But Mr. Safire does more often in a single year what Mr. Krugman has not done a single time in four years -- he writes entire columns which are dominated by criticism of his own party for excessive secrecy and support of "media giantism".



Author/
Affiliation
Title/
Date
words PI Partisan References
E. J. Dionne Jr.
Washington Post
The Democrats' Mutual Morality . . .
13 January 2004
948 81 18D+: Democrats, Richard A. Gephardt, Gephardt, Democratic, John Edwards, Edwards, John F. Kerry, Dean, Dean, Democrats, Democratic, Gephardt, Gephardt, Gephardt, Edwards, Democrats, Joe Lieberman, Lieberman
3R-: Bush, Bush, Republicans
2D=, 3R=
Brendan Miniter
WSJ OpinionJournal
A Man, a Planet
13 January 2004
797 76 2D+: John F. Kennedy, JFK
6D-: Democratic, Democratic, Democrats, Democrats, Democrats, Howard Dean
9R+: President Bush, President Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, the president, Bush, Bush, the president
Paul Krugman
New York Times
The Awful Truth
13 January 2004
899 58 2D+: Howard Dean, Wesley Clark
2R+: O'Neill, O'Neill
14R-: George Bush, Bush, Paul O'Neill, administration, Bush administration, administration, Dick Cheney, O'Neill, Bush, Donald Rumsfeld, administration, administration, administration, administration
6R=
Thomas Oliphant
Boston Globe
Kennedy at his side, Kerry makes a push
13 January 2004
1098 56 27D+: Kennedy, Kerry, Kerry, Howard Dean, Tom Harkin, Kerry, John Edwards, Kerry, Kerry, Edward Kennedy, Kerry, Edwards, Kerry, Edwards, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kennedy, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Democrats, Kerry, Kerry, Kennedy, Kerry, Kerry
4D-: Dean, Gephardt, Howard Dean, Kerry
1R-: Republican
11D=
David Brooks
New York Times
The Bush Democrats
13 January 2004
989 46 10D-: Democrats, Democrats, Democrats, Democrats, Democrats, Howard Dean, Democratic, Democratic, Dean, Dean
14R+: Bush, Republicans, Republican Party, President Bush, Bush, Republicans, Republicans, Republican, G.O.P. , Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush
2R-: Bush, Bush
15D=, 7R=
Molly Ivins
Creators Syndicate
Bracing for bracero
13 January 2004
939 45 2R+: Bush, Bush
7R-: Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, administration, Bush, Bush
2R=
NYT Lead Editorial
New York Times
A Glimmer of Hope on Trade
13 January 2004
553 33 6R+: Bush administration, Robert Zoellick, administration, Zoellick, administration, Zoellick
2R-: Zoellick, Bush administration
4R=
Richard Cohen
Washington Post
. . . And Faux-Pas Front-Runner
13 January 2004
915 18 6D+: Dean, Dean, Dean, Dean, FDR, Gore
2D-: Dean, Gore
1R+: George Bush
8D=
OJ On the Editorial Page
WSJ OpinionJournal
Angry White Man
13 January 2004
1351 17 14D+: Clinton, Democrats, Al Gore, Bill Clinton, Clinton, Bill Clinton, Democrats, Wesley Clark, JFK, Al From, Clinton, Gore, Bill Clinton, From
22D-: Dean, Howard Dean, Dean, Dean, Dean, Dean, Dean, Democrats, Dean, Democrats, Walter Mondale, Michael Dukakis, Al Gore, Democratic, Gore, Democrats, Dean, Dean, Dean, Dean, Democrats, Howard Dean
3R+: Republicans, George W. Bush, Bush
1R-: Republicans
16D=, 2R=
David Ignatius
Inactive
Wave of Change in The Persian Gulf
13 January 2004
873 0 1R=
WP Lead Editorial
Washington Post
Mr. Hamdi and the Court
13 January 2004
765 0 2R=