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Pundit Boxscore for Wednesday 21 January 2004

THE O'NEILL COLUMNS: Following is a table of recent columns which have focused on the controversial account of Paul O'Neill's experiences as the first Treasury secretary of the current Bush administration contained in a book by Ron Suskind, "The Price of Loyalty: George W. Bush, the White House and the Education of Paul O'Neill". The columns are listed in the order of their partisanship score; tomorrow we'll compare and contrast.

Author/
Affiliation
Title/
Date
PI Partisan References
Paul Krugman
New York Times
The Awful Truth
13 January 2004
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=
Molly Ivins
Creators Syndicate
Giving money to rich people
15 January 2004
55 3D+: Robert Rubin, Clinton, Bill Clinton
3R+: Paul O'Neill, O'Neill, O'Neill
17R-: Karl Rove, the president, Nixon, Haldeman, Ehrlichman, Nixon, Bush, George W. Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, the Bushes, the Bushes, Bush, Perle, Perle
8R=
Joe Conason
New York Observer
O'Neill tells all, and it's not pretty
14 January 2004
38 10R+: O'Neill, Paul O'Neill, O'Neill, O'Neill, O'Neill, O'Neill, O'Neill, O'Neill, O'Neill, O'Neill
22R-: White House, White House, White House, White House, The President, The President, The President, The President, The President, Vice President, George W. Bush, White House, Bush administration, the President, administration, White House, White House, administration, administration, White House, White House, White House
Daniel Henninger
WSJ OpinionJournal
O'Neill's Bush-bashing confusion shows why Cheney pulled the plug.
16 January 2004
18 1D-: Sidney Blumenthal
8R+: Bush, Cheney, Bush White House, the president, Bush White House, Bush, Dick Cheney, Dick Cheney
17R-: O'Neill, Paul O'Neill, O'Neill, Bush, O'Neill, O'Neill, O'Neill, Paul O'Neill, O'Neill, O'Neill, O'Neill, O'Neill, Paul O'Neill, O'Neill, O'Neill, Paul O'Neill, O'Neill
2D=, 17R=
Linda Chavez
Creators Syndicate
Sour grapes
14 January 2004
16 9R+: the president, the president, the president, Vice President Dick Cheney, Bush, Card, Bush, O'Neill, the president
17R-: Paul O'Neill, O'Neill, O'Neill, White House, O'Neill, O'Neill, O'Neill, O'Neill, O'Neill, the president, O'Neill, O'Neill, O'Neill, O'Neill, Bush, Card, Card
25R=
Cal Thomas
Tribune Media Services
Paul O'Neill's charge
15 January 2004
13 1D+: Clinton administration
1D-: Democrats
12R+: O'Neill, White House, administration, President Bush, O'Neill, Bush, White House, the president, administration, the president, President Bush, administration
16R-: Paul O'Neill, Paul O'Neill, President Bush, Bush, O'Neill, O'Neill, the president, O'Neill, O'Neill, O'Neill, administration, Vice President Dick Cheney, O'Neill, O'Neill, O'Neill, O'Neill
Michael Kinsley
Washington Post
O'Neill's Vanity Fare
16 January 2004
11 1D+: administration
17R+: George W. Bush, White House, Andy Card, Card, the president, Bush, president, former president, George W. , Bush, administration, the president, O'Neill, Bush, Bush, President Bush, Bush administration
21R-: O'Neill, Paul O'Neill, Paul O'Neill, O'Neill, O'Neill, Nixon administration, O'Neill, O'Neill, O'Neill, O'Neill, O'Neill, O'Neill, O'Neill, O'Neill, George W. Bush, O'Neill, O'Neill, President Bush, White House, O'Neill, Paul O'Neill
1D=, 7R=
David S. Broder
Washington Post
A Straight Shooter's Failure to Be Heard
18 January 2004
5 2D+: Democratic, Evan Bayh
16R+: Paul O'Neill, Republican White House, O'Neill, O'Neill, O'Neill, President Bush, O'Neill, O'Neill, O'Neill, O'Neill, O'Neill, Republican, Olympia Snowe, O'Neill, O'Neill, O'Neill
12R-: George W. Bush, Bush, Vice President Cheney, Cheney, O'Neill, Bush, Bush, Larry Lindsey, Bush, the president, Bush, Bush
13R=



Author/
Affiliation
Title/
Date
words PI Partisan References
Thomas Sowell
Creators Syndicate
Lessons from Iowa
21 January 2004
892 89 1D+: John Kerry
16D-: Howard Dean, Howard Dean, Howard Dean, Democratic, Kerry, Dean, Dean, Dean, Dean, Democratic, John Kerry, Howard Dean, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, John Kerry
1R+: President Bush
NYT Lead Editorial
New York Times
State of the Union at Home
21 January 2004
656 67 1R+: President Bush
7R-: The president, Bush, Republican Congress, Bush, Bush, the president, Bush
1D=
NYT Lead Editorial
New York Times
State of the Union Abroad
21 January 2004
766 58 2R+: Bush, Bush
9R-: President Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, White House, Bush administration, Bush, Bush, Bush
1R=
Joe Conason
New York Observer
What's Bush hiding from 9/11 commission?
21 January 2004
1010 58 1D+: administration
5R+: Thomas Kean, Republican, Kean, Kean, Kean
22R-: Bush, Republican President, George W. Bush, Bush, the President's father, the President, Bush, administration, The President, Henry Kissinger, Bush, the President, Kissinger, White House, administration, the President, House Speaker Dennis Hastert, White House, administration, Bush, the President, the President
3R=
Linda Chavez
Creators Syndicate
Watching over the unions
21 January 2004
816 47 1D+: John Kerry
7D-: Howard Dean, Dick Gephardt, Dean, Dean, Gephardt, Gephardt, Clinton
1R+: Republicans
4D=, 2R=
Tony Blankley
Creators Syndicate
Political optimism
21 January 2004
1040 44 1D+: John F. Kennedy
18D-: Howard Dean, Deanless, Deanless, Wesley Clark, Howard Dean, John Edwards, Kerry, Clark, John Edwards, Kerry, John Edwards, Edwards, Edwards, John Kerry, Kerry, Clark, Clark, Clark
15D=, 5R=
William Safire
New York Times
Dean: Too Old to Cry
21 January 2004
928 34 2D+: Dean, Kerry
13D-: Dean, Clintonite, Dean, Dean, Dean, Dean, Dean, Dean, Wesley Clark, the Clintons, Clark, Dean, Howard Dean
1R+: President Bush
17D=, 2R=
WP Lead Editorial
Washington Post
State of the Platform
21 January 2004
651 31 1R+: Bush
5R-: Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush
1D=, 6R=
OJ On the Editorial Page
WSJ OpinionJournal
The Limits of Rage
21 January 2004
1093 22 9D+: Democrats, John Kerry, John Edwards, Democrats, Kerry, Edwards, Democrats, Gephardt, Democrats
20D-: Howard Dean, Dick Gephardt, Dean, Gephardt, Dean, Al Gore, Dean, Kerry, Gore, Robert Shrum, Democrats, Dean, Dean, Dean, Dean, Wesley Clark, Dean, Gephardt, Gephardt, Gephardt
1R+: Bush
1R-: President Bush
12D=, 6R=
Harold Meyerson
Washington Post
Labor's Iowa Implosion
21 January 2004
1054 22 7D+: John Kerry, Kerry, John Kerry, John Edwards, Paul Wellstone, Kerry, Edwards
15D-: Dick Gephardt, Dick Gephardt, Gephardt, Gephardt, Howard Dean, Gephardt, Dean, Gephardt, Dean, Gephardt, Gray Davis, Gephardt, Dean, Dean, Gephardt
1R-: George W. Bush
9D=
Clarence Page
Chicago Tribune
Here comes the bride
21 January 2004
961 14 1D-: Al Sharpton
4R+: Bush, Karl Rove, administration, administration
2R-: President Bush, administration
3D=, 12R=
George F. Will
Washington Post
How the Iowans Wised Up to Dean
21 January 2004
1034 11 10D+: Democratic, Democratic, Gephardt, FDR, John Kerry, John Edwards, Kerry, Edwards, Kerry, Edwards
19D-: Dean, Howard Dean, Dean, Dean, Dean, Dean, Dean, Dean, Dean, Dean, Dick Gephardt, Gephardt, Gephardt, Dean, Wesley Clark, Clark, Dean, Dean, Clark
1R+: Bush
5R-: White House, George W. Bush, Bush, Barry Goldwater, Republican
10D=, 2R=
Cal Thomas
Tribune Media Services
The state of President Bush
21 January 2004
808 8 1D+: Bill Clinton's administration
1D-: Democrats
7R+: President Bush, The president, The president, Bush, President Bush, The president, Bush
5R-: the president, Republican Congress, president, GOP, President Bush
5D=, 5R=
E. J. Dionne Jr.
Washington Post
Can He Come Back?
21 January 2004
1037 6 13D+: Democratic Party, Democrats, Dean, Democratic, Democrats, John F. Kerry, Kerry, Edwards, Democrats, Kerry, Kerry, Edwards, Edwards
13D-: Democrats, Democrats, Dean, Dean, Dean, Dean, Dean, Dean, Dean, Dean, Dean, Gephardt, Wesley K. Clark
1R+: Bush
4R-: George W. Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush
19D=, 1R=
Nicholas D. Kristof
Inactive
Bargaining for Freedom
21 January 2004
830 0
Anne Applebaum
Inactive
The Undoing of Lord Black
21 January 2004
957 0 5D=, 2R=
Pete du Pont
Inactive
Don't Worry, Be Happy
21 January 2004
1213 0 2D=, 4R=
Walter E. Williams
Inactive
Black education
21 January 2004
714 0 1D=, 2R=