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= |