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Pundit Boxscore for Friday 19 March 2004

LEAD CHANGE! With this morning's column, Paul Krugman has edged past both Robert Scheer and Ann Coulter into an incredibly slim lead in the Lying in Ponds partisanship rankings for 2004, 79.56 to Coulter's 79.51. Ms. Coulter's score slipped a bit with a mostly non-political column last week, while Mr. Krugman has maintained his usual remarkable consistency.

CONDOLENCES: Our deepest condolences go to fellow North Carolina blogger Scott Elliott of Election Projecton, whose parents were murdered in Iraq earlier this week.



Lines in yellow indicate a substantive crossover column, meaning that the column is of opposite sign to the pundit's Normalized Total PI for the season, and contains at least five non-neutral partisan references.
Lines in gray indicate that the pundit has been classified as inactive, meaning that their columns are not currently being evaluated for partisanship.
Democratic references in blue, Republican in red, positive references in bold, negative in italics.
Author/
Affiliation
Title/
Date
words PI Partisan References
Paul Krugman
New York Times
Taken for a Ride
19 March 2004
874 84 3D+,1R+,14R-,1R=
Either you: George Bush
A year: President Bush
By voting: Bush, Dennis Hastert
Notice, by: Bush administration
For these: Bush administration, administration
This week: Bush, John Kerry
In fact,: Bush administration, Kerry, Kerry, administration
But the: Bush, administration, the president, administration, the president, Bush
NYT Lead Editorial
New York Times
One Year After
19 March 2004
1848 78 14R-,4R=
One year: President Bush, administration
It's nonetheless: the president, administration
For many: Bush
Still, there: administration
The so-called: Bush administration
Some members: Bush
Winning the: Bush administration
The Bush: Bush administration
Asking a: Bush, Vice President Dick Cheney
This page: Bush
It is: Bush, Cheney
In some: Bush, the president, the president
Mona Charen
Creators Syndicate
The stakes
19 March 2004
883 71 13D-,6D=,4R+,1R=
The vice: vice president, Walter Mondale
In 1984,: Mondale, President Bush, Kerry, Kerry
That, of: Clinton administration, Clinton, Clinton, Clinton, Clinton
Or maybe: Democratic, John Kerry, Democrats, Democrats, Kerry
As Vice: Vice President Cheney, Kerry, Kerry, John Kerry
President Bush: President Bush
Would Zarqawi: Kerry, Kerry
In the: Ronald Reagan
WP Lead Editorial
Washington Post
Private Parties, Public Ethics
19 March 2004
544 67 1D=,4R-,1R=
TRY TO: Robert L. Ehrlich, Ehrlich
Meddle? Mr.: Ehrlich, Ehrlich, Ehrlich, Glendening
Daniel Henninger
WSJ OpinionJournal
National Unity Dies
19 March 2004
1189 47 2D+,12D-,1D=,7R+,3R-,5R=
Kerry's war:: Kerry, Bush
Here is: John Kerry
"After September: President Bush, the president, President Bush
In a: Democrats
One may: President Bush
When a: administration
For the: Democratic, President Bush, John Kerry, Kerry, George Bush
So reduced,: John Ashcroft, Kerry
The Kerry: Kerry, Democratic, Kerry, Bush, George Bush
This total,: Democrats, Democratic, Democrats, Bush, Democrats
In his: Kerry, administration
This is: George Bush, George Bush
E. J. Dionne Jr.
Washington Post
. . . Or Rejecting Manipulation?
19 March 2004
934 16 5D+,1D=,6R+,5R-,8R=
Here's what: Republican, President Bush
"Here's a: House Speaker Dennis Hastert, Henry Hyde, Hastert, Republican
Thank goodness: Republican Party, Richard L. Armitage
"I think: Armitage
Long after: Secretary of State Colin Powell, Condoleezza Rice, Powell, Rice, administration
"I think: Joseph Biden, Democrat, Bush
Instead of: Biden, administration, The president, Biden
Biden proposes: Biden
For the: John Kerry, Bush, Bush administration
Bob Herbert
Inactive
Teaching Us a Lesson
19 March 2004
849
David Ignatius
Inactive
How Kerry Can Pass the Iraq Test
19 March 2004
972
Thomas Sowell
Creators Syndicate
Subsidies are all wet
19 March 2004
749 0
Charles Krauthammer
Washington Post
Spaniards Capitulating . . .
19 March 2004
841 0
OJ On the Editorial Page
WSJ OpinionJournal
Optimists in Iraq
19 March 2004
772 0