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Pundit Boxscore for Sunday 21 March 2004

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
Maureen Dowd
New York Times
Quid Pro Quack
21 March 2004
857 78 1D+,6R-,2R=
Res ipsa: Dick Cheney
That elite: Al Gore
Justice Scalia: vice president, vice president
"I daresay: vice president
Only a: Cheney
The Sierra: Cheney
He reassures: Cheney
In an: Dick Cheney
Jeff Jacoby
Boston Globe
Kerry, Cuba, and the truth
21 March 2004
998 76 9D-,2D=,10R+,4R=
Kerry, Cuba,: Kerry
IT COMES: John Kerry, Kerry, Helms, Burton, Helms, Burton, Helms, Burton, Kerry, Kerry, Helms, Burton, Kerry, Helms, Burton, Kerry, Helms, Burton, Kerry, Kerry, Helms, Burton, Kerry, John Kerry
David S. Broder
Washington Post
A War's Legacy Of Pain
21 March 2004
834 75 2D-,5R+,1R-
Two photographs: Bob Dole
They are: Dole
The editorial: Democratic, John Kerry
But I: administration
Dole is: Dole, Republican
Some of: Dole
Clarence Page
Chicago Tribune
Running with religion in 2004
21 March 2004
960 12 6D=,1R+,1R=
To get: Bill Clinton, Ronald Reagan
Even former: Democratic, Howard Dean
Current Democratic: Democratic, John Kerry
He went: George W. Bush, Al Gore
Thomas Oliphant
Boston Globe
McCain should be on Kerry's mind
21 March 2004
1065 8 8D+,13D=,12R+,1R-,6R=
McCain should: McCain, Kerry
WASHINGTON IN: John Kerry, John McCain, Democratic, Republican, McCain, McCain, Kerry, Kerry, Democratic, President Bush, Democratic, John Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson, Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton, Al Gore, Democrats, McCain, President Kennedy, McCain, Bush, Republican, Lincoln Chaffee, Olympia Snowe, Susan Collins, Democrats, Republicans, Kerry, Kerry, Democratic, John Edwards, Democrat, McCain, McCain, Kerry, McCain, Kerry
WP Lead Editorial
Washington Post
The Terrorism Debate
21 March 2004
815 7 6D+,4D-,6D=,6R+,2R-,6R=
THE RECENT: President Bush, John F. Kerry
By that: President Bush, Bush, Kerry, Kerry, Bush, Kerry, Bush
That there: Republicans, Democrats, Democratic, Howard Dean, Bush, Kerry, Dean, Vice President Cheney, Kerry, Kerry, vice president, Kerry, Kerry
That there: Kerry, Bush, Bush, Cheney, Kerry, vice president, Kerry, Cheney
NYT Lead Editorial
New York Times
Springtime for John Kerry
21 March 2004
647 5 1D+,3D-,7D=,1R-,10R=
Springtime for: John Kerry
These days,: Dukakis, President Bill Clinton, Republicans, Bob Dole
This year's: John Kerry, George W. Bush, Kerry, White House, Bush, Republican
Mr. Kerry: Kerry, Bush, Kerry, George W. Bush
We'd like: Kerry, Bush, Bush, Bush administration, Kerry
Thanks to: Kerry, Democratic
OJ On the Editorial Page
WSJ OpinionJournal
Repudiating Reagan
21 March 2004
1283 0 1D+,9R+,8R-,2R=
REPUBLICAN RIFT: REPUBLICAN
Repudiating Reagan: Reagan
GOP nativism: GOP
Broach the: President Bush
Border restrictionism: Alan Simpson
The 1992: Pat Buchanan, Republicans
Actually, some: GOP, Dan Lungren
Mr. Bush,: Bush
This errant: Reaganesque, President Reagan, Tom Tancredo, Lamar Smith, Republican, Democrats
In addition: President Bush
And the: the president
Foreigners have: Republicans, Reagan
George F. Will
Washington Post
Riding Through Gangland
21 March 2004
822 0
Jim Hoagland
Inactive
A World of Instant Reactions
21 March 2004
943
Thomas L. Friedman
Inactive
Software of Democracy
21 March 2004
849