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Pundit Boxscore for Tuesday 13 April 2004

CROSSOVER CLARENCE: The weekend columns are now up-to-date. Note the strong Sunday crossover column by Chicago Tribune columnist Clarence Page on Condoleezza Rice, his seventh crossover of the year. Mr. Page has been one of the least partisan columnists evaluated by Lying in Ponds, not because he takes no strong positions, but simply because he takes the radical approach of offering substantive praise (Condoleezza Rice, John Kerry) and criticism (George W. Bush, Howard Dean) without regard for party affiliation.



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
Thomas Sowell
Creators Syndicate
Titanic irresponsibility
13 April 2004
792 100 3D-,10R+
 It has: Condoleezza Rice
 Many of: Rice
 After all,: Condoleezza Rice
 To some: Bush administration
 The same: administration
 Commission member: Bob Kerrey, President Bush
 Put aside: President Bush, Bob Kerrey
 Suppose the: the president, the president
 Loud cries: President Bush
 We already: John Kerry
NYT Lead Editorial
New York Times
Corporate Tax Holidays
13 April 2004
486 100 1D+,1R-
It would: John Kerry
Despite much: Bush administration
Robert Scheer
Creators Syndicate
Drug war led Bush astray before 9/11
13 April 2004
873 91 10R-,1R=
Drug war: Bush
04.13.04 -: the president
Most recently,: President Bush, Bush administration
But what: Bush administration
On May: Bush administration, Colin L. Powell
After 9/11,: administration, Powell, Bush
"In recognition: Bush administration
Paul Krugman
New York Times
Snares and Delusions
13 April 2004
810 80 8R-,2R=
In his: George Bush
Isn't it: Bush
Events should: Bush, Dick Cheney, Cheney
But Bush: Bush, administration
Meanwhile, Mr.: Bush
Again and: administration
The situation: Bush
Molly Ivins
Creators Syndicate
Didn't you get the memo?
13 April 2004
909 79 1D=,11R-,2R=
04.13.04 -: the president
This will: administration
The main: Republican Party, Spencer Abraham, Bush, GOP, Bush, Bush administration
In an: administration, Republican, Bush administration
Speaking of: Bush
Ho, ho,: George Bush, John Kerry
Brendan Miniter
WSJ OpinionJournal
A Coalition of One
13 April 2004
830 57 3D-,1D=,1R+,2R=
Attacks on: Kerry
The U.S.: President Bush
This is: John Kerry, Kerry, Bush
The original: Bush administration
This is: Kerry
Thomas Oliphant
Boston Globe
Iraq exit plan gaining bipartisan support
13 April 2004
1020 41 10D+,1D-,3D=,2R+,4R-,7R=
It also: administration, George Bush, Secretary of State Colin Powell, Bush
Among the: Bush, John Kerry
For those: Kerry
In fact,: Kerry, Republican, Democratic
First at: Kerry
One would: Kerry
The second: Kerry
Last September: Bush
The alternative: administration
There are: Bush
Most important,: Bush, administration
John Kerry: John Kerry, Bush, Democrats, Kerry, Kerry
The irony: Howard Dean, Bush, Kerry, Kerry
David Brooks
New York Times
The Uncertainty Factor
13 April 2004
818 30 1D+,12R+,5R-,2R=
Twenty years: George Shultz
Terrorists operate: Shultz
Facing such: Shultz
The Shultz: Shultz, Reagan administration, Shultz, Caspar Weinberger, Weinberger
Shultz and: Shultz, Weinberger
If you: Clinton, Bush
Step back: administration
Nor has: administration, Shultz, administration
The Bush: Bush administration
Worse yet,: administration, The president
When you: Shultz
WP Lead Editorial
Washington Post
The August Memo
13 April 2004
713 20 1D=,5R+,2R-,7R=
THE RELEASE: Condoleezza Rice, administration
Reading the: President Bush, administration, Bush
At the: Bush, Bush
The document: Bush, Bush
Before Sept.: Bush administration, Bush administration, White House, Clinton, Bush
It's possible: Bush
E. J. Dionne Jr.
Washington Post
Will Bush Own Up?
13 April 2004
916 14 10R+,7R-,4R=
Will Bush: Bush
Maybe President: President Bush
To take: the president
Bush told: Bush
Yet the: the president, Bush, White House
Perhaps Bush: Bush, White House, Condoleezza Rice, The president
Yes, there: Amo Houghton, Republican
But the: the president, Chris Shays, Republican, White House
Rep. Jim: Jim Leach, Republican, Leach, the president
David Ignatius
Inactive
Back To the Basics
13 April 2004
852
Richard Cohen
Washington Post
Blind in Baghdad
13 April 2004
843 0 1R=
Paul Bremer,: Condi
OJ On the Editorial Page
WSJ OpinionJournal
It Takes Courage
13 April 2004
1113 0 1R=
Have no: President Bush