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Pundit Boxscore for Sunday 18 April 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
George F. Will
Washington Post
Mapping Survival
18 April 2004
836 62 1D=,5R+,2R=
This was: President Bush
Bush, by: Bush
It is: President Bill Clinton
Which is: Bush, Bush
In 1998: Bush, Bush, Bush
Thomas Oliphant
Boston Globe
Bush tactics give Kerry an opening
14 April 2004
983 59 9D+,9D=,11R-,5R=
Bush tactics: Bush, Kerry
By Thomas: President Bush, Bush, John Kerry, Democratic, Bush, Kerry, Kerry, Bush, Bush, Bush, Kerry, Kerry, Republicans, Bush, Kerry, Bush, Bush, Kerry, Bush, Kerry, Bush, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Bill Weld, Kerry, Weld, Democratic, Kerry, Howard Dean, Bush, Kerry
Clarence Page
Chicago Tribune
Rumsfeld's candor can be too revealing
18 April 2004
891 58 7R-,5R=
Rumsfeld's candor: Rumsfeld
Every so: Donald Rumsfeld
His latest: Rummy
Now, Rumsfeld: Rumsfeld, Rumsfeld
A reporter: Rumsfeld
"Well, it: Rumsfeld
People are: Rumsfeld
Yup, we: Rumsfeld, Rummy
Now he: President Bush, administration
NYT Lead Editorial
New York Times
Bad New Days for Voting Rights
18 April 2004
785 56 3D=,5R-,1R=
Minority vote: Tim Johnson
With South: Tom Daschle, Republicans, Jesse Helms
More recently,: Republican, Republicans
Intimidation of: Republicans
¶The Republican: Republican, Democratic party
WP Lead Editorial
Washington Post
Still Unready
18 April 2004
630 50 1D=,1R+
The harder: Janet Reno
The unwieldy: President Bush
Maureen Dowd
New York Times
House of Broken Toys
18 April 2004
1022 34 1D-,1D=,5R+,20R-,14R=
When Colin: Colin Powell, Dick Cheney, vice president, the president, Powell
Mr. Bush: Bush, Cheney, Rummy, W.
But Mr.: Powell, the president, vice president, Powell
He knew: Dick Cheney, W.
It would: the president
"At times,: Powell, president
Mr. Woodward,: Powell, Powell, Cheney, Cheney, Powell, Cheney, Powell, vice president
Everyone in: Cheney, Bush administration
But Mr.: Powell, Powell
George Tenet: Bush, Bush
When the: the president, Bush
Just as: Democratic president, Republican president
The plans: Rummy, the president, Bill Clinton, Cheney, president
David S. Broder
Washington Post
Save the Tax Cuts for the Middle Class
18 April 2004
882 10 2D+,10R+,6R-,2R=
Okay, you've: President Bush, Republican Congress
The Treasury: President Bush
Treasury Secretary: Treasury Secretary John Snow, President Bush, Bush
To bolster: Snow, the president, Bush
Last week: Bush administration
"For three: administration, administration, Bush, White House
Reconciling these: the president
The middle-class: Snow, administration, Democratic, John Kerry
But if: Bush
Jeff Jacoby
Boston Globe
A chronicle of courage
18 April 2004
911 0
Thomas L. Friedman
Inactive
Kicking Over the Chessboard
18 April 2004
914
Jim Hoagland
Inactive
U.N. Moment of Truth
18 April 2004
867
OJ On the Editorial Page
WSJ OpinionJournal
Rethinking Armageddon
18 April 2004
725 0 1R=
None of: Bush Administration