ABNORMAL NORMALIZATION NORMAL AGAIN: This weekend the total number of 2004 Republican references surpassed the number of Democratic references for the first time. It's normal for the ruling party to dominate the national discussion, but the intense interest in the Democratic primaries early in the year strongly tilted the balance the other way. The scoring system this year attempts to correct for distortion caused by an imbalance of references to the two parties, which could change the partisanship scores of some pundits by a few points. The current normalization factors are shown in the annotation at the top of the Top Ten list. Today's Republican normalization of 0.98 means that references to Republicans have been slightly more prevalent this year, and are therefore given slightly less weight than Democratic references. The effect on scoring will be negligible until the references become more unbalanced.
| Author/ Affiliation |
Title/ Date |
words | PI | Partisan References |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Molly Ivins Creators Syndicate |
Be there 20 April 2004 |
1056 | 64 | 7R-,4R= The March: Bush Administration, Bush Anti-choice policies: George W. Bush, Reagan Republican women,: Republican, George W. Bush, Republican, President Bush Barbara Bush,: Barbara Bush, Nancy Reagan, President Bush |
| OJ On the Editorial Page WSJ OpinionJournal |
Bush's Brahimi Gamble 20 April 2004 |
1083 | 60 | 1D=,6R-,3R= Bush's Brahimi: Bush One mystery: Bush Administration "Whatever" is: President Bush Perhaps the: the President The one-sided: Bush The destructive: Bush Administration Yet leaks: White House To claim: George W. Bush, John Kerry One reason: White House |
| Paul Krugman New York Times |
Questions of Interest 20 April 2004 |
834 | 50 | 1R+,1R= That last: Gregory Mankiw, the president |
| Robert Scheer Creators Syndicate |
With God on his side 20 April 2004 |
863 | 39 | 3R+,10R-,5R= 04.20.04 -: George W. Bush, the president Of course,: Bush But not: the president, George H.W. Bush In contrast,: Bush Asked by: former president, Bush Reading the: Bush, former president Thus, if: George W. , Secretary of State Colin Powell, Powell That Powell: Powell, President Bush, president After the: the president The president: The president |
| E. J. Dionne Jr. Washington Post |
Kerry's Terrorism Offensive 20 April 2004 |
1028 | 28 | 12D+,5D-,3D=,7R+,14R-,9R= Kerry's Terrorism: Kerry Here is: John Kerry, President Bush It wasn't: Republicans Ronald Reagan: Ronald Reagan, President Bush, George W. Bush But the: Kerry The current: president, Bush Kerry's approach: Kerry, Kerry, Democrats, Democrats "Terrorism and: Kerry, Kerry In making: Bush, Kerry, Democrats, administration, Republican, the president In 2002,: Democrats, Bush, the president, Democrats, Republicans, Democrats, Bush, Bush But this: Bush, administration, Bush This creates: Kerry, Bush, Bush Kerry said: Kerry Bush's campaign: Bush, the president, Kerry, Bush, Marc Racicot, Democrat, Bush, Racicot, Kerry The Bush: Bush, Bush, Kerry, Bush |
| David Brooks New York Times |
Clearing the Air 20 April 2004 |
827 | 28 | 2D-,1D=,6R+,3R-,6R= Nonetheless, over: Bush The first: President Bush, Clinton, Bush The Bush: Bush administration, administration The administration's: administration, Bush, Bush The most: Bush, Bush The administration: administration Nonetheless, for: Democratic, Bush, Democrats, Bush, administration How high: Bush |
| NYT Lead Editorial New York Times |
Which Powell Is Which? 20 April 2004 |
941 | 23 | 3R+,11R-,21R= Which Powell: Powell Colin Powell: Colin Powell For three: Powell, administration, Powell, Vice President Dick Cheney, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, White House No one: Powell The publication: Powell, the president, Cheney, Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, Condoleezza Rice, Powell When the: Powell Mr. Woodward: Powell, Bush, Powell After letting: Powell, the president, Powell, White House What we: Powell, Bush, Powell, administration Mr. Powell,: Powell, Reagan White House, Powell, Powell, Powell, Bush administration |
| WP Lead Editorial Washington Post |
The U.N. in Iraq 20 April 2004 |
725 | 14 | 3D-,2R-,2R= THE DIFFICULT: John F. Kerry, Democratic The Bush: Bush administration The American: Bush administration, President Bush, Democratic, Bush |
| Richard Cohen Washington Post |
Bicycling to War 20 April 2004 |
968 | 11 | 9R+,6R-,12R= I offer: Condi Rice, Dick Cheney, George Bush The "bicycle": Bush, the president For a: Bush, the president, Bush But as: Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz, the president I confess: Bush My guess: Cheney, Bush, Cheney, Bush, White House, Bush, Cheney, Colin Powell, Cheney, vice president Whatever the: Bush This is: Bush, Powell, Bush Those, though,: Powell, Bush |
| Thomas Oliphant Boston Globe |
The fiction of Israeli 'withdrawal' from Gaza nobr> December |
1003 | 10 | 1D-,1D=,3R+,5R- By Thomas: President Bush, Bush Shortly after: the president This month,: Bush, Clinton The United: Bush, John Kerry In embracing: Bush, Bush For Bush: Bush |
| David Ignatius Inactive |
Is China's Economy Overheating? 20 April 2004 |
872 | |
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| Pete du Pont Inactive |
Oil Is Not Well 20 April 2004 |
1203 | |