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Pundit Boxscore for Friday 30 April 2004

COULTER'S MINETA VENDETTA: Wow, Ann Coulter seems determined to give away the 2004 Lying in Ponds partisanship title. Her column yesterday was another attack on Norman Mineta, and her second crossover column in a row. Yes, Mr. Mineta is a Democrat, but as a member of the Bush Cabinet, negative references to him count as negative Republican references. I promise that I'll explore the issue in some depth next week. And as Dave Barry would say, "Mineta Vendetta" would be an excellent name for a rock band.



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
Agonizing Choices
30 April 2004
842 100 2R-
But before: Bush administration
All this: commander in chief
Paul Krugman
New York Times
In Front of Your Nose
30 April 2004
807 75 3R-,1R=
Tomorrow a: George Bush, administration
So they: administration
Even among: administration
Daniel Henninger
WSJ OpinionJournal
A Good Start
30 April 2004
1080 33 2D-,1D=,1R+,5R=
This is: Bush administration
John Kerry: John Kerry, the President, Vice President
The war: Ted Kennedy
"My sense: Democrats, Republicans
You know: Laura Bush, Bush administration
Mona Charen
Creators Syndicate
Those flag-draped coffins
30 April 2004
782 23 3D-,1D=,2R+,2R-,5R=
"They are: Bush Administration, Bush Administration, Bush Administration
 It's clear: Jim McDermott
 McDermott seems: McDermott, Bush Administration
 As Lawrence: President Clinton, President Reagan
 In truth,: President Nixon, Nixon Administration
 Polling did: Johnson, Nixon
 Which brings: Bush Administration
E. J. Dionne Jr.
Washington Post
The GOP's Vanishing Breed
30 April 2004
1140 9 2D+,1D=,8R+,11R-,33R=
The GOP's: GOP
Mamas, don't: Republicans
Sen. Arlen: Arlen Specter, Republican, Pat Toomey, Specter, Rick Santorum, President Bush, Specter, John Heinz, Santorum
The 74-year-old: Specter, Republicans, Toomey
Stephen Moore,: Specter, Republican, Chafee, Snowe, Voinovich, Republican, Lincoln Chafee, Olympia Snowe, George Voinovich
That it: White House, Specter, Republican, Republican, Republican
In New: Amo Houghton, Jack Quinn, Republican, Houghton, Quinn, Reagan, Democrats, Quinn, Republican
In Specter's: Specter, Bush, Specter, president of the United States, Specter, Bush, Dick Cheney
Yes, ideological: Republicans, Republican, Tom Kuchel, Clifford Case, Jacob Javits, Republican
In the: Republicans, Democratic
I mourn: Republicans, Republicanism, Specter
Bob Herbert
Inactive
From Dream to Nightmare
30 April 2004
851
NYT Lead Editorial
New York Times
Troops Without Armor in Iraq
30 April 2004
495 0
Charles Krauthammer
Washington Post
The Real Mideast 'Poison'
30 April 2004
923 0 3D+,3R+
It gets: Bush administration, Bush
What is: Clinton
Moreover, the: Johnson administration
Arthur Goldberg: Arthur Goldberg
Confronted with: Bush
WP Lead Editorial
Washington Post
Citizens and Enemies
30 April 2004
641 0 1R=
The Court: President Bush
OJ On the Editorial Page
WSJ OpinionJournal
Gerald Amirault's Freedom
30 April 2004
719 0 1D-,1R-
One of: Scott Harshbarger
Politicians also: Jane Swift