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Pundit Boxscore for Sunday 16 January 2005

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
David S. Broder
Washington Post
Mississippi Healing
16 January 2005
869 100 1R+
In June,: Haley Barbour
George F. Will
Washington Post
The Perils of Bad Promises
16 January 2005
839 100 2R+
Last week: Bush administration
The PBGC: administration
Thomas Oliphant
Boston Globe
Kennedy's journey back to the future
16 January 2005
976 74 23D+,1D-,4D=,3R-,3R=
Kennedy's journey: Kennedy
WASHINGTON FOR: Democratic Party, Edward M. Kennedy, Franklin D. Roosevelt
Kennedy built: Kennedy, Kennedy, Kennedy, Democrats
For major: Kennedy
Healthcare was: Roosevelt, Harry Truman, John Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson
President Bush: President Bush, Kennedy
Kennedy is: Kennedy, Kennedy, Democrats
The principle: Republican, Republican, Republicans
Kennedy's proposal: Kennedy
On the: Hubert Humphrey, Democratic, Republicans, Tip O'Neill, Democrats, Democrats, Republican Party
Kennedy argued: Kennedy, Democrats, Kennedy
It's no: Kennedy, Kennedy
Jeff Jacoby
Boston Globe
What to do with surplus from DNC
16 January 2005
895 61 11D-,7D=
What to: DNC
WHATEVER last: Democratic
For more: Thomas Menino, DNC
Cooler heads: Menino
"Thank$ for: DNC, John Kerry, DNC
No. For: Menino
The DNC: DNC, Menino
Instead, Passafaro: Menino
Passafaro and: Menino
So here's: Menino, DNC
"I can: Menino, DNC, DNC
Jim Hoagland
Inactive
Bush's Asian Opportunity
16 January 2005
929
Michael Kinsley
Washington Post
Fool Me Twice
16 January 2005
1116 0 1D-,2D=,1R-,5R=
Will President: President Bush, Bush
And will: Democrats, Democrats, the president
Ordinarily it's: Bush, Michael Chertoff, Chertoff
It would: Senate Democrats
Thomas L. Friedman
Inactive
Pop-Tarts or Freedom?
16 January 2005
946
Clarence Page
Chicago Tribune
Making a loud noise about rap's bad-boy culture
16 January 2005
918 0