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Pundit Boxscore for Wednesday 19 January 2005

JOB PROSPECT FOR CONASON: Columnist Joe Conason has a new job:

American Prospect Executive Editor Michael Tomasky announced today that the Prospect has hired Joe Conason to serve in a new position as the magazine's Investigative Editor. Conason, the well-known investigative journalist, political columnist, and best-selling author, will oversee the Prospect's new emphasis on investigative reporting. He will assign, edit, and write articles, and he will join the magazine formally on January 24.

I don't know if that means he will stop writing his column or not.



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
Michelle Malkin
Creators Syndicate
The truth about the cop-killing marine
19 January 2005
819 100 1R+
 Raya was: President Bush
Joe Conason
New York Observer
Another fake crisis from Bush's minions
19 January 2005
986 100 6D+,20R-
Another fake: Bush
01.19.05 -: the President
The most: Bush White House, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, President
The ad's: George W. Bush, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Bush, Roosevelt
While that: White House, Karl Rove, the President, White House
"For the: Republicans, Barry Goldwater, Roosevelt
There could: Roosevelt, White House, the President
At a: Bush
Permitting private: Bush
According to: Bush
The President's: The President, Bush
The President: The President
So why: Bush
Harold Meyerson
Washington Post
A Tale of Two Texans
19 January 2005
979 82 11D+,1D-,1D=,8R-,1R=
Forty years: Lyndon Johnson
Before Johnson: Johnson, Johnson, Poppy Bush, Johnson
The young: Johnson, FDR, Johnson
That faith,: Johnson, Johnson
Tomorrow a: George W. Bush, Johnson, Johnson, Bush
The problem,: George W. Bush, Bush
And the: the president
The Texas: Bush
That Lyndon: Lyndon Johnson, George W. Bush, Johnson, Bush
Clarence Page
Chicago Tribune
Bush's promises? Oh, never mind
19 January 2005
883 69 2D=,11R-,3R=
Bush's promises?: Bush
The president: The president
If Washington: President Bush
In a: the president
He acknowledged: administration
Instead, even: Bush, Bush
But the: the president
In an: Bush
The president: The president, Bush
Yes, whether: President Clinton
President Bush: President Bush, Bush
Democrats grind: Democrats, Bush
Ellen Goodman
Washington Post Writers Group
The clock is ticking
19 January 2005
926 44 3R+,11R-,4R=
Sue me,: Bush, the president
My optimism: Bush
The particular: Bush
Once upon: Ronald Reagan, the Gipper, Bush, Reagan
The first: administration
When asked: the president, the president
What happened: Dick Cheney
Charles Graner: Alberto Gonzales
CBS took: the president, Condi Rice
If we've: Bill Bennett, Rush Limbaugh
There just: White House
Kathleen Parker
Tribune Media Services
Give class a chance
19 January 2005
940 21 5D=,4R+,1R-,4R=
An oath,: President George W. Bush
If he: Bush
Bush, it: Bush
Fast-forward through: John F. Kennedy, Jimmy Carter
Carter wasn't: Carter
To the: Ronald Reagan
According to: George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush
With a: Carter
In his: George W. Bush
The Bush: Bush administration
Even so,: Bush
Cal Thomas
Tribune Media Services
Using and abusing God: Part deux
19 January 2005
842 19 9D-,8D=,1R+,5R-,3R=
Desperate to: Democrats, Democrats, Harry Reid, Democrat Party
Wallis thinks: Democrats
There is: Democrats, Democrats, Democrats, Republicans
On public: Democrats, Republicans, Democrats
Republicans think: Republicans
Politics deals: Republicans, Democrats, Republicans, Democrats
Could Democrats: Democrats, Republicans, Democrats
As the: Democrat, Republican
In our: Republicans, Democrats
If Democrats: Democrats, Republicans
Robert J. Samuelson
Washington Post
Promises by the Numbers
19 January 2005
946 5 1D-,1D=,1R+,3R-,13R=
Everyone is: George W. Bush, Bush
Let's see.: administration, Bush, Bush
All this: Bush, Bush, Bush
Without it: Bush, Bush
Compared with: Bush, White House, administration
If Bush: Bush, Bush, John Kerry, Bush, Democrats
Still, Bush: Bush
David Ignatius
Inactive
Bush's Next Test
19 January 2005
929
Linda Chavez
Creators Syndicate
The shibboleths of academe
19 January 2005
809 0
Nicholas D. Kristof
New York Times
Leaving the Brothel Behind
19 January 2005
815 0
Anne Applebaum
Inactive
Only a Game?
19 January 2005
926
Tony Blankley
Creators Syndicate
Espionage by any other name
19 January 2005
966 0 1R=
This week: Administration
Walter E. Williams
Inactive
Weaker than we think
19 January 2005
709