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Pundit Boxscore for Monday 24 January 2005

FOUR-COLUMN FINALE: William Safire ended his 30-year run on The New York Times editorial page today with a farewell set of four columns. As I said back in November, I have always admired Mr. Safire's independence and style. Unfortunately, he has often been unwilling to issue a correction of make an apology when his many accusations against political figures have not panned out.



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
Cal Thomas
Tribune Media Services
Embracing and exporting freedom
24 January 2005
814 70 1D+,8R+,1R=
In a: President Ronald Reagan, Reagan
In his: John F. Kennedy
Given that: President George W. Bush
In countries: President Bush
Some critics: President Bush
In speaking: President Bush, Reagan
By boldly: President Bush
In my: President Bush
William Safire
New York Times
Win Some, Lose Some
24 January 2005
564 50 3D+,1R+
Winner: Baltic: Al Gore, Strobe Talbott, Clinton
Winner: My: Richard Nixon
William Safire
New York Times
First Lady Follies
24 January 2005
563 31 1D+,1D-,4D=,7R+,2R-,1R=
My relationships: Pat Nixon, Nixon, Nixon, Julie Eisenhower
Barbara Bush: Barbara Bush, Bush 41
My first-lady: Nancy Reagan, White House, Don Regan, President Reagan
Then came: Hillary Clinton, Bill Clinton, the president, the president
Hundreds of: Clinton, President Clinton
William Raspberry
Washington Post
Religion Vs. Unity
24 January 2005
790 25 1R+,3R=
President Bush's: President Bush
It depends.: administration
Many who: George W. Bush
And that: the president
Robert Novak
Creators Syndicate
A less conservative Bush?
24 January 2005
969 7 1D=,5R+,8R-,27R=
A less: Bush
WASHINGTON --: George W. Bush, Ronald Reagan
 The inaugural: Republicans, President Bush
 Instead, concern: Bush, White House, president
 -- In: Bush
 -- The: George W. Bush, John Ashcroft, Ted Olson, Gale Norton, Linda Chavez
 -- The: Condoleezza Rice, Colin Powell
 -- The: Republican National Committee, Jo Ann Davidson, Republicans, White House, the president
 The selection: Davidson, Davidson, Bush, Republican, Bob Taft, Republican, the president
 The new: John Kerry, Bush
 The biggest: Bush, Bush
 On NBC's: Dan Bartlett, Bush, Republican National Committee, Ken Mehlman, Bush
 It cannot: George W. Bush, Republican, president, president
William Safire
New York Times
'Never Retire'
24 January 2005
1052 0
William Safire
New York Times
How to Read a Column
24 January 2005
857 0 3D=,7R=
1. Beware: John F. Kennedy, Ronald Reagan
7. Watch: Nixon, the president, Henry Kissinger, Mr. President, Nixon, Henry
11. Do: Clintonian
In bidding: J.F.K.
John Fund
Inactive
Bleed My Lips?
24 January 2005
1881
Sebastian Mallaby
Washington Post
The Budget Health Shock
24 January 2005
967 0 1R+,1R-,3R=
The biggest: Bush administration
Despite the: Bush
The message: Bush administration
But in: Bush
In sum,: Bush