Pundit Boxscore

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.
Democratic references in blue, Republican in red, positive references in bold, negative in italics.
Author/
Affiliation
Title/
Date
words PI Partisan References
Jonah Goldberg
Tribune Media Services
Looking for Mr. Wright
30 April 2008
1101 47 4D+,12D-,2D=,1R+
After Barack: Barack Obama, Obama
For six: Obama, Hillary Clinton, Lanny J. Davis, Clinton, Davis
Obama and: Obama
Let's start: Obama
To cap: Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama
But then: Obama
Wright is: Obama, Obama, John McCain, Clinton
Kathleen Parker
Washington Post Writers Group
Wright Still Wrong
30 April 2008
1025 71 6D-,1R-
But make: Barack Obama
Whatever Wright: Democrats, Obama
Wright claimed: Obama
In fairness: Dick Cheney
But there's: Obama
Now that: Obama
Maureen Dowd
New York Times
Praying and Preying
30 April 2008
1063 31 3D+,8D-,5D=
Barack Obama: Barack Obama
Obama and: Obama
Speaking to: Obama
Obama, of: Obama
Having been: Obama
At the: Bill Clinton, Obama
He was: Obama, Obama
If Obama: Obama, Obama
But in: Obama
For some,: Obama, Hillary, Democrat
Tuesday was: Obama
Bob Herbert
New York Times
The Pastor Casts a Shadow
29 April 2008
1066 14 6D+,9D-,6D=
The Rev.: Barack Obama
It’s a: Obama
On Sunday: John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson
What he: Obama, J.F.K. , L.B.J.
This whole: Obama, Barack Obama
Faster than: Obama, Obama, Democratic, Obama
For Senator: Obama, Obama
Beyond that,: Obama
Hillary Clinton: Hillary Clinton, Obama, Obama
Mr. Obama: Obama, Obama
Cal Thomas
Tribune Media Services
H.O.P.E.F.U.L.
29 April 2008
833 6 4D-,1R+,4R-,7R=
http://www.JewishWorldReview.com |: John McCain, Republican, Democratic
McCain has: McCain, Republican, Bobby Jindal
All of: Democrats, Republicans, Democrats, Democrats, McCain
Here is: McCain, McCain
Victory not: McCain
Here's one: McCain
If John: John McCain
David Brooks
New York Times
Demography Is King
29 April 2008
947 6 1D+,2D-,13D=
The ensuing: Democratic Party, Democratic
In state: Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, Obama, Clinton, Obama, Clinton
The divide: Democratic
In Pennsylvania,: Obama, Clinton
We can: Obama, Clinton, Obama, Clinton
The core: Obama
E. J. Dionne Jr.
Washington Post
The Shrinking Election
29 April 2008
922 4 4D+,6D-,6D=,2R+,3R-,2R=
The 2000: George W. Bush, Bill Clinton, Bush, Clinton
This moved: Al Gore, Bush
Before the: Bush, Jimmy Carter
No one: Barack Obama
Obama, once: Obama
All this: Hillary Clinton
Yes, the: Obama, Democratic, Clinton, Obama
The smaller: Republicans, Hillary Clinton, Obama, Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan, Bill Clinton
Contrary to: Obama, Clinton
Eugene Robinson
Washington Post
Where Wright Goes Wrong
29 April 2008
959 75 3D-,1D=
We all: Barack Obama
I'm sorry,: Obama
Historically and: Barack Obama
Sadly, it's: Obama
George F. Will
Washington Post
A Pastor at Center Stage
29 April 2008
919 11 3D-,7D=,2R+,3R-,4R=
Because John: John McCain, McCain
Because Wright: Barack Obama
Obama should: Obama
The first: Lyndon Johnson, Barry Goldwater, Johnson
Goldwater and: Goldwater, Goldwater
In the: Democratic, Al Gore, Michael Dukakis, Gore, Vice President George Bush, Bush, Dukakis
When North: Republicans, McCain
He is: Obama
Thomas Sowell
Creators Syndicate
An Old Newness
29 April 2008
830 100 4D-
There is: Barack Obama
Barack Obama: Barack Obama
Although Senator: Obama
Internationally, the: Obama
Paul Krugman
New York Times
Bush Made Permanent
28 April 2008
1042 64 1D-,3D=,24R-,8R=
Bush Made: Bush
As the: president, President Bush, John McCain, Democrat
In part: Democrats, McCain, Bush
But is: Bush
And a: McCain, Bush administration
The McCain: McCain
First, Mr.: McCain, Bush
According to: McCain
But before: McCain
Well, Congress: McCain, Bush
Mr. Holtz-Eakin: McCain
But here’s: Bush, Bush administration
The McCain: McCain, Bush administration
It’s the: Bush administration, McCain
And Mr.: McCain
Now, Mr.: McCain, Democratic, McCain, Democrats, McCain
So what: McCain
If truth: McCain, G.O.P.
The impression: McCain
More and: McCain
William Kristol
New York Times
Hillary Gets No Respect
28 April 2008
1121 22 15D+,6D-,19D=
Hillary Gets: Hillary
But I: Clinton, Hillary Clinton, Hillary
The fact: Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama
She is,: Obama, Obama
But Hillary: Hillary, Obama, Clinton, Obama
Furthermore, if: Hillary, Clinton
Hillary has: Hillary, Obama, Clinton, Obama, Democratic
Obama understands: Obama, Obama
Obama chose: Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama
That’s fine.: Obama, Hillary, Obama, Hillary, Clinton, Obama
Which leads: Obama, Clinton, Obama
We have: Clinton, Clinton, Obama
On Friday: Obama
Will Obama: Obama, Democratic
Maureen Dowd
New York Times
Desperately Seeking Street Cred
27 April 2008
1043 3 5D+,7D-,18D=,1R-,4R=
Hillary grows: Hillary, Obama
Hillary is: Hillary, Obama
A man: Obama, Barack
Obama disdains: Obama
He doesn’t: Bobby Kennedy
With Indiana: Democratic, Democrats, Obama
As a: Hillary
Instead of: Hillary, Bush, Clinton
Even some: Obama, Hillary, Dems, Karl Rove
James Clyburn,: James Clyburn, the Clintons, Obama, Clyburn, McCain, Hillary, McCain
In interviews,: Clyburn, the Clintons
Obama is: Obama, Obama, Hillary
The Nixonian: Nixonian, Hillary, Obama
At Joe’s: Obama
Nicholas D. Kristof
New York Times
Odd Couple of the Jungle
27 April 2008
937 0
Bob Herbert
New York Times
Heading Toward the Danger Zone
26 April 2008
1063 38 5D+,20D-,12D=,1R+,1R-,1R=
Barack Obama: Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton
Senator Obama: Obama, the Clintons, G.O.P.
You can: Obama, Clinton
Despite all: Democrats, Johnson, Goldwater
One of: Democrats, The Clintons
Their message: Obama
The share: Clinton, Obama, the Clintons, Obama
Representative James: James Clyburn, the Clintons, Obama
What we’re: Democrats, the Clintons
However one: Bill and Hillary Clinton, Obama, Obama
It’s hard: Obama, Obama
But more: Obama, Obama
Hillary Clinton: Hillary Clinton
The big: Obama
Some Democratic: Democratic, Clinton, Obama, Clinton, Obama, G.O.P.
One of: Obama, Obama, Democratic
Gail Collins
New York Times
McCain’s Compassion Tour
26 April 2008
1007 92 11R-,1R=
McCain’s Compassion: McCain
John McCain: John McCain, Republican
McCain’s special: McCain
But McCain: McCain
So McCain: McCain
Goodyear appealed,: President Bush
McCain’s vote: McCain
Having delivered: McCain
Maybe George: George Bush
Was McCain: McCain
We also: McCain
Charles Krauthammer
Washington Post
Obama's 'Distractions'?
25 April 2008
905 58 2D+,13D-,3D=,1R=
Obama's 'Distractions'?: Obama
-- Barack: Barack Obama
With that,: Obama
Why? Because: Obama, Hillary Clinton, John McCain
Then came: Obama
In the: Obama
What is: Obama, Obama
Take Ayers.: Obama, Obama, Obama
Obama's defense: Obama, Obama
Would you: Obama
Obamaphiles are: Obama
But Obama: Obama, Hillary
E. J. Dionne Jr.
Washington Post
Pennsylvania Fault Lines
25 April 2008
1054 12 8D+,7D-,21D=,4R-,1R=
Perhaps it: Democrats
Hillary Clinton: Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, Obama, Obama, Clinton, Clinton, John McCain, Clinton, Democrats, Clinton, Obama
What was: Obama, Obama
Among white: Clinton, Clinton, Clinton
The import: Clinton, Obama
Republicans clearly: Republicans, Republican Party, Obama
Of course: Republicans, Obama
And a: John McCain
The religion: Clinton
Some of: Clinton
Nonetheless, older: Obama, Clinton, Clinton
He spoke: Clinton, Chelsea Clinton
The Obama: Obama, Bill Clinton, Clinton, Obama
Ultimately, Obama: Obama
He has: Democrat, Obama
There is: Obama, Obama
Eugene Robinson
Washington Post
The Race That Wouldn't Die
25 April 2008
929 15 7D+,3D-,13D=,1R+,1R-,2R=
Who picked: Democratic
Actually, the: Hillary Clinton
No, I'm: Clinton
And it: Clinton, Barack Obama
If anything,: Obama, Clinton, Obama, Clinton, Clinton
I still: Democrat, John McCain, Democratic Party, Democrats, Clinton, Obama, Obama, Clinton, McCain, Democratic Party
But the: Obama, Democratic Party, McCain
All the: Obama, Clinton
At least: Democratic Party, McCain
Jonah Goldberg
Tribune Media Services
Time magazine's environmental war whoop
25 April 2008
885 0
Kathleen Parker
Washington Post Writers Group
White Males Aren't Feeling the Love
25 April 2008
938 15 2D+,5D-,12D=,1R=
How were: Democrats, Republican Party
In Pennsylvania: Democrats
Clinton beat: Clinton, Obama
Pollster John: Clinton, Obama
Are ethnic: Obama
In fact,: Clinton, Obama, Obama, Obama, Clinton
So, yes,: Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama
Clinton isn't: Clinton, Bill
And Obama: Obama
Clinton may: Clinton, Obama
Paul Krugman
New York Times
Self-Inflicted Confusion
25 April 2008
1034 11 11D+,11D-,11D=,4R-,1R=
After Barack: Barack Obama, David Axelrod
He may: Obama
Mr. Obama: Obama, Hillary Clinton
Well, now: Democratic, Democratic
As a: John McCain
According to: Obama, Hillary
But how: Clinton, G.O.P. , Max Cleland
It wasn’t.: Clinton, Republicans, Democratic, Obama
From the: Obama, Clinton, Obama
Yes, I: Obama
Tellingly, the: Obama, Clinton
During the: Obama, Clinton, Clinton
No wonder,: Democrats, Clinton
The question: Democrats, Obama, Democrats
That should: Democrats, Republican
They can: Clinton, Bush, Democrats
But the: Democrats
And unless: Democrats