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The absurdity of partisanship
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Colbert I. King
Washington Post

Columns 49
Words 63096
Median Partisanship Index 0.0
Total Partisanship Index 9.4
Combined Partisanship Index 4.7
Positive Democratic Index 15.2
Negative Democratic Index 33.1
Positive Republican Index 4.4
Negative Republican Index 13.0
Positive Index 19.6
Negative Index 46.1
Neutral Index 34.3



Partisan References

Type Number All References
Positive Democratic 82 Townsend(10), Williams(9), Gore(5), Clinton(5), Democrats(4), Tony Williams(4), Democratic(3), Glendening(3), Kennedy(3), Norton(3), Barry(3), Maynard Jackson(2), Carl McCall(2), Johnson(2), Clark(2), Democrat(2), President Truman, Democratic Party, Bill Clinton, McCall, Jackson, Eleanor Holmes Norton, Parris Glendening, James Clyburn, Charlie Rangel, John Conyers, Maxine Waters, John Lewis, Bobby Scott, Rangel, Waters, Walter Fauntroy, Louis Stokes, William Clay, Shirley Chisholm, Al From
Negative Democratic 179 Byrd(34), Williams(20), Democratic(16), Tony Williams(12), Thurmond(12), Townsend(10), McAuliffe(9), Barry(8), Marion Barry(6), Democrats(5), McGovern(4), Ramsey Clark(4), Clark(4), Robert Byrd(3), Bill Clinton(3), Strom Thurmond(3), Anthony Williams(3), Kathleen Kennedy Townsend(2), DNC(2), Kennedy(2), Democratic Party(2), Lyndon Johnson, Terry McAuliffe, McCall, Democratic Senate, Ron Kirk, John Edwards, Joe Lieberman, Al Gore, Fauntroy, Attorney General Robert Kennedy, Tom Eagleton, Democrat, Lyndon Johnson White House, George Wallace, Dems
Neutral Democratic 134
Positive Republican 24 Republican(8), President Bush(3), Ehrlich(2), George W. Bush(2), Jeb Bush(2), McCain, administration, Republicans, GOP, Richard Nixon, Secretary of State Colin Powell, Thurmond
Negative Republican 70 Lott(17), Ashcroft(9), Thurmond(7), Republican(7), O'Neill(5), Trent Lott(5), Strom Thurmond(4), Republican Party(4), Ehrlich(2), Republicans(2), Attorney General John Ashcroft(2), GOP(2), Paul O'Neill, John D. Ashcroft, Bush administration, Senate Republicans
Neutral Republican 51



List of Columns

Title/
Date
words PI Partisan References
The District of Corruption
28 December 2002
1340 100 4D-: Anthony Williams, Marion Barry, Democratic, Anthony Williams
No Party for Essie Mae
21 December 2002
1116 50 14D-: Thurmond, Thurmond, George Wallace, Strom Thurmond, Thurmond, Thurmond, Thurmond, Strom Thurmond, Thurmond, Thurmond, Strom Thurmond, Thurmond, Thurmond, Thurmond
4R-: Strom Thurmond, Thurmond, Thurmond, Thurmond
2R=
Who's Sorry Now?
14 December 2002
1233 55 1D+: Democratic
6D-: Democratic, Democrat, Democratic, Thurmond, Thurmond, Democrats
3R+: Thurmond, President Bush, Republican
35R-: Trent Lott, Lott, Trent Lott, Republicans, Lott, Lott, Lott, Lott, Lott, Lott, Trent Lott, Republican, Lott, Republican Party, Trent Lott, Strom Thurmond, Lott, Thurmond, Lott, Thurmond, Strom Thurmond, Thurmond, Thurmond, Strom Thurmond, Lott, Republican, Lott, Lott, Senate Republicans, Lott, Lott, Republican Party, Lott, Trent Lott, Lott
4R=
Read Bin Laden's Letter
7 December 2002
1314 0 4D=, 2R=
Surveying the Damage on Campus USA
30 November 2002
935 0
Statesmanship, Saudi Style
23 November 2002
1251 100 2R+: President Bush, Secretary of State Colin Powell
In Search of the New Black Power
16 November 2002
1440 18 6D+: Walter Fauntroy, Louis Stokes, William Clay, Shirley Chisholm, Democrat, Al From
12D-: Democratic Party, Fauntroy, McGovern, McGovern, Tom Eagleton, Democratic, McGovern, McGovern, Democratic, Democratic Party, Democrats, Bill Clinton
2R+: Republican, Richard Nixon
1R-: Republican Party
18D=
It's Time for Some Primary Color
9 November 2002
1543 14 21D+: Maynard Jackson, Maynard Jackson, Jackson, Democrats, Carl McCall, McCall, Carl McCall, Democrats, Democrat, Eleanor Holmes Norton, Norton, Norton, James Clyburn, Charlie Rangel, John Conyers, Maxine Waters, John Lewis, Bobby Scott, Rangel, Waters, Norton
26D-: Dems, Bill Clinton, McAuliffe, DNC, McAuliffe, Democrats, McAuliffe, Democratic, Democratic, McAuliffe, Democrats, Terry McAuliffe, Democrats, McAuliffe, McAuliffe, McAuliffe, McCall, McAuliffe, McAuliffe, DNC, Democratic, Bill Clinton, Democratic Senate, Ron Kirk, John Edwards, Joe Lieberman
4R+: Republicans, Republican, Jeb Bush, Jeb Bush
1R-: GOP
6D=
The Admiral's Political Sea Change
2 November 2002
1548 8 13D+: Bill Clinton, Parris Glendening, Townsend, Glendening, Townsend, Gore, Clinton, Clinton, Clinton, Townsend, Clinton, Townsend, Gore
12D-: Democratic, Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, Townsend, Townsend, Townsend, Townsend, Townsend, Townsend, Townsend, Democratic, Townsend, Townsend
3R+: McCain, Ehrlich, Ehrlich
7R-: Republican, Republican, Republican Party, GOP, Ehrlich, Ehrlich, Republicans
14D=, 15R=
'Old-Fashioned Human Wickedness'
26 October 2002
917 0
Welcome to the Club
19 October 2002
1385 0
He Is Not God
12 October 2002
979 0
Halfway House Horrors
5 October 2002
1304 0
Covering Up Judicial Warts
28 September 2002
1167 0 1D=
A Washington Welcome for Hattie Purefoy
21 September 2002
1391 0
How to Run for D.C. Mayor
14 September 2002
1331 21 5D+: Tony Williams, Williams, Williams, Williams, Williams
9D-: Marion Barry, Barry, Barry, Barry, Marion Barry, Barry, Williams, Democratic, Tony Williams
5D=
Washington's $325 Million Crisis
7 September 2002
1477 0 1D+: Tony Williams
1D-: Tony Williams
1D=
An Election Day to Remember
31 August 2002
1187 39 3D+: Williams, Williams, Tony Williams
13D-: Tony Williams, Democratic, Democratic, Democratic, Democratic, Williams, Williams, Democratic, Williams, Williams, Williams, Williams, Williams
2R+: Republican, Republican
10D=, 3R=
The Beam in Our Own Eye
24 August 2002
1087 100 3R-: John D. Ashcroft, Ashcroft, Ashcroft
Does the Mayor Get It Yet?
17 August 2002
1327 33 2D+: Williams, Williams
9D-: Tony Williams, Tony Williams, Williams, Tony Williams, Williams, Williams, Williams, Tony Williams, Anthony Williams
10D=
And There He Lay
10 August 2002
1422 0
A City's Sad Neglect of Its Children
3 August 2002
1451 50 1R-: Bush administration
1D=
Thetans and the D.C. Offender Program
27 July 2002
1097 5 7D-: Tony Williams, Williams, Williams, Tony Williams, Williams, Williams, Williams
8R-: Attorney General John Ashcroft, Ashcroft, Ashcroft, Ashcroft, Ashcroft, Ashcroft, Ashcroft, Ashcroft
4R=
The Word on the Mayor at Darrell's Barbershop
20 July 2002
1072 50 2D+: Williams, Tony Williams
7D-: Tony Williams, Williams, Williams, Tony Williams, Williams, Marion Barry, Tony Williams
1D=
Accountability Is Not a Private Personnel Matter
13 July 2002
1334 0
A Hard Look at a Double Homicide
6 July 2002
1368 0 1D=
He Should Have Been in Jail
29 June 2002
1376 0
Government Snooping Is a Bipartisan Thing
15 June 2002
1128 22 8D+: Democrats, Kennedy, Johnson, Clark, Kennedy, Clark, Johnson, Democrats
14D-: Al Gore, Ramsey Clark, Lyndon Johnson White House, Ramsey Clark, Clark, Ramsey Clark, Clark, Clark, Clark, Ramsey Clark, Attorney General Robert Kennedy, Kennedy, Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson
2R+: George W. Bush, administration
1R-: Attorney General John Ashcroft
4D=, 3R=
Sneaking and Peeking -- Then and Now
8 June 2002
1285 33 1R+: President Bush
2R=
Battered in Washington
1 June 2002
1427 0 1D=
Chandra Levy: The Bigger Story
25 May 2002
1321 0 1D=
A Crucial Choice for Townsend
18 May 2002
1477 20 12D+: Townsend, Townsend, Townsend, Gore, Townsend, Gore, Glendening, Townsend, Kennedy, Gore, Glendening, Townsend
2D-: Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, Townsend
2R+: George W. Bush, Republican
1R-: Republican
28D=, 1R=
A Return to Howard
11 May 2002
1117 0 1D=, 1R=
Drugs and Crime, Viewed From Behind Bars
4 May 2002
1408 0
The Cops in Zurich, the Cops in D.C.
20 April 2002
1467 0
From Switzerland to the Suitland Parkway
13 April 2002
1347 0
Three Days in Washington
6 April 2002
1266 0 1D=
Murdered and Forgotten During Holy Week
30 March 2002
964 0
Trivializing Mass Murder
23 March 2002
1137 12 2D+: Democratic, Democratic
3R+: Republican, GOP, Republican
2R-: Republican, Republican
1D=
Safer in Afghanistan
16 March 2002
1008 0
Mendelson vs. Barry
9 March 2002
1463 4 5D+: Democratic Party, Clinton, Barry, Barry, Barry
6D-: Marion Barry, Barry, Barry, Marion Barry, Barry, Barry
13D=
Sen. Byrd: The View From Darrell's Barbershop
2 March 2002
1833 67 1D+: President Truman
36D-: Byrd, Robert Byrd, Byrd, Byrd, Byrd, Byrd, Byrd, Byrd, Byrd, Byrd, Byrd, Robert Byrd, Byrd, Byrd, Byrd, Byrd, Robert Byrd, Byrd, Byrd, Byrd, Byrd, Byrd, Byrd, Byrd, Byrd, Byrd, Byrd, Byrd, Byrd, Byrd, Byrd, Byrd, Byrd, Byrd, Byrd, Byrd
5R-: Paul O'Neill, O'Neill, O'Neill, O'Neill, O'Neill
2D=, 1R=
At Darrell's Barbershop
16 February 2002
1456 0 1D-: Byrd
1R-: O'Neill
10D=, 11R=
Glen Echo: The Segregated Park
9 February 2002
1279 0
When in Saudi Arabia . . . Do as Americans Do
2 February 2002
1345 0
The Saudi Sellout
26 January 2002
1262 0
Saudi Arabia's Apartheid (Cont'd)
19 January 2002
1178 0
In the New Year's Darkness
12 January 2002
1020 0
Something in the Air on Flight 363
5 January 2002
1516 0 2R=