lying in ponds
The absurdity of partisanship
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Charles Krauthammer
Washington Post

Columns 25
Words 22947
Normalized Median Partisanship Index 63.81
Normalized Total Partisanship Index 50.39
Normalized Combined Partisanship Index 57.10
Democratic Index -48.71
Republican Index 53.75
Positive Index 17.44
Negative Index 45.13
Neutral Index 37.44



Partisan References

Type Number All References
Positive Democratic 19 Obama(12), Truman, Timothy Geithner, Barack Obama, President Obama, John Kennedy, Franklin Roosevelt, the president
Negative Democratic 170 Obama(101), president(11), Obama administration(5), the president(4), Nancy Pelosi(4), President Obama(4), Barack Obama(4), Democratic(4), Democrats(4), Daschle(3), administration(3), Clinton(2), Tom Daschle(2), Obamaism(2), Pelosi(2), Harry Truman, Dianne Feinstein, Biden, Bill Clinton, congressional Democrats, Timothy Geithner, Geithner, Byron Dorgan, Joe Biden, Mr. President, Carter, Clintonian, Clinton administration, president of the United States, Robert Gibbs
Neutral Democratic 121Obama(57), President Obama(10), Barack Obama(6), Pelosi(5), Democratic(4), Biden(4), Democrats(3), president(2), Tim Geithner(2), Obamaism(2), Franklin Roosevelt(2), White House(2), Geithner(2), the president(2), Clinton(2), Joe Biden, Bill Clinton, veep, Lyndon Johnson, administration, Rahm Emanuel, Roosevelt, John Kennedy, President Jimmy Carter, Charles Schumer, Democratic Congress, Nancy Pelosi, James Webb, Democratic Senate, Harry Reid, Hillary Clinton
Positive Republican 49 Bush(27), Bush administration(3), George Bush(3), Reagan(3), Cheney(2), Bob Gates, Dick Cheney, George W. Bush, Condoleezza Rice, President Bush, Ronald Reagan, Republicans, John McCain, Michael Mukasey, the president, Porter Goss
Negative Republican 6 Bush(3), Richard Nixon, George W. Bush, George Bush
Neutral Republican 25Bush(6), Cheney(2), Bush administration(2), Republican(2), Vice President-elect Joe Biden, vice president, Bushian, Republican administration, Bush (43), President Bush, Reagan, Robinson, administration, John McCain, Porter Goss, Goss, Republicans



List of Columns

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.
Title/
Date
words Norm
PI
Partisan References
Iran's Revolution Needs a Leader
26 June 2009
831 100 1D-: President Obama
Obama Misses the Point With Iran Response
19 June 2009
881 83 1D+: the president
11D-: Obama, president of the United States, the president, Obama, president, Obama, Obama administration, Robert Gibbs, administration, president, president
Barack Obama Surveys the World
12 June 2009
920 73 8D-: Barack Obama, Obama, President Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama
3D=
Barack Obama's Israeli Settlements Canard
5 June 2009
937 42 5D-: Barack Obama, Obama, president, Obama, Obama
5D=, 1R=
A Republican Response to Sonia Sotomayor: Criticize, Then Confirm
29 May 2009
903 51 6D-: Democrats, Obama, Democrats, Democrats, Obama, Democratic
2D=, 2R=
Obama Adopts the Bush Approach to the War on Terrorism
22 May 2009
1010 66 1D+: Franklin Roosevelt
13D-: Obama, Obama administration, Barack Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama, Democrats, Obama, the president, Democratic, Obama
11R+: Bush, Bush, George Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush administration, Bush
1R-: George Bush
8D=, 1R=
The Torture Debate, Continued
15 May 2009
876 16 2D-: Nancy Pelosi, Pelosi
5D=, 3R=
The Hamas 'Peace' Gambit
8 May 2009
847 100 3D-: administration, Obama administration, Clinton administration
The Use of Torture and What Nancy Pelosi Knew
1 May 2009
1156 64 3D-: Nancy Pelosi, Clintonian, Pelosi
4R+: John McCain, Michael Mukasey, the president, Porter Goss
4D=, 1R=
Obama: The Grand Strategy
24 April 2009
869 57 6D-: Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama, Democratic, Democratic
1R+: Republicans
6D=
a Sting in Four Parts
17 April 2009
970 48 14D-: Barack Obama, Carter, Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama administration, Obama, Obama, administration, Obama, Obama
13D=, 1R=
It's Your Country Too, Mr. President
10 April 2009
912 78 14D-: Mr. President, Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama, president, Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama
2D=, 1R=
Obama's Ultimate Agenda
3 April 2009
878 65 11D-: Obama, Obama, Obama, Obamaism, Obama, Obama, Obama, Joe Biden, Obama, Obama, Obama
4D=, 1R=
Bonfire of the Trivialities
20 March 2009
912 80 10D-: Obama administration, the president, congressional Democrats, Timothy Geithner, Obama, Obama, Geithner, Obama, Nancy Pelosi, Byron Dorgan
1R+: Bush
3D=
President Obama and Stem Cells -- Science Fiction
13 March 2009
895 52 7D-: President Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama
4R+: Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush
1R-: Bush
4D=, 2R=
Obama's Radical Agenda
6 March 2009
883 69 1D+: Obama
10D-: Obama, president, President Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama, president
1R+: George Bush
1D=, 1R=
The Obamaist Manifesto
27 February 2009
966 35 2D+: Obama, John Kennedy
6D-: Bill Clinton, Clinton, Obama, Obama, Obama, Obamaism
4R+: Ronald Reagan, Reagan, Reagan, Reagan
16D=, 1R=
Obama's 'Kick Me' Diplomacy
20 February 2009
964 64 12D-: Obama, Biden, president, Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama, president, president, Obama, Obama
2R+: President Bush, Bush
9D=
Election Day in Iraq -- Landslide for the U.S.
13 February 2009
840 40 2D-: Tom Daschle, Obama
3D=
The Fierce Urgency of Pork
6 February 2009
894 71 1D+: President Obama
13D-: the president, Tom Daschle, Daschle, Daschle, Daschle, Obama, Obama, Nancy Pelosi, Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama, president
3D=
Obama Distorts America's Stance on Muslims
30 January 2009
976 65 7D-: Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama
3R+: George W. Bush, George Bush, Condoleezza Rice
7D=
The Obama Inaugural: Hail Washington -- Not Lincoln
23 January 2009
922 12 7D+: Barack Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama
4D-: Clinton, Obama, Dianne Feinstein, Obama
8D=, 3R=
Exit Bush, Shoes Flying
16 January 2009
1042 30 6D+: Truman, Timothy Geithner, Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama
2D-: Harry Truman, Obama
18R+: Bush, Bush, Bob Gates, Bush, Bush, Bush administration, Bush, Dick Cheney, Bush, Cheney, Bush administration, Cheney, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush
4R-: Richard Nixon, George W. Bush, Bush, Bush
15D=, 6R=
Endgame in Gaza
9 January 2009
847 0 1R=
Moral Clarity in Gaza
2 January 2009
816 0