lying in ponds
The absurdity of partisanship
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Charles Krauthammer
Washington Post

Columns 16
Words 15628
Normalized Median Partisanship Index 30.38
Normalized Total Partisanship Index 23.05
Normalized Combined Partisanship Index 26.71
Democratic Index -36.02
Republican Index 9.73
Positive Index 17.19
Negative Index 38.40
Neutral Index 44.41



Partisan References

Type Number All References
Positive Democratic 29 Obama(9), Barack Obama(4), Hillary Clinton(2), Clinton(2), Democratic(2), FDR(2), the Clintons, President Lyndon Johnson, Johnson, Russ Feingold, Franklin Roosevelt, John Kennedy, Kennedy, Hillary
Negative Democratic 114 Obama(48), Clinton(13), Democrats(12), Hillary(9), Bill Clinton(7), Barack Obama(3), John Edwards(3), Bill(3), Democratic(2), Democrat(2), Edwards(2), Clintonian, ex-president, The Clintons, Teddy Kennedy, Feingold, Kennedy, Harry Reid, Nancy Pelosi, Democratic Party, DNC
Neutral Democratic 93Obama(35), Clinton(13), Hillary(6), Hillary Clinton(6), Democrats(5), Barack Obama(4), Lyndon Johnson(3), Johnson(2), Kennedy(2), Feingold(2), Geraldine Ferraro(2), Democratic, Bill Clinton, Edwards, Democrat, presidency, FDR, Democratic Party, Jesse Jackson, Harry Truman, Dems, Howard Dean, Democratic National Committee, Dean
Positive Republican 31 McCain(11), Reagan(5), John McCain(5), Republican, George W. Bush, Huckabee, Thompson, Ronald Reagan, Reaganism, Reaganite, Romney, Bush, George Bush
Negative Republican 20 McCain(5), Bush(5), Giuliani(2), Romney(2), Bush administration(2), Mike Huckabee, Huckabee, Rudy Giuliani, The president
Neutral Republican 62McCain(12), John McCain(7), Giuliani(7), Bush(6), Republican(6), George W. Bush(4), Republicans(2), Fred Thompson(2), Reagan(2), administration(2), Huckabee, Reaganite, Dwight Eisenhower, Rudy Giuliani, Schwarzenegger, Republicanism, Mike Huckabee, Mitt Romney, Romney, Reaganism, the president, President Bush



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
Obama's 'Distractions'?
25 April 2008
905 55 2D+: Barack Obama, Hillary
13D-: Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama
3D=, 1R=
Deterring the Undeterrable
18 April 2008
906 100 1R-: Bush administration
The Holocaust Declaration
11 April 2008
1154 43 2D+: John Kennedy, Kennedy
2R-: Bush administration, The president
4R=
'A Rank Falsehood'
28 March 2008
942 41 1D+: Barack Obama
4D-: Democrats, Democrats, DNC, Democrats
6R+: John McCain, McCain, McCain, McCain, McCain, McCain
8D=, 6R=
The Speech: A Brilliant Fraud
21 March 2008
1034 50 1D+: Franklin Roosevelt
8D-: Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama
5D=
Adventures In Identity Politics
14 March 2008
1032 26 3D+: Obama, Obama, Obama
14D-: Hillary, Hillary, Clinton, Obama, Obama, Obama, Hillary, Bill Clinton, Bill Clinton, Bill Clinton, Hillary, Democratic Party, Clinton, Obama
24D=, 1R=
The Great Non Sequitur
7 March 2008
972 23 5D+: Barack Obama, Obama, Clinton, Obama, Obama
8D-: Hillary, Clinton, Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama
2R+: John McCain, John McCain
8D=, 3R=
In Defense of Lobbying
29 February 2008
862 0 1R+: John McCain
1R-: McCain
1R=
Democrats Dug In For Retreat
22 February 2008
884 100 12D-: Democrats, Democrat, Democrats, Harry Reid, Democrats, Democrats, Nancy Pelosi, Barack Obama, Democrats, Democrats, Democrats, Democrats
1R+: George Bush
The Audacity of Selling Hope
15 February 2008
917 40 1D+: Obama
11D-: Barack Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama
1R-: Rudy Giuliani
6D=
Bush Begat McCain
8 February 2008
1124 3 3D-: Teddy Kennedy, Feingold, Kennedy
11R+: John McCain, McCain, McCain, McCain, McCain, McCain, Romney, Reagan, Reagan, McCain, Bush
14R-: McCain, Giuliani, Giuliani, McCain, Huckabee, Romney, Romney, Bush, Bush, Bush, McCain, Bush, McCain, Bush
2D=, 33R=
Clawing for a Legacy
1 February 2008
1058 35 5D+: FDR, Barack Obama, Obama, Obama, FDR
13D-: Bill Clinton, ex-president, Clinton, Clinton, Bill Clinton, The Clintons, Clinton, Bill, Clinton, Hillary, Hillary, Bill Clinton, Clinton
6R+: Ronald Reagan, Reagan, Reagan, Reagan, Reaganism, Reaganite
15D=, 6R=
Losing Ugly
25 January 2008
920 19 1D+: Russ Feingold
4D-: John Edwards, John Edwards, Edwards, Edwards
2R+: Huckabee, Thompson
1R-: Mike Huckabee
5D=, 5R=
Black Dreams, White Liberals
18 January 2008
1024 36 3D+: President Lyndon Johnson, Hillary Clinton, Johnson
9D-: Clinton, Clinton, Hillary, Clinton, Bill Clinton, Bill, Bill, Clintonian, Hillary
1R+: George W. Bush
8D=
A Sneer, a Tear, a Comeback
11 January 2008
993 39 5D+: Hillary Clinton, Clinton, the Clintons, Democratic, Democratic
15D-: Barack Obama, Democratic, Obama, Clinton, John Edwards, Obama, Obama, Democrat, Obama, Obama, Democratic, Obama, Obama, Democrats, Clinton
1R+: Republican
9D=
Crooked Roads to Democracy
4 January 2008
901 0 2R=