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The absurdity of partisanship
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Columns 11
Words 10375
Normalized Median Partisanship Index 11.00
Normalized Total Partisanship Index 0.77
Normalized Combined Partisanship Index 5.88
Democratic Index 23.68
Republican Index 28.41
Positive Index 40.19
Negative Index 15.19
Neutral Index 44.62



Partisan References

Type Number All References
Positive Democratic 90 Obama(36), Clinton(13), Harold Washington(4), Edwards(4), Hillary Clinton(4), Barack Obama(3), Washington(2), Sharpton(2), D-(2), David Dinkins(2), Ron Kirk(2), Bill Clinton(2), Democrat, Jimmy Carter, Jesse Jackson, Jr., Carol Moseley Braun, President Lyndon Johnson, Clyburn, John Edwards, Democrats, President Lyndon B. Johnson, Wellington Webb, Luis Gutierrez, Federico Pena, Antonio R. Villaraigosa, Villaraigosa
Negative Democratic 36 Clinton(7), Sharpton(4), Democrats(4), the Clintons(4), Democratic(3), Hillary Clinton(2), Al Sharpton(2), Barack Obama(2), former first lady(2), Barack(2), John Edwards, Obama, Alan Dixon, Clintons
Neutral Democratic 102Obama(34), Democratic(19), Clinton(15), Hillary Clinton(8), Sharpton(5), Barack Obama(5), Democrats(5), Bradley, Tom Bradley, Hillary, former President Bill Clinton, former first lady, Johnson, James Clyburn, Clyburn, Democrat, Edwards, Democratic Party
Positive Republican 37 McCain(15), Reagan(6), Huckabee(5), Ronald Reagan(3), Mike Huckabee(2), Republicans(2), Everett Dirksen, GOP, Romney, John McCain
Negative Republican 12 Republicans(3), Rush Limbaugh(2), Mitt Romney(2), McCain(2), GOP, Ron Paul, Romney
Neutral Republican 39Republicans(8), Republican(7), McCain(6), Reagan(4), John McCain(3), Mike Huckabee(2), George Deukmejian, Lee Atwater, Mitt Romney, Rudy Giuliani, Ronald Reagan, Romney, Huckabee, President Bush, President Richard Nixon



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
Get used to it: McCain will do things his way
10 February 2008
986 23 1D+: Bill Clinton
1D-: the Clintons
14R+: McCain, John McCain, McCain, McCain, McCain, McCain, McCain, McCain, Ronald Reagan, McCain, McCain, McCain, McCain, Ronald Reagan
4R-: Mitt Romney, McCain, McCain, Rush Limbaugh
10D=, 19R=
When the melting pot boils over
6 February 2008
906 56 5D+: Harold Washington, David Dinkins, Ron Kirk, Antonio R. Villaraigosa, Villaraigosa
4D=

3 February 2008
969 12 3D+: Obama, Clinton, Clinton
6R+: McCain, McCain, McCain, McCain, Romney, Mike Huckabee
2R-: Mitt Romney, Romney
13D=, 6R=
Clinton's Hispanic edge over Obama
30 January 2008
886 22 14D+: Clinton, Harold Washington, David Dinkins, Wellington Webb, Ron Kirk, Obama, Obama, Clinton, Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton, Clinton, Luis Gutierrez, D-, Federico Pena
7D-: Clinton, Clinton, Clinton, former first lady, Clintons, Barack, Barack
11D=
Arguing themselves to death
23 January 2008
958
Race hides campaign's bigger issues
20 January 2008
849 19 5D+: Clinton, Edwards, Edwards, Obama, Obama
2D-: Democratic, Barack Obama
9D=
Big fuss over small differences
16 January 2008
1061 11 16D+: Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, Obama, President Lyndon Johnson, Clyburn, Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama, Clinton, John Edwards, Obama, Clinton, Obama, Edwards, Democrats
8D-: Democratic, Democrats, the Clintons, Clinton, the Clintons, the Clintons, Clinton, Democrats
3R+: Republicans, Everett Dirksen, GOP
2R-: Republicans, GOP
18D=, 1R=
Oops! Media forgot women once again
13 January 2008
890 22 8D+: Obama, Clinton, Obama, Clinton, Clinton, Carol Moseley Braun, Clinton, Hillary Clinton
3D-: Barack Obama, Obama, Alan Dixon
8D=, 2R=
Obama an escape from politics of race
9 January 2008
1090 24 13D+: Obama, Obama, Obama, Sharpton, Obama, Jesse Jackson, Jr., D-, Obama, Hillary Clinton, Sharpton, Obama, Obama, Obama
6D-: Al Sharpton, Sharpton, Al Sharpton, Sharpton, Sharpton, Sharpton
1R-: Rush Limbaugh
16D=

6 January 2008
912 9 20D+: Obama, Barack Obama, Harold Washington, Democrat, Jimmy Carter, Obama, Obama, Obama, Harold Washington, Obama, Obama, Washington, Obama, Clinton, Obama, Edwards, Obama, Obama, Obama, Washington
4D-: Hillary Clinton, John Edwards, Clinton, Clinton
6R+: Mike Huckabee, Huckabee, Huckabee, Huckabee, Huckabee, Huckabee
2D=, 1R=
Spears sisters make it all too easy to judge them
2 January 2008
868 0