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The absurdity of partisanship
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Columns 40
Words 37684
Normalized Median Partisanship Index 23.07
Normalized Total Partisanship Index 18.52
Normalized Combined Partisanship Index 20.79
Democratic Index 18.59
Republican Index -18.47
Positive Index 28.38
Negative Index 25.86
Neutral Index 45.77



Partisan References

Type Number All References
Positive Democratic 177 Obama(94), Democrats(11), President Barack Obama(8), Barack Obama(5), Democratic(5), Payne(5), Rush(4), Holder(4), President Obama(3), the president(3), President Bill Clinton(2), Clinton(2), Bill Clinton(2), Daschle(2), Gibbs(2), Gates(2), Danny Davis, Barry, Democratic president, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Hillary Clinton, Emanuel, administration, White House, Eric Holder, President Franklin Roosevelt, Roosevelt, first lady , Robert Gates, Bobby Rush, Democrat, Obama administration, Donald Payne, D-, Michelle Obama, Carville, Al Gore, Obamaphobia, Clinton White House
Negative Democratic 85 Obama(18), Burris(15), Blagojevich(10), Rush(7), Democratic(6), Daschle(5), Roland Burris(2), Rod Blagojevich(2), Blago(2), Democrats(2), Bobby Rush, Lyndon B. Johnson, Walter Mondale, Mondale, Congress, Tom Daschle, Timothy Geithner, Sharpton, Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, James Carville, Hillary Clinton, White House, Obama administration, the president, Bill and Hillary Clinton
Neutral Democratic 233Obama(109), President Barack Obama(20), Democrats(17), Rush(8), Burris(7), Democratic(6), Democrat(4), Obama administration(4), Bill Clinton(4), president(4), President-elect Barack Obama(3), Eric Holder(3), Senate Democrats(2), the president(2), Democratic Congress(2), Al Sharpton(2), Rahm Emanuel(2), Robert Gibbs(2), Gibbs(2), Emanuel(2), President Obama(2), Barack Obama(2), congressional Democrats, Mr. President, Roosevelt, administration, Daschle, Michelle, President Bill Clinton, Anthony Weiner, White House, Holder, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jimmy Carter, Clinton, Democratic Party, Barack Hussein Obama, Payne, Dennis Blair, Carville, Obama's administration, Harry Reid, Gore, Al Gore, Max Baucus, D-
Positive Republican 71 Steele(8), Kemp(8), Bush(6), Reagan(6), Olson(5), Republican(3), Limbaugh(3), Ronald Reagan(3), McConnell(2), Michael Steele(2), Republican National Committee(2), President Ronald Reagan(2), Graham(2), Secretary of State Colin Powell(2), Jack Kemp(2), President George W. Bush, Mitch McConnell, GOP, Lindsey Graham, Schwarzenegger, Newt Gingrich, President Richard Nixon, Republican Party, Marc A. Thiessen, Thiessen, President George H.W. Bush, Romney, Cantor, Cheney, Rush Limbaugh
Negative Republican 141 Limbaugh(23), Bush(20), Republicans(19), Republican(11), GOP(10), Rush Limbaugh(8), Cheney(8), Bush administration(5), President George W. Bush(5), George W. Bush(3), Grand Old Party(3), Steele(3), Republican Party(2), Thiessen(2), Olson(2), President Bush, Rush, Mike Duncan, Bush White House, president, Sarah Palin, Bobby Jindal, Mark Sanford, Sanford, Haley Barbour, administration, Dick Armey, Karl Rove, McCain, Dick Cheney, Colin, John Boehner
Neutral Republican 167Limbaugh(23), Republicans(20), Republican(16), Republican Party(14), Cheney(9), Bush(7), John McCain(5), President George W. Bush(5), Rush Limbaugh(4), Steele(4), Olson(4), George W. Bush(3), John Boehner(3), GOP(3), House Republicans(2), RNC(2), Sarah Palin(2), Boehner(2), Jindal(2), Sanford(2), R-(2), Grand Old Party(2), Powell(2), President Bush, Mitch McConnell, Palin, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Charlie Crist, Republican National Committee, Michael Steele, congressional Republicans, Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush, Former Vice President Dick, Reagan, Kemp, Eric Cantor, Bobby Jindal, Haley Barbour, Mitt Romney, Jeb Bush, Mike Huckabee, Cantor, former vice president, El Rushbo, Colin Powell, White House, former Vice President Dick Cheney, McCain, Theodore Olson, Charles Grassley



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
Jackson's creative self-destruction
28 June 2009
998 0
Unraveling debate on health care
24 June 2009
1012 31 2D+: Obama, Obama
1D-: Bill and Hillary Clinton
3R-: Republicans, Republican, John Boehner
9D=, 2R=
In defense of same-sex marriage
17 June 2009
914 15 1D+: Clinton White House
5R+: Olson, Olson, Olson, Olson, Olson
2R-: Olson, Olson
3D=, 7R=
Combat crazy talk with dose of sanity
14 June 2009
942 12 1D+: Obama
7D=
Obama and Bush vs. Cheney
24 May 2009
1099 19 5D+: Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama, Democrats
6D-: White House, Obama administration, Obama, the president, Obama, Obama
7R-: Cheney, Cheney, Bush administration, Cheney, Cheney, Bush, Cheney
14D=, 14R=
In Notre Dame speech, Obama skips thorny details on abortion
20 May 2009
953 37 8D+: Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama, the president
3D-: Obama, Obama, Obama
1R-: Bush
4D=, 1R=
Turning denying dads into proud papas
17 May 2009
848 0
Is Rush Limbaugh the GOP's voice?
13 May 2009
1108 16 4D+: Gibbs, Democrats, Obama, Obama
1D-: Obama
3R+: Limbaugh, Cheney, Rush Limbaugh
8R-: Rush Limbaugh, Limbaugh, Limbaugh, Rush Limbaugh, Limbaugh, Republican Party, Dick Cheney, Colin
11D=, 21R=
To win votes, why not listen to voters?
10 May 2009
1157 36 14D+: Democratic, Carville, Democrats, Democrats, Obama, Democratic, Democratic, Bill Clinton, Al Gore, Democrats, Democrats, Obama, Obamaphobia, Democrats
5D-: Democratic, Democratic, James Carville, Hillary Clinton, Democrats
4R+: Romney, Cantor, Limbaugh, Reagan
18R-: Republicans, George W. Bush, Karl Rove, Republican, Grand Old Party, Republicans, Republican, GOP, Republican, President George W. Bush, GOP, Republicans, Republicans, GOP, McCain, Republicans, GOP, Republicans
5D=, 17R=
The GOP should have listened
6 May 2009
972 36 2D+: Michelle Obama, Obama
12R+: Jack Kemp, Jack Kemp, Kemp, President George H.W. Bush, Kemp, Kemp, Kemp, Ronald Reagan, Kemp, Kemp, Kemp, Kemp
4R-: GOP, Rush Limbaugh, GOP, Republicans
1D=, 2R=
Voting rights go on trial
3 May 2009
772 100 4D+: President Barack Obama, Obama, Obama, Barack Obama
Cheney's tortured argument
29 April 2009
924 35 1D+: President Barack Obama
3R+: Bush, Marc A. Thiessen, Thiessen
10R-: Cheney, President George W. Bush, Bush, Cheney, Bush, Bush, Cheney, Thiessen, Bush, Thiessen
6D=, 5R=
Get pirates at their Somali roots
26 April 2009
814 78 7D+: Donald Payne, D-, Payne, Payne, Payne, Payne, Payne
2D=
A protest in need of a sane image
22 April 2009
803 25 4D+: President Barack Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama
2R+: Ronald Reagan, Republican Party
2R-: Republican, Dick Armey
4D=
Race goals easier, not better
19 April 2009
909 29 4D+: President Barack Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama
4R+: Ronald Reagan, Reagan, Reagan, President Richard Nixon
1D=
Don't forget Cuba's prisoners
15 April 2009
987 29 7D+: Bobby Rush, Democrat, Rush, Obama administration, Obama, Rush, Rush
2D-: Obama, Rush
8D=

12 April 2009
884 29 8D+: Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama, Democratic, Obama, Obama
1D-: Obama
1R+: Bush
4R-: Republicans, Republicans, Republicans, Rush Limbaugh
12D=, 7R=
N. Korea tests Obama
8 April 2009
892 15 3D+: Robert Gates, Gates, Gates
1R+: Newt Gingrich
2D=
Obama wows a worried world
5 April 2009
823 46 10D+: Obama, President Barack Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama, first lady , the president, Obama
1R+: Secretary of State Colin Powell
1R-: administration
4D=, 2R=
Obama gets hazy on reefer economics
1 April 2009
997 18 4D+: Obama, Holder, President Franklin Roosevelt, Roosevelt
4D-: Obama, Obama, Bill Clinton, Obama
2R-: George W. Bush, Bush administration
10D=
Race still matters for poor blacks
29 March 2009
998 43 3D+: Obama, Obama, Obama
4D=
Cramer no scapegoat—no matter how humiliating 'Daily Show' appearance was
15 March 2009
833 0
Is it reefer madness?
11 March 2009
780 82 6D+: White House, President Barack Obama, Eric Holder, Obama, President Bill Clinton, President Obama
4R-: Bush, Bush administration, Bush, Bush administration
1D=, 1R=
Playing the race card today
8 March 2009
954 5 2D+: Obama, Obama
12D-: Roland Burris, Burris, Democratic, Burris, Rod Blagojevich, Burris, Blago, Burris, Burris, Democratic, Burris, Burris
5R+: Secretary of State Colin Powell, Michael Steele, Republican National Committee, Steele, Steele
9R-: Rush Limbaugh, Limbaugh, Limbaugh, Limbaugh, Steele, Limbaugh, Steele, Limbaugh, Limbaugh
4D=, 2R=
Limbaugh profits at the GOP's expense
4 March 2009
1159 29 7D+: Obama, Gibbs, Emanuel, administration, Obama, Barack Obama, Obama
2D-: Obama, Barack Obama
2R+: Limbaugh, President Ronald Reagan
15R-: GOP, Limbaugh, Limbaugh, Limbaugh, Republican Party, Limbaugh, Limbaugh, Limbaugh, Limbaugh, Republicans, Limbaugh, Limbaugh, Republican, GOP, Steele
15D=, 24R=

1 March 2009
821 0 1D=
Cheerful givers, grumpy receivers
25 February 2009
902 21 1R+: Schwarzenegger
6R-: Sarah Palin, Bobby Jindal, Mark Sanford, Sanford, Haley Barbour, Grand Old Party
8D=, 13R=
At least the 'chimp' cartoon got us talking
22 February 2009
917 33 4D+: President Barack Obama, Holder, Holder, Holder
1D-: Sharpton
1R-: Rush Limbaugh
8D=
Partisan tally can't shake Obama's optimism
18 February 2009
971 32 11D+: Obama, President Barack Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama, the president, Obama
4R+: Lindsey Graham, Republican, Graham, Graham
4R-: Republican, Republicans, Republican, president
2D=, 3R=
Is Black History Month already history? Well, it depends
15 February 2009
826 60 3D+: Obama, Obama, Obama
2D=
Obama's hard-learned lessons in leadership
11 February 2009
905 6 5D+: Obama, Daschle, Daschle, Hillary Clinton, Clinton
9D-: Tom Daschle, Obama, Daschle, Daschle, Obama, Daschle, Daschle, Daschle, Timothy Geithner
1R-: President George W. Bush
18D=
Confessions of an economic blowhard
8 February 2009
909 16 1D+: Franklin D. Roosevelt
1D-: Congress
2R-: President George W. Bush, Bush White House
6D=, 6R=
An 'Obama' pick for the right?
4 February 2009
964 18 3D+: Obama, Barack Obama, Obama
12R+: Michael Steele, Steele, Republican National Committee, President Ronald Reagan, Steele, Steele, Steele, Steele, GOP, Reagan, Steele, Reagan
4R-: Republican, President George W. Bush, Mike Duncan, Bush
2D=, 17R=
The GOP and the audacity of nope
1 February 2009
1046 18 7D+: Democratic president, Democrats, Democratic, Democrats, Democrats, Bill Clinton, Obama
5D-: Obama, Democratic, Walter Mondale, Mondale, Democrats
6R+: Mitch McConnell, Republican, Republican, McConnell, McConnell, Reagan
11R-: GOP, Bush, Republicans, Republican, Grand Old Party, GOP, Republicans, Republicans, Republicans, Bush, Republicans
5D=, 7R=
Obama vs. Limbaugh, audacity vs. ideology
28 January 2009
1112 38 10D+: Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama
10R-: Limbaugh, Rush Limbaugh, Rush Limbaugh, Limbaugh, Limbaugh, Limbaugh, Republicans, Republican, Limbaugh, Rush
20D=, 14R=
President Obama's ambitionsÑand ours
21 January 2009
861 38 6D+: President Obama, Barack Obama, Obama, Obama, President Obama, Obama
1D-: Obama
6D=

18 January 2009
929 42 5D+: Barack Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama, Clinton
1D-: Lyndon B. Johnson
4R+: Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush
11R-: Bush, George W. Bush, President Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush
3D=, 2R=
Drug war next door
14 January 2009
825 18 3D+: Barry, President Bill Clinton, Obama
1R+: President George W. Bush
1D=

7 January 2009
977 50 3D+: Obama, Obama, Obama
1R-: Bush administration
5D=

4 January 2009
1187 36 9D+: Rush, Obama, Democrats, Danny Davis, Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama
30D-: Democratic, Bobby Rush, Roland Burris, Rod Blagojevich, Blagojevich, Rush, Blagojevich, Burris, Blagojevich, Burris, Rush, Burris, Blago, Rush, Obama, Rush, Burris, Blagojevich, Blagojevich, Rush, Burris, Blagojevich, Burris, Blagojevich, Blagojevich, Burris, Blagojevich, Blagojevich, Rush, Burris
19D=