lying in ponds
The absurdity of partisanship
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David Brooks
New York Times

Columns 32
Words 31331
Normalized Median Partisanship Index 8.05
Normalized Total Partisanship Index 14.04
Normalized Combined Partisanship Index 11.05
Democratic Index -10.24
Republican Index 16.49
Positive Index 30.65
Negative Index 29.32
Neutral Index 40.03



Partisan References

Type Number All References
Positive Democratic 96 Obama(26), Cooper(17), Barack Obama(11), Kennedy(11), Democrats(2), John Kennedy(2), Democrat(2), Lieberman(2), Clinton(2), Democratic, Hillary, John F. Kennedy, Kennedys, Caroline Kennedy, Edward Kennedy, The Kennedys, John and Robert Kennedy, F.D.R. , Peter Hart, John Breaux, Daniel Patrick Moynihan, Clinton administration, President Bill Clinton, Clinton White House, Hillary Clinton, Nancy Pelosi, Henry Stimson, Dean Acheson, Truman administration, Ruy Teixeira
Negative Democratic 135 Obama(46), Clinton(32), Democratic(11), Barack Obama(7), Hillary Clinton(6), Democrats(6), John Edwards(4), The Clintons(2), the Clintons(2), Clintonian(2), Democratic president(2), Democratic Party(2), Walter Mondale, Edwards, Bill and Hillary , Bill Clinton, Harry Truman, Clintons, Hillary, Michelle Obama, Robert Byrd, Obamaites, Clintonites, Michael Dukakis, John Kerry
Neutral Democratic 150Obama(38), Clinton(23), Democrats(19), Democratic(13), Hillary Clinton(10), Barack Obama(8), Cooper(6), Bill Clinton(4), Democratic Party(4), Democrat(4), Hillary(3), the Clintons(2), Democratic president(2), Obamamania, Kennedy, Sidney Blumenthal, Jim Cooper, Jay Rockefeller, Clintonites, Democratic administration, Robert Rubin, Robert Reich, Feingold, President Clinton, White House, David Axelrod, Chris Dodd
Positive Republican 110 McCain(61), Huckabee(11), John McCain(7), Republicans(7), Mitt Romney(3), Romney(3), Mike Huckabee(3), Republican(3), Ronald Reagan(3), Rudy Giuliani, Mark Sanford, G.O.P. , President Bush, Jeff Sessions, Fred Thompson, Thompson, Reagan, Henry Kissinger
Negative Republican 62 McCain(14), Romney(12), Republicans(4), Bush(4), Mitt Romney(3), G.O.P. (3), Republicanism(2), Republican Party(2), Republican(2), Jack Abramoff(2), George Bush(2), Bush administration(2), Tancredo, Rush Limbaugh, President Bush, Huckabee, G.O.P., Rudy Giuliani, Richard Nixon, McCarthyism, John McCain, president
Neutral Republican 119McCain(26), Republican(23), Republicans(20), John McCain(8), Huckabee(4), Republican Party(4), Mitt Romney(4), Romney(3), Mike Huckabee(2), Republicanism(2), Rush Limbaugh(2), Reagan administration(2), Fred Thompson(2), Bush administration(2), Tom Tancredo, Ron Paul, Reagan, Republican Congress, James Baker, Ed Meese, Rudy Giuliani, Limbaugh, Grover Norquist, G.O.P. , Bush, McCainiac, George Bush, Ken Starr, administration



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
Demography Is King
29 April 2008
947 6 1D+: Clinton
2D-: Democratic Party, Obama
13D=
The Great Escape
22 April 2008
891 100 1D-: Barack Obama
How Obama Fell to Earth
18 April 2008
1057 31 2D+: Democrat, Ruy Teixeira
17D-: Obama, Obama, Clinton, Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama, Michael Dukakis, John Kerry, John Edwards, Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama, Democrats
1R+: John McCain
2R-: Republican, Bush
11D=, 3R=
A Speech About Nothing
15 April 2008
937 88 7D-: Barack Obama, Democratic, Obama, Obama, Democratic, Obama, Obama
1D=
The Great Forgetting
11 April 2008
883 0
A Network of Truces
8 April 2008
916 13 1D+: Obama
2D-: Democrats, Democrats
1R-: Bush administration
1D=, 1R=
The View From Room 306
4 April 2008
973 100 1D+: Barack Obama
Pitching With Purpose
1 April 2008
893 0
Tested Over Time
28 March 2008
950 26 5D+: Barack Obama, Henry Stimson, Dean Acheson, John Kennedy, Truman administration
1D-: Obama
13R+: McCain, McCain, McCain, McCain, McCain, McCain, McCain, Ronald Reagan, McCain, McCain, McCain, McCain, McCain
5R-: John McCain, George Bush, president, Bush administration, Bush
2R=
The Long Defeat
25 March 2008
1006 51 1D+: Nancy Pelosi
14D-: Hillary Clinton, Clinton, Clinton, Hillary Clinton, Clinton, Democratic Party, Obamaites, Clintonites, Clinton, Clinton, Democrats, Clinton, Clinton, Clinton
4R+: Republican, John McCain, McCain, McCain
1R-: McCarthyism
10D=, 1R=
The Bailout Artists
18 March 2008
893 17 1D-: Democratic
3D=, 1R=
The Rank-Link Imbalance
14 March 2008
870 0
Playing by Clinton Rules
7 March 2008
1046 19 7D-: Obama, Obama, Clinton, Obama, Obama, Barack Obama, Obama
28D=, 1R=
A Defining Moment
4 March 2008
1002 22 7D+: Clinton, Barack Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama
3D-: Clinton, Clinton, Clinton
1R-: George Bush
9D=, 3R=
Remembering the Mentor
29 February 2008
944 100 1R+: Ronald Reagan
The Real McCain
26 February 2008
1023 61 2D+: Lieberman, Lieberman
4D-: Barack Obama, Democratic, Barack Obama, Obama
21R+: McCain, McCain, McCain, McCain, McCain, McCain, McCain, McCain, McCain, McCain, McCain, McCain, McCain, McCain, McCain, McCain, McCain, McCain, McCain, McCain, McCain
2R-: Jack Abramoff, Republicans
2D=, 6R=
The McCain World Rift
22 February 2008
1083 29 3R+: McCain, Henry Kissinger, McCain
11R-: McCain, McCain, McCain, McCain, McCain, McCain, McCain, McCain, McCain, McCain, McCain
14R=
When the Magic Fades
19 February 2008
997 59 2D+: Kennedy, Obama
15D-: Obama, Obama, Obama, Michelle Obama, Obama, Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, Obama, Robert Byrd, Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama
1R+: McCain
1R-: Richard Nixon
1D=
Fresh Start Conservatism
15 February 2008
885 0 2D=, 4R=
When Reality Bites
12 February 2008
991 27 9D-: Democratic, Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, Democratic president, Democratic, Democrats, Democratic, Democratic, Democratic
1R+: Republicans
1R-: Bush
12D=, 4R=
Questions for Dr. Retail
8 February 2008
921 36 1D+: Hillary Clinton
5D-: Democratic, Obama, Obama, Obama, John Edwards
5D=
The Cooper Concerns
5 February 2008
1124 26 24D+: Cooper, Cooper, Democrat, John Breaux, Daniel Patrick Moynihan, Cooper, Cooper, Cooper, Clinton administration, Cooper, President Bill Clinton, Cooper, Clinton White House, Cooper, Cooper, Cooper, Cooper, Cooper, Cooper, Cooper, Cooper, Barack Obama, Cooper, Cooper
9D-: Clinton, Clinton, Hillary Clinton, Clinton, Clinton, Clinton, Clinton, Clinton, Hillary
20D=, 2R=
The McCain Transition
1 February 2008
1011 3 6D+: Obama, Barack Obama, Obama, F.D.R. , Peter Hart, Obama
6R+: Mitt Romney, McCain, McCain, McCain, Ronald Reagan, McCain
4R-: Bush, McCain, McCain, Republican Party
2D=, 16R=
The Kennedy Mystique
29 January 2008
1051 27 22D+: Kennedy, Barack Obama, Kennedys, Obama, Caroline Kennedy, Edward Kennedy, Kennedy, Kennedy, Obama, The Kennedys, Obama, Barack Obama, Kennedy, Barack Obama, Kennedy, Kennedy, Kennedy, John Kennedy, Kennedy, John and Robert Kennedy, Kennedy, Kennedy
10D-: the Clintons, Clintonian, The Clintons, Bill and Hillary , Bill Clinton, Democratic president, Harry Truman, the Clintons, Clintons, Clintonian
10D=, 1R=
Two Cheers for Wall St.
25 January 2008
851 0
The Voters Revolt
22 January 2008
1096 30 13R+: Reagan, Mike Huckabee, John McCain, McCain, McCain, Huckabee, McCain, Huckabee, John McCain, McCain, Republican, McCain, McCain
2R-: Republicans, Rudy Giuliani
22R=
How Voters Think
18 January 2008
912 9 3D+: Hillary, Barack Obama, John F. Kennedy
1D-: John Edwards
3D=, 7R=
The Identity Trap
15 January 2008
1087 68 21D-: Clinton, Clinton, Clinton, Obama, Clinton, Obama, Clinton, Obama, Clinton, Obama, Democratic, Clinton, Clinton, The Clintons, Obama, Obama, Obama, Clinton, Clinton, Obama, Clinton
10D=
Middle-Class Capitalists
11 January 2008
1006 68 1D-: Democrats
21R+: Republicans, Republicans, John McCain, Mark Sanford, G.O.P. , Republicans, Republicans, Mitt Romney, McCain, Mike Huckabee, Republicans, McCain, President Bush, Jeff Sessions, Romney, Fred Thompson, Republicans, McCain, Huckabee, Thompson, Republican
1R-: G.O.P.
1D=, 7R=
McCain and Obama
8 January 2008
981 10 12D+: Obama, Barack Obama, Obama, Obama, Democrats, Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama
10R+: McCain, John McCain, John McCain, McCain, McCain, McCain, McCain, McCain, McCain, McCain
2R-: Jack Abramoff, McCain
3D=, 2R=
The Two Earthquakes
4 January 2008
1020 0 4D+: Barack Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama
4D-: Clinton, Hillary Clinton, John Edwards, Edwards
9R+: Mike Huckabee, Huckabee, Huckabee, Huckabee, Huckabee, Huckabee, Huckabee, Huckabee, McCain
9R-: Republicans, Mitt Romney, Romney, Rush Limbaugh, President Bush, Huckabee, Mitt Romney, Romney, Republicanism
1D=, 7R=
Road to Nowhere
1 January 2008
1084 32 2D+: Democrats, Democratic
1D-: Walter Mondale
6R+: Mitt Romney, Romney, Romney, Rudy Giuliani, Huckabee, McCain
19R-: Mitt Romney, Romney, Romney, Romney, Romney, Tancredo, Romney, Romney, Romney, Republicanism, Romney, Republican Party, Republicans, G.O.P. , G.O.P. , Romney, G.O.P. , Republican, Romney
2D=, 15R=