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The absurdity of partisanship
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David Brooks
New York Times

Columns 45
Words 41832
Normalized Median Partisanship Index 0.00
Normalized Total Partisanship Index 1.53
Normalized Combined Partisanship Index 0.76
Democratic Index -9.78
Republican Index -11.76
Positive Index 25.30
Negative Index 35.56
Neutral Index 39.14



Partisan References

Type Number All References
Positive Democratic 86 Obama(29), Geithner(11), administration(8), Democrats(6), President Obama(6), Barack Obama(5), Obama administration(4), Tim Geithner(2), White House(2), Christina Romer, Romer, Kennedy administration, Alice Rivlin, Bill Clinton, Rivlin, Democrat, Ben Nelson, The president, Barry, Arne Duncan, Larry Summers, Democratic Party
Negative Democratic 117 Obama(36), administration(18), the president(12), Democrats(10), President Obama(6), Democratic(5), The president(5), Obama administration(4), White House(4), Obey(2), Barack Obama(2), Democrat(2), president(2), Clinton, House of Representatives, David Obey, Summers, Tom Daschle, president of the United States, Joe Biden, Democratic Party, Al Sharpton
Neutral Democratic 114Obama(44), Obama administration(9), Barack Obama(8), President Obama(8), White House(8), Democrats(7), administration(7), Democratic(4), The president(4), the president(3), presidency(2), Democrat(2), Kennedy, Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, Clinton, F.D.R. , John F. Kennedy, Biden, Geithner
Positive Republican 20 Republicans(4), Bush(4), Republican(2), Bush administration(2), Rice(2), Jerry Lewis, Susan Collins, Reagan, Lawrence Lindsey, Hadley, Bush White House
Negative Republican 32 Republicans(13), Bush(5), Cheney(5), Republican Party(2), Rush Limbaugh, Republican, John Boehner, G.O.P. , Dick Cheney, President Bush, Bush administration
Neutral Republican 50Republicans(18), Bush(10), Bush administration(5), Cheney(4), Republican(2), Republican administration, Goldwater, Reagan, Palin, Dick Cheney, Republican Party, Rice, Hadley, Condoleezza Rice, Stephen Hadley, Paulson



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
You Be Obama
16 June 2009
949 29 2D-: administration, administration
3D=, 1R=
The Great Unwinding
12 June 2009
893 25 1D+: Obama administration
1D=, 1R=
Cautious at Heart
9 June 2009
921 0 1D+: Obama
1D-: Al Sharpton
3D=
The Chicago View
5 June 2009
981 28 2D+: President Obama, Obama
9D-: The president, Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama, administration, Obama
12D=, 1R=
The Quagmire Ahead
2 June 2009
981 75 1D+: Obama
10D-: Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama, administration, administration, administration
1D=
The Empathy Issue
29 May 2009
899 0
And the Angels Rejoice
26 May 2009
937 93 14D-: President Obama, the president, the president, the president, White House, administration, the president, the president, the president, the president, Obama, the president, the president, the president
1D=
Cheney Lost to Bush
22 May 2009
1093 5 8D+: administration, Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama administration, Obama, Obama, Obama
3D-: President Obama, Obama, Obama
9R+: Bush, Bush administration, Rice, Hadley, Rice, Bush, Bush White House, Bush, Bush administration
9R-: Cheney, Dick Cheney, Cheney, Bush, Cheney, Cheney, Cheney, President Bush, Bush administration
7D=, 20R=
In Praise of Dullness
19 May 2009
895 100 1D-: administration
Fiscal Suicide Ahead
15 May 2009
1000 25 3D-: Democrat, President Obama, Obama
9D=
They Had It Made
12 May 2009
879 0 1D=
The Harlem Miracle
8 May 2009
893 0
The Long Voyage Home
5 May 2009
966 48 2D+: Democrats, Democratic Party
1R+: Republicans
7R-: Republicans, Republican Party, Republicans, Republicans, Republicans, Republicans, Republicans
1D=, 5R=
Genius: The Modern View
1 May 2009
903 0
Globalism Goes Viral
28 April 2009
873 0
Yanks in Crisis
24 April 2009
889 0 2D+: administration, administration
2D-: Obama, Obama
2D=, 1R=
Big-Spending Conservative
21 April 2009
989 36 11D+: Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama, Democrats, Obama, administration, Obama, administration, Obama
4D-: Obama, administration, administration, Obama
1R-: Republicans
6D=, 1R=
A Loud and Promised Land
17 April 2009
878 0
The End of Philosophy
7 April 2009
863 0
Greed and Stupidity
3 April 2009
924 0
Car Dealer in Chief
31 March 2009
983 34 9D-: Obama administration, President Obama, the president, Joe Biden, White House, Obama, Obama administration, Democratic Party, The president
1R-: Bush
8D=, 1R=
The Winnable War
27 March 2009
933 100 3D+: Obama administration, Obama, President Obama
Combat and Community
24 March 2009
895 0
Perverse Cosmic Myopia
20 March 2009
926 0 2D+: Tim Geithner, Larry Summers
2D-: president of the United States, The president
1D=, 1R=
The Commercial Republic
17 March 2009
912 33 1D-: administration
2D=
‘No Picnic for Me Either’
13 March 2009
959 41 10D+: Barack Obama, Barry, Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama, Arne Duncan, Obama, administration, Obama
2D-: the president, Democrats
1R+: Bush
1D=
Taking a Depression Seriously
10 March 2009
983 12 2D+: Democrats, President Obama
7D-: Democrats, Obama, Democrats, Democrats, Democrats, president, Democrats
1R+: Lawrence Lindsey
6R-: Republican, John Boehner, Republicans, G.O.P. , Republicans, Republicans
2D=, 8R=
When Obamatons Respond
6 March 2009
1027 9 8D+: Obama administration, White House, Obama, President Obama, Obama, The president, administration, White House
3D-: Obama, White House, administration
2R+: Reagan, Republican
1R-: Bush
12D=, 2R=
A Moderate Manifesto
3 March 2009
966 34 1D+: President Obama
11D-: Obama, Obama, The president, administration, Obama administration, Obama, president, Obama, Democrats, Obama, White House
2R-: Rush Limbaugh, Republican Party
2D=
The Big Test
24 February 2009
944 1 2D+: Barack Obama, Barack Obama
4D-: administration, Obama, administration, Democrats
1R-: Republicans
5D=
Money for Idiots
20 February 2009
891 18 3D-: Obama, Obama, The president
1R-: Bush
1D=
I Dream of Denver
17 February 2009
884 0
The Worst-Case Scenario
13 February 2009
890 42 5D-: administration, President Obama, Democratic, administration, President Obama
3D=, 2R=
Showing Some Discipline
10 February 2009
962 100 13D+: administration, Tim Geithner, Geithner, Geithner, Geithner, Geithner, Geithner, Geithner, Geithner, Geithner, Geithner, Geithner, Geithner
The Gang System
6 February 2009
1021 24 4D+: Democrats, Democrat, Ben Nelson, Democrats
5D-: administration, Obama administration, Democratic, Barack Obama, Democrat
3R+: Republican, Susan Collins, Republicans
10D=, 2R=
Ward Three Morality
3 February 2009
882 75 3D-: Tom Daschle, Democratic, Obama
1D=
Cleaner and Faster
30 January 2009
925 25 3D+: Alice Rivlin, Bill Clinton, Rivlin
5D-: Barack Obama, Summers, Democratic, Democrats, Obama
What Life Asks of Us
27 January 2009
872 0
The First Test
23 January 2009
960 53 1D+: President Obama
4D-: House of Representatives, David Obey, Obey, Obey
2R+: Jerry Lewis, Republicans
4D=
The Politics of Cohesion
20 January 2009
928 25 3D+: Barack Obama, Democrats, Obama
1D-: Clinton
1R+: Republicans
2R-: Bush, Republicans
4D=, 1R=
An Economy of Faith and Trust
16 January 2009
879 1 2D-: Democrats, Democratic
1R-: Republicans
1D=, 2R=
In Defense of Death
13 January 2009
873 0
The Confidence Surplus
9 January 2009
940 33 6D+: Christina Romer, Barack Obama, Romer, Kennedy administration, Obama, Obama
1D-: Obama
6D=, 1R=
The Confidence War
6 January 2009
877 0
The Sidney Awards
2 January 2009
914 0 4D=