lying in ponds
The absurdity of partisanship
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David Brooks
The Weekly Standard

Columns 19
Words 28972
Median Partisanship Index 46.9
Total Partisanship Index 45.3
Combined Partisanship Index 46.1
Positive Democratic Index 5.1
Negative Democratic Index 11.9
Positive Republican Index 44.3
Negative Republican Index 5.7
Positive Index 49.4
Negative Index 17.6
Neutral Index 33.1



Partisan References

Type Number All References
Positive Democratic 24 Democrats(4), Lieberman(2), Kerry(2), Clinton(2), Estes Kefauver, Al Gore, Sr., Jim Sasser, Kefauver, Bob Kerry, Gore, Democratic, John F. Kennedy, Joseph Lieberman, President Clinton, Democratic Congress, the Clintons, Gephardt, Edwards
Negative Democratic 56 Democrats(26), Democratic(12), Bill Clinton(2), Democratic party(2), John Kerry(2), Nancy Pelosi, JOE LIEBERMAN, Daschle, Al Gore, Johnson administration, LBJ, Democrat, Howard Dean, Dick Morris, Hillary, Ted Kennedy, Kennedy
Neutral Democratic 38
Positive Republican 209 Bush(48), Frist(18), Republicans(15), Bill Frist(14), President Bush(11), the president(10), George Bush(9), Republican(9), Powell(7), administration(6), George W. Bush(5), Republican party(4), Lamar Alexander(4), The president(4), Paul Wolfowitz(4), Reagan(4), Colin Powell(3), Baker(2), Howard Baker(2), Alexander(2), White House(2), Dick Cheney(2), Donald Rumsfeld(2), John Ashcroft(2), BILL FRIST, Fred Thompson, Ronald Reagan, Karen Hughes, Scooter Libby, president, Bush administration, Cheney, Karl Rove, Rumsfeld, John McCain, President George W. Bush, GEORGE W. BUSH, Rudy Giuliani, John Engler, Tommy Thompson, Stephen Goldsmith, Republican Congress, president Bush, Richard Perle
Negative Republican 27 Republicans(4), the president(3), Bush(3), Frist(2), Trent Lott(2), Gingrich(2), White House(2), Bush administration(2), Armey, George W. Bush, Bush Administration, The president, Republican Congress, administration, Republican
Neutral Republican 118



List of Columns

Title/
Date
words PI Partisan References
Democrats Go Off the Cliff
30 June 2003
3631 45 9D+: Democrats, Democratic Congress, Clinton, the Clintons, Kerry, Gephardt, Edwards, Lieberman, Democrats
40D-: Democrats, Democrats, Democrat, Democrats, Democratic, John Kerry, Howard Dean, Democrats, Democrats, Democrats, Democratic, Democrats, Dick Morris, Democrats, Democratic, Democrats, Democrats, Democrats, Democrats, Hillary, Democrats, Democratic, Ted Kennedy, Kennedy, Democrats, Democrats, Democrats, Democrats, Democrats, Democratic, Democratic, Democrats, Democrats, Democrats, Democrats, Democrats, Democratic, Democratic, Democratic, Democrats
37R+: Republicans, George Bush, Republican party, president Bush, Republicans, Republican, George Bush, John Ashcroft, Dick Cheney, George Bush, Bush, Reagan, Bush, Republicans, George Bush, Republicans, Republicans, President Bush, Bush, Republicans, Republicans, Republicans, Republicans, Republicans, Richard Perle, Republicans, Republicans, Bush, George W. Bush, Bush, Republican, Republicans, Republican, Republican, Republicans, Reagan, Republican
6R-: administration, the president, Republicans, Republicans, Republicans, Republican
23D=, 23R=
Taxicab Confessions
27 June 2003
787 100 1R+: Republican
Remember Welfare Reform?
2 June 2003
1510 47 2D+: Democrats, President Clinton
4D-: Democratic, Democratic, Democratic party, Democrats
16R+: GEORGE W. BUSH, the president, Bush, George W. Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Rudy Giuliani, Republican, John Engler, Tommy Thompson, Stephen Goldsmith, Republican Congress, George Bush, Bush
3R-: Republicans, White House, Republican Congress
1D=, 6R=
The Happy Cold Warrior
19 May 2003
2510 33 2D-: Johnson administration, LBJ
1R+: President George W. Bush
5D=, 1R=
Cynics and the USS Abraham Lincoln
2 May 2003
521 100 2R+: President Bush, President Bush
The Collapse of the Dream Palaces
28 April 2003
3399 82 1D+: Joseph Lieberman
1D-: Democratic party
23R+: George Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Cheney, administration, Karl Rove, John Ashcroft, Donald Rumsfeld, Paul Wolfowitz, Republican, Bush, Bush, Bush, the president, Paul Wolfowitz, John McCain, George Bush, Bush
2D=, 1R=
Michael Kelly, 1957-2003
14 April 2003
957 100 1D-: Bill Clinton
Today's Progressive Spirit
9 April 2003
785 100 1D-: Bill Clinton
8R+: Ronald Reagan, Reagan, Reagan, George Bush, Paul Wolfowitz, Scooter Libby, Dick Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld
Optimism Rediscovered
6 April 2003
1114 27 1D-: Democrats
5R+: Rumsfeld, White House, Republican, Republicans, President Bush
2R-: Bush Administration, Bush
3D=, 4R=
The Phony Debate
31 March 2003
1096 50 1D-: Al Gore
2R+: Bush, Bush
3R=
Game Over
24 March 2003
981 39 1D+: Clinton
13R+: President Bush, the president, President Bush, The president, The president, Bush, Bush, Colin Powell, president, Bush, administration, administration, Bush administration
3R-: White House, the president, Bush administration
1D=, 5R=
48 Hours
17 March 2003
786 5 2D+: Lieberman, Kerry
1D-: Daschle
6R+: Karen Hughes, President Bush, the president, administration, Bush, the president
4R-: the president, George W. Bush, Bush, Bush administration
1D=, 6R=
The Certainty Crisis
10 March 2003
1147 91 2D-: Democratic, John Kerry
18R+: George W. Bush, George W. Bush, President Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, George Bush, Bush, Bush, White House, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush
1D=, 1R=
Unite This!
7 March 2003
650 44 5R+: George W. Bush, President Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush
1R-: Bush
3R=
It's Back
21 February 2003
1065 8 1D+: Bob Kerry
1D-: JOE LIEBERMAN
2R+: the president, Paul Wolfowitz
20R=
French Kiss-Off
6 February 2003
812 67 8R+: Powell, Powell, Powell, Powell, Powell, Powell, Powell, Colin Powell
4R=
A Speech as Autobiography
29 January 2003
804 58 12R+: The president, President Bush, administration, the president, Colin Powell, administration, the president, the president, President Bush, Bush, The president, the president
1R-: The president
6R=
Bill Frist's New South
27 January 2003
5618 35 8D+: Democrats, Democratic, John F. Kennedy, Estes Kefauver, Al Gore, Sr., Jim Sasser, Kefauver, Gore
1D-: Nancy Pelosi
50R+: Bill Frist, Bill Frist, Bill Frist, Bill Frist, Bill Frist, Bill Frist, Frist, Frist, Frist, Bill Frist, Frist, Frist, Bill Frist, Republican party, Bill Frist, Bill Frist, Frist, Bush, Frist, Bill Frist, Frist, Bill Frist, Frist, Frist, BILL FRIST, Frist, Frist, Frist, Frist, Frist, Bill Frist, Bush, Frist, Lamar Alexander, Lamar Alexander, Lamar Alexander, Alexander, Howard Baker, Republican party, Howard Baker, Alexander, Frist, Fred Thompson, Baker, Frist, Baker, Bush, Lamar Alexander, Republican party, Bill Frist
7R-: Frist, Frist, Trent Lott, Trent Lott, Gingrich, Armey, Gingrich
1D=, 35R=
From Jimmy to Jimi
3 January 2003
799 0