lying in ponds
The absurdity of partisanship
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Daniel Henninger
WSJ OpinionJournal

Columns 23
Words 26908
Normalized Median Partisanship Index 50.00
Normalized Total Partisanship Index 52.00
Normalized Combined Partisanship Index 51.00
Democratic Index -47.44
Republican Index 56.72
Positive Index 38.68
Negative Index 20.28
Neutral Index 41.04



Partisan References

Type Number All References
Positive Democratic 6 Biden(3), Clinton, FDR, Democratic Party
Negative Democratic 43 Democrats(16), Democratic(8), Biden(4), Ted Kennedy(2), Durbin(2), Harry Reid(2), John Kerry(2), Senate Democrats(2), Clinton, Richard Durbin, Democratic Party, Dianne Feinstein, George Soros
Neutral Democratic 29Biden(6), Democrats(5), Democratic(4), Bill Clinton(3), Hillary Clinton(2), Gore(2), Richard Lamm, Feinstein, Ted Kennedy, Joseph Biden, Hillary, John Kerry, Dukakis
Positive Republican 76 Bush(25), George Bush(11), Ronald Reagan(6), Bolton(6), President Bush(4), Republicans(3), Rush Limbaugh(3), President(3), John Bolton(3), Republican(2), George W. Bush, Laura Bush, Reagan, Newt Gingrich, Bill Frist, the Bushes, President of the United States, Rush, administration, the President
Negative Republican 0
Neutral Republican 58Bush(19), George Bush(4), administration(3), Republicans(3), President Bush(2), Bolton(2), George W. Bush(2), George Shultz(2), Reagan(2), Giuliani, Ronald Reagan, Condi Rice, Condoleezza Rice, Porter Goss, Mr. President, Tommy Thompson, Republican Congress, Bushian, Republican, Karl Rove, Nixon, the President, President of the United States, Gingrich, House Republicans, the president, Don Rumsfeld, Bush 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
On Iraq, echoes of Vietnam from the Democrats.
24 June 2005
1277 33 3D+: Biden, Biden, Biden
13D-: Democrats, Democratic, Richard Durbin, Durbin, Democratic, Dianne Feinstein, John Kerry, Biden, Biden, Biden, Durbin, Biden, Senate Democrats
4R+: administration, George Bush, the President, George Bush
13D=, 11R=
Terrorism for Everyman
17 June 2005
1143 40 2R+: John Bolton, Bolton
3R=
Marijuana!
10 June 2005
1160 0 1R=
Pushing the Envelope
3 June 2005
1225 0
Giving Afghanistan the Business
27 May 2005
1170 100 1R+: George Bush
Democrats Nuke
20 May 2005
1405 53 2D+: FDR, Democratic Party
12D-: Democrats, Democrats, Democrats, Democrats, Democrats, Democratic, Democratic Party, Democratic, Democrats, Democrats, Democratic, Democratic
13R+: Bolton, Republican, Ronald Reagan, Republican, Bolton, John Bolton, Republicans, Bolton, George Bush, John Bolton, President, Bolton, Bush
7D=, 8R=
Beyond War and Remembrance
13 May 2005
1231 63 12R+: Bush, George Bush, President Bush, George Bush, Bolton, Bush, Bush, George Bush, Bush, Bush, President, Bush
7R=
From Spin City
6 May 2005
1184 0 2D=, 2R=
Rush to Victory
29 April 2005
1165 96 7D-: Harry Reid, John Kerry, Democrats, Democrats, Harry Reid, Ted Kennedy, Senate Democrats
11R+: Rush, Rush Limbaugh, Rush Limbaugh, Ronald Reagan, Ronald Reagan, Ronald Reagan, Rush Limbaugh, Newt Gingrich, Republicans, Bush, Bill Frist
1R=
You Have to Love
22 April 2005
1178 100 3R+: Reagan, Ronald Reagan, Bush
John Paul, Tevye and now Hillary.
15 April 2005
1245 54 1D+: Clinton
7D-: Democrats, Democrats, Democratic, Democrats, Clinton, Democrats, George Soros
1R+: Bush
3D=, 1R=
John Paul II
8 April 2005
1175 100 1R+: Ronald Reagan
Can Justice Scalia
1 April 2005
1143 0
In Solomon's Absence
25 March 2005
1223 43 2D-: Democrats, Democrats
2R+: Republicans, President Bush
3D=, 2R=
Lifting Anchor
18 March 2005
1172 0 1D=, 5R=
Kuwait's Suffragettes
11 March 2005
1006 86 6R+: Laura Bush, the Bushes, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush
1R=
Better Than a 'Happening'
4 March 2005
1151 0
Facing Evil
25 February 2005
1166 66 1D-: Ted Kennedy
6R+: President Bush, Bush, George Bush, George Bush, George Bush, Bush
4R=
21st. Century Art
18 February 2005
975 0
Give Iraq's Voters
11 February 2005
1101 0
Now Make Iraq's
4 February 2005
1106 50 6R+: President Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, George Bush, Bush
6R=
Just Another Word?
28 January 2005
1187 62 8R+: President of the United States, George W. Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, President, Bush, Bush
5R=
The Golden Age
7 January 2005
1120 64 1D-: Democratic
1R=