lying in ponds
The absurdity of partisanship
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George F. Will
Washington Post

Columns 34
Words 29660
Normalized Median Partisanship Index 15.59
Normalized Total Partisanship Index 35.35
Normalized Combined Partisanship Index 25.47
Democratic Index -48.56
Republican Index 11.67
Positive Index 13.06
Negative Index 48.13
Neutral Index 38.81



Partisan References

Type Number All References
Positive Democratic 14 Barack Obama(3), Obama(2), Gibbs(2), Franklin Roosevelt, Moynihan, Truman, Obama's administration, the president, The president, Pat Moynihan
Negative Democratic 115 administration(21), the president(17), Obama administration(12), Democrats(9), Obama(7), Brown(6), The president(6), Democratic(4), congressional Democrats(3), Democrat(3), president(3), Obama Administration(3), Barack Obama(2), White House(2), President John Kennedy, President Lyndon Johnson, Larry Summers, House Democrats, FDR, Henry Waxman, Waxman, Slaughter, Obama's administration, Nancy Pelosi, vice president, executive branch, President John F. Kennedy, Congressional Democrats, Alan Grayson, Grayson, Democratic Party
Neutral Democratic 79the president(9), Obama(7), Clinton(6), Biden(5), president(4), Al Gore(3), administration(3), Democrats(3), Brown(2), John Kerry(2), Barack Obama(2), Democratic(2), Kennedy(2), Rendell(2), The president(2), the president-elect, Jerry Brown, presidency, Tom Daschle, FDR, Ed Rendell, Louise Slaughter, D-, Gore, Hillary Clinton, Harry Reid, Joe Biden, James Webb, Democrat, vice president, George Miller, Peter Orszag, Barack, Senate Democrats, Clinton administration, Feingold, Obama administration, Grayson, Robert Gibbs, White House
Positive Republican 21 Leavitt(7), Republicans(3), Republican(2), Michael Leavitt, Kenneth Starr, McCain, Senate Republicans, Tom Cole, R-, John Sununu, Mitch Daniels, Kit Bond
Negative Republican 14 Schwarzenegger(4), Republicans(3), administration(2), Arnold Schwarzenegger(2), Bush administration, Nixonian, Republican
Neutral Republican 25Republicans(6), Bush administration(5), Ronald Reagan(2), Republican(2), GOP, John McCain, Cole, president, President George W. Bush, Jack Danforth, administration, Nixon, McCain, President Ronald Reagan



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 Race, the Slog Goes On
30 June 2009
852 0
A Quixotic Pursuit: Green Energy Jobs
25 June 2009
938 11 3D+: Gibbs, Gibbs, Pat Moynihan
3D-: president, Obama administration, Obama
2R+: Republican, Kit Bond
1R-: Republicans
4D=, 1R=
New Bill, More of the Same: Protecting Big Tobacco
18 June 2009
878 33 1D+: The president
2D-: the president, Democratic Party
Threats to Growth Endanger Recovery
11 June 2009
856 100 2D-: administration, The president
Going Green to Alleviate Guilt -- but Not Much Else
4 June 2009
873 0
The Obama Administration's Disney World of Statism
31 May 2009
893 93 12D-: Obama Administration, congressional Democrats, Alan Grayson, Democrat, Grayson, Obama administration, administration, administration, the president, Obama administration, Obama administration, the president
1R+: Mitch Daniels
1D=
Identity Justice: Obama's Conventional Choice
27 May 2009
910 20 1D-: Democrats
2D=, 1R=
End Run on Free Speech
24 May 2009
835 34 2D-: Congressional Democrats, Democrats
2D=, 1R=
Sense From California's Voters
21 May 2009
884 4 9D-: Democrats, Obama administration, Democratic, Obama administration, the president, Democrats, Obama administration, the president, administration
5R-: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Republican, Schwarzenegger, Schwarzenegger, Schwarzenegger
Greed's Saving Graces
17 May 2009
827 57 2R+: Republicans, Republicans
1D=, 1R=
The Obama Administration's Economic Lawlessness
14 May 2009
907 69 17D-: Obama Administration, Obama, Obama administration, Obama administration, administration, Obama administration, administration, administration, the president, administration, the president, administration, executive branch, President John F. Kennedy, administration, Obama administration, administration
1R-: Nixonian
1D=, 1R=
The Obama Administration's Adventures in Running Chrysler and General Motors
7 May 2009
866 80 1D+: the president
9D-: Obama Administration, Obama, administration, administration, The president, the president, The president, the president, Obama
An End to California Dreaming
3 May 2009
844 59 1D-: Democratic
2R-: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Schwarzenegger
Washington Unreconciled on 'Reconciliation' and Torture
30 April 2009
924 40 9D-: Democrats, administration, the president, Nancy Pelosi, the president, the president, vice president, White House, administration
3R+: Republicans, John Sununu, Republican
2R-: Republicans, Republicans
3D=, 3R=
America's Bad Jeans
16 April 2009
861 0 1D=, 1R=
Umpires Are Baseball's Judicial Branch
9 April 2009
836 0
Obama's Wallow in the Automobile Industry
5 April 2009
895 41 1D+: Obama's administration
9D-: Obama, Barack Obama, administration, Obama's administration, Obama, The president, White House, the president, administration
1R-: administration
3D=
Climate Change and Compact Fluorescent Lightbulbs
2 April 2009
845 0 2D=, 1R=
Bailing Out of the Constitution
29 March 2009
935 100 1D+: Truman
The Toxic Assets We Elected
24 March 2009
923 77 10D-: Obama administration, Democrat, Democrats, president, Democrats, Democratic, Democratic, Democrats, the president, administration
3D=
Mexico's Drug Violence Spills Into Arizona
19 March 2009
827 0
Paved With Magnificent Intentions
12 March 2009
864 47 7D-: administration, administration, The president, administration, Obama, president, the president
1R-: Bush administration
1R=
A Role for Congress to Reclaim
5 March 2009
994 5 1R-: administration
26D=, 4R=
Climate Science in a Tornado
27 February 2009
805 0 2D=
Prudes at Dinner, Gluttons in Bed
26 February 2009
809 100 1D+: Moynihan
Hosed by the Stimulus
19 February 2009
898 39 2D+: Franklin Roosevelt, Barack Obama
5D-: FDR, Henry Waxman, Democrat, Waxman, Slaughter
2R+: Tom Cole, R-
5D=, 1R=
Runaway Stimulus
12 February 2009
881 61 7D-: The president, President John Kennedy, President Lyndon Johnson, Larry Summers, the president, House Democrats, the president
2R+: McCain, Senate Republicans
3D=, 2R=
Voting Rights and the 'State' of D.C.
5 February 2009
844 41 2D-: Democrats, Barack Obama
1D=, 1R=
How the GOP Should Measure the Stimulus
29 January 2009
879 5 1D+: Barack Obama
2D-: congressional Democrats, congressional Democrats
6D=, 5R=
Speech Therapy
21 January 2009
862 10 1D+: Obama
7D=, 1R=
Voting Rights Anachronism
18 January 2009
831 50 2D+: Barack Obama, Obama
2D=
Jerry Brown's Push to Undo Proposition 8
15 January 2009
873 73 6D-: Brown, Brown, Brown, Brown, Brown, Brown
1R+: Kenneth Starr
3D=
The GMAC Bowl: Playing Games With Bailout Money
8 January 2009
831 0
A Health Reformer's Scary Diagnosis
1 January 2009
880 94 8R+: Leavitt, Michael Leavitt, Leavitt, Leavitt, Leavitt, Leavitt, Leavitt, Leavitt
1D=