lying in ponds
The absurdity of partisanship
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Harold Meyerson
Washington Post

Columns 25
Words 23211
Normalized Median Partisanship Index 45.79
Normalized Total Partisanship Index 34.98
Normalized Combined Partisanship Index 40.38
Democratic Index 15.92
Republican Index -62.83
Positive Index 22.13
Negative Index 49.43
Neutral Index 28.45



Partisan References

Type Number All References
Positive Democratic 63 Angelides(10), Johnson(8), Democrats(7), Villaraigosa(6), Democrat(4), Lyndon Johnson(3), Hahn(3), Clinton(2), Kennedy(2), Roosevelt(2), FDR, Ruy Teixeira, Stan Greenberg, Bill Clinton, Eliot Spitzer, Barbara Boxer, House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi, John Kerry, Democratic, Al Gore, Dianne Feinstein, Hilda Solis, Antonio Villaraigosa, John F. Kennedy, Gray Davis, Dick Durbin
Negative Democratic 38 Hahn(11), Democrats(9), Kerry(8), Democratic(2), Villaraigosa(2), Johnson, John Kerry, Marty Martinez, Jim Hahn, Democratic Party, Gray Davis
Neutral Democratic 56Democrats(14), Democratic(9), Hahn(7), Angelides(7), John Kerry(2), congressional Democrats(2), Johnson, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Roosevelt, Jim Hahn, Phil Angelides, James K. Hahn, Democrat, Bill Lockyer, House Democrats, Charles Stenholm, John Kennedy, Clinton, Senate Democrats, Bob Holden, Ike Skelton
Positive Republican 14 Bush(4), George W. Bush(2), Republicans(2), Arnold, Condoleezza Rice, President Bush, Nixon, Walter Jones, Orrin Hatch
Negative Republican 134 Bush(35), Schwarzenegger(12), Arnold(9), Republican(9), George W. Bush(8), Republicans(8), the president(5), administration(5), president(4), Bush administration(4), President Bush(4), Arnold Schwarzenegger(3), Bill Frist(2), Frist(2), Bushland(2), Cheney(2), Tom DeLay(2), DeLay(2), President, Karl Rove, president of the United States, White House, House Republicans, vice president of the United States, McCarthy, Pete Wilson, Richard Nixon, Republicanism, Nixon administration, GOP, Kit Bond, Jim Talent, Bond, Talent
Neutral Republican 43Republicans(6), Schwarzenegger(5), Bush(4), Republican(4), Arnold(4), administration(2), Ronald Reagan(2), GOP(2), DeLay(2), Poppy Bush, Bush administration, Vice President Cheney, Richard Riordan, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Richard Nixon, Pete Wilson, Condi Rice, Don Sipple, Sipple, Tom DeLay, Nixon



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
A Deportation Tragedy
29 June 2005
963 47 1R+: Orrin Hatch
6R-: Republican, Kit Bond, Jim Talent, Republican, Bond, Talent
2D=
No One to Demonize
22 June 2005
973 46 4D+: Democrats, Democrats, Democrats, Dick Durbin
3R+: Nixon, Republicans, Walter Jones
11R-: Bush administration, President Bush, Nixon administration, Republicans, GOP, Bush administration, Republicans, administration, Bush, Bush, Bush
5D=, 3R=
Fraying House of Labor
15 June 2005
894 0 1R=
Public Workers Under Fire
9 June 2005
931 41 6R-: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Schwarzenegger, Schwarzenegger, Arnold, Schwarzenegger, Arnold
2D=, 5R=
Divided We Stand
1 June 2005
871 21 1R-: George W. Bush
1D=, 2R=
Arnold Meets His Match
25 May 2005
965 72 2D+: Democrat, Gray Davis
1D-: Gray Davis
18R-: Arnold, Republican, Bill Frist, the president, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Republicans, Schwarzenegger, Schwarzenegger, Republicanism, Schwarzenegger, Schwarzenegger, Arnold, Arnold, Schwarzenegger, Arnold, George W. Bush, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Republican
4R=
In L.A., a Pol for a Polyglot City
19 May 2005
959 32 9D+: Antonio Villaraigosa, Villaraigosa, Hahn, Hahn, Villaraigosa, Villaraigosa, Villaraigosa, Villaraigosa, Villaraigosa
4D-: Democrats, Jim Hahn, Villaraigosa, Villaraigosa
2D=, 1R=
The Man Who Changed L.A.
11 May 2005
938 57 6D+: Democratic, Democrats, Democrats, Al Gore, Dianne Feinstein, Hilda Solis
1D-: Marty Martinez
2R-: Republican, Pete Wilson
1D=, 3R=

898 100 1R-: McCarthy
Remember the Raise?
20 April 2005
823 18 1R-: President Bush
2D=, 1R=
Greetings From Mexistan
13 April 2005
927 30 3R+: Condoleezza Rice, President Bush, Bush
6R-: the president, Bush administration, Bush, president, vice president of the United States, Bush
1R=
Future of the Past
6 April 2005
905 100 1D+: John Kerry
CAFTA's Profit Motive
30 March 2005
814 11 1D+: Democrat
1D-: Democratic Party
2R-: Tom DeLay, Republicans
5D=, 3R=
Target of Opportunism
23 March 2005
1008 78 21R-: Tom DeLay, DeLay, Bill Frist, Frist, George W. Bush, Bushland, the president, Bush, Bush, Republicans, White House, House Republicans, Bush, Frist, DeLay, Republican, Republicans, Republican, Republican, Republicans, Republicans
1D=, 4R=
Tackling Arnold
16 March 2005
1016 53 14D+: Angelides, Angelides, Angelides, Angelides, Angelides, Eliot Spitzer, Angelides, Angelides, Angelides, Barbara Boxer, House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi, Democrats, Angelides, Angelides
1R+: Arnold
9R-: Schwarzenegger, Schwarzenegger, Arnold, Arnold, Schwarzenegger, President Bush, Schwarzenegger, Bush, Arnold
12D=, 6R=
A Candidate Ready for His Closeup
10 March 2005
964 50 3D-: Hahn, Hahn, Hahn
3D=
Labor's Inner War
4 March 2005
778 0
ISO: Working-Class Democrats
23 February 2005
1110 33 6D+: Ruy Teixeira, Stan Greenberg, Bill Clinton, Clinton, Democrats, Clinton
19D-: Democrats, Democrats, Democrats, Democrats, John Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Democrats, Kerry, Democratic, Democratic, Democrats, Democrats, Democrats
5R+: George W. Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Republicans
3R-: Bush, Bush, Bush
12D=, 2R=
L.A. Picks a Mayor
16 February 2005
898 32 3D+: Hahn, Democrat, Democrat
8D-: Hahn, Hahn, Hahn, Hahn, Hahn, Hahn, Hahn, Hahn
4D=, 1R=
Fighting for Islamic Law
9 February 2005
845 75 6R-: George W. Bush, Cheney, Bush, administration, Cheney, Bush
2R=
Assault on Social Security
2 February 2005
977 61 1D+: Roosevelt
7R-: president of the United States, George W. Bush, Bush, Bush, Republican, Bush, Bush
2D=, 2R=
A Voice for All of Us
26 January 2005
927 0
A Tale of Two Texans
19 January 2005
979 80 11D+: Lyndon Johnson, Johnson, Johnson, Johnson, Johnson, FDR, Johnson, Johnson, Johnson, Lyndon Johnson, Johnson
1D-: Johnson
8R-: George W. Bush, Bush, George W. Bush, Bush, the president, Bush, George W. Bush, Bush
1D=, 1R=
President of Fabricated Crises
12 January 2005
949 82 2D+: Roosevelt, Kennedy
1R+: George W. Bush
19R-: President, Bush, Bush, Bush, the president, Bush, Bush, president, Bush, Karl Rove, Bushland, president, administration, Bush, Bush, administration, Bush, Richard Nixon, Bush
1D=, 1R=
The 'Other America' May Be Coming Back
5 January 2005
899 100 3D+: John F. Kennedy, Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson
7R-: Bush administration, president, President Bush, Bush, administration, Bush, Bush