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The absurdity of partisanship
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Jim Hoagland
Washington Post

Columns 101
Words 93132
Median Partisanship Index 0.0
Total Partisanship Index 13.0
Combined Partisanship Index 6.5
Positive Democratic Index 1.2
Negative Democratic Index 4.7
Positive Republican Index 30.9
Negative Republican Index 21.5
Positive Index 32.1
Negative Index 26.3
Neutral Index 41.7



Partisan References

Type Number All References
Positive Democratic 12 Bill Clinton(3), Strom Thurmond(2), Clinton, Paul Sarbanes, Clinton administration, Gephardt, Jimmy Carter, Thurmond, Strobe Talbott
Negative Democratic 49 Clinton(17), Clinton administration(6), Bill Clinton(6), Johnson(3), Lyndon Johnson(2), Clinton White House(2), Democrats(2), Daschle(2), Lyndon B. Johnson, Christopher, LBJ, Warren Christopher, House Democrats, Anthony Lake, Jimmy Carter, Bush, Thurmond
Neutral Democratic 53
Positive Republican 319 Bush(153), President Bush(26), Rumsfeld(19), George W. Bush(15), Bush administration(11), administration(11), Powell(10), Colin Powell(6), Wolfowitz(6), Cheney(5), White House(5), Don Rumsfeld(4), Condoleezza Rice(3), Rice(3), Republican(3), Reagan(3), Secretary of State Colin Powell(2), Jim Baker(2), Nixon(2), Donald Rumsfeld(2), Bush White House(2), George Shultz(2), Shultz(2), Kissinger(2), Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz(2), Vice President Dick Cheney, Ronald Reagan, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, Brent Scowcroft, Baker, Dick Cheney, Tom Ridge, Henry Kissinger, George H.W. Bush, the Bushes, Administration, Vice President Cheney, Defense Secretary Rumsfeld, Robert Zoellick, Republican Party, Lott, Lee Atwater, GOP
Negative Republican 222 Bush(69), administration(21), Powell(20), Bush administration(16), President Bush(12), White House(12), Lott(11), Colin Powell(10), Rumsfeld(5), George W. Bush(5), Secretary of State Colin Powell(4), O'Neill(3), Republicans(3), Reagan administration(2), Republican(2), Cabinet(2), GOP(2), Brent Scowcroft(2), Donald Rumsfeld(2), Olson(2), Oliver North, Attorney General John Ashcroft, Paul O'Neill, Solicitor General Theodore Olson, Bush's Cabinet, Bush White House, White, Vice President Cheney, Republican Party, Anthony Zinni, Bush 43 administration, Wolfowitz, Cheney, Reagan, Trent Lott, Coats, Kissinger
Neutral Republican 377



List of Columns

Title/
Date
words PI Partisan References
A History Course For 2003
29 December 2002
933 11 1D+: Strobe Talbott
1R+: Condoleezza Rice
1R-: President Bush
4D=, 2R=
Overview of a World Traveler
26 December 2002
908 17 1R+: President Bush
2R-: White House, Bush
3R=
Foxed by Illusionist Partners
22 December 2002
929 25 1D+: Strom Thurmond
1D-: Thurmond
1R+: administration
4R-: administration, President Bush, Bush administration, administration
5R=
Glimpse in the Ugly Attic
19 December 2002
1059 15 2D+: Strom Thurmond, Thurmond
3D-: Lyndon Johnson, Democrats, Bill Clinton
7R+: Republican Party, Lott, George W. Bush, Lee Atwater, Jim Baker, GOP, Kissinger
14R-: Trent Lott, Lott, Lott, Lott, Republicans, Lott, Lott, Lott, Lott, Lott, Lott, Lott, Kissinger, Lott
4D=, 10R=
So Long, Saddam
13 December 2002
918 29 1D-: Bill Clinton
3R+: Bush, Colin Powell, Bush
2R-: President Bush, George W. Bush
1R=
One Proliferator at a Time
11 December 2002
960 25 4R+: Bush administration, administration, George W. Bush, Bush
2R-: Reagan, Bush
2R=
The Turkish Exception
8 December 2002
911 67 8R+: Republican, administration, George W. Bush, Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz, Wolfowitz, administration, Wolfowitz, Wolfowitz
4R=
The Out-of-Sync Antiwar Movement
5 December 2002
875 0 3D=, 1R=
Saudi Arabia's Choice
1 December 2002
878 67 2R-: Secretary of State Colin Powell, Powell
1R=
Hurdles In the Hunt for Weapons
28 November 2002
924 25 3R+: Bush, administration, Bush administration
9R=
Palestine: The Final Victim?
24 November 2002
898 9 1D+: Bill Clinton
1R+: George W. Bush
1R-: Bush
3D=, 5R=
Egos Over Europe
21 November 2002
968 15 1D-: Clinton
2R+: Bush, Bush White House
1R-: Bush
9R=
Bridging the Transatlantic Gap
17 November 2002
895 17 2R+: Bush White House, George W. Bush
1R-: Bush
3R=
Battling Bureaucrats
14 November 2002
1060 32 1D-: Clinton administration
15R+: President Bush, Don Rumsfeld, Colin Powell, Vice President Cheney, Defense Secretary Rumsfeld, Bush, Powell, Cheney, Rumsfeld, Powell, Bush, Bush, George Shultz, Powell, Powell
8R-: administration, administration, administration, Powell, Powell, Cheney, Rumsfeld, George W. Bush
1R=
Nuclear Deceit
10 November 2002
971 25 1D-: Clinton
2R+: Bush administration, Bush
1R-: Bush administration
2D=, 2R=
3-Way War
7 November 2002
912 86 13R+: Rumsfeld, Donald Rumsfeld, Rumsfeld, Rumsfeld, Rumsfeld, Rumsfeld, Rumsfeld, Rumsfeld, administration, Rumsfeld, Rumsfeld, Rumsfeld, Rumsfeld
1R-: administration
The Need Not to Know
3 November 2002
898 60 3R+: Bush administration, President Bush, Bush
2R=
Ripple Effects of the War Rhetoric
31 October 2002
1030 0 7R+: Bush administration, White House, President Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush
7R-: President Bush, Bush, Bush, administration, Bush, Bush, administration
1D=, 3R=
Back to Europe
27 October 2002
931 17 1R+: Bush
5R=
A Matter Of Weeks
25 October 2002
907 80 4R+: administration, Bush, Bush, Administration
1R=
Nuclear Enabler
24 October 2002
953 58 7R-: Bush administration, administration, Bush administration, Bush, Bush administration, Powell, Powell
1D=, 4R=
CIA's New Old Iraq File
20 October 2002
999 80 2D-: Clinton, Clinton
6R+: President Bush, President Bush, Bush, Rumsfeld, Wolfowitz, Bush
2R=
Making the French Connection
18 October 2002
941 64 7R+: President Bush, Bush, Bush, Powell, Bush, Bush, Bush
1D=, 3R=
War's Global Casualties
17 October 2002
878 14 2R+: Bush administration, President Bush
3R-: administration, Bush, White House
2R=
Inspiring Liberty
13 October 2002
885 0
Absorbing Iraq's 'Unique' Evil
10 October 2002
931 43 9R+: President Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush
3R-: Bush, Cabinet, Secretary of State Colin Powell
2R=
Crisis and Political Character
6 October 2002
1005 53 1D+: Gephardt
10D-: Bill Clinton, Clinton, Daschle, Daschle, Clinton, Bush, Clinton, Clinton, Clinton, Clinton
7R+: President Bush, Bush, Bush, George H.W. Bush, Bush, Bush, the Bushes
5D=, 7R=
A Lesson In West Africa
3 October 2002
863 0
What Price Ethics?
29 September 2002
849 0 1R=
Cooling Off After Germany's Election
26 September 2002
1007 33 1D-: Clinton administration
3R+: Condoleezza Rice, Donald Rumsfeld, Bush administration
2R-: President Bush, Bush
Brinkmanship With Baghdad
20 September 2002
918 0 1D-: Clinton
3R+: Bush, President Bush, Bush
4R-: Bush, Bush, Brent Scowcroft, Colin Powell
4R=
Koizumi's Korean Surprise
19 September 2002
915 25 1D-: Clinton White House
1R+: President Bush
2D=, 4R=
Making The Case
15 September 2002
1128 62 1D+: Bill Clinton
19R+: President Bush, Nixon, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Nixon, Bush, Bush, Bush, George W. Bush
2R-: Republicans, administration
1D=, 3R=
Back and Forth With Bush
12 September 2002
1131 56 1D-: Democrats
21R+: President Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, George W. Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Colin Powell, Dick Cheney, Don Rumsfeld, administration, Powell, Cheney, Rumsfeld, Bush, White House, Bush, Cheney, Bush
4R-: Bush, Bush, Bush, Republicans
1D=, 5R=
Our Crucible Year
8 September 2002
878 0 1R+: Colin Powell
1R-: Bush administration
1R=
Is He Up to It?
25 August 2002
961 38 3R+: Bush, Jim Baker, Baker
11R-: administration, George W. Bush, administration, Brent Scowcroft, Bush, Bush 43 administration, Bush, Bush, Colin Powell, Bush, Bush
7R=
The Saudis Must Save Themselves
22 August 2002
893 50 1R+: Bush
1R=
Deadly Minuet
18 August 2002
896 57 4R-: Secretary of State Colin Powell, Powell, Powell, Bush
3R=
Circles Within Encirclement
15 August 2002
904 9 1D-: Clinton
2R-: Bush, Bush
1D=, 7R=
In France, Time Is Money
11 August 2002
862 0
Making Hussein Squirm
8 August 2002
939 80 1D-: House Democrats
8R+: President Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz, Wolfowitz, Wolfowitz
1R-: Reagan administration
New World Deferred
4 August 2002
884 0
The Mideast's Political Pygmies
1 August 2002
904 0 5D=, 11R=
A Tone-Deaf Economic Team
28 July 2002
1002 74 1D+: Clinton administration
2R+: Robert Zoellick, Bush
26R-: Bush administration, President Bush, Cabinet, Bush, Paul O'Neill, O'Neill, Bush, Bush's Cabinet, Bush White House, O'Neill, Bush, White House, Bush, Bush, White, Bush, O'Neill, Vice President Cheney, administration, Bush, Bush, Republican Party, GOP, Republican, Bush, administration
5R=
U.S., Russia and Global Entente
25 July 2002
964 70 7R+: George W. Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush
3R=
The Word in Paris
21 July 2002
859 0 1R=
Life After the Stasi
18 July 2002
862 0
Europe's Mideast Mellowing
14 July 2002
895 25 3R+: Colin Powell, Bush, Bush
1R-: President Bush
4R=
Evil Under Scrutiny
11 July 2002
861 0 1D-: Clinton
1R-: Bush
2R=
A Tsunami of Scandal
7 July 2002
1022 42 1D+: Paul Sarbanes
1D-: Bill Clinton
1R+: Bush
6R-: GOP, Bush administration, Republican, administration, President Bush, Bush
3R=
When a Great Power Needs to Make Amends
4 July 2002
866 17 1R+: White House
5R=
No Time to Think Small
30 June 2002
925 15 2R+: Bush, Bush
4R-: President Bush, Colin Powell, Bush, Bush
1D=, 6R=
Thorny Details to Come
26 June 2002
966 40 3R+: George W. Bush, Bush, Bush
13R-: Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, administration, Bush, Colin Powell, Donald Rumsfeld, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush
9R=
A Flawed Quasi-War
23 June 2002
857 25 1D-: Clinton White House
3R=
Make Soccer, Not War
21 June 2002
854 0 1R=
An Honest Broker's Reward
16 June 2002
850 33 1R+: George W. Bush
2R=
If It's War, Spread the Sacrifice
13 June 2002
951 19 5D-: Lyndon B. Johnson, Johnson, Johnson, Johnson, LBJ
4R+: Bush, Bush, Bush, Tom Ridge
6R-: George W. Bush, Bush, Bush, White House, Bush, Bush
1R=
Resigned to Separation
9 June 2002
859 0 1D=
Soliloquy at State
6 June 2002
989 11 1D-: Christopher
3R+: Kissinger, Rumsfeld, Cheney
7R-: Rumsfeld, Rumsfeld, Coats, Rumsfeld, Wolfowitz, Rumsfeld, administration
3D=, 14R=
Heading Off Terrorism
2 June 2002
912 50 3R+: George Shultz, Shultz, Shultz
1D=, 2R=
Clumsiness Crisis
30 May 2002
959 0 1D=, 28R=
Quietly Fearful
26 May 2002
911 12 2R+: Bush, Bush
1R-: administration
1D=, 4R=
Misreading Musharraf
23 May 2002
962 50 2R-: Bush administration, Powell
2R=
Recipe for Another Arafat
19 May 2002
902 11 1D+: Clinton
1D-: Clinton
2R+: President Bush, Bush administration
3R-: Bush administration, White House, Colin Powell
2R=
Cold War Afterthought
15 May 2002
936 50 11R+: George W. Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Condoleezza Rice, Bush, Bush, Rice, Bush, Bush
3R-: Bush, Bush, Bush
2R=
Confusion in the War on Terror
12 May 2002
893 33 1R+: Bush administration
3R-: White House, White House, Secretary of State Colin Powell
2R=
Sharon's Peace-Processing
9 May 2002
918 0 1D=, 12R=
The Iraq Intrigues
3 May 2002
934 14 1D-: Clinton administration
4R+: Republican, President Bush, George W. Bush, Bush
3R-: President Bush, Bush, Bush
1D=, 5R=
Sharon, Speaking Alone
2 May 2002
1000 6 4R+: Bush, Bush, Bush, Henry Kissinger
3R-: Anthony Zinni, Colin Powell, Powell
9R=
On the Shoulders of Super GI
28 April 2002
926 12 2R+: Bush, Bush administration
1R-: Bush administration
5R=
Le Pen: An Electoral Mess . . .
23 April 2002
859 0 1D=
A Brittle Mood Abroad
21 April 2002
882 25 1D-: Jimmy Carter
3R-: Colin Powell, Powell, Powell
4R=
A Talking Shadow
18 April 2002
997 33 4R-: Colin Powell, White House, Powell, Powell
2D=, 6R=
A New Disconnect With Europe
14 April 2002
895 100 3R-: President Bush, Bush, Bush administration
Friends of the CIA
7 April 2002
873 0 1D=, 2R=
'Enough Is Enough'
5 April 2002
943 67 15R+: George W. Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush
1R-: Powell
5R=
Kofi Annan's Good Advice
3 April 2002
901 62 5R+: White House, Bush, Don Rumsfeld, President Bush, Rumsfeld
3R=
. . . The Deepest Impasse
31 March 2002
847 25 1R+: President Bush
2R-: Bush administration, White House
1R=
Pakistan: Pretense of an Ally
28 March 2002
925 23 5R+: President Bush, Secretary of State Colin Powell, Bush, Powell, Powell
8R-: Bush, Powell, Powell, Bush, Powell, Powell, Bush administration, Bush administration
The Noose Tightens
24 March 2002
890 60 7R+: Bush, Brent Scowcroft, Bush, Bush, Bush, White House, George W. Bush
1R-: Reagan administration
2R=
The Limits of Lying
21 March 2002
935 5 5D-: Lyndon Johnson, Clinton administration, Warren Christopher, Anthony Lake, Clinton administration
2R+: Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, Rumsfeld
8R-: White House, George W. Bush, White House, Bush, Solicitor General Theodore Olson, Olson, Bush, Olson
2D=, 2R=
Nuclear Preemption
17 March 2002
957 23 2D+: Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton
10R+: Ronald Reagan, Reagan, Reagan, Bush, George W. Bush, Bush, Bush, Reagan, Bush, Bush
3R-: administration, Donald Rumsfeld, Bush
1D=, 6R=
A Truce: It's Worth A Try
14 March 2002
930 0 11R=
Human Rights and Our Allies
10 March 2002
898 0 5R=
Managing America's Superiority
7 March 2002
933 0 3R=
No Easy Exit
3 March 2002
839 12 1R+: Bush administration
2R-: White House, Bush
1D=, 4R=
Diamond-Backed Warriors
28 February 2002
864 0 3R=
Murder In a Dark Place
24 February 2002
856 100 1R-: Colin Powell
Seeing Asia Whole
21 February 2002
982 36 4D-: Bill Clinton, Clinton, Clinton, Clinton
10R+: President Bush, Bush, Bush, Rice, Bush, administration, Bush, Bush, Cheney, Rice
2R-: Bush administration, Bush
1D=, 16R=
Facing the Music On Iraq
17 February 2002
905 10 1D-: Bill Clinton
4R+: President Bush, Bush, Vice President Dick Cheney, Bush
4R-: Colin Powell, administration, Bush, Powell
1R=
Assessing The War Honestly
14 February 2002
920 20 1R+: President Bush
2R-: Oliver North, Attorney General John Ashcroft
2R=
India's Tortoise, Pakistan's Hare
10 February 2002
879 0 4R=
Questions About the Colossus
7 February 2002
979 62 11R+: President Bush, Bush, Rumsfeld, Bush, Rumsfeld, administration, Bush, Bush, Bush, Colin Powell, Don Rumsfeld
1R-: Bush
4R=
Strategic Odd Couple
3 February 2002
981 50 14R+: President Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Secretary of State Colin Powell, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush
1R-: Bush
11R=
Bugs in U.S.-China Relations
27 January 2002
880 40 1D-: Clinton administration
1R+: administration
3R=
Pakistan's Promises
23 January 2002
868 0 2R=
Staying On In Central Asia
20 January 2002
915 25 1R+: Bush
3R=
No Rewards for Pakistan
17 January 2002
887 62 6R+: Bush, Republican, Bush, Powell, President Bush, Powell
1R-: Powell
1R=
In Europe, a Tizzy of Self-Doubt
16 January 2002
870 33 1R-: President Bush
2R=
Enlist America's Allies
13 January 2002
868 0 3R=
New Beginnings in Mozambique
10 January 2002
850 0