lying in ponds
The absurdity of partisanship
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Linda Chavez
Creators Syndicate

Columns 25
Words 20831
Normalized Median Partisanship Index 33.33
Normalized Total Partisanship Index 59.59
Normalized Combined Partisanship Index 46.46
Democratic Index -59.41
Republican Index 59.84
Positive Index 37.72
Negative Index 30.70
Neutral Index 31.58



Partisan References

Type Number All References
Positive Democratic 6 Democrat(2), Bill Clinton, Edward Kennedy, Biden, LBJ
Negative Democratic 66 Democrats(23), Democrat(10), Clinton(8), Democratic Party(3), Bill Clinton(3), Berger(3), Democratic(2), President Bill Clinton(2), Biden(2), Samuel "Sandy" Berger, Clinton administration, Sandy Berger, congressional Democrats, Carl Levin, Debbie Stabenow, Robert Byrd, Joe Lieberman, Ken Salazar, Senate Democrats
Neutral Democratic 29Democrats(10), Democratic(4), Democrat(2), John Kerry, Berger, Edward Kennedy, Patrick Leahy, Bill Clinton, Daniel Inouye, Byrd, Lieberman, Salazar, Inouye, Joe Biden, D-, Lyndon Baines Johnson
Positive Republican 80 Bush(14), the president(14), Gonzales(11), President Bush(9), Bolton(7), Republicans(6), George W. Bush(3), Republican(3), DeLay(3), Tom DeLay(2), Republican president, Arlen Specter, GOP, George H.W. Bush, White House counsel Alberto Gonzales, administration, John Bolton, White House
Negative Republican 4 administration, Jack Abramoff, GOP, Republicans
Neutral Republican 43DeLay(6), Republicans(6), the president(5), Bush(4), President Bush(4), Republican(4), Gonzales(3), George W. Bush(2), Tom DeLay, Bob Livingston, Richard Thornburgh, President, President George W. Bush, Vice President Cheney, Bush administration, Arlen Specter, 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
The split decision
29 June 2005
690 0 1R=
Closing a chapter of Southern history
21 June 2005
876 25 1D+: LBJ
3D=
No more Michael -- hopefully.
15 June 2005
792 0
Not in my backyard
8 June 2005
761 33 1D+: Biden
3D-: Biden, Democrat, Biden
2D=
A dead deal
1 June 2005
936 49 2D+: Democrat, Democrat
12D-: Democrats, Democrats, Democrat, Robert Byrd, Joe Lieberman, Ken Salazar, Democrats, Democrats, Democrats, Democratic, Democrats, Democrats
16R+: John Bolton, Bolton, Bolton, Republicans, Bolton, Bolton, the president, the president, the president, the president, the president, Bolton, the president, Bolton, Bolton, Republicans
1R-: Republicans
11D=, 5R=
The deal
25 May 2005
950 45 9D-: Democrat, Democrat, Democrat, Democrats, Democrats, Carl Levin, Debbie Stabenow, Democrat, Democrat
3R+: Bush, Republicans, Bush
9D=, 7R=
A bad year for the press
18 May 2005
778 100 1D-: Democrat
2R+: Bush, Republican
Unions play Social Security hardball
11 May 2005
807 71 5R+: President Bush, administration, the president, Bush, the president
2R=
After the 'Minutemen'
4 May 2005
849 100 1R+: Republican
Is ending the filibuster a good idea?
27 April 2005
924 57 1D+: Edward Kennedy
9D-: Democrats, Democrats, Democrats, Democrats, Democrats, Democrats, Democrat, Democrats, Democrats
6R+: President Bush, the president, President Bush, the president, Bush, President Bush
1R-: GOP
1D=, 7R=
Inspired
20 April 2005
879 0
The press shows its bias
13 April 2005
940 63 10D-: Clinton, Samuel "Sandy" Berger, Clinton administration, Democrats, Clinton, Sandy Berger, Berger, Berger, Berger, Bill Clinton
5R+: Tom DeLay, DeLay, DeLay, DeLay, Tom DeLay
1R-: Jack Abramoff
1D=, 9R=
Be not afraid
7 April 2005
830 0
Terri deserves better
30 March 2005
845 0
What next?
23 March 2005
820 0
Faltering unions
16 March 2005
918 86 6D-: Democratic Party, Democratic Party, Democrats, Democratic Party, Bill Clinton, Democrat
7R+: Republicans, Republicans, Arlen Specter, President Bush, Republican, Republicans, GOP
1D=, 1R=
PC and the CIA
2 March 2005
801 100 4D-: Clinton, Clinton, Clinton, President Bill Clinton
The Bush tapes
23 February 2005
851 69 9R+: George W. Bush, George W. Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, the president
4R=
Girls behaving badly
16 February 2005
789 0
A chance for peace
9 February 2005
771 100 5D-: Bill Clinton, Clinton, President Bill Clinton, Clinton, Clinton
Ignoring human rights
2 February 2005
801 0
Voting for freedom
26 January 2005
762 0 2R=
The shibboleths of academe
19 January 2005
809 0
Yin and Yang
12 January 2005
788 30 3R+: President Bush, Bush, Bush
1R-: administration
1D=, 1R=
Playing with fire
5 January 2005
864 82 1D+: Bill Clinton
7D-: congressional Democrats, Democrats, Democrats, Democratic, Democrats, Senate Democrats, Democrats
23R+: President Bush, George H.W. Bush, the president, White House counsel Alberto Gonzales, Gonzales, Gonzales, George W. Bush, the president, White House, Gonzales, Gonzales, Gonzales, Gonzales, Gonzales, President Bush, Gonzales, Gonzales, Bush, President Bush, the president, Republican president, Gonzales, Gonzales
4R=