lying in ponds
The absurdity of partisanship
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Mona Charen
Creators Syndicate

Columns 25
Words 20373
Normalized Median Partisanship Index 31.87
Normalized Total Partisanship Index 49.91
Normalized Combined Partisanship Index 40.89
Democratic Index -44.55
Republican Index 58.26
Positive Index 41.67
Negative Index 31.48
Neutral Index 26.85



Partisan References

Type Number All References
Positive Democratic 14 Brazile(4), Al Gore(2), Wallace, the Clintons, Bill Clinton, Donna Brazile, Chuck Robb, Daniel Patrick Moynihan, Democrat, Carl Levin
Negative Democratic 59 Democrats(29), Democratic Party(4), Clinton(4), Bill Clinton(2), D-(2), Democrat, John Conyers, Barbara Lee, Vice President Al Gore, Hillary, Brazile, Church, Ted Kennedy, Clinton administration, Senate Democrats, Kerry, Democratic, Lewis, Richard Russell, Richard Durbin, Barbara Boxer, Edward Kennedy, George Soros
Neutral Democratic 28Hillary(5), Democrats(3), Hillary Clinton(2), Democratic Party(2), Clinton(2), D-(2), Eleanor Roosevelt, Brazile, Donna Brazile, Barbara Boxer, Boxer, Joseph Biden, Kerry, Mary Landrieu, Bill Clinton, John Lewis, Democrat, Howard Dean
Positive Republican 76 Bolton(15), the president(11), George W. Bush(8), Republicans(6), President Bush(6), Bush(4), Republican(4), John Bolton(3), GOP(2), Mehlman(2), Reagan(2), Republican Party, president, Ken Mehlman, President George Bush, Republican National Committee, Bush administration, administration, Rick Santorum, Nixon, Jeane Kirkpatrick, Alma Powell, Colin Powell, Norm Coleman
Negative Republican 9 Republicans(4), Bush, George Voinovich, Chuck Hagel, the president, Republican
Neutral Republican 30Republicans(6), the president(5), White House(2), Bolton(2), The President(2), Karl Rove, Vice President Cheney, administration, Reagan, Republican, George W. Bush, Bush administration, President Bush, Bush, The president, George Allen, R-, Allen



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
Questioning their patriotism
24 June 2005
845 100 6D-: Richard Durbin, D-, Edward Kennedy, D-, Democratic Party, George Soros
On apologies, Democrats and conscience
17 June 2005
838 32 5D-: Bill Clinton, Clinton, Lewis, Democrats, Richard Russell
9D=, 3R=
A must read
10 June 2005
784 0
'Real men moisturize'
3 June 2005
750 0
Stem cell reasoning
27 May 2005
815 33 3R+: the president, Bush, the president
6R=
Caution: Muslims easily inflamed
20 May 2005
767 0 3R=
Friends of Saddam
13 May 2005
831 25 2D+: Democrat, Carl Levin
2D-: Democrats, Democrats
3R+: Republican, Norm Coleman, John Bolton
2R=
Veggie porn in school?
6 May 2005
783 0 1D=
You won't read it in the papers
29 April 2005
832 100 2R+: Alma Powell, Colin Powell
Bolton has common sense -- that's why Democrats hate him
22 April 2005
1025 45 1D+: Daniel Patrick Moynihan
6D-: Democrats, Democrats, Democrats, Kerry, Democrats, Democratic
19R+: Bolton, John Bolton, Bolton, Bolton, Bolton, John Bolton, Bolton, Bolton, Bolton, Bolton, Jeane Kirkpatrick, Bolton, Bolton, Bolton, Bolton, President Bush, Bolton, Bolton, Bolton
7R-: Republicans, George Voinovich, Chuck Hagel, Republicans, the president, Republican, Republicans
3D=, 3R=
Do you trust your neighbor to pay taxes?
15 April 2005
749 0
Outpouring for Pope masks Europe's spiritual crisis
8 April 2005
798 100 1D-: Senate Democrats
The press misses the point about WMDs and intelligence
1 April 2005
830 49 1D+: Chuck Robb
5D-: Ted Kennedy, Church, Democrats, Bill Clinton, Clinton administration
4R+: Bush administration, administration, the president, President Bush
1R-: Republicans
5R=
Extremism in defense of violence is no vice?
25 March 2005
764 100 1R+: George W. Bush
Do your children speak English?
18 March 2005
729 0
Thou shalt have no others gods before the ACLU
11 March 2005
783 0
Fighting dirty for the black vote
4 March 2005
947 43 7D+: Donna Brazile, Brazile, Al Gore, Brazile, Brazile, Brazile, Al Gore
12D-: Democrats, Democrats, Democrats, Democrats, Democrats, Democrats, Democrats, Democrats, Brazile, Democrats, Democrats, Democrats
16R+: Republicans, Republicans, GOP, Republicans, GOP, Republican, George W. Bush, George W. Bush, Republicans, Republicans, Republican National Committee, Ken Mehlman, President George Bush, Mehlman, Mehlman, Republican
1R-: Bush
2D=, 1R=
Is the Marine Corps P.C.?
25 February 2005
788 0
For censorship
18 February 2005
717 0 1D=
Iran: The next Nicaragua?
11 February 2005
844 100 5R+: President Bush, Rick Santorum, Reagan, President Bush, Reagan
Moyers and the party of gloom
4 February 2005
810 50 1R+: George W. Bush
1R=
Hillary: Can a liberal change her spots?
28 January 2005
851 17 3D+: Wallace, the Clintons, Bill Clinton
6D-: Clinton, Clinton, Clinton, Democratic Party, Democratic Party, Hillary
1R+: Nixon
12D=
No lack of vision thing
21 January 2005
843 94 15R+: George W. Bush, President Bush, the president, the president, the president, the president, George W. Bush, the president, the president, president, Republican, President Bush, the president, the president, George W. Bush
1R=
Muslims and the tsunami
14 January 2005
806 0 1R=
Don't let Democrats get away with race-baiting
7 January 2005
844 90 16D-: Democrats, Democrats, Democrats, Democrats, Democratic Party, Democrats, Democrats, Barbara Boxer, Democrat, John Conyers, Barbara Lee, Democrats, Vice President Al Gore, Democrats, Democrats, Democrats
6R+: Republicans, George W. Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Republican Party
4R=