lying in ponds
The absurdity of partisanship
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Maureen Dowd
New York Times

Columns 32
Words 35537
Normalized Median Partisanship Index 4.86
Normalized Total Partisanship Index 1.94
Normalized Combined Partisanship Index 1.46
Democratic Index -21.53
Republican Index -50.94
Positive Index 14.73
Negative Index 41.87
Neutral Index 43.40



Partisan References

Type Number All References
Positive Democratic 150 Obama(70), Hillary(28), Barack Obama(8), Barack(3), the Obamas(3), J.F.K. (3), J. F. K.(3), Carter(3), Clinton(2), James Clyburn(2), Biden(2), Clyburn(2), Edwards, Hillary Clinton, Billary, the Kennedys, Teddy, Kathleen Sebelius, McCaskill, the Clintons, Dianne Feinstein, Lyndon Johnson, Ferraro, former president, Bill Richardson, Gore, Nancy Pelosi, Al Gore, Jay Rockefeller, Peter Hart, Hart, Evan Bayh, Bobby Kennedy
Negative Democratic 344 Hillary(122), Obama(55), Bill(38), Clinton(23), the Clintons(19), Bill Clinton(15), The Clintons(6), Hillary Clinton(4), Mark Penn(4), Democrats(4), Obambi(3), White House(3), Howard Wolfson(3), Democratic(2), Hill(2), Democrat(2), Billary(2), J. F. K.(2), Joe Biden(2), first lady (2), Spitzer(2), Howard Dean(2), Barack, Dodd, Muskie, L.B.J., Bob Rubin, Clintonian, Al Gore, Penn, L. B. J., Robert McNamara, Dean Rusk, Hillaryland, Gore, President, Michael Dukakis, John Kerry, Eliot Spitzer, Geraldine Ferraro, Walter Mondale, Ferraro, Michelle Obama, President Clinton, The Terminator, Dick Morris, John Edwards, Dennis Kucinich, Hillary R. Clinton
Neutral Democratic 407Obama(126), Hillary(117), Bill(18), Democrats(18), Clinton(13), Barack(8), Bill Clinton(6), Barack Obama(5), Democrat(5), Democratic(5), Al Gore(5), Michelle Obama(4), former president(4), Patrick(4), Kennedy(3), Ferraro(3), John Edwards(2), Hill(2), Dodd(2), Hillary Clinton(2), Claire McCaskill(2), Teddy Kennedy(2), the Clintons(2), Mark Penn(2), Jesse Jackson(2), Deval Patrick(2), David Axelrod(2), Jimmy Carter(2), Nancy Pelosi(2), Bill Richardson(2), Rodham, Richardson, Chris Dodd, President Johnson, Gene McCarthy, Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle, Edward Kennedy, Rahm Emanuel, Teddy, David Geffen, Geffen, first lady , Tom Daschle, Ted Kennedy, the Kennedys, Barry, President Clinton, John Edwardsian sentiment, saying it had even been expressed by the likes of Lindsay, Wesley Clark, Mondale, Clintonista, Al, Barack and Michelle Obama, Democratic Party, John Kerry, Bob Casey, Harold Ickes, Ickes, ex-prez, Bayh, Barbara Boxer, president, Doug Sosnik, White House, Dems
Positive Republican 14 John McCain(3), McCain(2), Bush, W. , Mitt Romney, Mitt, Rudy, Reagan, Republican, Chuck Hagel, John Warner
Negative Republican 122 W. (23), Republican(11), the president(9), Cheney(8), Republicans(8), W.(7), Rudy(7), John McCain(4), Bush(4), President Bush(4), The president(3), Dick Cheney(3), Nixonian(2), Giuliani(2), Nixon(2), Bush administration(2), McCain(2), Condi(2), The Bushes, Bush White House, White House, vice president, Cheneyesque, Rush Limbaugh, Bush Senior, Eisenhower, Rummy, Cindy McCain, Poppy Bush, George Bush, Ken Starr, Scooter Libby, House Republicans, McCarthyism, George W. Bush, Mitt Romney, Richard M. Nixon
Neutral Republican 76McCain(11), Republicans(10), the president(8), W. (8), Republican(5), John McCain(5), Bush(3), Condi(2), Reagan(2), Mitt(2), White House(2), Dick Cheney(2), Poppy, President Bush, Elliott Abrams, Josh Bolten, Ronald Reagan, Romney, Rick Lazio, administration, George Bush, Republican Party, Dan Quayle, Mitt Romney, Cindy McCain, Rice, Kissinger, Karl Rove



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
Praying and Preying
30 April 2008
1063 31 3D+: Barack Obama, Obama, Hillary
8D-: Obama, Bill Clinton, Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama
5D=
Desperately Seeking Street Cred
27 April 2008
1043 0 5D+: Bobby Kennedy, James Clyburn, Obama, Clyburn, Clyburn
7D-: Obama, Obama, Obama, the Clintons, the Clintons, Obama, Hillary
1R-: Nixonian
18D=, 4R=
Wilting Over Waffles
23 April 2008
1120 13 2D+: Hillary, Hillary
13D-: Obama, Howard Dean, Democrats, Democrats, Hillary, Obama, Bill, Hillary, Bill, Hillary, Obama, Hillary, Hillary R. Clinton
1R+: John McCain
4R-: President Bush, Condi, Republicans, Richard M. Nixon
10D=, 1R=
Brush It Off
20 April 2008
1019 4 4D+: Barack Obama, Obama, Obama, J.F.K.
9D-: Hillary, the Clintons, Hillary, The Clintons, Bill Clinton, Clinton, Obama, Obama, Obama
3R-: Republican, W. , Cheney
7D=, 1R=
Standing by His Woman
13 April 2008
1093 50 4D+: Obama, Clinton, Obama, Obama
22D-: Hillary, Mark Penn, Hillary, Bill, Hillary, Bill, Hillary, Bill, Bill, Hillary, Bill, Hillary, Bill, Bill, Hillary, Mark Penn, Hillary, Hillary, Hillary, Hillary, Hillary, first lady
10D=
Toil and Trouble
9 April 2008
1032 33 3D+: Evan Bayh, Biden, Biden
1D-: Joe Biden
2R+: Chuck Hagel, John Warner
6R-: Condi, W. , Cheney, John McCain, W. , Cheney
2D=, 4R=
The Vodka Chronicles
6 April 2008
1073 9 8D-: Obama, Obama, Obama, Bill Clinton, Bill, Hillary, Bill, Clinton
1R+: John McCain
3R-: McCain, Mitt Romney, McCain
13D=, 7R=
The Hillary Waltz
2 April 2008
1031 13 1D+: Hillary
5D-: Howard Dean, John Edwards, Dennis Kucinich, Hillary, Democrats
25D=
Surrender Already, Dorothy
30 March 2008
1070 24 6D+: the Obamas, Jay Rockefeller, Obama, Obama, Peter Hart, Hart
5D-: Hillary, Hillary, Hillary, Obama, Obama
4R-: President Bush, W. , John McCain, Bush administration
19D=
Hillary or Nobody?
26 March 2008
1266 29 5D+: Hillary, Obama, Obama, Barack, Al Gore
32D-: Hillary, Hillary, Clinton, Hillary, Hill, Bill, Hillary, Hillary, the Clintons, The Terminator, Obama, Clinton, Hillary, the Clintons, Clinton, Hillary, Hillary, Hillary, Hillary, Bill, Hillary, Obama, the Clintons, Hillary, Hillary, the Clintons, Bill, Dick Morris, Bill, Bill, White House, Bill
2R-: George W. Bush, W.
26D=, 6R=
Haunting Obama’s Dreams
23 March 2008
1137 7 12D+: Hillary, former president, Obama, Bill Richardson, Obama, Carter, Obama, Carter, Carter, Gore, Nancy Pelosi, Obama
16D-: Obama, Obama, Michelle Obama, Bill Clinton, the Clintons, Hillary, Hillary, Hillary, Hillary, the Clintons, The Clintons, Bill Clinton, Bill, President Clinton, Hillary, Clinton
2R+: John McCain, McCain
2R-: Republicans, McCarthyism
16D=, 1R=
Black, White & Gray
19 March 2008
963 37 3D+: Barack Obama, Obama, Obama
9D-: the Clintons, Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama, the Clintons, Obama
2D=, 1R=
Soft Shoe in Hard Times
16 March 2008
1010 38 7R-: the president, Scooter Libby, Dick Cheney, Republican, House Republicans, the president, Bush
1D=, 11R=
Ways of the Wayward
12 March 2008
1006 26 4D+: Lyndon Johnson, Ferraro, Hillary, Hillary
10D-: Eliot Spitzer, Hillary, Spitzer, Bill Clinton, Spitzer, Clinton, Geraldine Ferraro, Walter Mondale, Obama, Ferraro
9D=
The Monster Mash
9 March 2008
1065 22 5D+: Barack Obama, Obama, Hillary, Obama, Hillary
18D-: Clinton, Obambi, Obama, Clinton, Hillary, Howard Wolfson, Obama, Michael Dukakis, John Kerry, Obama, Obama, Obama, Hillary, Bill Clinton, Obama, Hillary, Obama, the Clintons
2R-: Ken Starr, Republican
12D=, 1R=
Duel of Historical Guilts
5 March 2008
1055 18 6D+: Barack Obama, Hillary, Hillary, Dianne Feinstein, Obama, Barack
11D-: Hillary Clinton, Hillary, Hillary, Obama, Obama, Obama, Hillary, Democratic, Democrats, Hillary, Hillary
1R+: Republican
20D=
A Wake-Up Call for Hillary
2 March 2008
1113 2 4D+: Obama, Obama, Obama, the Obamas
17D-: Hillary, Hillary Clinton, Hillary, Obama, Bill, Hillary, Obambi, Hillary, Clinton, Hillary, Clinton, Hillary, Mark Penn, Hillary, Hillary, Hillary, Democrat
6R-: Cheney, John McCain, George Bush, W. , Republicans, The president
8D=
Begrudging His Bedazzling
27 February 2008
1077 24 8D+: Obama, J.F.K. , Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama
24D-: Hillary, Hillary, Hillary, Gore, Bill Clinton, Hillary, Hillary, Hillary, Hillary, Hillary, Hillary, Bill, Hillary, President, Hillary, Hillary, Hillary, Hillary, White House, first lady , Clinton, Hillary, Hillary, Hillary
1R+: Reagan
3R-: Nixon, Poppy Bush, W.
9D=
¿Quién Es Less Macho?
24 February 2008
977 28 6D+: the Clintons, Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama
7D-: Hillary, Hillary, Hillary, Hillary, Hillaryland, Howard Wolfson, Mark Penn
5R-: Bush administration, W. , W. , W. , Cheney
7D=, 1R=
To Catch a Thief
20 February 2008
1046 18 2D+: Obama, Obama
14D-: Bill Clinton, The Clintons, Hillary, Bill, Bill, Hillary, Hillary, Clinton, Hillary, Howard Wolfson, Obama, Joe Biden, Obama, the Clintons
2R-: Cindy McCain, Republicans
21D=, 2R=
Captive to History’s Caprice
17 February 2008
1072 26 9D-: J. F. K., L. B. J., Robert McNamara, Dean Rusk, J. F. K., Bill Clinton, White House, Hillary, Bill
10R-: Republicans, Bush Senior, W. , Eisenhower, Nixon, W. , Cheney, Rummy, W. , W.
12D=, 1R=
A Flawed Feminist Test
13 February 2008
1055 4 4D+: Hillary, Hillary, Hillary, Obama
5D-: Hillary, Hillary, Clinton, Hillary, Bill
1R-: Rush Limbaugh
16D=
Darkness and Light
6 February 2008
1208 30 10D+: McCaskill, Hillary, Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama, J. F. K., J. F. K., J. F. K.
12D-: Hillary Clinton, Hillary, Bill, Clinton, Bill, Obambi, Penn, the Clintons, Bill, Bill, Billary, Clinton
12R-: Dick Cheney, vice president, Republicans, Republicans, Republican, Republican, Republicans, Republican, Cheney, Cheneyesque, Republican, Republican
21D=, 3R=
There Will Be Blood
3 February 2008
1146 5 6D+: Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama
11D-: Al Gore, Bill Clinton, Hillary, Billary, Clinton, Clinton, Clinton, Hillary, Clinton, Hillary, Hillary
1R-: Dick Cheney
31D=, 2R=
Seeing Red Over Hillary
30 January 2008
1062 9 5D+: the Kennedys, Teddy, Hillary, Kathleen Sebelius, Obama
13D-: Obama, Obama, Hillary, Obama, the Clintons, Obama, the Clintons, Obama, Obama, Obama, Hillary, Obama, Hillary
2R-: W., W.
21D=
It’s Not Giuliani Time in Florida
27 January 2008
1107 14 4D+: Obama, Obama, Hillary, Billary
7D-: Hillary, Hillary, Bill Clinton, Hillary, Bill, Bill Clinton, the Clintons
4R+: McCain, Mitt Romney, Mitt, Rudy
9R-: Giuliani, Rudy, Rudy, Rudy, Rudy, Rudy, Giuliani, Rudy, Rudy
5D=, 5R=
Two Against One
23 January 2008
1201 4 12D+: Barack Obama, Hillary, Hillary, Obama, Hillary, Obama, James Clyburn, Barack Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama
14D-: Bill Clinton, Hillary, The Clintons, Bill, Bill, Hillary, Clintonian, Bill, Bill, Bill, the Clintons, Hillary, The Clintons, Hillary
17D=, 2R=
Red, White and Blue Tag Sale
20 January 2008
970 78 1D+: Hillary Clinton
2D-: Bob Rubin, Hillary Clinton
11R-: President Bush, W. , W. , W. , W. , President Bush, W. , the president, the president, Bush, the president
1R=
Faith, Freedom and Bling in the Middle East
16 January 2008
1824 38 2R+: Bush, W.
16R-: W., Bush, W. , W., the president, W. , The president, Bush, the president, W. , the president, Cheney, the president, W. , W., The president
19R=
Can Hillary Cry Her Way Back to the White House?
9 January 2008
1470 4 9D+: Obama, Hillary, Obama, Hillary, Hillary, Hillary, Hillary, Obama, Obama
17D-: Hillary, Bill Clinton, Hillary, Muskie, Hillary, The Clintons, Bill, Hillary, Hillary, Hillary, the Clintons, Bill, Hillary, Democrat, L.B.J., Clinton, Hillary
3R-: Nixonian, W. , White House
16D=
Voting for a Smile
6 January 2008
1090 28 10D+: Obama, the Obamas, Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama, J.F.K. , Obama, Obama, Obama
8D-: Hillary, Hillary, Dodd, Hillary, Hill, Bill, Hillary, Hillary
6R-: The Bushes, Bush White House, John McCain, W., Republican, Republican
15D=, 3R=
Deign or Reign?
2 January 2008
1073 6 6D+: Hillary, Barack Obama, Edwards, Clinton, Hillary, Barack
10D-: Democratic, Hillary, Bill, Hillary, Hillary, Hillary, Clinton, Clinton, Hillary, Barack
1R-: Republican
13D=