lying in ponds
The absurdity of partisanship
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Michael Kinsley
Washington Post

Columns 32
Words 32607
Normalized Median Partisanship Index 15.35
Normalized Total Partisanship Index 24.80
Normalized Combined Partisanship Index 20.08
Democratic Index -4.63
Republican Index -40.16
Positive Index 12.61
Negative Index 42.02
Neutral Index 45.38



Partisan References

Type Number All References
Positive Democratic 28 Democrats(9), Cantwell(4), Democrat(2), Hillary(2), Maria Cantwell(2), Hillary Clinton, the president, Truman, Democratic Congress, Diane Farrell, Carter, Chelsea Clinton, Gore, Jim Webb
Negative Democratic 33 Studds(7), Democrats(5), House Democrats(2), Vernon Jordan(2), Carter(2), Nancy Pelosi, Democratic, Diane Farrell, Democratic Party, Democratic-controlled Congress, Pelosi, Clinton, Dick Holbrooke, Madeleine Albright, Mary Landrieu, Lee Hamilton, Charles Robb, Leon Panetta, Hillary Clinton, former president Jimmy Carter
Neutral Democratic 47Democrats(13), Democrat(7), Webb(5), Democratic(4), Cantwell(2), Studds(2), Clinton administration, John Kerry, Barney Frank, D-, Harry Truman, Truman, Maria Cantwell, Hillary Clinton, Pelosi, Gerry Studds, Hillary, Nancy Pelosi, Joe Lieberman, Carter
Positive Republican 17 McCain(4), Republicans(3), Bush(3), Republican(2), Ronald Reagan, Vice President Cheney, Shays, George and Laura Bush, Reagan
Negative Republican 117 Bush(17), Republican(10), Baker(9), McGavick(9), Foley(8), President Bush(7), administration(5), Republicans(5), Bush administration(4), George W. Bush(4), the president(4), Newt Gingrich(3), Republican Party(3), James Baker(3), Mark Foley(2), Crane(2), Reagan administration, McCain, Bush White House, White House, Newt, Carlos Gutierrez, Mike McGavick, Vice President Cheney, Dick Cheney, GOP, Dan Crane, Bushies, Jack Abramoff, Nixon, Kissinger, Reagan, Larry Eagleburger, Ed Meese, Alan Simpson, Ronald Reagan, president, George and Laura
Neutral Republican 115Bush(18), McCain(14), Republican(10), President Bush(8), the president(7), Republicans(6), White House(5), McGavick(4), Reagan(3), Republican Party(3), Bush administration(3), Scott McClellan(2), Powell(2), Reagan administration(2), Shays(2), Baker(2), Henry Kissinger, Dwight Eisenhower, Arlen Specter, Bob Dole, John McCain, Colin Powell, Ronald Reagan, McClellan, Cheney, Mike McGavick, President Reagan, Dennis Hastert, Hastert, Christopher Shays, Gingrich, Gerald Ford, James A. Baker III, Republican president, Bush, George W. , Laura Bush, George W. Bush, Brent Scowcroft, James Baker



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
It's Not Apartheid
12 December 2006
991 31 2D-: Carter, former president Jimmy Carter
1R-: Republican
1D=
Sins of the Father
5 December 2006
1122 18 4D+: Carter, Chelsea Clinton, Gore, Jim Webb
1D-: Carter
3R+: George and Laura Bush, Reagan, Bush
5R-: the president, Republican, George W. Bush, Bush, George and Laura
5D=, 12R=
Like I Care
28 November 2006
903 0
A Capitalist Swindle
21 November 2006
1023 0 1R=
Get Jim in Here, Pronto!
14 November 2006
1094 28 7D-: Dick Holbrooke, Madeleine Albright, Vernon Jordan, Lee Hamilton, Charles Robb, Leon Panetta, Vernon Jordan
17R-: Baker, Larry Eagleburger, Ed Meese, Alan Simpson, Baker, James Baker, Baker, Baker, Baker, president, James Baker, James Baker, Baker, George W. Bush, Baker, Baker, Baker
5R=
Pelosi's Platform
7 November 2006
1026 1 1D+: Democrats
7D-: Pelosi, House Democrats, Democrats, Democrats, Democrats, Democrats, House Democrats
7R-: Republicans, Republicans, Newt Gingrich, George W. Bush, Republican, Nixon, Kissinger
5D=, 1R=
Return Of the Yellow Dog
29 October 2006
1009 4 2D+: Diane Farrell, Democrat
3D-: Diane Farrell, Democratic Party, Democratic-controlled Congress
3R+: Shays, Republican, Republicans
3R-: Jack Abramoff, Republican, Newt Gingrich
9D=, 10R=
Folier Than Thou
20 October 2006
1127 15 1D+: Democratic Congress
10D-: Nancy Pelosi, Studds, Democratic, Democrats, Studds, Studds, Studds, Studds, Studds, Studds
1R+: Republicans
18R-: Mark Foley, Foley, Republican Party, GOP, Foley, Foley, Foley, Mark Foley, Republican, Dan Crane, Foley, Crane, Republican Party, Crane, Foley, Foley, Foley, Republican
5D=, 4R=
A Senate Race's Ads Absurdum
6 October 2006
1059 61 6D+: Cantwell, Cantwell, Cantwell, Maria Cantwell, Cantwell, Maria Cantwell
11R-: McGavick, McGavick, Carlos Gutierrez, Mike McGavick, McGavick, McGavick, McGavick, McGavick, McGavick, McGavick, McGavick
4D=, 7R=
Bush's Conception Conflict
29 September 2006
1093 35 1D+: Truman
4R-: Bush, President Bush, Bush, Bush
4D=, 5R=
Win-Win-Win-Win Situation
22 September 2006
1059 17 1D+: Democrats
1R+: Vice President Cheney
4R-: George W. Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush
2D=, 16R=
False Dilemma On Stem Cells
7 July 2006
1017 100 1R-: President Bush
The Name Is Kafka . . . Franz Kafka
16 June 2006
1032 67 4R-: Bush administration, President Bush, the president, the president
2R=
Two Bad Cases for Anonymity
11 June 2006
1119 100 2R-: White House, Bush White House
The Health Care Lottery
4 June 2006
1105 37 1D+: Hillary
1D-: Hillary Clinton
2R-: Republicans, administration
1R=
McCain and the Base Truth
19 May 2006
1142 9 1D+: the president
5R+: Republican, McCain, McCain, McCain, McCain
1R-: McCain
3D=, 21R=
Courage and Choice on Flight 93
13 May 2006
941 0
Constitutional Cafeteria
5 May 2006
1132 0 2R+: Bush, Bush
2R-: Reagan administration, Bush
7R=
Tax the Windfall
28 April 2006
1071 16 1R-: Republican
1D=, 4R=
Win a Date With E.J. Dionne!
21 April 2006
990 0
Where Do We Meddle Next?
14 April 2006
883 67 2R-: President Bush, Ronald Reagan
1R=
The Twilight Of Objectivity
31 March 2006
841 100 1D-: Mary Landrieu
Why Be A Billionaire?
24 March 2006
990 0
Before We Go 'Single Payer'
17 March 2006
1062 9 1D-: Clinton
1R-: Bush administration
M1 and Me
12 March 2006
755 0
Bush's Self-Evident Certitude
3 March 2006
977 44 1R+: Ronald Reagan
5R-: Bush, President Bush, Bush, Bush, the president
3R=
Abracadabra Economics
24 February 2006
1065 93 14R-: President Bush, Bush, Republican Party, Republicans, Bushies, Bush, administration, Bush, Republican, Republican, Reagan, Bush, Bush, Bush
1R=
The Ayatollah Joke Book
10 February 2006
978 100 1R-: President Bush
'Plantation' Politics and Other Games
29 January 2006
975 50 9D+: Democrats, Democrats, Democrat, Democrats, Democrats, Democrats, Hillary, Hillary Clinton, Democrats
1R+: Republicans
6R-: Republicans, Newt Gingrich, Newt, Vice President Cheney, Republican, Dick Cheney
8D=, 4R=
Why Lawyers Are Liars
20 January 2006
1079 11 1D+: Democrats
10R=
Give Me Liberty Or Let Me Think About It
13 January 2006
960 100 5R-: Bush administration, administration, administration, Bush administration, administration
Black and White and Dead All Over
7 January 2006
987 0