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New York Times

Columns 366
Words 259097
Normalized Median Partisanship Index 40.00
Normalized Total Partisanship Index 40.84
Normalized Combined Partisanship Index 40.42
Democratic Index 18.38
Republican Index -48.96
Positive Index 17.71
Negative Index 52.91
Neutral Index 29.37
Kerry Index 18.04
Bush Index -53.26



Partisan References

Type Number All References
Positive Democratic 295 Kerry(99), Democrats(30), John Kerry(27), Edwards(22), Democratic(20), Democrat(13), John Edwards(7), Clinton administration(6), Clinton(5), Spitzer(3), Levin(3), Carl Levin(3), Joseph Lieberman(3), Bill Clinton(3), Eliot Spitzer(3), Al Gore(2), John Rockefeller IV(2), Dean(2), Bob Kerrey(2), Charles Schumer(2), Hillary Clinton(2), Bill Richardson(2), Edward Kennedy(2), John Dingell, Rush Holt, Jesse Jackson, Bill Nelson, Robert Wexler, Wexler, Senate Democrats, President Clinton, Bruce Lindsey, Leon Panetta, Max Baucus, Patrick Leahy, Clintonian, Joseph Lieberman, Jane Harman, Murray, administration, Lee Hamilton, Hamilton, Maurice Hinchey, James McGreevey, Joseph Biden, Biden, Jimmy Carter, Jack Reed, Lieberman, Henry Cisneros, Danny Davis, Gray Davis, Gregoire, John Conyers, Feingold
Negative Democratic 161 Kerry(51), John Kerry(16), Democrats(14), Democratic(14), Edwards(6), McGreevey(5), Howard Dean(3), Lieberman(3), Joseph Lieberman(2), Clinton administration(2), Gore(2), Richard Gephardt(2), Gephardt(2), Davis(2), President Bill Clinton(2), Clinton(2), Al Sharpton(2), Harold Brown(2), Democrat(2), Dukakis, Democratic administration, Clinton White House, Bill Clinton, Teresa Heinz Kerry, Geraldine Ferraro, Mondale, Ferraro, Heinz Kerry, Gray Davis, Dean, Senate Democrats, Dennis Kucinich, Carter administration, Carter, Dodd, Edward Rendell, Clark, Sharpton, John Edwards, Congressional Democrats, Al Gore, Richard Daley, Zell Miller, Richard Durbin, Tom Daschle, President John Kennedy
Neutral Democratic 273Kerry(97), Democratic(36), Democrats(24), John Kerry(22), Edwards(13), Gore(7), Clinton(6), Spitzer(5), Democrat(5), Howard Dean(4), John Edwards(4), Bill Clinton(4), President Bill Clinton(3), Dean(3), Tom Daschle(3), Clinton administration(3), Richard Gephardt(2), Wesley Clark(2), Nancy Pelosi(2), Heinz Kerry(2), McGreevey(2), Congressional Democrats, Gavin Newsom, Janet Reno, Bill McBride, administration, Democratic party, Tim Johnson, Ferraro, McBride, Carl McCall, Democratic president, Bill Nelson, Christopher Dodd, James McGreevey, Bob Holden, Holden, Patty Murray, Clark, Joseph Lieberman, Levin, Al Gore, President Lyndon Johnson, Christine Gregoire, Gregoire
Positive Republican 337 Bush(46), President Bush(23), Republican(23), John McCain(19), Republicans(17), administration(16), Bush administration(14), the president(13), McCain(11), Warner(7), Roberts(6), Kean(6), Pataki(5), John Warner(5), Collins(5), Thomas Kean(5), George W. Bush(4), Cheney(4), Arnold Schwarzenegger(4), George Pataki(4), Susan Collins(4), The president(4), Bloomberg(4), Schwarzenegger(3), Rice(3), White House(3), Lincoln Chafee(3), Powell(3), Olympia Snowe(3), Richard Lugar(3), Lindsey Graham(3), Chuck Hagel(3), Jeff Flake(2), Jim Kolbe(2), Zoellick(2), Paul O'Neill(2), George Bush(2), Secretary of State Colin Powell(2), Condoleezza Rice(2), Nixon(2), Rumsfeld(2), Spencer Abraham(2), Pat Roberts(2), Ronald Reagan(2), Reagan administration(2), Tom Ridge(2), Trent Lott, Republican Party, Vice President Dick Cheney, Don Young, President Reagan, Reagan, Rob Portman, Robert Zoellick, Arlen Specter, Mike DeWine, Ridge, Dick Cheney, John Ashcroft, George Nethercutt, Lynne Cheney, Larry Craig, John Lehman, House Republicans, Charles Grassley, President George Bush, Gerald Ford, Bush White House, vice president, Jack Kemp, Christie Whitman, President George W. Bush, Gonzales, Kerik, Rossi, Tom DeLay, president, Tommy Thompson, Christopher Shays
Negative Republican 1727 Bush(356), administration(240), Bush administration(160), President Bush(129), the president(105), White House(89), Rumsfeld(71), Republican(58), Cheney(55), Republicans(53), The president(29), Vice President Dick Cheney(24), Powell(24), Rice(20), Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld(16), Goss(13), Kerik(11), Ashcroft(10), Bloomberg(10), Snow(10), Donald Rumsfeld(9), George Bush(9), president(8), Reagan(8), Pataki(7), Feith(7), House Republicans(7), Harris(6), vice president(6), Congressional Republicans(5), DeLay(5), Secretary of State Colin Powell(5), Ridge(5), Attorney General John Ashcroft(5), Schlesinger(5), Warner(5), Gonzales(4), Giuliani(4), Tom DeLay(4), Bush White House(4), Porter Goss(4), Condoleezza Rice(4), Katherine Harris(4), George W. Bush(3), John Ashcroft(3), Taylor(3), Rod Paige(3), Dick Cheney(3), Republican Party(3), G.O.P. (3), Bernard Kerik(3), Rudolph Giuliani(2), Hunter(2), Republican Congress(2), Sensenbrenner(2), Administration(2), commander in chief(2), Young(2), The President(2), Paul Wolfowitz(2), executive branch(2), Michael Bloomberg(2), Dennis Hastert(2), George Pataki(2), Nixonian(2), Republican-controlled Congress(2), House Republican(2), Speaker Dennis Hastert(2), Douglas Feith(2), Zoellick, Henry Kissinger, Charles Taylor, Tom Ridge, James Inhofe, Jeb Bush, Arnold Schwarzenegger, President Reagan, Hughes, Mr. President, Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge, Schwarzenegger, President Richard Nixon, Reagan White House, President Ronald Reagan, Jesse Helms, Grassley, Robert Zoellick, James Schlesinger, Hastert, McCain, Newt Gingrich, Orrin Hatch, Charles Grassley, Interior Secretary Gale Norton, Vice President, Paige, Glenn Hubbard, Hubbard, Alphonso Jackson, Don Young, David Stockman, President, Republican House, John Snow, Stephen Hadley, Colin Powell, David Dreier, Republican House leadership, Duncan Hunter, James Sensenbrenner Jr., Susan Collins, Alberto Gonzales, Vice President Cheney, Frist, White House counsel Alberto Gonzales, Norm Coleman, President George Bush, John Cornyn, Bill Frist, Kissinger, Treasury Secretary John Snow, Joshua Bolten, Republican Senate
Neutral Republican 775Bush(184), President Bush(80), the president(62), administration(55), Republican(41), Bush administration(39), Republicans(33), White House(33), Cheney(27), Rumsfeld(18), Powell(14), The president(13), Rice(10), Vice President Dick Cheney(8), George Bush(8), Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld(8), Michael Bloomberg(7), Bloomberg(7), Reagan(6), Condoleezza Rice(6), Donald Rumsfeld(6), Warner(6), George W. Bush(5), vice president(4), Leavitt(4), Pataki(4), president(3), Colin Powell(3), The President(3), Giuliani(3), Ronald Reagan(3), John Warner(3), Bill Frist(3), Goss(3), Schlesinger(3), George Pataki(3), Michael Leavitt(2), Republican Party(2), Rudolph Giuliani(2), Secretary of State Colin Powell(2), McCain(2), G.O.P. (2), Congressional Republicans(2), Kerik(2), Scott McClellan, Norman Mineta, Norm Coleman, Bush cabinet, Karen Hughes, Hughes, House Republicans, Norton, Attorney General John Ashcroft, Mary Matalin, Dick Cheney, Zoellick, Schwarzenegger, John Danforth, Jim Talent, Collins, Tom DeLay, Arlen Specter, Kean, Andrew Card Jr.,, Dennis Hastert, Paige, Administration, Katherine Harris, Bob Dole, Lindsey Graham, John McCain, John Ashcroft, White House counsel Alberto Gonzales, Gonzales, CABINET, Treasury Secretary John Snow, DeLay, Joel Hefley, Rick Santorum, Mike DeWine, Christopher Bond, Harris, Dino Rossi, Kolbe, Flake



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
State of the Union Abroad
21 January 2004
766 58 2R+: Bush, Bush
9R-: President Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, White House, Bush administration, Bush, Bush, Bush
1R=
Real-World New Year's Resolutions
31 December 2004
1207 10 4D+: Democrats, Feingold, Democrats, Democrats
1D-: Democrats
10R+: Republican, Bush administration, Tommy Thompson, Bush, Chuck Hagel, Republican, McCain, Republicans, John McCain, Christopher Shays
2R-: Bush administration, Republicans
6D=, 9R=
The One Face of Grief
30 December 2004
438 0
A Passion for Immigration Reform
29 December 2004
782 39 11R+: President Bush, Bush, The president, President Bush, president, John McCain, Republican, Republican, Jim Kolbe, Jeff Flake, McCain
1R-: Republicans
2D=, 11R=
President Viktor Yushchenko
28 December 2004
463 0
A Day of Devastation
27 December 2004
452 0
NASA's Chief Bails Out
26 December 2004
1049 25 1R+: Tom DeLay
3R=
A Day of Yuletide Leisure
25 December 2004
644 0
The Vote Count Goes On
24 December 2004
825 37 2R-: Republican, Republican
1D=, 2R=
America, the Indifferent
23 December 2004
924 67 6R-: Bush administration, administration, administration, administration, administration, administration
3R=
Grim Realities in Iraq
22 December 2004
1271 38 1R+: Bush
4R-: President Bush, Bush, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, Bush administration
3R=
Global Intelligence Domination
21 December 2004
743 75 1R+: Republican
10R-: Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, Rumsfeld, Rumsfeld, Rumsfeld, Douglas Feith, Rumsfeld, Bush, Rumsfeld, Rumsfeld, Bush
1R=
Count Every Vote
20 December 2004
566 41 4D+: Democratic, Gregoire, John Conyers, Democrat
1R+: Rossi
1R-: Republicans
3D=, 2R=
Beyond Bernard Kerik
19 December 2004
584 80 1D+: Democratic
12R-: Bernard Kerik, Bernard Kerik, Bush administration, Kerik, Kerik, White House, Kerik, Republican Senate, Kerik, Giuliani, Kerik, President Bush
1D=, 2R=
New Doubts About Celebrex
18 December 2004
516 0
A New World Order
17 December 2004
806 12 1D-: President John Kennedy
1R-: Bush administration
1R=
Politics and War Crimes in Iraq
16 December 2004
522 0
No Bang for Our Cheap Buck
15 December 2004
543 100 2R-: Bush administration, administration
Buying Intelligence Blind
14 December 2004
463 100 4D+: Democrats, Democratic, John Rockefeller IV, Democrat
2R-: Bush administration, administration
The Feminization of AIDS
13 December 2004
488 0
A Blow to NASA's Hubble Rescue
12 December 2004
831 33 1R-: the president
2R=
Intelligence and Civil Rights
11 December 2004
517 100 5R-: Bush administration, administration, Bush, Bush administration, administration
Secretary Snow
10 December 2004
681 96 25R-: Snow, Treasury Secretary John Snow, Republicans, White House, the president, Snow, Bush, Snow, Bush administration, Snow, administration, the president, Snow, President Bush, White House, the president, Snow, Joshua Bolten, Snow, Snow, administration, Snow, Bush, Snow, administration
1R=
Questions for Mr. Kerik
9 December 2004
583 49 1R+: Kerik
9R-: President Bush, Bernard Kerik, Kerik, President Bush, Kerik, Kerik, Kerik, Kerik, Kerik
1D=, 5R=
Industry Distortion of the F.D.A.
8 December 2004
556 29 1D-: President Bill Clinton
3R-: President George Bush, president, Republican
1R=
A U.N. for the 21st Century
7 December 2004
824 100 2R-: Bush administration, Bush administration
Saving Iraq's Election
6 December 2004
522 100 1R-: Bush administration
The U.N. Oil Scandal
5 December 2004
910 100 4R-: Norm Coleman, Republican, Republican, President Bush
Stop the Stadium in Its Tracks
4 December 2004
1423 0 6R=
A False Start on Social Security
3 December 2004
844 100 6R-: President Bush, White House, administration, the president, the president, the president
A Sound Basic Education
2 December 2004
610 33 1R-: Pataki
2R=
Abu Ghraib, Caribbean Style
1 December 2004
716 54 3D+: Democratic, Hillary Clinton, Carl Levin
1D-: John Kerry
4R+: Republican, John McCain, Lindsey Graham, John Warner
14R-: Bush administration, White House, administration, Rumsfeld, Bush administration, Bush, White House, Bush, administration, White House counsel Alberto Gonzales, administration, Republican, Gonzales, Bush
Glimmers of Sanity in Ukraine
30 November 2004
483 0
Preserving the Power of Congress
29 November 2004
640 0
Mr. Smith Goes Under the Gavel
28 November 2004
867 32 3D+: Democrats, Charles Schumer, Democrat
1R+: Republicans
7R-: Republicans, Republicans, Frist, Republicans, Republicans, Republicans, Republicans
6D=, 11R=
Looking for Adverse Drug Effects
27 November 2004
522 0
Still Worlds Apart on Iraq
26 November 2004
723 100 3R-: Bush administration, administration, Bush administration
The Thanks We Give
25 November 2004
491 0
Inflation and Interest Rates
24 November 2004
553 100 3R-: President Bush, administration, Bush
A Truly Lame Duck
23 November 2004
890 49 1D+: Democrats
2D-: Joseph Lieberman, Democrats
2R+: Republicans, Collins
21R-: House Republicans, House Republicans, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, House Republicans, Duncan Hunter, James Sensenbrenner Jr., Susan Collins, Republicans, Rumsfeld, the president, House Republican, the president, Tom DeLay, Speaker Dennis Hastert, Hunter, Sensenbrenner, Bush, Republicans, Hunter, Sensenbrenner, Bush
1D=, 7R=
Costly Troop Deficit in Iraq
22 November 2004
722 100 1R-: Bush administration
Improving Provisional Ballots
21 November 2004
633 0
Groundhog Day
20 November 2004
900 71 1R+: Bush
11R-: Bush administration, Secretary of State Colin Powell, President Bush, Powell, Powell, Powell, administration, Powell, Bush administration, administration, President Bush
2R=
Regressive Ethics in the House
19 November 2004
590 63 15R-: House Republicans, House Republicans, Tom DeLay, DeLay, G.O.P. , Republicans, Republican, DeLay, Republican, DeLay, Republicans, Republicans, DeLay, David Dreier, Republican House leadership
2D=, 6R=
Lame Duck Confit
18 November 2004
824 84 1D+: Clinton
4R-: Republican, Bush administration, Congressional Republicans, Bush
1R=
The Friends of George
17 November 2004
807 47 2R+: Rice, Rice
15R-: Condoleezza Rice, George Bush, the president, Rice, Rice, Rice, the president, Rice, Bush, Stephen Hadley, Rice, Vice President Dick Cheney, Rice, Cheney, Colin Powell
1D=, 9R=
Good Soldier Powell
16 November 2004
737 54 2R+: Powell, Powell
15R-: Powell, Powell, Powell, administration, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, Vice President Dick Cheney, Powell, Bush administration, Powell, the president, Bush, Powell, administration, the president, Powell
7R=
The Larger Battle in Iraq
15 November 2004
873 0
About Those Election Results
14 November 2004
673 100 1D+: John Kerry
4R-: President Bush, President Bush, President Bush, Republicans
As the Dollar Declines
13 November 2004
629 77 8R-: Bush administration, President Bush, John Snow, Bush, Bush, Reagan, The president, Bush
1D=, 1R=
Beyond Arafat on the Road to Peace
12 November 2004
881 75 3R-: President Bush, Bush, Bush
1R=
After John Ashcroft
11 November 2004
652 50 1R+: Gonzales
10R-: John Ashcroft, Ashcroft, Bush, Ashcroft, Gonzales, Gonzales, Ashcroft, Ashcroft, administration, Gonzales
7R=
The Rule of Law at Gitmo
10 November 2004
612 82 9R-: Bush administration, administration, Bush administration, administration, Bush administration, the president, John Ashcroft, administration, administration
2R=
To Serve and Deport
9 November 2004
552 0
More Troops for Iraq
8 November 2004
758 40 2R-: Bush, Bush
3R=
New Standards for Elections
7 November 2004
1155 0
The Man Who Refused to Say Yes
6 November 2004
912 0 1D=
California to the Rescue
5 November 2004
537 33 1R+: Arnold Schwarzenegger
3R-: Bush, the president, Bush
2R=
The Next President Bush
4 November 2004
1489 24 1D+: Kerry
1D-: Democrats
4R+: George W. Bush, Bush, the president, Bush
14R-: administration, Vice President Dick Cheney, Bush, White House, Cheney, Cheney, Bush, the president, Republicans, the president, Republican, Bush, the president, administration
1D=, 20R=
President George W. Bush
3 November 2004
1192 31 1D+: Kerry
5D-: Democrat, John Kerry, Democrats, Democrats, Kerry
8R+: President George W. Bush, George W. Bush, Republicans, Bush, Republicans, Bush, Bush, Bush
4R-: President Bush, Republican, Bush, Bush
2D=, 8R=
Vote, No Matter What
2 November 2004
576 0
What to Do on Election Day
1 November 2004
626 0
More Questions About Halliburton
31 October 2004
482 33 1R-: Dick Cheney
2R=
Post-Election Sticker Shock
30 October 2004
556 70 8R-: Bush administration, Republicans, administration, White House, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, Rumsfeld, White House, administration
1D=, 2R=
The Return of the 'Butterfly Ballot'
29 October 2004
532 0 1D=
Abu Ghraib, Unresolved
28 October 2004
705 58 1D-: John Kerry
1R+: John Warner
14R-: Bush administration, administration, Bush administration, White House, the president, administration, the president, administration, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, Rumsfeld, President Bush, Bush, White House, Warner
1D=, 2R=
Flattening the Vote in Falluja
27 October 2004
599 100 1R-: Bush administration
Election Day Misdeeds
26 October 2004
631 100 1D+: Democratic
6R-: Republican Party, Republicans, Republicans, Republicans, Republicans, Republicans
Nourishing the Muslim World
25 October 2004
609 80 4R-: Bush administration, President Bush, Bush administration, Bush
1R=
What Congress Should Do
24 October 2004
1241 0
How to Skew Intelligence
23 October 2004
871 80 5D+: Democrat, Carl Levin, Levin, Levin, Levin
22R-: President Bush, Bush, Vice President Dick Cheney, Douglas Feith, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, Paul Wolfowitz, Cheney, Feith, Cheney, administration, Rumsfeld, Feith, Feith, Feith, Feith, Bush administration, Feith, Feith, Bush, Porter Goss, Bush, administration
1D=, 6R=
Iran's Nuclear Threat
22 October 2004
507 0
Why Taxes Have to Go Up
21 October 2004
883 62 1D+: Kerry
1D-: Kerry
9R-: President Bush, President Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush
2D=
An Influenza Vaccine Debacle
20 October 2004
815 50 1R-: President Bush
1R=
When Soldiers Say No
19 October 2004
651 67 2R-: Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, Rumsfeld
1R=
The Middle East Awaits
18 October 2004
755 8 1D-: John Kerry
1R+: Bush
3R-: President Bush, Bush administration, administration
1D=, 1R=
John Kerry for President
17 October 2004
1992 81 9D+: John Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, John Kerry, John Kerry, Charles Schumer
3R+: Christie Whitman, administration, John McCain
31R-: George W. Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, John Ashcroft, the president, the president, Bush, Bush, Vice President Dick Cheney, The president, Bush, The president, Bush, Bush, administration, Nixonian, Ashcroft, Bush, administration, administration, the president, administration, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Republican, Bush White House, administration, George W. Bush
2D=, 1R=
The War on Affordable Housing
16 October 2004
854 40 3D+: Democrats, Henry Cisneros, Democrat
4R+: Nixon, Republicans, Jack Kemp, Republican
5R-: Bush administration, Republican, Bush administration, Alphonso Jackson, Republican
Dangerous Territory
15 October 2004
870 77 2D+: John Kerry, Kerry
1D-: Democratic
8R-: Republican, President Bush, Republican, Bush, Republican, Republican, Bush, Bush
The Final Debate
14 October 2004
779 25 6D+: Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry
4D-: Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry
2R+: Bush, the president
7R-: Bush, the president, Bush, Bush, the president, The president, Bush
3D=, 4R=
The Economy Unspun
13 October 2004
1050 90 1R+: President Bush
19R-: Bush, administration, the president, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, administration, Bush, Bush, Bush, administration, Bush, Glenn Hubbard, Hubbard, administration, Bush, administration, president
Afghanistan Votes
12 October 2004
509 100 1R-: Bush administration
Be Part of the Solution
11 October 2004
774 0
How to Rescue Education Reform
10 October 2004
1041 36 2R+: President Bush, administration
5R-: President Bush, Rod Paige, administration, Paige, Bush administration
1D=
The Town Hall Debate
9 October 2004
782 54 4D+: John Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry
2D-: Kerry, Kerry
11R-: George Bush, Bush, The president, the president, Bush, the president, the president, Bush, Bush, The president, The president
6R=
A Very Bad Deal
8 October 2004
904 80 4R-: Bush, The president, Bush, Republicans
1R=
The Verdict Is In
7 October 2004
650 90 9R-: President Bush, Bush, administration, administration, administration, President Bush, Vice President Dick Cheney, Administration, Bush
1R=
The Running Mates Debate
6 October 2004
758 51 11D+: John Edwards, Kerry, Edwards, Edwards, Edwards, Edwards, John Kerry, Kerry, Edwards, Edwards, Edwards
5R+: Cheney, the president, the president, vice president, Cheney
9R-: George Bush, Dick Cheney, Vice President, Cheney, Cheney, Cheney, Bush administration, Cheney, Bush administration
2D=, 6R=
The Nuclear Bomb That Wasn't
5 October 2004
838 67 14R-: Bush, administration, the president, administration, the president, Bush, administration, Secretary of State Colin Powell, Vice President Dick Cheney, Condoleezza Rice, Rice, Rice, Rice, Rice
7R=
The First Monday in October
4 October 2004
650 0 2D=, 2R=
Kerry vs. Bush on Health Care
3 October 2004
1372 39 9D+: Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Democrats, Kerry
2D-: Clinton, Kerry
1R+: President Bush
7R-: President Bush, administration, Bush, President Bush, Republicans, President Bush, Republicans
6D=, 9R=
How to Save Social Security
2 October 2004
1342 3 2D-: John Kerry, Kerry
3R-: President Bush, President Bush, Bush
The First Debate
1 October 2004
680 37 7D+: John Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry
2D-: Kerry, Kerry
4R+: George W. Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush
7R-: President Bush, Bush, the president, administration, the president, the president, Bush
1D=, 2R=
Playing With the Election Rules
30 September 2004
666 100 4D+: Democrats, Democrats, Democrats, Democratic
3R-: Republican, Republicans, Republican
Warnings on Warming
29 September 2004
723 10 1D+: Joseph Lieberman
5R+: Bush, President Bush, McCain, McCain, McCain
5R-: Bush administration, administration, White House, administration, Bush
1D=, 2R=
Barriers to Student Voting
28 September 2004
681 0
Avoiding Distractions
27 September 2004
641 35 1D+: Joseph Lieberman
1R+: Susan Collins
3R-: House Republicans, House Republicans, Speaker Dennis Hastert
1D=, 3R=
Iraq's Disappearing Election
26 September 2004
671 40 2R-: Rumsfeld, Bush administration
3R=
An Un-American Way to Cam
25 September 2004
831 67 7D+: John Kerry, Democratic, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Democrats
14R-: President Bush, Bush, Vice President Dick Cheney, Cheney, Dennis Hastert, Orrin Hatch, Bush administration, the president, Bush, Bush, Bush, The president, administration, the president
4D=, 6R=
Congress Slouches Toward Home
24 September 2004
626 100 5R-: Republican-controlled Congress, Republican, House Republican, Republican, Congressional Republicans
President Bush's Lead Balloon
22 September 2004
450 88 7R-: President Bush, President Bush, administration, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush
1R=
Talking Sense, at Last, on Iraq
21 September 2004
679 30 6D+: Kerry, Kerry, Democrats, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry
2D-: Kerry, Kerry
4R+: Republican, Chuck Hagel, Richard Lugar, John McCain
6R-: Bush administration, White House, Bush, the president, administration, Bush
1D=, 3R=
In Defense of Civil Liberties
20 September 2004
909 60 2D+: Joseph Lieberman, Lieberman
1D-: Lieberman
2R+: John McCain, McCain
11R-: President Bush, Attorney General John Ashcroft, administration, Bush, Ashcroft, administration, Bush, McCain, Bush, Bush, Bush
A World of Nuclear Dangers
19 September 2004
1509 49 6D+: John Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry
2R+: Bush, Bush
7R-: Bush, Bush, Bush, administration, administration, administration, Bush administration
3D=, 6R=
Intentions Versus Reality in Iraq
18 September 2004
673 83 5R-: President Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Republicans
1R=
Those Soaring Medicare Premiums
17 September 2004
731 16 1D-: John Kerry
1R+: Bush White House
1R-: Bush
3D=, 1R=
Failing the Senate Intelligence Test
16 September 2004
478 100 1D+: John Kerry
16R-: Porter Goss, President Bush, Bush, President Bush, Goss, Goss, Republican, Goss, Goss, Goss, Goss, Goss, Goss, President Bush, Bush, Goss
Taxes for an Ownership Society
15 September 2004
694 100 9R-: President Bush, Bush, Bush, the president, administration, Bush, Bush, administration, Bush
The Urgent Task Left From 9/11
14 September 2004
602 11 1R+: Bush
2R-: Republican-controlled Congress, Tom DeLay
6R=
Looking for Energy in the Campaign
13 September 2004
1041 41 7D+: John Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry
1D-: Kerry
1R+: Bush
4R-: Bush administration, Bush, Vice President Dick Cheney, Bush
6D=, 3R=
Preventive War: A Failed Doctrine
12 September 2004
661 100 1D+: John Kerry
7R-: Bush, Cheney, Vice President Dick Cheney, Bush, administration, the president, Cheney
On Guard, America
11 September 2004
443 84 2D+: Bill Clinton, Jimmy Carter
1R+: Gerald Ford
9R-: Bush administration, White House, George Bush, Bush, G.O.P. , President Bush, administration, Republican, Bush administration
No Accountability on Abu Ghraib
10 September 2004
902 49 1D+: Edward Kennedy
1D-: Harold Brown
3R+: Warner, John McCain, Warner
18R-: administration, James Schlesinger, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, Rumsfeld, Schlesinger, Schlesinger, Schlesinger, Rumsfeld, Rumsfeld, President Bush, the president, Rumsfeld, Bush, Rumsfeld, the president, Rumsfeld, Attorney General John Ashcroft, administration
7R=
Unraveling Kerry's Iraq Plan
9 September 2004
1234 16 7D-: John Kerry, Kerry, Democrats, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry
3R+: the president, President George Bush, Bush administration
6R-: Bush, Bush, Bush administration, Bush, Cheney, Bush administration
14D=, 4R=
Duty Chafes on Capitol Hill
8 September 2004
487 60 3R-: Republican, Republican, President Bush
2R=
Voter ID Problems in Florida
7 September 2004
535 0
The Candidates' Tariff Dodge
6 September 2004
920 40 5D-: John Kerry, Kerry, Tom Daschle, Democratic, Kerry
3R+: Bush administration, Charles Grassley, Republican
4R-: George Bush, Bush, Robert Zoellick, Bush
1R=
Working Your Way Down
5 September 2004
723 38 1D-: John Kerry
5R-: President Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush
3R=
Deadly Stalemate in Chechnya
4 September 2004
645 0
Mr. Bush's Acceptance Speech
3 September 2004
794 61 2D+: Kerry, Kerry
3D-: John Kerry, Zell Miller, Democrat
19R-: Bush, The president, Bush, Bush, Bush, the president, administration, the president, Bush, administration, White House, Bush, Bush, Republican, vice president, Dick Cheney, Bush, Cheney, administration
3R=
Mr. Bush and the Truth About Terror
2 September 2004
942 19 2D-: Kerry, Edwards
1R+: President Bush
1R-: administration
1D=, 9R=
Governor Pataki's Moment
1 September 2004
506 33 1R+: Pataki
5R-: Pataki, Pataki, Pataki, Pataki, Pataki
6R=
The Pentagon's Troubling Role
31 August 2004
606 100 2D-: Richard Daley, Democratic
President Bush and New York City
30 August 2004
585 16 2R-: Bush, Bush
1D=, 9R=
Abolish the Electoral College
29 August 2004
850 18 1D+: Al Gore
1R-: George Bush
5D=, 4R=
Economic Reality Bites
28 August 2004
531 100 9R-: President Bush, Bush administration, Bush, administration, administration, administration, The president, Bush, Bush
Abu Ghraib, the Next Step
27 August 2004
601 44 2R+: John Warner, Warner
9R-: Republican, Rumsfeld, Republican, President Bush, Rumsfeld, Rumsfeld, Warner, Warner, Rumsfeld
5R=
Holding the Pentagon Accountable: For Abu Ghraib
26 August 2004
1093 63 1D-: Harold Brown
18R-: Bush administration, administration, President Bush, Rumsfeld, Nixonian, Rumsfeld, administration, Rumsfeld, President Bush, Rumsfeld, the president, Rumsfeld, Bush, Rumsfeld, Schlesinger, Rumsfeld, Bush, Schlesinger
7R=
Keeping Cool in New York
25 August 2004
547 60 1D+: Democratic
3R-: Michael Bloomberg, Republicans, the president
3R=
The Intelligence Debate
24 August 2004
593 73 1D-: Congressional Democrats
9R+: Pat Roberts, Republican, Roberts, Roberts, Roberts, Roberts, Roberts, Roberts, Republicans
1R-: President Bush
1D=
Roadblock at Yucca Mountain
23 August 2004
607 100 2D-: John Kerry, Democratic
1R+: Bush administration
Politics of Exclusion in Iraq
22 August 2004
778 0
The Road to Confrontation in Najaf
21 August 2004
344 0
Google Goes Public
20 August 2004
773 0
The New Hanging Chads
19 August 2004
817 0
Bad News on the Charter Front
18 August 2004
448 100 3R-: Bush administration, Bush administration, Rod Paige
Interrogating the Protesters
17 August 2004
588 7 1D-: Democratic
2R-: Bush, Cheney
2D=, 2R=
Congress Looks the Other Way
16 August 2004
563 56 1R+: John Lehman
6R-: President Bush, Porter Goss, Goss, Goss, G.O.P. , Goss
2R=
About That Iraq Vote
15 August 2004
876 19 5D+: Kerry, Democrats, Joseph Biden, Biden, Kerry
5D-: John Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, John Edwards, Kerry
1R+: Richard Lugar
9R-: Bush, White House, Bush, the president, White House, Bush administration, Bush, Bush, the president
11D=, 3R=
Indispensable Allies on Iran
14 August 2004
490 100 2R-: Bush administration, administration
The Governor's Secret
13 August 2004
649 44 1D+: James McGreevey
5D-: McGreevey, McGreevey, McGreevey, McGreevey, McGreevey
3D=
Painting the Economy Into a Corner
12 August 2004
722 92 11R-: President Bush, The president, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, President Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush
1R=
Sidestepping Reform at the C.I.A.
11 August 2004
568 89 8R-: President Bush, Bush, Bush, Porter Goss, Republican, Goss, President Bush, the president
1R=
The Shame of New York
10 August 2004
990 5 1D+: Democratic
4D-: Democrats, Democratic, Democrats, Democratic
5R-: George Pataki, Republican, Republicans, Republican, Republican
1D=, 2R=
The Iraq Reconstruction Fiasco
9 August 2004
629 67 2R-: White House, administration
1R=
And Now, the Hard Part
8 August 2004
742 23 1D+: Bob Kerrey
2D=, 2R=
Bad News on the Job Front
7 August 2004
757 100 9R-: President Bush, Bush, Bush, President Bush, White House, administration, the president, White House, Bush White House
Washington's Gift to Bomb Makers
6 August 2004
571 43 1R+: Ronald Reagan
4R-: Bush administration, administration, White House, Bush administration
2R=
The Terror Alerts
5 August 2004
1190 62 2R+: President Bush, administration
17R-: White House, Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge, Bush administration, Ridge, Bush, Ridge, administration, Bush administration, the president, Bush, The president, Bush administration, administration, Ridge, Ridge, administration, president
5R=
Iran's Nuclear Challenge
4 August 2004
617 100 1R-: President Bush
Mr. Bush's Wrong Solution
3 August 2004
676 77 10R-: Bush, President Bush, administration, administration, Bush, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, Bush, administration, Bush, Bush
3R=
Last Chance for Inclusion in Iraq
2 August 2004
474 100 1R-: Bush administration
Blocking Medical Product Suits
1 August 2004
694 77 2D+: Maurice Hinchey, Democrat
1R+: administration
5R-: Bush administration, administration, Bush administration, administration, administration
Putting Someone in Charge
31 July 2004
769 2 4D+: Lee Hamilton, Hamilton, John Kerry, Democratic
14R+: John McCain, Susan Collins, Olympia Snowe, Lincoln Chafee, Collins, Collins, Collins, Thomas Kean, Kean, Kean, Collins, Kean, Kean, Kean
9R-: Republicans, White House, the president, White House, administration, Bush, White House, Bush, White House
6R=
John Kerry Speaks
30 July 2004
731 38 8D+: John Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Edwards, Kerry, Democratic
1D-: Kerry
2R-: Bush administration, President Bush
9D=, 4R=
John Kerry and War
29 July 2004
817 7 4D+: Kerry, Kerry, John Edwards, Kerry
5D-: John Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry
4R+: Bush, the president, Bush, Bush
3R-: George Bush, Bush, Bush
8D=, 2R=
A Novel Tactic on Warming
28 July 2004
418 100 1D+: Eliot Spitzer
2R-: Bush administration, administration
Mr. Bush Gets Started
27 July 2004
556 24 2R+: President Bush, Thomas Kean
6R-: Bush, administration, Bush, Bush, administration, Bush administration
1D=, 7R=
Lost in the Haze
26 July 2004
525 33 1R-: Bush administration
2R=
Indefensible Defense Budgeting
25 July 2004
877 86 6R-: Bush administration, administration, President Bush, administration, administration, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld
1R=
Abu Ghraib, Whitewashed
24 July 2004
655 25 2R+: Warner, Warner
4R-: Rumsfeld, White House, Republican, Warner
2R=
Insurance for Electronic Votes
23 July 2004
1040 0
Making America Safer
22 July 2004
851 44 1D-: Clinton
6R-: Bush administration, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, Bush, Bush, The president, Bush
3R=
Shrimp and Mischief
21 July 2004
514 0 2R=
The U.N. Plays Catch-Up in Iraq
20 July 2004
550 0
Prescription for Trouble
19 July 2004
472 50 1R-: White House
1R=
Surrender in the Forests
18 July 2004
782 65 3D+: Clinton administration, administration, Clinton
1R+: Republicans
7R-: Bush administration, White House, Bush, administration, Bush administration, administration, administration
1D=, 2R=
A Bad Idea, Rejected
17 July 2004
551 19 1D+: Democrats
2R+: Republicans, Condoleezza Rice
2R-: Bush administration, Rudolph Giuliani
2R=
A Pause for Hindsight
16 July 2004
944 43 2R+: the president, Bush
6R-: President Bush, administration, Bush, administration, President Bush, the president
1D=
A Threatened Afghanistan
15 July 2004
677 75 3R-: President Bush, Bush, Bush administration
1R=
Politicking on Marriage
14 July 2004
580 48 5D+: Democrats, Democrats, John Kerry, John Edwards, Murray
3R+: George Nethercutt, Republican, Lynne Cheney
6R-: Republicans, Republicans, Republicans, Congressional Republicans, President Bush, Mr. President
2D=, 2R=
Lemons in a Row
13 July 2004
629 36 1D-: Edward Rendell
3R-: Arnold Schwarzenegger, George Pataki, Pataki
Signs of Energy
12 July 2004
555 26 1D+: Bill Richardson
2R+: George Pataki, Arnold Schwarzenegger
2R-: administration, administration
Felons and the Right to Vote
11 July 2004
1000 88 1D+: Democrats
6R-: Katherine Harris, Harris, Republicans, Republicans, Jeb Bush, President Bush
1R=
The Senate Report
10 July 2004
1024 85 1D+: John Rockefeller IV
16R-: administration, administration, Bush administration, Bush, Bush, Vice President Dick Cheney, President Bush, Bush, Donald Rumsfeld, Bush, administration, administration, Tom Ridge, the president, administration, Ridge
3R=
An Umpire Taking Sides
9 July 2004
819 27 1D+: Democratic
1R+: John Ashcroft
4R-: Bush, Cheney, Republicans, Republican
4D=, 4R=
Shades of the Old Iraq
8 July 2004
476 100 3R-: Bush administration, Bush administration, administration
Kerry Picks a Running Mate
7 July 2004
614 35 10D+: John Kerry, John Edwards, Democrats, Edwards, Edwards, Edwards, Clintonian, Kerry, Edwards, Al Gore
3D-: Kerry, Richard Gephardt, Kerry
1R+: Dick Cheney
2R-: Republicans, Republican
6D=, 1R=
Ill-Serving Those Who Serve
6 July 2004
538 100 4R-: President Bush, administration, administration, administration
A First Stone for Ground Zero
5 July 2004
787 56 7R+: George Pataki, Pataki, Bloomberg, Pataki, Bloomberg, Pataki, Pataki
1D=, 4R=
About Independence
4 July 2004
1065 100 4R-: Bush administration, Bush administration, Bush administration, the president
Death in Darfur
3 July 2004
639 38 3R-: Secretary of State Colin Powell, Powell, Bush administration
5R=
A Vote for Control
2 July 2004
597 40 2D+: Democratic, Patrick Leahy
7R+: Republicans, Republicans, John McCain, Lindsey Graham, Chuck Hagel, Arlen Specter, Mike DeWine
14R-: Republican, the president, administration, administration, administration, the president, Donald Rumsfeld, administration, Bush, Attorney General John Ashcroft, White House, the president, Bush, Republican
1R=
The Trial of Saddam Hussein
1 July 2004
548 0 1R=
Abu Ghraib, Stonewalled
30 June 2004
968 81 1D+: Edward Kennedy
16R-: Bush administration, White House, Warner, Rumsfeld, administration, Bush administration, administration, Rumsfeld, Rumsfeld, Rumsfeld, Rumsfeld, administration, administration, Republican, White House, administration
4R=
Reaffirming the Rule of Law
29 June 2004
917 40 2R-: Bush administration, administration
3R=
Saudis in Terror's Shadow
28 June 2004
719 100 1R-: President Bush
Election-Year Cuba Policy
27 June 2004
471 83 5R-: Bush administration, administration, White House, administration, Republicans
1R=
The Price of Prisons
26 June 2004
623 3 2D+: Danny Davis, Democrat
3R+: White House, Rob Portman, Republican
A Loss for Open Government
25 June 2004
569 50 1R+: Cheney
5R-: Vice President Cheney, Cheney, Cheney, Cheney, Cheney
2R=
The White House Papers
24 June 2004
959 44 5R+: President Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, John Warner
17R-: Bush administration, White House, administration, administration, White House, Bush, Bush, Attorney General John Ashcroft, White House, Alberto Gonzales, White House, Rumsfeld, administration, administration, president, Bush, administration
5R=
Fast Track at the Airport
23 June 2004
576 0
The Iranian Nuclear Challenge
22 June 2004
456 0
Half-Baked Proposals for Space
21 June 2004
521 0 2R=
A Transition Under Fire in Iraq
20 June 2004
474 100 1R-: Bush administration
Show Us the Proof
19 June 2004
820 88 21R-: Bush administration, President Bush, administration, President Bush, Vice President Dick Cheney, Bush, administration, Bush, Cheney, Bush, Bush, Bush administration, vice president, Cheney, Cheney, Cheney, Cheney, Cheney, Cheney, vice president, administration
3R=
Time for Action on Sudan
18 June 2004
510 33 1R+: Bush administration
2R-: Bush administration, administration
The Plain Truth
17 June 2004
568 94 16R-: President Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush administration, administration, Vice President Dick Cheney, Bush, Cheney, the president, Cheney, Bush, Cheney, the president, administration, Bush
1R=
Africa's Homeless Widows
16 June 2004
484 0
California Leads on Warming
15 June 2004
522 11 1D-: John Kerry
1R+: George Pataki
3R-: President Bush, Bush administration, Bush
Military Bases in Germany
14 June 2004
610 100 2R-: Rumsfeld, President Bush
Gambling on Voting
13 June 2004
855 0
A Call for Arab Democracy
12 June 2004
629 29 2R+: President Bush, Bush administration
4R-: President Bush, President Bush, Bush, President Bush
1R=
The Disability Lobby and Voting
11 June 2004
614 50 1D-: Dodd
1D=
The U.N. Go-Ahead on Iraq
10 June 2004
683 9 1D+: John Kerry
2R+: Bush administration, administration
1R-: President Bush
The Roots of Abu Ghraib
9 June 2004
734 75 15R-: Bush administration, the president, the president, administration, President Bush, administration, White House, administration, White House, administration, White House, Rumsfeld, Rumsfeld, Rumsfeld, Bush
5R=
Military Arithmetic
8 June 2004
678 60 3R-: Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, Bush administration, President Bush
2R=
Ronald Reagan
7 June 2004
780 11 2D-: Carter administration, Carter
3R+: Ronald Reagan, President Reagan, Reagan
8R-: Reagan, Reagan, President Bush, Reagan, Republican, President Bush, Reagan, David Stockman
6R=
June 6, 1944
6 June 2004
486 0
Jobs and the Recovery
5 June 2004
485 40 2R-: Bush, Bush
3R=
George Tenet Resigns
4 June 2004
941 30 2D+: Jane Harman, Democrat
1R+: Pat Roberts
4R-: Rumsfeld, Bush administration, White House, Rumsfeld
1D=, 10R=
Fiscal Shenanigans
3 June 2004
708 100 8R-: President Bush, Bush, administration, Bush, White House, the president, administration, Bush
Iraq's Interim Government
2 June 2004
487 0 1R=
Lands in Need of Care
1 June 2004
774 71 5D+: Max Baucus, Democrat, Clinton, Bill Richardson, Democrat
8R-: President Bush, Vice President Dick Cheney, administration, administration, administration, administration, Interior Secretary Gale Norton, administration
6R=
A National ID
31 May 2004
765 0 1R=
Who Tests Voting Machines?
30 May 2004
976 0
A Hollow Sovereignty for Iraq
29 May 2004
630 50 1R-: the president
1R=
A Real Nuclear Danger
28 May 2004
576 0 2R+: administration, Spencer Abraham
2R-: Bush administration, administration
2R=
Judicial Ethics Under Review
27 May 2004
782 55 6R-: Vice President Dick Cheney, Cheney, Cheney, Cheney, Cheney, Cheney
2D=, 2R=
Chasing Mr. Grasso's Millions
26 May 2004
594 40 4D+: Eliot Spitzer, Spitzer, Spitzer, Spitzer
6D=
The President's Speech
25 May 2004
708 76 2D+: John Kerry, Democratic
10R-: The President, President Bush, Bush, the president, Bush, Bush, Bush, president, Bush, Bush
4R=
The Greening of John McCain
24 May 2004
768 18 2D+: Democrats, Joseph Lieberman
16R+: John McCain, John McCain, McCain, McCain, Bush, Republican Party, McCain, Republican, McCain, Republican, Susan Collins, Olympia Snowe, Lincoln Chafee, John McCain, Bush, McCain
7R-: Dennis Hastert, President Bush, White House, White House, Hastert, Newt Gingrich, Republican
2D=, 6R=
Talking Deficits
23 May 2004
982 68 1R+: Paul O'Neill
16R-: executive branch, administration, Bush, administration, Bush, President Ronald Reagan, Bush, Reagan, Bush, Vice President Dick Cheney, Bush, President Reagan, President Bush, Bush, Bush, Reagan
5R=
An Abu Ghraib Investigation
22 May 2004
840 2 4D+: Democrats, Carl Levin, Jack Reed, Hillary Clinton
7R+: John Warner, Republican, Republicans, John McCain, Lindsey Graham, Warner, Warner
1R-: Rumsfeld
3R=
Friends Like This
21 May 2004
659 83 5R-: Secretary of State Colin Powell, Donald Rumsfeld, Bush administration, Rumsfeld, White House
1R=
Continuing Lessons of 9/11
20 May 2004
1083 21 4R+: Bloomberg, Bloomberg, Tom Ridge, administration
7R-: Michael Bloomberg, Bloomberg, Giuliani, Bloomberg, Giuliani, Bloomberg, Giuliani
3R=
Gasoline Hysteria
19 May 2004
691 100 7D-: Senate Democrats, President Bill Clinton, John Kerry, Democratic, Kerry, Democrats, Kerry
5R+: President Bush, administration, Spencer Abraham, President Bush, administration
Voting Machines for New York
18 May 2004
675 0
The Dark Side of America
17 May 2004
586 0
Rescuing the National Parks
16 May 2004
1006 88 7R-: Bush, Bush administration, Charles Taylor, Taylor, Republican, Taylor, Taylor
1R=
America Adrift in Iraq
15 May 2004
777 75 6R-: Bush administration, administration, White House, administration, Bush, administration
2R=
The Wrong Direction
14 May 2004
761 71 12R-: President Bush, Donald Rumsfeld, Bush, Rumsfeld, Rumsfeld, Bush, Rumsfeld, administration, Bush, Rumsfeld, Bush, Republican
5R=
Tax Relief Charade
13 May 2004
608 90 9R-: Bush administration, Bush, Bush, administration, administration, administration, administration, Bush, Bush
1R=
The Abu Ghraib Spin
12 May 2004
835 78 1D+: Democrats
9R-: administration, Republican, President Bush, executive branch, Republican, James Inhofe, Bush administration, Bush, Rumsfeld
3R=
Lawn vs. Demonstrators
11 May 2004
565 0 3R=
Killing Off Housing for the Poor
10 May 2004
399 100 4R-: Bush administration, administration, administration, Bush administration
The President and Women
9 May 2004
631 31 2R+: President Bush, administration
7R-: Bush administration, President Bush, Reagan, Hughes, administration, administration, administration
7R=
Mr. Rumsfeld's Defense
8 May 2004
732 67 1R+: John McCain
13R-: Rumsfeld, Donald Rumsfeld, Rumsfeld, Rumsfeld, Bush administration, Rumsfeld, Rumsfeld, administration, Rumsfeld, Rumsfeld, commander in chief, Rumsfeld, Rumsfeld
4R=
Donald Rumsfeld Should Go
7 May 2004
612 53 2R+: Rumsfeld, Rumsfeld
10R-: Donald Rumsfeld, Rumsfeld, Rumsfeld, President Bush, Donald Rumsfeld, the president, administration, Rumsfeld, Rumsfeld, Paul Wolfowitz
3R=
Another Vision of Iraq
6 May 2004
619 87 8D+: John Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry
5R-: President Bush, President Bush, White House, Bush, Bush administration
1D=, 1R=
The Torture Photos
5 May 2004
644 100 9R-: Bush administration, the president, Bush administration, President Bush, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, Rumsfeld, Rumsfeld, administration, administration
California's Accidental Governor
4 May 2004
779 2 4D+: Leon Panetta, Democrat, Democratic, Gray Davis
3D-: Gray Davis, Davis, Davis
4R+: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Schwarzenegger, Schwarzenegger, Schwarzenegger
3R-: Schwarzenegger, White House, Bloomberg
2D=, 3R=
The Nightmare at Abu Ghraib
3 May 2004
679 50 1R-: Bush administration
1R=
The Fog of War Commercials
2 May 2004
1095 17 7D+: John Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry
3D-: Kerry, Kerry, Kerry
4R+: Vice President Dick Cheney, Cheney, President Bush, Nixon
7R-: Cheney, Republicans, Bush, Cheney, President Bush, Bush, Bush
10D=, 12R=
The New Drug Discount Cards
1 May 2004
462 0
Troops Without Armor in Iraq
30 April 2004
495 0
The President's Testimony
29 April 2004
574 67 2R+: Republican, Thomas Kean
16R-: The President, Bush, the president, White House, Bush, the president, White House, Bush, vice president, Bush, administration, The president, Bush, the president, The president, Bush
3R=
Those Illegal Farm Subsidies
28 April 2004
496 0 2R=
Mr. Cheney's Day in Court
27 April 2004
611 49 8R-: Vice President Dick Cheney, administration, Cheney, Cheney, Cheney, Cheney, Cheney, President Richard Nixon
1D=, 7R=
'Enemy Combatants' in Court
26 April 2004
538 100 2R-: Bush administration, President Bush
A Stronger Force in Iraq
25 April 2004
1177 71 1R+: Secretary of State Colin Powell
16R-: President Bush, Donald Rumsfeld, Bush, Rumsfeld, White House, administration, White House, Bush, the president, Rumsfeld, White House, administration, Bush administration, The president, Rumsfeld, Bush
4R=
A Compromised Voting System
24 April 2004
766 0
Depressing News on Depression
23 April 2004
605 0
Disclosure by the Kerrys
22 April 2004
604 51 9D-: Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Teresa Heinz Kerry, Geraldine Ferraro, Mondale, Ferraro, Heinz Kerry, Kerry
1R-: President Bush
5D=, 2R=
Politics and the Patriot Act
21 April 2004
584 17 4R+: Larry Craig, Republican, Don Young, Republican
6R-: President Bush, the president, Bush, administration, Bush, Bush
2R=
Which Powell Is Which?
20 April 2004
941 23 3R+: Powell, the president, White House
11R-: administration, Powell, Powell, Bush, Powell, Powell, Powell, administration, Reagan White House, Powell, Powell
21R=
The Court and Guantánamo
19 April 2004
549 50 1R-: Bush administration
1R=
Bad New Days for Voting Rights
18 April 2004
785 49 5R-: Republicans, Jesse Helms, Republican, Republicans, Republicans
3D=, 1R=
At Last, a Good Development
17 April 2004
653 0 2R+: Bush, Bush
2R-: Bush, Bush administration
3R=
Pork, Sweet and Sour
16 April 2004
725 83 5R-: Don Young, Young, Young, Charles Grassley, Grassley
1R=
The Price of Incuriosity
15 April 2004
743 23 1D-: Democratic
4R-: George W. Bush, Bush, Republican, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld
6R=
Mr. Bush's Press Conference
14 April 2004
491 33 3R-: Bush, Bush, Bush
6R=
Corporate Tax Holidays
13 April 2004
486 100 1D+: John Kerry
1R-: Bush administration
The Silent President
12 April 2004
1024 81 21R-: President, White House, the president, Bush, the president, Bush, the president, administration, Bush White House, White House, Bush, White House, Bush, president, Condoleezza Rice, the president, President Bush, Bush, Bush, administration, White House
5R=
The Story Line in Iraq
11 April 2004
795 80 4R-: Bush administration, Bush administration, Bush, administration
1R=
The Science Adviser's Rejoinder
10 April 2004
623 61 1R+: White House
8R-: The president, Bush administration, administration, administration, administration, administration, administration, administration
1D=, 1R=
The Rice Version
9 April 2004
979 37 1D+: Bob Kerrey
4R+: Condoleezza Rice, Bush administration, Rice, Bush
16R-: Rice, White House, President Bush, Rice, Bush, the president, the president, administration, the president, the president, Rice, commander in chief, Bush, administration, The president, Bush
15R=
Friends Missing in Action
8 April 2004
854 40 2R-: Bush, administration
3R=
Iraq Needs a Credible U.N.
7 April 2004
507 0
Obsessing About the Calendar
6 April 2004
707 50 1R+: Richard Lugar
4R-: President Bush, Bush, administration, the president
1R=
False Promises on Gas
5 April 2004
599 23 5D+: Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry
3D-: John Kerry, Kerry, Kerry
2R+: the president, John McCain
4R-: President Bush, the president, administration, administration
2D=, 1R=
Fixes for Social Security
4 April 2004
790 0
The Mystery Deepens
3 April 2004
595 53 4D+: Bill Clinton, Clinton, Bruce Lindsey, Clinton
2R+: Thomas Kean, Republican
11R-: Bush administration, President Bush, White House, White House, White House, Bush, White House, Bush, Bush, administration, White House
2D=, 6R=
Four Deaths in Falluja
2 April 2004
483 100 2R-: Bush administration, White House
Dream-Filled Missile Silos
1 April 2004
506 83 5R-: President Bush, administration, Bush, administration, Bush
1R=
Of Privilege and Politics
31 March 2004
635 71 1R+: Bush
23R-: Bush, White House, the president, administration, Rice, the president, Rice, Rice, administration, Bush, White House, Rice, Rice, the president, Bush, Vice President Dick Cheney, administration, White House, Rice, president, Cheney, administration, President Bush
7R=
Hearts, Minds and Padlocks
30 March 2004
399 100 2R-: Bush administration, Bush administration
When the Umpires Take Sides
29 March 2004
733 9 1D-: Democratic
3R-: Katherine Harris, Republican, Harris
2D=, 10R=
A Long, Long Muddle
28 March 2004
482 90 9R-: Bush, White House, Republican House, White House, administration, Bush, the president, Bush, White House
1R=
Stirrings on Clean Air
27 March 2004
618 44 1D+: Clinton administration
4R-: Bush administration, Bush, White House, Vice President Dick Cheney
7R=
Entitlements ’Crisis’
26 March 2004
599 100 1R-: administration
Assessing the Blame for 9/11
25 March 2004
811 28 1D+: Clinton administration
2D-: Clinton administration, Bill Clinton
7R-: Bush administration, George Bush, Condoleezza Rice, White House, Bush administration, Rice, Bush
2D=, 6R=
Military Injustice
24 March 2004
549 0
Debating 9/11
23 March 2004
545 28 1D+: Clinton administration
2D-: Democratic administration, Clinton White House
7R-: the president, Donald Rumsfeld, Bush, administration, Bush, Bush, the president
1D=, 7R=
Pinch at the Pump
22 March 2004
520 17 1D+: President Clinton
2R+: administration, President Bush
Springtime for John Kerry
21 March 2004
647 7 1D+: Kerry
3D-: Dukakis, Kerry, Kerry
1R-: Bush
7D=, 10R=
Pakistan Changes the Subject
20 March 2004
615 75 3R-: administration, Powell, Powell
1R=
One Year After
19 March 2004
1848 78 14R-: administration, the president, administration, Bush, administration, Bush administration, Bush, Bush administration, Bush administration, Vice President Dick Cheney, Bush, Bush, Cheney, the president
4R=
Deficit Pigeons
18 March 2004
679 21 1D+: Senate Democrats
6R+: Republicans, House Republicans, Lincoln Chafee, John McCain, Susan Collins, Olympia Snowe
8R-: Republican, President Bush, President Bush, White House, the president, Republicans, Bush administration, president
1R=
Politics and School Promotion
17 March 2004
608 86 6R-: Bloomberg, Bloomberg, Bloomberg, Bloomberg, Bloomberg, Bloomberg
1R=
Change in Spain
16 March 2004
599 60 3R-: Bush administration, White House, Bush
2R=
Beyond the Duck Blind
15 March 2004
721 100 7R-: Vice President Dick Cheney, Bush administration, Cheney, Cheney, Cheney, President Bush, vice president
Florida as the Next Florida
14 March 2004
856 25 3D+: Robert Wexler, Democrat, Wexler
7D=, 3R=
Creating the Next Crime Wave
13 March 2004
540 67 2R+: President Bush, Bush
1R=
Ground Zero, Madrid
12 March 2004
316 0
When Media Giants Bicker
11 March 2004
476 0
Extra-Low Cholesterol
10 March 2004
529 0
The Privatization of Stem Cells
9 March 2004
580 50 2R-: Bush administration, the president
2R=
The Axis of Reconstruction
8 March 2004
685 33 1R-: Bush administration
2R=
The Road to Gay Marriage
7 March 2004
1509 41 1D+: Eliot Spitzer
2R+: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Republican
5R-: White House, Bill Frist, White House, John Cornyn, Republican
1D=, 1R=
Courtroom Tales of Martha’s Lies . . .
6 March 2004
442 0
Yesterday's Weapons
5 March 2004
490 0 1R+: Reagan administration
1R-: President Bush
2R=
Hard Realities in Haiti
4 March 2004
571 60 3R-: Bush administration, administration, White House
2R=
The Eight-Month Election
3 March 2004
614 5 2D+: John Kerry, Edwards
1D-: Kerry
15D=, 4R=
Rescuing Education Reform
2 March 2004
821 29 4D-: Democrats, Richard Durbin, Democratic, Democrats
3R+: President Bush, Bush administration, George Bush
4R-: Republican, Bush administration, Rod Paige, administration
1D=, 2R=
Shattered Democracy in Haiti
1 March 2004
528 43 2R+: President Bush, Secretary of State Colin Powell
5R-: Bush administration, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush administration
Premature Death for the Hubble
29 February 2004
643 75 3R-: President Bush, the president, administration
1R=
Justice Scalia and Mr. Cheney
28 February 2004
480 10 1R-: Cheney
9R=
Mr. Greenspan's Warning
27 February 2004
477 64 1D+: Clinton administration
4R-: President Bush, Bush, Republican, White House
3R=
A Primary Endorsement
26 February 2004
948 39 10D+: John Kerry, John Edwards, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Edwards, Kerry, Kerry, Edwards, Kerry
2D-: Edwards, Kerry
3R-: Bush, Bush, Bush administration
11D=, 1R=
Putting Bias in the Constitution
25 February 2004
524 100 8R-: President Bush, Bush, the president, President Bush, President Bush, The president, President Bush, President Bush
Hour of the Gunmen in Haiti
24 February 2004
762 100 1D-: Clinton administration
Ralph Nader Does It Again
23 February 2004
596 17 2D+: Democrats, Democrats
5D-: Democratic, Al Gore, Gore, Gore, Democratic
2R+: George W. Bush, Bush
3R-: Bush, Bush, Bush
2D=, 1R=
A Growing U.N. Role in Iraq
22 February 2004
814 40 1R+: Bush administration
5R-: President Bush, Bush administration, the president, Bush administration, Vice President Dick Cheney
4R=
Elections With No Meaning
21 February 2004
1049 54 3D+: Democratic, Democratic, Democrats
1D-: Democrats
5R-: Republicans, Tom DeLay, Republicans, DeLay, Republicans
2D=, 1R=
More Than College Football
20 February 2004
691 0
And Now There Are Two
19 February 2004
901 1 8D+: Kerry, Edwards, Edwards, Edwards, Edwards, Kerry, Bill Clinton, Kerry
7D-: Edwards, Kerry, Edwards, Kerry, Edwards, Kerry, Edwards
1R+: George Bush
9D=, 2R=
Gay Marriage in the States
18 February 2004
520 0
Distorting the Intelligence
17 February 2004
898 63 2D+: Bill Nelson, Democrat
2R+: Trent Lott, Republican
11R-: the president, administration, administration, The president, the president, President Bush, Vice President Dick Cheney, Cheney, Cheney, Bush administration, administration
3R=