lying in ponds
The absurdity of partisanship
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Pete du Pont
WSJ OpinionJournal

Columns 12
Words 14767
Median Partisanship Index 9.62
Total Partisanship Index 26.85
Combined Partisanship Index 18.23
Positive Democratic Index 10.12
Negative Democratic Index 26.85
Positive Republican Index 22.18
Negative Republican Index 12.06
Positive Index 32.30
Negative Index 38.91
Neutral Index 28.79



Partisan References

Type Number All References
Positive Democratic 26 Democrats(3), JFK(2), FDR(2), Joe Lieberman(2), Democratic, Lieberman, Kerry, Sharpton, Daniel Patrick Moynihan, Clinton, Democrat, Anthony Williams, Clinton administration, Dianne Feinstein, Robert Byrd, Zell Miller, Bill Clinton, Al Gore, President Clinton, Jimmy Carter, Howard Dean
Negative Democratic 69 Democrats(15), Democratic(10), Democratic Party(6), Dean(3), Gray Davis(3), Dick Gephardt(2), John Kerry(2), Gephardt(2), Howard Dean(2), Sharpton(2), Kennedy(2), Ted Kennedy(2), Bill Clinton(2), Democrat, Lieberman, Kerry, Edwards, Clinton, John Edwards, Joe Lieberman, President Clinton, Mary Landrieu, Landrieu, Al Sharpton, Davis, George McGovern, McGovern, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Feingold
Neutral Democratic 48Democratic(5), Gephardt(5), Democrats(4), Edwards(4), Lieberman(4), Dean(3), Kerry(3), Howard Dean(2), Clinton(2), Democrat(2), FDR(2), Hillary Clinton, Clinton administration, President Clinton, Carter, Al Sharpton, Kennedy, John Breaux, Ben Nelson, Tom Carper, Sharpton, Al Gore, Democratic Party
Positive Republican 57 Blackwell(8), President Bush(8), Republicans(6), Bush(5), Ronald Reagan(4), Reagan(3), Republican(3), the president(3), GOP(2), Bill Roth(2), Ken Blackwell(2), Roth(2), Solicitor General Theodore Olson, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Republican Party, Tom McClintock, Bush administration, Rush Limbaugh, George W. Bush, Kemp, George H.W. Bush
Negative Republican 31 Republican(4), Bush(4), Republicans(3), Specter(3), President Bush(2), administration(2), Bush administration(2), Arlen Specter(2), Republican Party(2), Dean, Bob Taft, Taft, George W. Bush, The president, GOP, McCain
Neutral Republican 26Bush(4), President Bush(3), Bush administration(3), Republican(3), Reagan(2), Secretary of State Colin Powell, administration, George Bush, George W. Bush, The president, Ronald Reagan, Lincoln Chafee, Susan Collins, Olympia Snowe, Taft, Republicans



List of Columns

Title/
Date
words PI Partisan References
2003 in Review
18 December 2003
1652 31 2D+: Joe Lieberman, Howard Dean
8D-: Democrats, Democratic Party, Feingold, Democratic Party, Democratic Party, Democratic Party, Dean, Democratic
13R+: Bill Roth, Bush administration, the president, Rush Limbaugh, Bush, Republican, Bill Roth, Roth, Kemp, Reagan, Roth, George H.W. Bush, President Bush
8R-: Republicans, Republican Party, GOP, President Bush, Bush, Republicans, Bush, McCain
5D=
Why the GOP Is Winning
10 November 2003
1396 52 5D+: Al Gore, President Clinton, Democrats, Democrats, Democrats
20D-: Democrats, Gray Davis, Davis, Democrats, George McGovern, Bill Clinton, Democratic Party, McGovern, Democrats, Democratic, Democratic, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Democrats, Democratic, Dick Gephardt, Howard Dean, John Kerry, Democrats, Democratic, Democrats
12R+: GOP, Republican, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Tom McClintock, Republican, Republicans, President Bush, Republicans, Republican Party, GOP, Republicans, Republicans
3R-: George W. Bush, Republicans, Republican
4D=, 2R=
Good Buy, Columbus?
27 October 2003
1195 19 1D+: Bill Clinton
2D-: Gray Davis, Gray Davis
11R+: Ken Blackwell, Blackwell, Blackwell, Blackwell, Blackwell, Blackwell, Blackwell, Ronald Reagan, Blackwell, Ken Blackwell, Blackwell
7R-: Bob Taft, Republican, Taft, Republican Party, Republican, Bush administration, President Bush
5R=
Liberals Against Choice
24 September 2003
1256 11 6D+: Democrat, Anthony Williams, Joe Lieberman, Dianne Feinstein, Robert Byrd, Zell Miller
7D-: Kennedy, Ted Kennedy, Kennedy, Ted Kennedy, President Clinton, Mary Landrieu, Landrieu
1R+: President Bush
5R-: Specter, Arlen Specter, Arlen Specter, Specter, Specter
5D=, 4R=
Over the Cliff
22 August 2003
1217 0 1R=
Out of Balance
21 July 2003
1124 17 2D+: Clinton, JFK
1D-: Democratic
3R+: President Bush, Ronald Reagan, President Bush
6R-: administration, Bush administration, administration, Bush, Bush, The president
3D=, 9R=
You Can't Outlaw Failure
10 June 2003
895 100 1D+: Daniel Patrick Moynihan
Two Decades of Mediocrity
5 May 2003
1087 0
From Bad to Diverse
4 April 2003
1030 50 1R+: Solicitor General Theodore Olson
1D=
Getting Serious
14 March 2003
1153 50 1D+: FDR
1D=
12 Left Feet
14 February 2003
1673 38 5D+: Democratic, Lieberman, Kerry, Sharpton, FDR
27D-: Democratic, Howard Dean, John Edwards, Dick Gephardt, John Kerry, Joe Lieberman, Al Sharpton, Democrat, Democratic, Democratic, Democratic, Bill Clinton, Gephardt, Dean, Democrats, Lieberman, Dean, Sharpton, Democrats, Kerry, Democrats, Gephardt, Edwards, Sharpton, Democrats, Democrats, Clinton
9R+: George W. Bush, Bush, the president, Republicans, Republicans, President Bush, the president, Ronald Reagan, Bush
2R-: Republican, Dean
29D=, 5R=
Following the Reagan Rule
10 January 2003
1089 57 3D+: JFK, Clinton administration, Jimmy Carter
4D-: Democrats, Democrats, Democratic Party, Democrats
7R+: Reagan, Bush, President Bush, Ronald Reagan, President Bush, Reagan, Bush