lying in ponds: Peggy Noonan

lying in ponds

The absurdity of partisanship

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Peggy Noonan
WSJ OpinionJournal

Columns	1
Words	1221
Normalized Median Partisanship Index	4.39
Normalized Total Partisanship Index	4.39
Normalized Combined Partisanship Index	4.39
Democratic Index	-15.38
Republican Index	0.00
Positive Index	34.48
Negative Index	41.38
Neutral Index	24.14

Partisan References

Type	Number	All References
Positive Democratic	4	Obama(2), Barack Obama, James Carville
Negative Democratic	6	Clinton(5), Hillary Clinton
Neutral Democratic	3	Bill, Bill Clinton, Democratic
Positive Republican	6	Huckabee(4), Mike Huckabee, Republican
Negative Republican	6	Huckabee(2), Romney, Republican, Ed Rollins, Reagan White House
Neutral Republican	4	Republican, Huckabee, Rollins, Romney

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
Out With the Old, In With the New 4 January 2008	1221	4	4D+: Obama, Barack Obama, Obama, James Carville 6D-: Clinton, Hillary Clinton, Clinton, Clinton, Clinton, Clinton 6R+: Huckabee, Mike Huckabee, Huckabee, Huckabee, Huckabee, Republican 6R-: Romney, Republican, Huckabee, Ed Rollins, Reagan White House, Huckabee 3D=, 4R=