lying in ponds
The absurdity of partisanship
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Robert J. Samuelson
Washington Post

Columns 25
Words 23671
Normalized Median Partisanship Index 0.00
Normalized Total Partisanship Index 12.02
Normalized Combined Partisanship Index 6.01
Democratic Index -51.85
Republican Index -47.67
Positive Index 7.96
Negative Index 56.64
Neutral Index 35.40



Partisan References

Type Number All References
Positive Democratic 2 Clinton administration, Franklin Roosevelt
Negative Democratic 16 Democrats(13), Franklin Raines, congressional Democrats, Lyndon Johnson
Neutral Democratic 9Democrats(2), Democratic(2), John Kerry, Larry Summers, President Bill Clinton, Clinton, Raines
Positive Republican 7 Bush(3), Bush administration(2), President Bush, George Bush
Negative Republican 48 Bush(20), President Bush(6), Republicans(6), White House(4), administration(4), Bush administration(2), the president(2), Republican(2), Republican Congress, Richard Nixon
Neutral Republican 31Bush(13), White House(3), President Bush(3), administration(3), George W. Bush(2), George Bush, Reagan, Joshua Bolten, President, the President, Republicans, Republican



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
Greenhouse Hypocrisy
29 June 2005
982 100 2R+: George Bush, Bush administration
Time to Toss the Textbooks
22 June 2005
880 0
The End of Europe
15 June 2005
996 0
Candor on Immigration
8 June 2005
911 0
The Curse of Cheap Credit?
2 June 2005
985 0
Sputnik Scare, Updated
26 May 2005
889 100 1R+: Bush administration
Retirement at 70
18 May 2005
977 0 1R=
Deficit Disorder
11 May 2005
963 1 6D-: Democrats, Democrats, Democrats, Lyndon Johnson, Democrats, Democrats
11R-: President Bush, Republican Congress, Bush administration, administration, Republican, Republican, Bush, Richard Nixon, Bush, Republicans, Republicans
3R=
The Global Savings Glut
27 April 2005
845 0
Thinking Small on The Budget
22 April 2005
975 0 1R=
The New Economic Warriors
13 April 2005
860 0
Economic Death Spiral
6 April 2005
1001 100 2R-: President Bush, President Bush
A New Era for Oil?
30 March 2005
899 0
Welfare Junkies
24 March 2005
980 8 2D-: Democrats, Democrats
3R-: Republicans, Republicans, President Bush
Is the Global Economy Unstable?
16 March 2005
991 0
Welfare vs. Wall St.
11 March 2005
824 5 1D-: Democrats
2R-: President Bush, Republicans
1R=
The Mystery of Low Interest Rates
2 March 2005
944 0 1R=
Journalistic Malpractice
23 February 2005
1038 38 1D-: Democrats
8R-: President Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush
2D=, 3R=
Lots of Gain And No Pain
16 February 2005
905 44 1R+: Bush
7R-: Bush administration, White House, administration, administration, administration, Bush, Bush
1D=, 4R=
Cut My Benefits
9 February 2005
1040 12 1D+: Franklin Roosevelt
1D-: Democrats
1R+: Bush
2R-: Bush, Bush
2R=
Competition's Anxious Victory
2 February 2005
843 39 1D+: Clinton administration
1D=, 1R=
Sanctioned Silences
26 January 2005
1044 0 2D=
Promises by the Numbers
19 January 2005
946 1 1D-: Democrats
1R+: Bush
3R-: Bush, Bush, Bush
1D=, 13R=
It's More Than Social Security
14 January 2005
1061 19 3D-: congressional Democrats, Democrats, Democrats
1R+: President Bush
10R-: the president, Bush, the president, Bush, White House, White House, Bush, White House, Republicans, Bush
1D=, 1R=
The Trouble With Fannie Mae
5 January 2005
892 50 1D-: Franklin Raines
1D=