lying in ponds
The absurdity of partisanship
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Tony Blankley
Creators Syndicate

Columns 24
Words 23056
Normalized Median Partisanship Index 20.29
Normalized Total Partisanship Index 30.92
Normalized Combined Partisanship Index 25.60
Democratic Index -27.73
Republican Index 33.93
Positive Index 36.73
Negative Index 24.20
Neutral Index 39.07



Partisan References

Type Number All References
Positive Democratic 18 Ted Kennedy(2), Joe Lieberman(2), Democratic(2), FDR(2), Hillary(2), Lieberman, Democrat, Democrats, President Kennedy, President Clinton, Clinton, Kennedy, Joseph Kennedy Sr.
Negative Democratic 51 Democrats(15), Democratic(10), Clinton(3), Barbara Boxer(2), Harry Reid(2), Hillary(2), Ted Kennedy(2), Pelosi, Rahm Emanuel, Biden, Robert C. Byrd, Daniel K. Inouye, Mary Landrieu, Mark Pryor, Ben Nelson, Joe Lieberman, Ken Salazar, First Lady, Bill Clinton, Edward Kennedy, Democrat, Kennedy
Neutral Democratic 50Hillary(10), Democrats(10), Democratic(4), Clinton(4), Hillary Clinton(3), Democratic Party(3), Ted Kennedy(2), Bill Clinton(2), Democratic president(2), Democrat, Ellen Tauscher, Kerry, John Kerry, Harry Truman, Roosevelt, Harry Reid, President and Mrs. Clinton, Chelsea Clinton, president
Positive Republican 108 President Bush(26), Bush(14), the president(9), Republicans(8), Republican(8), Nixon(6), Tom DeLay(4), DeLay(4), president(3), Delay(2), John Bolton(2), Ronald Reagan, House Republican, Karl Rove, congressional Republicans, Charles Grassley, Lindsey Graham, Chuck Hagel, Thornburgh, Henry Kissinger, George Shultz, Barry Goldwater, Goldwater, Reagan, Newt Gingrich, Bush Administration, Republican Party, House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, George Bush, White House, Bolton, The president, President Richard Nixon
Negative Republican 32 the president(4), Republicans(4), White House(3), Republican(3), President Bush(3), Republican Party(2), The president(2), president, Thornburgh, former president, President Eisenhower, Grand Old Party, House Republicans, Senate Republicans, Frist, Lindsey Graham, Graham, Bush White House
Neutral Republican 84President Bush(15), Republicans(14), the president(8), Republican(5), Republican Party(3), Thornburgh(3), Nixon(3), The president(2), Newt Gingrich(2), George W. Bush(2), Bush(2), Jeb Bush, Colin Powell, Laura Bush, Dick Thornburgh, Richard Thornburgh, George Bush, Administration, Ike, Bush administration, Bill Frist, Bob Livingston, John Bolton, Tom DeLay, Republican president, GOP, vice president, Saxby Chambliss, R.-, president of the United States, Republican House leadership, Frist, Rove, Richard Nixon, President Nixon, Republican House



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
Iraq debate in transition
30 June 2005
986 37 5D-: Edward Kennedy, Ted Kennedy, Ted Kennedy, Kennedy, Democrats
1R+: the president
3R-: the president, The president, President Bush
1D=, 4R=
Inside Hillary's mind
22 June 2005
1153 10 5D+: Clinton, Ted Kennedy, Hillary, Hillary, Joseph Kennedy Sr.
5D-: Hillary, First Lady, Bill Clinton, Clinton, Clinton
7R+: Nixon, Nixon, Nixon, Nixon, Nixon, President Richard Nixon, Nixon
22D=, 5R=
The moral light of Paris Hilton
15 June 2005
828 0 1D=, 3R=
The age of schadenfreude
8 June 2005
908 37 1D-: Democrats
1R+: president
1R-: Bush White House
1R=
The great reaction
1 June 2005
939 12 1R+: President Bush
3D=, 2R=
A Senate regency
25 May 2005
853 55 10D-: Democratic, Robert C. Byrd, Daniel K. Inouye, Mary Landrieu, Mark Pryor, Ben Nelson, Joe Lieberman, Ken Salazar, Democratic, Democratic
3R-: Lindsey Graham, Republican, Graham
6R=
Free trade slip-sliding away?
18 May 2005
899 6 1D+: President Clinton
1R+: Republican
4D=, 4R=
An awkward GOP spring
11 May 2005
1065 41 1D+: FDR
7D-: Democratic, Democrats, Democrats, Pelosi, Rahm Emanuel, Biden, Democratic
18R+: Republicans, Republican, House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, President Bush, John Bolton, Republican, Republicans, DeLay, DeLay, White House, Republican, John Bolton, Republican, Bolton, President Bush, Republicans, Bush, Republicans
7R-: Grand Old Party, Republicans, House Republicans, Senate Republicans, White House, Republican, Frist
3D=, 8R=
Political attention deficit disorder
27 April 2005
908 9 2D+: FDR, Joe Lieberman
1D-: Democrats
2R+: Bush Administration, Republican Party
2R-: White House, the president
2D=, 7R=
Don't get old
20 April 2005
1032 41 4D-: Democrat, Democrats, Hillary, Democratic
4R+: Republican, Republicans, Bush, the president
2R-: Republican, Republicans
3D=, 4R=
Keep DeLay, or pay the price
13 April 2005
1047 51 3D-: Democrats, Democrats, Democrats
15R+: DeLay, Tom DeLay, Delay, Delay, Republican, Barry Goldwater, Goldwater, Reagan, Newt Gingrich, Tom DeLay, Bush, Tom DeLay, Tom DeLay, DeLay, Republicans
4R-: Republicans, Republicans, Republican Party, Republican Party
1D=, 6R=
Desert Democrats of Mesopotamia
6 April 2005
928 52 3R+: Bush, Bush, president
1D=, 1R=
The scandalous Internet
30 March 2005
828 0
Not fit to judge
23 March 2005
861 0
Talking with terrorists
16 March 2005
925 44 1D+: Ted Kennedy
2R-: President Bush, President Bush
1D=, 3R=
Democrats fall on the ball
9 March 2005
1083 44 6D+: Democratic, Lieberman, Democratic, Joe Lieberman, Democrats, Democrat
11D-: Democrats, Democrats, Democrats, Democratic, Democratic, Harry Reid, Democratic, Harry Reid, Democratic, Democrats, Democrats
14R+: Bush, President Bush, President Bush, Republicans, the president, the president, President Bush, the president, congressional Republicans, Republican, Charles Grassley, Lindsey Graham, Chuck Hagel, Republicans
3D=, 3R=
Black robes and betrayal
2 March 2005
835 0
Social Security reform may pass
23 February 2005
1074 32 1D-: Clinton
5R+: Karl Rove, President Bush, President Bush, the president, president
3D=, 9R=
Insufficiently draconian cuts
16 February 2005
923 29 3R+: President Bush, House Republican, President Bush
1R-: President Eisenhower
3R=
It's a dangerous world
9 February 2005
1026 41 2D+: President Kennedy, Kennedy
1D-: Democrats
12R+: President Bush, President Bush, the president, The president, President Bush, President Bush, the president, Bush, President Bush, Ronald Reagan, President Bush, President Bush
1R-: former president
4R=
Iraqi ballots and bombs
26 January 2005
932 100 2D-: Barbara Boxer, Barbara Boxer
17R+: President Bush, the president, President Bush, Bush, President Bush, President Bush, President Bush, President Bush, President Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Henry Kissinger, George Shultz, Bush, George Bush
Espionage by any other name
19 January 2005
966 0 1R=
Damage control at Black Rock
12 January 2005
1025 8 2R+: Thornburgh, Bush
1R-: Thornburgh
1D=, 7R=
Voltaire's smile
5 January 2005
1032 25 2R+: President Bush, President Bush
5R-: the president, White House, the president, president, The president
1D=, 3R=