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Columns 362
Words 243042
Normalized Median Partisanship Index 4.57
Normalized Total Partisanship Index 19.76
Normalized Combined Partisanship Index 12.16
Democratic Index 4.67
Republican Index -28.44
Positive Index 22.45
Negative Index 41.28
Neutral Index 36.28
Kerry Index 1.15
Bush Index -27.17



Partisan References

Type Number All References
Positive Democratic 329 Kerry(108), Democratic(31), Democrats(23), John F. Kerry(21), Edwards(10), John Edwards(7), Lieberman(6), Eleanor Holmes Norton(6), Norton(6), Feingold(6), Joseph I. Lieberman(5), Anthony A. Williams(5), Mikulski(4), Warner(4), Democrat(4), Chris Van Hollen(3), Clinton(3), Albert R. Wynn(3), Sarbanes(3), D-(3), Clinton administration(3), President Bill Clinton(2), Barbara A. Mikulski(2), Al Gore(2), Steny H. Hoyer(2), Lee H. Hamilton(2), Williams(2), Mark R. Warner(2), Van Hollen(2), Dodd(2), President Clinton(2), administration(2), BILL CLINTON, Clark, Wesley K. Clark, Dean, Alice Rivlin, Thomas A. Daschle, Daschle, John Breaux, Sam Nunn, DEMOCRATIC, Terry McAuliffe, Richard Ben-Veniste, Joseph R. Biden, Elijah E. Cummings, Reed, JACK REED, JOHN F. KERRY, Eliot L. Spitzer, Jimmy Carter, Richard J. Durbin, Dianne Feinstein, Bill Clinton, former president Bill Clinton, Barack Obama, Sam Farr, Tom Allen, Nick J. Rahall, Farr, Democratic National Committee, Paul G. Kirk Jr., Harold Brown, Senate Democrats, Howard Dean, Samuel K. "Sandy" Berger, Carl M. Levin, Madeleine K. Albright, Hoyer, Anna G. Eshoo, John Kerry, Christophe J.Dodd, Maria Cantwell, Byron L. Dorgan, James P. Moran Jr.
Negative Democratic 284 Kerry(104), Democratic(32), Democrats(20), John F. Kerry(19), Clinton(15), Edwards(14), Dean(9), Clinton administration(7), Anthony A. Williams(6), President Bill Clinton(5), Howard Dean(5), John Edwards(4), Glendening(4), Democrat(4), John Kerry(3), Richard A. Gephardt(2), Clark(2), Moran(2), Lieberman(2), Democratic Party(2), Parris N. Glendening(2), Mark R. Warner(2), Dennis J. Kucinich, Williams, Wesley K. Clark, Joseph I. Lieberman, White House, Harold Ickes, Democratic National Committee, Thomas A. Daschle, Nancy Pelosi, former president, Terry McAuliffe, Marvin Mandel, Daniel B. Brewster, vice president Al Gore, Bill Bradley, Zell Miller, James P. Moran Jr. , Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, Ken Longmyer
Neutral Democratic 350Kerry(143), Democratic(53), John F. Kerry(34), Democrats(25), Democratic Party(8), Howard Dean(6), Edwards(5), Clinton(5), Lieberman(5), Democrat(5), Dean(5), John Edwards(4), Clinton administration(4), Feingold(4), President Bill Clinton(3), Williams(3), Anthony A. Williams(2), Dodd(2), Eric H. Holder Jr., Holder, Al Gore, Wesley K. Clark, Joseph I. Lieberman, Clark, JOHN KERRY, President Clinton, Nancy Pelosi, Thomas A. Daschle, JOHN F. KERRY, Byron L. Dorgan, Glendening, Bob Graham, Janet Reno, DEMOCRATS, JFK, Spitzer, Bill Clinton, DNC, HILLARY Clinton, the president, Edward M. Kennedy, AL GORE, Democratic party, Vernon E. Jordan, DEMOCRATIC, Marion Barry, Dan Glickman, Glickman, James Socas, Wynn, House Democrats, Kennedy administration
Positive Republican 416 Bush(83), President Bush(42), administration(24), Bush administration(24), the president(20), Cheney(19), Reagan(17), Republican(13), Colin L. Powell(11), Republicans(10), McCain(8), John McCain(8), Powell(7), PRESIDENT BUSH(4), White House(4), George W. Bush(4), Frank R. Wolf(4), The president(4), Hefley(4), Vice President Cheney(3), Chuck Hagel(3), John W. Warner(3), Thomas M. Davis III(3), Richard G. Lugar(3), Richard L. Armitage(3), Oxley(3), Wolf(3), Administration(3), Rumsfeld(3), Hagel(3), Gonzales(3), Thomas H. Kean(2), Paul D. Wolfowitz(2), Condoleezza Rice(2), Wolfowitz(2), Porter J. Goss(2), Curt Weldon(2), James R. Schlesinger(2), Lott(2), Davis(2), Ney(2), Henry Kissinger(2), R. Glenn Hubbard, Hubbard, Warner, Orrin K. Hatch, Robert B. Zoellick, RONALD REAGAN, C.W. Bill Young, Ronald Reagan, president, Reagan administration, Richard H. Baker, James Francis Jr., Francis, Trent Lott, James S. Gilmore, Richard C. Shelby, Bob Dole, BUSH administration, Newt Gingrich, Donald H. Rumsfeld, James C. Greenwood, Paul H. O'Neill, Rice, Schlesinger, Giuliani, Schwarzenegger, Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, Republican National Committee, Frank J. Fahrenkopf Jr., Lindsay O. Graham, Dick Cheney, Susan Collins, Duncan Hunter, Hunter, Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, Constance A. Morella, GOP, Republican Party, Ashcroft, George Shultz, John L. Mica, Lindsay Graham, Graham, Joel Hefley, R-, Mica, Ehrlich
Negative Republican 1086 Bush(269), administration(185), Bush administration(98), Rumsfeld(67), President Bush(55), the president(55), Republican(34), Ehrlich(25), Ashcroft(22), White House(21), Gonzales(19), Ney(16), Donald H. Rumsfeld(16), Republicans(13), The president(11), Stevens(10), president(10), Abramoff(10), Vice President Cheney(9), Kerik(8), BUSH administration(7), Cheney(7), Powell(6), Administration(5), House Republicans(5), PRESIDENT BUSH(4), Goss(4), Craig(4), GOP(4), Ted Stevens(3), Alberto R. Gonzales(3), House Republican(3), DeLay(3), White House counsel Alberto R. Gonzales(2), Reagan(2), George W. Bush(2), Robert L. Ehrlich Jr.(2), Bush White House(2), Robert L. Ehrlich(2), vice president(2), Vice President(2), Trent Lott(2), John D. Ashcroft(2), Jack Abramoff(2), Rice(2), president of the United States(2), Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. (2), House Majority Leader Tom DeLay(2), congressional Republicans(2), Tommy Thompson, commander in chief, President George H.W. Bush, House of Representatives, Oxley, John W. Snow, J. Dennis Hastert, George Bush, Starr, John McCain, executive branch, Spiro T. Agnew, Conrad Burns, Joshua B. Bolten, Bolten, Burns, ROBERT L. Ehrlich Jr., the President, Schlesinger, Larry E. Craig, Jesse Helms, Strom Thurmond, Mitch McConnell, Jim Nussle, BUSH, Lisa Marie Cheney, John R. McKinnis, Brad Jewitt, Charles R. Floyd, Condoleezza Rice, Colin L. Powell, Dennis Hastert, Lott, James S. Gilmore III, Hunter, Republican House, Gilmore, Bernard B. Kerik, the president's father, R-, Tom Ridge, Hastert, Robert W. Ney
Neutral Republican 854Bush(247), administration(106), Bush administration(96), President Bush(79), the president(45), White House(22), Powell(17), Rumsfeld(17), Republican(17), The president(14), Republicans(13), Colin L. Powell(13), Ehrlich(11), Donald H. Rumsfeld(10), Cheney(9), Goss(7), GOP(7), Rice(7), McCain(6), BUSH administration(6), Vice President Cheney(5), PRESIDENT BUSH(4), president(4), Administration(4), Ney(4), Ashcroft(3), Gonzales(3), Republican National Committee(3), Robert L. Ehrlich Jr.(3), vice president(3), PRESIDENT Bush(3), Republican Party(3), Trent Lott(2), Scott McClellan(2), Condoleezza Rice(2), John McCain(2), Giuliani(2), Dennis Hastert(2), Robert L. Ehrlich(2), Republican Senate(2), Hefley(2), Gillespie, RNC, Racicot, House Republican, executive branch, Bill Frist, Frist, Tom DeLay, Wolfowitz, Tom Ridge, Ronald Wilson Reagan, Reagan, Michael G. Oxley, The President, George Bush, House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, George W. Bush, Andrew H. Card Jr., Homeland Security chief Tom Ridge, GEORGE W. BUSH, Rudolph W. Giuliani, Arnold Schwarzenegger, John Cornyn, Schwarzenegger, first lady Laura Bush, John D. Ashcroft, Ken Mehlman, Robert J. Dole, James A. Baker III, REPUBLICAN, President George H.W. Bush, Tommy G. Thompson, Grover Norquist, Jim McCrery, E.J. Pipkin, O'Neill, Arlen Specter, Robert W. Ney, Ed Gillespie, Duncan Hunter, Cabinet, Mike Leavitt, R-, Hastert, Mark Racicot



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
The Malpractice Show
31 December 2004
573 10 1D+: D-
1R+: Ehrlich
1R-: Ehrlich
5D=, 4R=
Ousting the Umpire
30 December 2004
515 18 6R+: Joel Hefley, R-, Hefley, Hefley, Hefley, Hefley
10R-: House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, R-, House Republicans, DeLay, Hastert, DeLay, Republican, Robert W. Ney, Jack Abramoff, DeLay
6R=
A Response to Enormity
29 December 2004
530 0 3R=
Mr. Ehrlich's Risky Rx
28 December 2004
526 70 2D+: D-, D-
6R-: Ehrlich, Ehrlich, Ehrlich, Ehrlich, Ehrlich, Ehrlich
2D=, 1R=
Quake at Sea
27 December 2004
295 0
'Literally Falling Apart'
26 December 2004
499 0
United Way's Best Way
25 December 2004
442 0
The Holiday Spirit
24 December 2004
594 50 2R-: Bush administration, President Bush
2R=
War Crimes
23 December 2004
776 100 8R-: Bush administration, administration, Donald H. Rumsfeld, Rumsfeld, Rumsfeld, Bush administration, administration, Republican
Explosion in Mosul
22 December 2004
559 0 1R+: President Bush
1R-: Bush administration
1R=
Excusing Mr. Putin
21 December 2004
693 29 1R+: The president
3R-: President Bush, Bush, Bush
3R=
Backward in China
20 December 2004
554 0 1R=
Social Security Dodge
19 December 2004
630 29 3R+: President Bush, Lindsay Graham, Graham
7R-: the president, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush
4R=
Questions for NASA
18 December 2004
516 50 1R+: the president
3R-: President Bush, the president, House Majority Leader Tom DeLay
Brazen
17 December 2004
520 100 2R-: Kerik, President Bush
Mudville on the Anacostia
16 December 2004
582 100 1D-: Anthony A. Williams
Straight Talk
15 December 2004
687 25 1R+: Bush administration
3R=
The Kerik Embarrassment
14 December 2004
549 71 11R-: Kerik, Bernard B. Kerik, administration, Kerik, Kerik, White House, President Bush, Kerik, Kerik, Kerik, Kerik
1D=, 3R=
Mr. Kilgore's False Start
13 December 2004
322 100 1D+: Democratic
1R-: Republican
Coral Peril
12 December 2004
397 0 3R=
What D.C. Emergency?
11 December 2004
536 0
Don't Blame Me
10 December 2004
804 27 2R+: Rumsfeld, Rumsfeld
6R-: Bush, Rumsfeld, Rumsfeld, Rumsfeld, Rumsfeld, Rumsfeld
7R=
Inaction's Consequence
9 December 2004
607 0 1R=
Reform in Haste
8 December 2004
715 80 4R-: Hunter, Bush administration, Republican House, House Republicans
1R=
Judicial Defiance
7 December 2004
599 0
The Cost of Reform
6 December 2004
683 0 3R=
The System Endures
5 December 2004
806 94 16R-: Bush administration, Donald H. Rumsfeld, Alberto R. Gonzales, Bush administration, Gonzales, Rumsfeld, Rumsfeld, administration, President Bush, Gonzales, administration, Bush, administration, administration, Rumsfeld, Gonzales
1R=
Surprise in Ukraine
4 December 2004
544 0
'Operation Open Doors'
3 December 2004
1054 68 4D+: Christophe J.Dodd, Dodd, Byron L. Dorgan, Dodd
3R+: John McCain, Ney, Ney
27R-: Jack Abramoff, Abramoff, Ney, Abramoff, Abramoff, Ney, Ney, Ney, Abramoff, Abramoff, Ney, Ney, Ney, Abramoff, Ney, Abramoff, Ney, Abramoff, Ney, Abramoff, Ney, Ney, Ney, Ney, Ney, Abramoff, Ney
2D=, 5R=
Democracy for Ukraine
2 December 2004
746 0 1R+: President Bush
1R-: Bush
3R=
A Female Pandemic?
1 December 2004
661 0 1R=
Don't Postpone Elections
30 November 2004
597 0 1R=
Diversity Stymied
29 November 2004
416 0
Public Defense Offenses
28 November 2004
988 100 1D-: Mark R. Warner
A System Still in Crisis
27 November 2004
943 0
FDA Blues
26 November 2004
561 0
Ukraine's Crisis
25 November 2004
603 67 2R+: Colin L. Powell, Bush administration
1R=
A Good Delay
24 November 2004
751 13 6R+: President Bush, Bush, Porter J. Goss, Republican, Henry Kissinger, George Shultz
4R-: House Republicans, Goss, Goss, White House
5R=
Coup in Kiev
23 November 2004
644 14 3R+: Richard G. Lugar, President Bush, administration
2R-: President Bush, administration
2R=
Mr. Gonzales's Record
22 November 2004
991 68 2R+: administration, Colin L. Powell
21R-: Gonzales, Alberto R. Gonzales, White House, President Bush, administration, Gonzales, administration, Gonzales, Gonzales, Gonzales, Gonzales, Gonzales, Gonzales, Gonzales, Bush, Gonzales, Gonzales, Gonzales, Bush, Gonzales, Gonzales
5R=
Mr. Bush's Better World
21 November 2004
650 44 4R-: Bush, BUSH administration, Bush administration, Bush administration
5R=
Pop-Up Symbols of Fear
20 November 2004
434 100 2D+: Eleanor Holmes Norton, Norton
Children Left Behind
19 November 2004
465 50 2R-: Bush administration, Republican
2R=
Mr. Clinton's Library Lesson
18 November 2004
470 83 5D-: Clinton, Clinton, President Bill Clinton, Clinton, Clinton
1D=
Diplomacy and Darfur
17 November 2004
770 0 1R=
Mr. Powell Departs
16 November 2004
801 35 4R+: Powell, Bush, Republicans, Powell
15R-: Bush administration, President Bush, Vice President Cheney, Donald H. Rumsfeld, vice president, administration, administration, administration, Powell, administration, Powell, administration, White House, President Bush, Bush
12R=
Respecting Sources
15 November 2004
714 0
A Polarized Nation?
14 November 2004
667 0 1D=, 1R=
Palestinians and Democracy
13 November 2004
674 30 3R+: President Bush, the president, Bush
6R-: Bush, Bush administration, Bush, the president, Bush administration, Bush
1R=
Yasser Arafat
12 November 2004
626 25 2R+: President Bush, President Bush
1R-: Bush administration
1R=
Change at Justice
11 November 2004
605 69 1D+: Democrats
2R+: Ashcroft, Gonzales
14R-: John D. Ashcroft, Ashcroft, President Bush, Alberto R. Gonzales, Gonzales, the president, Ashcroft, Bush, Ashcroft, Ashcroft, Ashcroft, the president, the president, Gonzales
2R=
A New Start on Courts
10 November 2004
596 1 5D+: Democrats, President Bill Clinton, Democrats, Democrats, Democrats
1D-: Democrats
7R+: PRESIDENT BUSH, Republican, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush
1R-: Republicans
1D=, 8R=
Arctic Thaw
9 November 2004
370 100 1R-: Bush administration
First Things First
8 November 2004
603 50 2R-: administration, Bush administration
2R=
Darfur Slides
7 November 2004
463 33 2R+: Colin L. Powell, Bush administration
1R-: Bush administration
Turn Back to Iraq
6 November 2004
756 31 4R-: Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush
9R=
The Domestic Agenda
5 November 2004
810 45 2R+: The president, Bush
7R-: the president, Bush, Bush, The president, The president, Bush, administration
2R=
Mr. Bush's Victory
4 November 2004
892 6 1D+: Kerry
7R+: Bush, PRESIDENT BUSH, Republican Party, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush
4R-: Bush, Bush, the president, Bush
5D=, 9R=
Election 2004
3 November 2004
746 7 2R+: President Bush, GOP
1R-: Bush
5D=, 5R=
Today's Choices
2 November 2004
568 66 7D+: John Kerry, John Edwards, Eleanor Holmes Norton, Barbara A. Mikulski, Albert R. Wynn, Steny H. Hoyer, Chris Van Hollen
2R+: Frank R. Wolf, Thomas M. Davis III
The Non-College Try
1 November 2004
642 0
The Osama Surprise
31 October 2004
604 5 2D+: John F. Kerry, Kerry
1D-: Kerry
4R+: President Bush, the president, Bush, Bush
2R-: administration, administration
1R=
For Montgomery Schools
30 October 2004
486 0 1R=
Middle East Movement
29 October 2004
702 22 1R+: Administration
3R-: President Bush, administration, Bush
5R=
For Congress in Maryland
28 October 2004
703 72 14D+: Democratic, Barbara A. Mikulski, Mikulski, Mikulski, Mikulski, Mikulski, Democratic, Albert R. Wynn, Steny H. Hoyer, Democratic, Hoyer, Chris Van Hollen, Van Hollen, Van Hollen
3R+: Republican, Republican, Constance A. Morella
8R-: Republican, GOP, John R. McKinnis, Republican, Brad Jewitt, Republican, Charles R. Floyd, GOP
2D=, 1R=
Voting Rights for Ex-Felons
27 October 2004
505 100 3D+: Mark R. Warner, Warner, Warner
1R-: Republicans
The Rule of Lawyers
26 October 2004
496 34 2R+: Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford
2D=, 1R=
For Congress in Virginia
25 October 2004
689 59 1D+: Democratic
6D-: Democratic, James P. Moran Jr. , Moran, Moran, Democratic, Ken Longmyer
8R+: Republicans, Thomas M. Davis III, Frank R. Wolf, Wolf, Wolf, Wolf, Davis, Davis
2R-: Republican, Lisa Marie Cheney
1D=, 1R=
Kerry for President
24 October 2004
2139 45 16D+: Kerry, John F. Kerry, Kerry, President Clinton, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry
3D-: Kerry, Kerry, Kerry
7R+: George W. Bush, President Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush
19R-: Bush, Bush, Bush, administration, the president, Bush, Bush, Republican, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, BUSH, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush
5D=, 7R=
Flu Wars
23 October 2004
597 11 2D-: Democrats, John F. Kerry
1R+: the president
2R-: Republicans, President Bush
3D=, 6R=
The Choice on Iraq
22 October 2004
960 19 4D+: Kerry, Democratic, Kerry, Kerry
3D-: Kerry, Kerry, Kerry
2R+: Bush, Bush
6R-: Bush administration, Donald H. Rumsfeld, Rumsfeld, Bush, Bush, Bush administration
4D=, 5R=
Silent Commitments
21 October 2004
650 3 2D+: John F. Kerry, Kerry
1D-: Kerry
2R+: President Bush, Bush
1R-: Jim Nussle
3D=, 3R=
Get It Right
20 October 2004
453 12 2D+: Democrats, Joseph I. Lieberman
2R+: Susan Collins, White House
2R=
The Rape of Belarus
19 October 2004
657 14 1R+: President Bush
6R=
The Choice on Liberty
18 October 2004
725 77 3D+: John Edwards, Democratic, Kerry
7R-: Bush, Bush, Bush administration, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush
1D=, 2R=
The Killing Continues
17 October 2004
621 20 1R+: Colin L. Powell
2R-: Bush administration, Bush administration
2R=
Progress in Virginia
16 October 2004
775 0
Remember Abu Ghraib?
15 October 2004
728 53 1R+: Republican
12R-: President Bush, Bush, the president, White House, administration, Donald H. Rumsfeld, administration, the president, Bush administration, Bush, Rumsfeld, Bush
4D=, 2R=
Debate Ducking
14 October 2004
850 10 1D+: Kerry
4D-: Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Democratic
3R+: Bush, Dick Cheney, Cheney
10R-: Bush, Bush, the president, Bush, president, president, Bush, Bush, Bush, Republican
4D=, 1R=
Questions Here at Home
13 October 2004
768 12 1D+: Howard Dean
4D-: Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry
7R-: President Bush, the president, Bush, President Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush
3D=, 4R=
Payback on K Street
12 October 2004
641 35 5R-: Republican, Republican, House Republicans, Republicans, congressional Republicans
3D=, 5R=
The Choice on Health Care
11 October 2004
739 43 5D+: Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry
1D-: Kerry
1R-: the president
2D=, 3R=
Afghanistan Votes
10 October 2004
640 71 1D-: John F. Kerry
1R+: Bush administration
1R=
Round Two
9 October 2004
817 13 4D+: Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry
5D-: Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry
2R+: Bush, the president
8R-: Bush, the president, Bush, Bush, the president, Bush, Bush, Bush
4D=, 8R=
More Debate Questions
8 October 2004
632 9 3D-: Kerry, Kerry, Kerry
6R-: Bush administration, administration, Vice President Cheney, Bush administration, Bush, administration
4D=, 5R=
Weapons That Weren't There
7 October 2004
768 13 2R-: President Bush, administration
4D=, 8R=
Cheney vs. Edwards
6 October 2004
794 3 6D+: Al Gore, Democrat, Edwards, Edwards, Democratic, John F. Kerry
8D-: Edwards, Kerry, Edwards, Edwards, Kerry, Edwards, Edwards, Edwards
6R+: Cheney, Bush, Cheney, Cheney, Cheney, Cheney
10R-: George W. Bush, Bush, Cheney, administration, Cheney, Cheney, vice president, Vice President, Cheney, Vice President
2D=, 6R=
Playing Politics With Reform
5 October 2004
500 71 2D+: Democrats, Democrats
3R-: Republican, Republicans, House Republican
1D=, 1R=
Calamity in the Caribbean
4 October 2004
450 100 1R-: President Bush
As Darfur Waits
3 October 2004
598 0 2R=
An Inmate's Death
2 October 2004
677 0
The First Debate
1 October 2004
693 6 6D+: Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Democrat, Kerry, Kerry
6D-: Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Clinton administration
7R+: the president, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush
5R-: the president, the president, Bush, administration, Bush
1D=, 2R=
Baseball's Return
30 September 2004
756 50 1D+: Anthony A. Williams
1D=
Questions to Debate
29 September 2004
755 0 8D=, 7R=
Imperfect Elections
28 September 2004
660 25 1R+: Bush administration
2R-: Bush administration, Bush administration
1R=
The Choice on the Environment
27 September 2004
557 50 1D+: John F. Kerry
2R-: administration, The president
1D=, 2R=
The Choice on Energy
25 September 2004
594 59 3D+: John F. Kerry, Kerry, Kerry
4R-: administration, administration, The president, administration
2D=, 3R=
Freeing Mr. Hamdi
24 September 2004
543 100 3R-: administration, administration, administration
The Choice on Schooling
23 September 2004
647 33 2D+: Democratic, John F. Kerry
2R+: PRESIDENT BUSH, Bush administration
3R-: Bush, administration, the president
2D=, 1R=
Hope in Darfur
22 September 2004
734 50 1R+: Colin L. Powell
1R=
Broken Promises
21 September 2004
648 22 2D-: Democratic, John F. Kerry
5R-: Bush, administration, administration, administration, Bush
2R=
Question Time
20 September 2004
699 7 3D-: Kerry, Democratic, Kerry
6R-: PRESIDENT BUSH, Bush, Bush, president, president, Bush
6D=, 7R=
Mr. Bush and Iraq
19 September 2004
789 23 2R+: Chuck Hagel, the president
5R-: Bush administration, Bush, Bush, Bush, administration
6R=
Unloading on D.C.
18 September 2004
609 100 4D+: Eleanor Holmes Norton, Senate Democrats, Democratic, Norton
9R-: Republican, Republican, Larry E. Craig, Craig, Craig, Republican, Republicans, Craig, Craig
More Straight Talk
17 September 2004
703 17 1R+: Bush
5R=
Foreign Aid in Peril
16 September 2004
509 0 2R+: Bush administration, President Bush
2R-: Bush, administration
4R=
A Response to Russia
15 September 2004
686 82 3D+: Democrat, John F. Kerry, Kerry
9R-: president, White House, Bush administration, President Bush, Bush, administration, Vice President Cheney, Bush, Bush administration
3R=
The Choice on the Deficit
14 September 2004
927 21 1D+: Kerry
4D-: Democratic, John F. Kerry, Kerry, Kerry
9R-: President Bush, Bush, Bush, the president, Bush, Bush, the president, Bush White House, Bush
3D=, 2R=
Mr. Kerry and Iraq
13 September 2004
1190 3 4D+: Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry
6D-: John F. Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry
1R+: John McCain
3R-: Bush, Bush, administration
7D=, 4R=
Genocide
12 September 2004
670 30 1D-: Clinton administration
3R+: Colin L. Powell, Powell, Powell
1R-: Bush administration
6R=
Tuesday's D.C. Primary
11 September 2004
873 37 2D+: Anthony A. Williams, Eleanor Holmes Norton
2D=, 2R=
A Failed Investigation
10 September 2004
911 35 1D+: Harold Brown
5R+: John McCain, James R. Schlesinger, McCain, Lindsay O. Graham, John W. Warner
9R-: Bush administration, Donald H. Rumsfeld, administration, Rumsfeld, Rumsfeld, Rumsfeld, Rumsfeld, Bush administration, Bush administration
Mr. Powell and Darfur
9 September 2004
544 40 2R-: Powell, Powell
3R=
Don't Duck the Debates
8 September 2004
620 21 4D+: Democratic, John F. Kerry, Democratic National Committee, Paul G. Kirk Jr.
1D-: President Bill Clinton
2R+: Republican National Committee, Frank J. Fahrenkopf Jr.
3R-: Bush, President Bush, Bush
2D=, 10R=
Killings in Prince George's
7 September 2004
682 0 1D=
Dangerous Errors
6 September 2004
697 33 1R-: Ashcroft
2R=
A Wartime Campaign
5 September 2004
965 11 3D+: Kerry, Kerry, Kerry
11D-: Democratic, John F. Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Zell Miller, Democrat, Kerry, Kerry, John Edwards, Kerry
3R+: Republican, Bush, the president
10R-: President Bush, Bush, Bush, Vice President Cheney, Republican, Republican, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush
3D=, 3R=
Who Cares About Darfur?
4 September 2004
687 0 1R+: Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist
1R-: Bush administration
Mr. Bush's Case
3 September 2004
918 12 1D+: Democrats
2D-: Kerry, Kerry
9R+: President Bush, The president, Bush administration, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush
7R-: Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush
2D=, 5R=
Stampede on Intelligence
2 September 2004
729 8 2D-: Democrats, John F. Kerry
2R-: White House, President Bush
5R=
Tailoring the Message
1 September 2004
700 39 5D-: Democratic, John F. Kerry, John Kerry, Kerry, Democratic
6R+: Bush, Bush, McCain, Giuliani, President Bush, Schwarzenegger
2R-: Republicans, GOP
13R=
Poverty and Health
31 August 2004
673 100 1D+: John F. Kerry
The Republican Convention
30 August 2004
925 28 1D+: Kerry
1D-: Kerry
2R+: Bush, administration
11R-: Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, administration, the president, president
3D=, 12R=
A Failure of Accountability
29 August 2004
721 72 2D+: administration, Clinton administration
5R-: President Bush, Rumsfeld, Rumsfeld, Rumsfeld, Rumsfeld
3R=
A Respite in Najaf
28 August 2004
650 0
A Reform's Progress
27 August 2004
770 28 4D+: Feingold, Democrats, Feingold, Feingold
4D-: Democrats, Democratic, Democratic, Democratic
6R+: McCain, Republicans, Republicans, Republicans, McCain, McCain
2D=, 1R=
Closer to the Truth
26 August 2004
749 62 2R+: James R. Schlesinger, Schlesinger
12R-: Bush administration, President Bush, Rumsfeld, Rumsfeld, Rumsfeld, administration, the president, Bush, the President, Rumsfeld, Schlesinger, Republican
2R=
'Freedom for Everyone'
25 August 2004
508 45 13R+: Vice President Cheney, Cheney, Cheney, Cheney, Cheney, Cheney, Cheney, The president, administration, Cheney, Cheney, Cheney, Cheney
4R-: President Bush, the president, administration, Bush
3R=
Countdown on Darfur
24 August 2004
543 0
Missing the Point
23 August 2004
530 78 7R-: Donald H. Rumsfeld, Rumsfeld, Bush, Rumsfeld, Rumsfeld, Bush, Rumsfeld
2R=
Saving the Oceans
22 August 2004
569 46 5D+: Democrats, Sam Farr, Tom Allen, Nick J. Rahall, Farr
3R+: Republicans, James C. Greenwood, Curt Weldon
1R-: President Bush
Maryland Tax Truths
21 August 2004
1084 50 5D-: Parris N. Glendening, Glendening, Glendening, Glendening, Glendening
2R-: ROBERT L. Ehrlich Jr., Ehrlich
1R=
'Problems on the Railroad'
20 August 2004
827 8 1D+: Warner
2D-: Anthony A. Williams, Mark R. Warner
1R-: Robert L. Ehrlich Jr.
Let There Be Protests
19 August 2004
342 17 1D-: Democratic
1R-: Republican
Baseball in Washington
18 August 2004
501 0
Wartime Withdrawal
17 August 2004
791 15 2D-: Democratic, John F. Kerry
2R+: President Bush, Donald H. Rumsfeld
7R-: Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, administration, Bush
1D=, 1R=
The Growth Mystery
16 August 2004
920 0 1R+: Newt Gingrich
1R-: Bush
1D=, 4R=
The Tax Cuts Re-Examined
15 August 2004
1083 0 1R+: Bush
1R-: Bush
4R=
Primal Scream in Maryland
14 August 2004
571 33 1R-: Ehrlich
2R=
D.C.'s Search Ends
13 August 2004
640 100 1D-: Anthony A. Williams
The Hamdi Back Flip
12 August 2004
495 100 1R-: administration
Mr. Goss as Boss
11 August 2004
601 12 1D+: Democratic
1D-: Democrats
1R+: Porter J. Goss
3R-: Goss, Goss, administration
2D=, 7R=
Tuition Sticker Shock
10 August 2004
680 23 3D+: Kerry, Kerry, Kerry
1R+: Bush
1R-: the president
5D=, 5R=
Educating Voters
9 August 2004
669 21 2D-: John F. Kerry, Kerry
7D=, 1R=
As Darfur's People Die
8 August 2004
763 0 7R=
That Whimsical Search
7 August 2004
561 0
One Reform Worth Rushing
6 August 2004
518 0 2R=
A Record Deficit
5 August 2004
618 55 2D-: Democratic, John F. Kerry
12R-: BUSH administration, administration, the president, Joshua B. Bolten, Bolten, administration, administration, administration, administration, administration, administration, Bush administration
2R=
'Fortresses of Fear'
4 August 2004
481 100 4D+: Eleanor Holmes Norton, Anthony A. Williams, Norton, Williams
Rush to Reorganize
3 August 2004
607 23 2D-: John F. Kerry, Kerry
1R+: Condoleezza Rice
8R-: President Bush, Bush, Republicans, Bush, administration, administration, Bush, Bush
1D=, 5R=
Watery Depths
2 August 2004
629 0
'Realism' and Darfur
1 August 2004
789 50 1R+: Henry Kissinger
1R=
Iraq's Mixed Month
31 July 2004
659 0 2R=
Missed Opportunity
30 July 2004
998 8 2D+: Kerry, Kerry
6D-: Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry
3R-: Bush, administration, Bush
11D=, 5R=
Mr. Kerry's Task
29 July 2004
906 30 11D+: former president Bill Clinton, Kerry, John Edwards, Kerry, Democratic, Edwards, Barack Obama, Edwards, Democrats, Democrats, Kerry
2D-: Democrats, Kerry
1R+: the president
2R-: Bush administration, Bush
14D=, 5R=
How Many More Deaths?
28 July 2004
606 0 1R=
Time for Deliberation
27 July 2004
639 8 1D+: Democratic
3D-: Democrat, John F. Kerry, Kerry
1R+: President Bush
3R-: Bush, White House, Bush
1R=
A Stage for Candor
26 July 2004
803 10 3D+: Bill Clinton, Democrats, Kerry
6D-: Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry
1R+: George W. Bush
2R-: President Bush, administration
11D=, 1R=
Mr. Powell's Mistake
25 July 2004
559 40 2R-: Powell, Powell
3R=
An Army Whitewash
24 July 2004
705 9 1D+: Democratic
2R+: John W. Warner, Republican
1R-: Donald H. Rumsfeld
The 9/11 Panel's Report
23 July 2004
697 0 1D+: Democrats
1D-: Clinton
1R+: Republicans
1R-: Bush
1D=, 2R=
The Stakes in Darfur
22 July 2004
756 100 2R+: Colin L. Powell, Powell
The Sixteen Words, Again
21 July 2004
718 18 2R+: Bush, President Bush
4R-: White House, the president, Bush, Bush administration
5R=
A Vote of No Confidence
20 July 2004
556 8 1D+: Democrats
2D-: Marvin Mandel, Daniel B. Brewster
2R-: Republican, Spiro T. Agnew
1D=
Haiti's Slim Chance
19 July 2004
600 36 1D-: Clinton administration
3R-: BUSH administration, Bush administration, Bush administration
Living With China
18 July 2004
634 58 3D-: Democrats, John Kerry, Democratic
1R+: Bush administration
1R-: Bush administration
1R=
Pay for It
17 July 2004
631 100 1R-: House Republican
Message to Tashkent
16 July 2004
538 60 3R+: President Bush, administration, Colin L. Powell
2R=
The CIA's Prisoners
15 July 2004
762 100 4R-: Bush administration, administration, White House, White House
Kill This Amendment
14 July 2004
562 100 1D+: John F. Kerry
2R-: Republicans, President Bush
Credible Classifications
13 July 2004
633 100 5R+: Trent Lott, Lott, Richard C. Shelby, Thomas H. Kean, Lott
Enron's Legacy
12 July 2004
639 100 3D+: Anna G. Eshoo, Maria Cantwell, Dianne Feinstein
The Intelligence Mess
11 July 2004
694 0 1D=, 6R=
The Intelligence Mess
10 July 2004
694 4 1D-: Democrats
1R-: Bush administration
7R=
Beyond the 'Bad Apples'
9 July 2004
616 55 1D+: Sarbanes
1R+: Oxley
2R-: White House, the president
Progress Against AIDS
8 July 2004
694 33 2R+: President Bush, President Bush
1R-: administration
Fixing Virginia's System
7 July 2004
894 0
Attention: Virginia Bar
6 July 2004
1170 0
Inexcusable Delay
5 July 2004
1195 0
Courts of No Appeal
4 July 2004
902 0
Don't Sign the Petition
3 July 2004
661 100 1D-: Anthony A. Williams
Next in Darfur
2 July 2004
579 100 3R+: Colin L. Powell, Powell, Bush administration
A Saudi Opportunity
1 July 2004
609 33 1R+: President Bush
2R=
Unhappy Anniversary
30 June 2004
538 100 1R-: Bush administration
Supreme Rebuke
29 June 2004
786 86 6R-: Bush administration, administration, administration, administration, executive branch, administration
1R=
Mr. Donaldson's Next Move
28 June 2004
622 100 1D+: Democratic
1R-: Republican
Transition in Iraq
27 June 2004
545 79 6D+: John F. Kerry, Democratic, Samuel K. "Sandy" Berger, Kerry, Madeleine K. Albright, Kerry
1R+: President Bush
Buyouts and Sellouts
26 June 2004
391 100 1R-: House Republicans
Unstable Rules
25 June 2004
540 42 3D+: Clinton administration, Clinton, President Bill Clinton
1R+: Cheney
1R-: Vice President Cheney
2D=, 1R=
A Partial Disclosure
24 June 2004
687 25 2R+: President Bush, President Bush
7R-: administration, administration, White House counsel Alberto R. Gonzales, administration, Donald H. Rumsfeld, Rumsfeld, Bush administration
11R=
Alternate Universe
23 June 2004
608 50 2D+: administration, Clinton
12D-: Clinton, Clinton, Democrats, Clinton, former president, Clinton, Clinton, Terry McAuliffe, Clinton, Clinton, Clinton, Clinton
1R-: Starr
3D=, 1R=
What's in a Name?
22 June 2004
419 0
Torture Policy (cont'd)
21 June 2004
854 57 8R-: administration, Rumsfeld, administration, Rumsfeld, Rumsfeld, Rumsfeld, Rumsfeld, Rumsfeld
6R=
As Genocide Unfolds
20 June 2004
1076 10 1D-: Clinton administration
2R+: administration, administration
2R-: administration, Bush administration
9R=
Steven Oken's Death
19 June 2004
510 0 1R=
Forgivable Once
18 June 2004
594 0 4R=
An Iraq Sideshow
17 June 2004
683 9 4R+: Administration, Vice President Cheney, Cheney, President Bush
5R-: Bush administration, Cheney, administration, Cheney, Cheney
2R=
Torture Policy
16 June 2004
738 92 1D+: Richard J. Durbin
10R-: Bush administration, President Bush, Donald H. Rumsfeld, Rumsfeld, Rumsfeld, Administration, Rumsfeld, Bush administration, administration, Bush administration
1R=
Excess Energy
15 June 2004
626 58 2D+: Democrats, Democrats
1R+: John McCain
1R-: Republicans
No Winks or Nods
14 June 2004
740 51 6D-: Democratic, Harold Ickes, Democratic National Committee, Democratic, Thomas A. Daschle, Nancy Pelosi
2R+: James Francis Jr., Francis
1R-: J. Dennis Hastert
3D=, 3R=
Fix This Bill
13 June 2004
809 50 2R-: John W. Snow, President Bush
2R=
Mr. Bush's Mismatch
12 June 2004
463 60 3R-: Bush, The president, Bush
2R=
Too Slow on Nukes
11 June 2004
692 6 1D+: John F. Kerry
3R+: Bush administration, Bush, Bush administration
1R-: Bush administration
4R=
High-Tech Holdup
10 June 2004
659 25 1R+: Richard H. Baker
2R-: House of Representatives, Oxley
1R=
Legalizing Torture
9 June 2004
715 100 10R-: BUSH administration, administration, President Bush, Bush, administration, administration, Bush administration, the president, Bush administration, Bush administration
A Summit for the Future
8 June 2004
648 20 1R+: administration
4R=
300,000 Deaths Foretold
7 June 2004
738 100 1R+: Frank R. Wolf
Ronald Wilson Reagan
6 June 2004
1664 45 1D+: Jimmy Carter
22R+: RONALD REAGAN, the president, Reagan, Reagan, Reagan, Reagan, Ronald Reagan, Reagan, Reagan, president, Reagan, Reagan, Reagan, Reagan, Reagan, Reagan, Reagan administration, Reagan, Reagan, Reagan, Reagan, Reagan
5R-: Reagan, administration, president, Reagan, president
6R=
Superintendent Wanted
5 June 2004
481 100 1D-: Anthony A. Williams
Mr. Tenet's Exit
4 June 2004
554 50 1R+: Bush administration
4R-: President Bush, Bush, administration, Bush
1R=
How Much More Abuse?
3 June 2004
447 58 2D-: Parris N. Glendening, Kathleen Kennedy Townsend
2R=
In the Iraqi Interim
2 June 2004
702 17 2R+: President Bush, Bush
1R-: Bush administration
3R=
The SEC's Challenge
1 June 2004
642 50 1D+: Eliot L. Spitzer
1D=
Memorial Day
31 May 2004
518 0
Mr. Kerry on Security
30 May 2004
824 25 8D+: Kerry, JOHN F. KERRY, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry
2D-: vice president Al Gore, Kerry
4R+: Bush, Bush, George W. Bush, administration
3R-: the president, Bush administration, Bush
2D=, 6R=
No Way to Treat Schools
29 May 2004
604 0 1D=
The Homicide Cases
28 May 2004
841 100 9R-: PRESIDENT BUSH, administration, the president, the president, administration, administration, Bush, Bush administration, the president
Trade and Mr. Kerry
27 May 2004
632 73 5D-: Kerry, John F. Kerry, Democratic, Democrats, Kerry
3R+: President Bush, Robert B. Zoellick, administration
1R-: Bush administration
1D=
Testing Progress
26 May 2004
451 0
Mr. Bush's Challenge
25 May 2004
731 39 1R+: Bush
8R-: Bush, administration, Bush, Bush, Bush, commander in chief, Bush, Bush
9R=
Project Bioshield
24 May 2004
568 49 2D+: Democrats, Joseph I. Lieberman
2R+: Republicans, Orrin K. Hatch
3R-: Administration, Tom Ridge, Tommy Thompson
Reveal the Rules
23 May 2004
796 55 1D+: Democratic
3R+: Republican, John W. Warner, Warner
9R-: BUSH administration, Bush administration, administration, Administration, President Bush, administration, Bush, administration, the president
Convention as Farce
22 May 2004
562 8 1D-: Kerry
9D=, 4R=
Progress on AIDS
21 May 2004
489 12 4R+: administration, President Bush, administration, administration
3R-: Bush administration, administration, administration
1R=
A Corrupted Culture
20 May 2004
748 31 2R+: Gonzales, Gonzales
6R-: Bush administration, White House counsel Alberto R. Gonzales, Bush, Bush administration, administration, Bush
5R=
The Security Dilemma
19 May 2004
738 6 1D+: Democratic
1D-: Democrats
3R+: Richard L. Armitage, Republican, Paul D. Wolfowitz
2R-: administration, administration
2D=, 5R=
The Region Responds
18 May 2004
529 56 10D+: Democratic, Democrats, James P. Moran Jr. , Albert R. Wynn, Chris Van Hollen, Elijah E. Cummings, Eleanor Holmes Norton, Norton, Norton, Norton
4R+: Republican, Republican, Thomas M. Davis III, Frank R. Wolf
The Democracy Option
17 May 2004
822 0 2R+: Bush administration, administration
2R-: administration, administration
2R=
The Policy of Abuse
16 May 2004
1160 81 13R-: Bush administration, administration, Bush administration, Donald H. Rumsfeld, Bush administration, Bush administration, administration, Bush, administration, Bush administration, administration, Bush, administration
3R=
Healing Health Care
15 May 2004
748 2 2D+: Kerry, Kerry
3R+: Bush, R. Glenn Hubbard, Hubbard
1D=, 2R=
Double Standards
14 May 2004
623 33 2D+: JACK REED, Reed
3R+: Paul D. Wolfowitz, Wolfowitz, Wolfowitz
5R-: Bush administration, Donald H. Rumsfeld, Rumsfeld, Rumsfeld, administration
4R=
Idle on Darfur
13 May 2004
553 0
Protecting the System
12 May 2004
742 88 1D+: Carl M. Levin
6R-: BUSH administration, administration, Donald H. Rumsfeld, administration, administration, President Bush
1R=
Rules of the System
11 May 2004
777 85 11R-: President Bush, Bush administration, administration, Bush administration, Donald H. Rumsfeld, administration, administration, Bush, Rumsfeld, The president, Bush
2R=
Mr. Bush and the Economy
10 May 2004
855 31 1D-: John Kerry
1R+: the president
9R-: The president, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, the president, Bush, Bush, Bush
10R=
Finding a Way in Iraq
9 May 2004
698 53 2D+: Democrats, Joseph R. Biden
1R+: Richard G. Lugar
5R-: Rumsfeld, Bush, administration, Bush, administration
4R=
An Inadequate Response
8 May 2004
715 54 7R-: Rumsfeld, Rumsfeld, Rumsfeld, Rumsfeld, Rumsfeld, Rumsfeld, Rumsfeld
6R=
Touch-Screen Tuneups
7 May 2004
701 0
Mr. Rumsfeld's Responsibility
6 May 2004
984 88 1R+: Rumsfeld
15R-: Rumsfeld, Donald H. Rumsfeld, Rumsfeld, Rumsfeld, Rumsfeld, Rumsfeld, Rumsfeld, Rumsfeld, Rumsfeld, Rumsfeld, Rumsfeld, Rumsfeld, Rumsfeld, Rumsfeld, Rumsfeld
A System of Abuse
5 May 2004
778 64 7R-: Rumsfeld, administration, Republican, Rumsfeld, Rumsfeld, administration, administration
4R=
A Poor Wager
4 May 2004
621 63 1D-: President Bill Clinton
8R-: PRESIDENT BUSH, Bush administration, The president, Bush, administration, Bush, administration, Bush administration
1R=
The Oceans are Dying
3 May 2004
431 0 1R=
A Way Forward in Iraq
2 May 2004
1203 17 1R+: Bush administration
4R-: President Bush, the president, administration, Bush administration
3D=, 8R=
Money Well Spent?
1 May 2004
583 67 2R+: John L. Mica, Mica
1R=
Citizens and Enemies
30 April 2004
641 0 1R=
The Finale in Richmond
29 April 2004
642 100 2D+: Mark R. Warner, Warner
2R-: James S. Gilmore III, Gilmore
A Start on Democracy
28 April 2004
610 40 1R+: administration
5R-: administration, administration, Bush, administration, White House
4R=
That School Board
27 April 2004
515 100 1D+: Anthony A. Williams
Stalling in Sudan . . .
26 April 2004
585 100 1R+: Bush administration
Squirrely Budgeting
25 April 2004
746 15 6R+: Chuck Hagel, Hagel, Curt Weldon, Duncan Hunter, Hunter, Hagel
9R-: Bush administration, administration, administration, administration, administration, administration, White House, White House, White House
5R=
The War Decision
24 April 2004
793 14 5R+: White House, the president, Bush, Bush, Powell
8R-: the president, administration, the president, Bush, the president, Rumsfeld, Bush, Bush
9R=
Good News on Development
23 April 2004
516 0
A Firing Too Far
22 April 2004
429 56 1D+: Democratic
3R-: Ehrlich, Republican, Republican
1D=, 2R=
Mr. Kerry Revises
21 April 2004
772 17 3D+: John F. Kerry, Kerry, Kerry
5D-: Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry
2R+: Bush, Bush
1R-: administration
4D=, 2R=
The U.N. in Iraq
20 April 2004
725 27 3D-: John F. Kerry, Democratic, Democratic
2R-: Bush administration, President Bush
2R=
A Vote That Matters
19 April 2004
653 100 2D+: Anthony A. Williams, Williams
Still Unready
18 April 2004
630 42 1R+: President Bush
1D=
Troop Strength
17 April 2004
685 46 1R+: administration
7R-: administration, President Bush, Donald H. Rumsfeld, administration, Bush, Bush, administration
5R=
Mr. Sharon's Coup
16 April 2004
761 14 2R-: Bush administration, Bush
12R=
Beyond Resoluteness
15 April 2004
903 0 4R+: Bush, Bush, Bush, John McCain
4R-: administration, Bush, The president, Bush
2D=, 7R=
Taxes and 'Terror'
14 April 2004
583 44 4R-: Lott, administration, administration, administration
5R=
The August Memo
13 April 2004
713 19 5R+: administration, President Bush, administration, Bush, Bush
2R-: Bush, Bush administration
1D=, 7R=
Our Man in Cairo
12 April 2004
779 0 2R+: Bush, Bush
2R-: administration, Bush
7R=
The Iraq Crisis
11 April 2004
732 33 2R-: Bush administration, Bush
4R=
Fix This Tax
10 April 2004
609 17 2D-: Democratic, John F. Kerry
4R-: Bush administration, President Bush, Bush, Bush
Ms. Rice's Account
9 April 2004
890 25 7D+: Democratic, Democratic, Democratic, Richard Ben-Veniste, Democratic, Democrat, Lee H. Hamilton
6R+: Condoleezza Rice, President Bush, Republican, Richard L. Armitage, Rice, Republican
5R-: Rice, administration, Rice, administration, President Bush
15R=
Mr. Kerry's Deficiency
8 April 2004
805 6 3D+: John F. Kerry, Kerry, Kerry
11D-: Kerry, Democratic, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry
9R-: Bush administration, Bush, Bush administration, President Bush, Bush, Bush, the president, Bush, the president
7D=
More Logic on Options
7 April 2004
593 0
A Necessary Fight
6 April 2004
527 0
Mystery Tribunal
5 April 2004
587 0
In the Heat of the Campaign
4 April 2004
711 3 1R-: Republicans
9D=, 16R=
Crisis in Darfur
3 April 2004
479 100 1R+: Bush administration
A Response to Fallujah
2 April 2004
763 46 3D+: Democratic, John F. Kerry, Kerry
1R+: President Bush
1R-: The president
3R=
The Bombs of Tashkent
1 April 2004
590 0 3R=
Dodge as You Go
31 March 2004
461 50 1R+: Republicans
4R-: House Republican, Republican, Bush administration, Dennis Hastert
1R=
Countdown in Iraq
30 March 2004
620 40 2R-: administration, administration
3R=
An Insulting Waste
29 March 2004
386 100 1R-: Bush administration
A Poor Defense
28 March 2004
768 26 1D+: Democrats
4D-: Clinton administration, President Bill Clinton, Clinton administration, Clinton administration
2R+: Richard L. Armitage, Paul H. O'Neill
14R-: PRESIDENT BUSH, Bush, Bush, White House, Bush, administration, Condoleezza Rice, Colin L. Powell, Bush, president of the United States, president of the United States, White House, administration, administration
7R=
D.C.'s Newest Adjective
27 March 2004
498 100 1D-: Anthony A. Williams
8,000 Deaths a Day
26 March 2004
557 20 1R+: President Bush
2R-: administration, administration
2R=
Cuba's Spring
25 March 2004
531 50 1R-: administration
1R=
The 9/11 Debate
24 March 2004
833 10 2D-: Clinton, White House
4R+: Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush
4R-: Bush, Bush, Bush, the president
8D=, 7R=
Mr. Sharon's Solution
23 March 2004
661 0 7R=
Trade and Labor Rights
22 March 2004
743 0 3R=
The Terrorism Debate
21 March 2004
815 3 6D+: Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry
4D-: Democrats, Democratic, Howard Dean, Dean
6R+: President Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Cheney
2R-: Republicans, Vice President Cheney
6D=, 6R=
What's the Problem?
20 March 2004
447 100 2R-: President Bush, Bush
Private Parties, Public Ethics
19 March 2004
544 62 4R-: Robert L. Ehrlich, Ehrlich, Ehrlich, Ehrlich
1D=, 1R=
Contempt for Congress
18 March 2004
508 70 7R-: Bush administration, administration, administration, administration, White House, administration, administration
3R=
Where Is Arjan Erkel?
17 March 2004
442 100 1R+: Colin L. Powell
The Spanish Response
16 March 2004
602 29 1R+: President Bush
1D=, 1R=
Dealing Drugs
15 March 2004
597 0 1D=, 4R=
Disarming Iraq's Militias
14 March 2004
606 0
Defining Spying Down
13 March 2004
541 0
3/11
12 March 2004
456 67 2R+: President Bush, Bush
1R=
Flip-Flop, Hedge and Straddle
11 March 2004
677 5 1D+: Kerry
5D-: Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry
7R-: Bush, Bush, president, Bush, Bush, administration, Bush
5D=, 3R=
The Arab Backlash
10 March 2004
660 46 1D-: Democratic
4R+: BUSH administration, Bush administration, administration, administration
2R-: Administration, Bush administration
Enron's Unfinished Business
9 March 2004
596 17 2D+: Sarbanes, Sarbanes
2R+: Oxley, Oxley
Deadly Incompatibility
8 March 2004
612 0 1R=
A Smear in Hong Kong
7 March 2004
692 50 1R+: Colin L. Powell
1R=
D.C. School Board Blues
6 March 2004
471 0
Ponying Up for Ted
5 March 2004
781 100 19R-: Ted Stevens, Ted Stevens, Stevens, Stevens, Stevens, Trent Lott, Trent Lott, Conrad Burns, Burns, Jesse Helms, Strom Thurmond, Mitch McConnell, Stevens, Stevens, Stevens, Stevens, Stevens, Stevens, Stevens
All Jobs Count
4 March 2004
586 50 1D-: John F. Kerry
1D=
Sizing Up the Primaries
3 March 2004
758 3 7D+: DEMOCRATIC, Terry McAuliffe, Kerry, Kerry, Edwards, Kerry, Al Gore
4D-: Dean, Edwards, Edwards, Bill Bradley
4R+: President Bush, Bush, George W. Bush, Bob Dole
1R-: John McCain
11D=, 2R=
Iraq's Constitutional Accord
2 March 2004
508 100 1R+: Bush administration
Haiti's 'New Chapter'
1 March 2004
643 57 4R-: Bush administration, administration, administration, Bush
3R=
Mr. Kerry's Path
29 February 2004
825 22 11D+: Kerry, John F. Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Sam Nunn, Kerry
5D-: Democrats, John Edwards, Edwards, Kerry, Democratic
3R+: Bush, Bush administration, Richard G. Lugar
3R-: Bush, George Bush, Bush administration
3D=, 5R=
One-Note Politics
28 February 2004
789 84 4D+: Democratic, John F. Kerry, John Edwards, Democratic
16R-: President Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, administration, Bush, Bush, Bush, the president, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush
4R=
Regrettable Reactions
27 February 2004
638 19 2D-: Democratic, Democratic
5R-: President Bush, Bush, Bush, the president, Bush
2D=, 1R=
Who Will Flip for Slots?
26 February 2004
624 17 2D-: Democrat, Democrat
2R-: Robert L. Ehrlich Jr., Republicans
Debasing the Constitution
25 February 2004
499 33 2R-: Bush, Bush
4R=
Another Try in Iraq
24 February 2004
671 14 1R+: Administration
6R=
When Plan A Fails
23 February 2004
557 100 1R-: Republican
Ehrlich Inc.
22 February 2004
739 71 10R-: Ehrlich, Robert L. Ehrlich, Ehrlich, Ehrlich, Ehrlich, Ehrlich, Ehrlich, Ehrlich, Ehrlich, Ehrlich
4R=
More Provocation
21 February 2004
570 4 1D+: President Clinton
2D-: Democrats, Democrats
2R+: Bush, Bush
4R-: Bush administration, Bush, the president, Bush
1D=, 4R=
Iran's 'Serious Failures'
20 February 2004
535 67 2R+: President Bush, Bush administration
1R=
Defining Moments
19 February 2004
782 12 7D+: John Edwards, Kerry, Edwards, Edwards, Edwards, Edwards, Kerry
11D-: Howard Dean, John F. Kerry, Kerry, Democratic Party, Kerry, Kerry, Edwards, Edwards, Kerry, Edwards, Edwards
14D=, 1R=
Soft Money and the FEC
18 February 2004
765 3 3D+: Democrats, Feingold, Feingold
1D-: Democrats
3R+: Republicans, McCain, McCain
1R-: Republican
7D=, 4R=
Pricing Drugs
17 February 2004
687 33 1D+: John Breaux
2D=
No State Secrets
16 February 2004
536 13 1D-: Democrats
2R-: GOP, Republican
1R=
Time for Clarity
15 February 2004
827 42 1D+: Kerry
8D-: Howard Dean, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry
1R+: Bush administration
5D=, 5R=
He Ought to Know
14 February 2004
806 76 10D+: John F. Kerry, Democratic, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, Feingold, Kerry, Kerry
1R+: McCain
15R-: Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Vice President Cheney, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush administration, Bush, Bush White House
4D=, 1R=
Of Slots and Secrecy
13 February 2004
564 100 1D+: Democratic
5R-: Republican, Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. , Ehrlich, Ehrlich, Ehrlich
Homeland Defense
12 February 2004
549 40 3R-: administration, administration, administration
1D=, 3R=
Crisis in Haiti
11 February 2004
579 67 2R-: Republican, Bush administration
1R=