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The absurdity of partisanship
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William Safire
New York Times

Columns 10
Words 7868
Normalized Median Partisanship Index 0.00
Normalized Total Partisanship Index 11.71
Normalized Combined Partisanship Index 5.86
Democratic Index 35.00
Republican Index 47.83
Positive Index 54.55
Negative Index 10.61
Neutral Index 34.85



Partisan References

Type Number All References
Positive Democratic 9 Adlai Stevenson, Henry "Scoop" Jackson, J.F.K., F.D.R. , Truman, Al Gore, Strobe Talbott, Clinton, Bill Clinton
Negative Democratic 2 Democrats, Hillary Clinton
Neutral Democratic 9the president(2), Democratic, John F. Kennedy, Clintonian, J.F.K. , Democrat, Clinton, President Clinton
Positive Republican 27 Bush(10), President Bush(2), Secretary of State Colin Powell, Republican Party, George W. Bush, Michael Gerson, president, the president, The president, Richard Nixon, Pat Nixon, Nixon, Julie Eisenhower, Barbara Bush, White House, Don Regan, President Reagan
Negative Republican 5 Republicans, Bush, administration, Bush 41, Nancy Reagan
Neutral Republican 14Nixon(4), Bush(2), G.O.P. , president, President Bush, Ronald Reagan, the president, Henry Kissinger, Mr. President, Henry



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
First Lady Follies
24 January 2005
563 24 1D+: Bill Clinton
1D-: Hillary Clinton
7R+: Pat Nixon, Nixon, Julie Eisenhower, Barbara Bush, White House, Don Regan, President Reagan
2R-: Bush 41, Nancy Reagan
4D=, 1R=
Win Some, Lose Some
24 January 2005
564 68 3D+: Al Gore, Strobe Talbott, Clinton
1R+: Richard Nixon
How to Read a Column
24 January 2005
857 0 3D=, 7R=
'Never Retire'
24 January 2005
1052 0
Bush's 'Freedom Speech'
21 January 2005
886 43 3D+: J.F.K., F.D.R. , Truman
15R+: Bush, President Bush, Michael Gerson, president, Bush, the president, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, The president, Bush, Bush
2R=
The Depressed Press
17 January 2005
788 40 2R-: Bush, administration
3R=
Character Is Destiny
12 January 2005
798 6 2D+: Adlai Stevenson, Henry "Scoop" Jackson
1D-: Democrats
2R+: Republican Party, George W. Bush
1R-: Republicans
2D=, 1R=
Where Was God?
10 January 2005
781 0
Two Internal Splits
5 January 2005
788 0
Sharon the Optimist
3 January 2005
791 100 2R+: President Bush, Secretary of State Colin Powell