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Normalized Combined Partisanship Index

Author/
Affiliation
Cols Norm
Comb
PI
Most Frequent Partisan References
1 Michelle Malkin
Creators Syndicate
41 65 22D+: Obama(5), Democratic(4), Heath Shuler
496D-: Obama(125), White House(25), Democrats(25)
71R+: GOP(14), Palin(11), Republican(6)
45R-: GOP(9), Republicans(4), Republican(4)
2 Charles Krauthammer
Washington Post
23 53 18D+: Obama(12), Truman, Timothy Geithner
158D-: Obama(98), president(8), Nancy Pelosi(4)
49R+: Bush(27), Bush administration(3), George Bush(3)
6R-: Bush(3), Richard Nixon, George W. Bush
3 Bob Herbert
New York Times
40 40 108D+: Obama(33), the president(10), President Obama(10)
20D-: Democrats(5), Obama(4), the president-elect(2)
18R+: Kemp(4), Republican(3), Dwight Eisenhower
91R-: G.O.P. (17), Republican(13), Republicans(13)
4 Jonah Goldberg
Tribune Media Services
43 39 54D+: Obama(12), Democrats(6), FDR(3)
404D-: Obama(104), Democrats(35), Barack Obama(20)
98R+: Bush(18), Republicans(8), President Bush(8)
63R-: GOP(11), Specter(10), Republicans(5)
5 E.J. Dionne Jr.
Washington Post
41 35 401D+: Obama(196), Democrats(18), the president(16)
82D-: Obama(23), administration(19), Geithner(7)
40R+: Hatch(8), Republicans(5), Republican(4)
96R-: Republicans(24), Bush(14), Republican(11)
6 Leonard Pitts Jr.
Miami Herald
43 34 37D+: Obama(8), Barack Obama(5), Eric Holder(3)
32D-: Pelosi(7), Blagojevich(4), Bill Clinton(3)
21R+: McCain(4), Meghan McCain(3), president
122R-: Bush(26), Limbaugh(15), GOP(7)
7 Paul Krugman
New York Times
44 31 90D+: Obama(20), President Obama(10), Obama administration(8)
112D-: Obama(38), administration(23), Obama administration(18)
5R+: Ronald Reagan(2), Alberto Gonzales, Lee Atwater
130R-: Republicans(20), Bush(19), Reagan(17)
8 Eugene Robinson
Washington Post
39 31 164D+: Obama(84), President Obama(13), Democrats(10)
72D-: Blagojevich(13), Burris(12), Geithner(11)
26R+: Steele(5), Bush(4), Cheney(4)
136R-: Cheney(20), Bush administration(15), Republicans(15)
9 Cal Thomas
Tribune Media Services
47 30 57D+: the president(8), Obama(7), Democrats(6)
183D-: Democrats(26), President Obama(23), Obama(20)
178R+: THE PRESIDENT(27), Jindal(14), Kemp(13)
90R-: Republicans(43), Republican Party(7), Republican(6)
10 George F. Will
Washington Post
31 29 10D+: Barack Obama(3), Obama(2), Franklin Roosevelt
110D-: administration(21), the president(16), Obama administration(11)
19R+: Leavitt(7), Republicans(3), Michael Leavitt
13R-: Schwarzenegger(4), administration(2), Republicans(2)
11 Ellen Goodman
Washington Post Writers Group
22 28 42D+: Obama(10), Michelle Obama(4), president(4)
3D-: Obama(2), Al Franken
9R+: George W. Bush, president, Goldwater
31R-: Republican(4), Rush(4), Limbaugh(3)
12 Maureen Dowd
New York Times
38 28 148D+: Obama(33), the president(10), President Obama(7)
160D-: Obama(27), Geithner(12), the president(12)
44R+: McCain(8), W. (3), Republican(3)
253R-: Cheney(68), W. (40), Rummy(17)
13 Gail Collins
New York Times
41 23 98D+: Obama(18), Barack Obama(6), Democrat(5)
132D-: Obama(11), Specter(10), Democrats(8)
14R+: Republican(3), Steele(2), Ronald Reagan
205R-: Republicans(30), Republican(17), Bush(12)
14 Clarence Page
Chicago Tribune
37 22 174D+: Obama(92), Democrats(11), President Barack Obama(8)
84D-: Obama(18), Burris(15), Blagojevich(10)
66R+: Steele(8), Kemp(8), Bush(6)
136R-: Limbaugh(23), Bush(20), Republicans(18)
15 Nicholas D. Kristof
New York Times
46 22 79D+: Obama(25), President Obama(13), Barack Obama(5)
7D-: President Obama(2), Democrats(2), Tim Geithner
8R+: McCain, Scowcroft, Brent Scowcroft
18R-: Bush(6), Republicans(2), George W. Bush
16 Thomas Sowell
Creators Syndicate
41 18 13D+: Barack Obama(4), Franklin D. Roosevelt(3), President Obama(2)
123D-: Barack Obama(19), President Obama(17), Democrats(13)
36R+: Ronald Reagan(6), Sarah Palin(5), Palin(4)
51R-: Republicans(20), President Bush(5), Republican(5)
17 Peggy Noonan
WSJ OpinionJournal
23 11 89D+: Obama(31), Barack Obama(6), President Obama(6)
68D-: Obama(15), President Obama(5), Democrats(5)
92R+: Reagan(23), Kemp(14), Ronald Reagan(8)
29R-: Republicans(9), Bush(4), George W. Bush(3)
18 Kathleen Parker
Washington Post Writers Group
36 10 77D+: Obama(38), Democrats(7), Barack Obama(5)
80D-: Obama(42), the president(9), Barack Obama(4)
51R+: Jindal(7), Cheney(6), Steele(4)
111R-: GOP(20), Steele(14), Bush(10)
19 Ruben Navarrette
Washington Post Writers Group
43 5 78D+: Obama(25), President Obama(8), Roland Burris(4)
116D-: Obama(24), Democrats(12), Reid(9)
76R+: Garza(9), Bush(7), Gonzales(7)
52R-: Republicans(19), GOP(9), Republican Party(3)
20 David Brooks
New York Times
45 1 86D+: Obama(29), Geithner(11), administration(8)
117D-: Obama(36), administration(18), the president(12)
20R+: Republicans(4), Bush(4), Republican(2)
32R-: Republicans(13), Bush(5), Cheney(5)