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The absurdity of partisanship
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Bob Herbert
New York Times

Columns 44
Words 40947
Normalized Median Partisanship Index 25.92
Normalized Total Partisanship Index 44.72
Normalized Combined Partisanship Index 35.32
Democratic Index 36.74
Republican Index -50.00
Positive Index 34.73
Negative Index 36.03
Neutral Index 29.24



Partisan References

Type Number All References
Positive Democratic 115 Obama(37), the president(10), President Obama(10), Barack Obama(7), Jackson(7), Democrat(4), Johnson(3), president(3), Lyndon Johnson(2), The president(2), administration(2), Jesse Jackson Jr.(2), Democratic(2), Tom Harkin, Harkin, the Obamas, presidency, Obama administration, Ed Rendell, Rendell, Franklin Roosevelt, Chris Dodd, Gates, Vice President Joseph Biden, Louise Slaughter, Slaughter, Arne Duncan, Clinton, Clinton administration, Rosa DeLauro, DeLauro, Keith Ellison, Susan Rice, David Paterson, Kerry Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy, Kennedy
Negative Democratic 36 Obama(8), Obama administration(7), Democrats(5), administration(3), the president-elect(2), Daschle(2), Summers, Tom Daschle, Timothy Geithner, Tim Geithner, Johnson, the president, Barack Obama, President Obama, president
Neutral Democratic 64Obama(13), President Obama(8), Democrats(6), Barack Obama(5), Obama administration(4), the president(4), Lyndon Johnson(3), The president(3), President-elect Obama(2), Democratic(2), Jacqueline Kennedy, Senate Democrats, the president-elect, Lawrence Summers, President-elect Barack Obama, the Clintons, Congressional, presidency, Ray LaHood, Robert Gates, administration, Democratic Party, president, Clinton administration
Positive Republican 18 Kemp(4), Republican(3), Dwight Eisenhower, John Boehner, Boehner, Keyes, Henry Hyde, Jack Kemp, George H.W. Bush, Grover Norquist, John McCain, Bob Barr, Lee Atwater
Negative Republican 102 G.O.P. (17), Republican(13), Republicans(13), Bush(8), Bush administration(6), Ronald Reagan(6), G.O.P.(4), Kemp(4), Rush Limbaugh(3), Phil Gramm(3), Republican Party(3), Pete Sessions(2), Newt Gingrich(2), Sarah Palin(2), John McCain(2), George W. Bush(2), White House, President Bush, Boehner, National Republican Congressional Committee, Lindsey Graham, George Herbert Walker Bush, George Herbert Hoover Bush, Alan Keyes, Newt (“I’m trying to rise from the ashes”) Gingrich, Dick Cheney, Norquist, Karl Rove
Neutral Republican 48Republican(12), Republicans(4), Jim DeMint(3), G.O.P. (2), John McCain(2), Lindsey Graham(2), Michael Steele(2), Jack Kemp(2), Kemp(2), Phil Gramm, Bob Corker, Republican Party, Sessions, Ronald Reagan, Newt Gingrich, Grover Norquist, Hyde, Arlen Specter, Richard Shelby, Gingrich, Mike Huckabee, Republican National Committee, Rush Limbaugh, Dick Cheney, Limbaugh, Tom Tancredo



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
How Long Is Long Enough?
30 June 2009
883 100 2D-: Obama administration, administration
No Recovery in Sight
27 June 2009
894 50 1D-: Obama administration
1D=
Who Are We?
23 June 2009
973 27 1D+: administration
12D-: Barack Obama, Obama administration, President Obama, Obama administration, Obama, Obama administration, Obama administration, Obama, Obama, Obama, president, administration
11R-: George W. Bush, Bush administration, Bush, Bush, Bush administration, Bush administration, Bush, Bush administration, Bush, Bush, Bush administration
4D=
A Threat We Can’t Ignore
20 June 2009
980 56 6D+: Barack Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama, president
1D-: the president
2D=
The Way We Are
13 June 2009
959 40 2D+: president, Obama
3D=
State of Shame
9 June 2009
916 45 4D+: David Paterson, Kerry Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy, Kennedy
1D=, 2R=
48 of 48
6 June 2009
874 0
The Howls of a Fading Species
2 June 2009
971 48 1D+: Barack Obama
1R+: Lee Atwater
6R-: Newt Gingrich, Karl Rove, Rush Limbaugh, Republican Party, Ronald Reagan, Republican
2D=, 3R=
Holding On to Our Humanity
30 May 2009
878 100 1D+: Susan Rice
Our Crumbling Foundation
26 May 2009
940 56 5D+: Rosa DeLauro, Democrat, DeLauro, Keith Ellison, Democrat
2R=
In the Absence of Proof
23 May 2009
983 100 1R+: Bob Barr
War’s Psychic Toll
19 May 2009
882 100 1D+: Clinton administration
Treasures Lost to Time
16 May 2009
1033 0
‘What Color Is That Baby?’
12 May 2009
911 0
Far From Over
9 May 2009
923 100 1D-: Obama administration
Jack Kemp’s Futile Quest
5 May 2009
996 8 8R+: Jack Kemp, Kemp, Kemp, Kemp, Kemp, George H.W. Bush, Grover Norquist, John McCain
10R-: G.O.P. , G.O.P. , Republicans, G.O.P. , Kemp, Kemp, Kemp, Kemp, Norquist, George W. Bush
1D=, 6R=
Out of Touch
2 May 2009
1087 55 1D+: Clinton
1D-: Democrats
1R+: Republican
21R-: Republican Party, G.O.P. , Republican, Ronald Reagan, Republican, Rush Limbaugh, Sarah Palin, Newt (“I’m trying to rise from the ashes”) Gingrich, Dick Cheney, G.O.P. , Bush, Republican, G.O.P. , G.O.P. , Phil Gramm, John McCain, G.O.P. , John McCain, Sarah Palin, Phil Gramm, Republican Party
4D=, 11R=
Workers Walk the Plank
28 April 2009
860 0
A Culture Soaked in Blood
25 April 2009
905 100 1D+: Arne Duncan
Children in Peril
21 April 2009
875 0
No Cause for Arrest
18 April 2009
917 0
The American Way
14 April 2009
933 0
The Great Shame
21 March 2009
895 100 3D+: Louise Slaughter, Democratic, Slaughter
Stifling an Opportunity
17 March 2009
930 24 7D+: Jesse Jackson Jr., Democratic, Jackson, Jackson, Jackson, Jackson, Jackson
2R+: Henry Hyde, Republican
1R=
Flying Blind in Chicago
14 March 2009
926 100 6D+: Jesse Jackson Jr., Democrat, Jackson, Barack Obama, Jackson, Obama
Reviving the Dream
10 March 2009
889 40 2D+: Vice President Joseph Biden, President Obama
1R-: Ronald Reagan
3R=
Miracles Take Time
7 March 2009
964 69 9D+: Barack Obama, Obama, Obama, president, Obama, Obama, Obama, President Obama, administration
3D-: Obama, Obama, Democrats
1R+: Keyes
9R-: Republican, Ronald Reagan, George Herbert Walker Bush, George Herbert Hoover Bush, Phil Gramm, Newt Gingrich, Alan Keyes, Republican, Republican
Wars, Endless Wars
3 March 2009
912 14 2D+: Gates, the president
1D-: Johnson
4D=
Even Worse for Young Workers
28 February 2009
904 0 1D=
That Can’t-Do Spirit
24 February 2009
904 71 5D+: Franklin Roosevelt, Chris Dodd, President Obama, The president, President Obama
2D=
The Invisible War
21 February 2009
861 0
Obama Riding the Wave
17 February 2009
939 55 8D+: Obama, President Obama, President Obama, the president, Obama, Obama, Obama, the president
1D-: Tim Geithner
2R-: Republicans, G.O.P.
1D=, 3R=
The Chess Master
10 February 2009
1100 43 14D+: Barack Obama, Obama, The president, Obama, Obama, Obama, Barack Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama, the president, Obama, Obama, Obama
6D-: Tom Daschle, Timothy Geithner, Obama, Daschle, administration, Daschle
9R-: Republicans, G.O.P. , Republicans, G.O.P., Pete Sessions, National Republican Congressional Committee, Republican, Lindsey Graham, Pete Sessions
8D=, 7R=
Playing With Fire
7 February 2009
994 69 7D+: the president, President Obama, the president, the president, President Obama, President Obama, the president
12R-: Republicans, G.O.P. , Republicans, Republican, Republicans, G.O.P. , Republicans, Republican, G.O.P., Rush Limbaugh, G.O.P., Republicans
7R=
Risking the Future
3 February 2009
893 25 3D+: Ed Rendell, Democrat, Rendell
1D-: the president-elect
4D=
A Crazy Dream
31 January 2009
898 0
The Same Old Song
27 January 2009
1008 52 1D+: President Obama
3D-: Democrats, Democrats, Democrats
3R+: John Boehner, Republican, Boehner
16R-: Republicans, G.O.P., Republican, Boehner, Republicans, Republican, G.O.P. , G.O.P. , G.O.P. , Bush administration, Republicans, G.O.P. , Republicans, G.O.P. , Ronald Reagan, Ronald Reagan
2R=
More Than Charisma
24 January 2009
970 86 17D+: Barack Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama, the president, the Obamas, Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama, the president, presidency, Obama administration, Obama, Obama
1R-: Bush
3D=
I Wish You Were Here
20 January 2009
959 71 5D+: Lyndon Johnson, Johnson, Johnson, Lyndon Johnson, Johnson
2D=
Zimbabwe Is Dying
17 January 2009
837 0
Where the Money Is
13 January 2009
886 77 1D+: Obama
3R-: Bush, White House, President Bush
2D=
Obama’s Biggest Challenge
10 January 2009
940 11 2D+: Tom Harkin, Harkin
2D-: the president-elect, Summers
1R-: Republican
9D=, 1R=
The Afghan Quagmire
6 January 2009
877 33 1D-: Obama
1R+: Dwight Eisenhower
6D=
The Devil Lurks
3 January 2009
888 0 4D=