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Pundit Boxscore for Tuesday 24 May 2005

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.
Lines in gray indicate that the pundit has been classified as inactive, meaning that their columns are not currently being evaluated for partisanship.
Democratic references in blue, Republican in red, positive references in bold, negative in italics.
Author/
Affiliation
Title/
Date
words PI Partisan References
Eugene Robinson
Washington Post
Using the Media For a Magic Trick
24 May 2005
878 100 9R-
That was: Bush administration
White House: White House, Scott McClellan, administration
And the: administration
No reporter: administration
Let me: White House, administration, administration
Jeff Jacoby
Boston Globe
Minorities, racism, and UMass’s choice
24 May 2005
1219 100 1D-
Motley’s supporters: Thomas Menino
Molly Ivins
Creators Syndicate
Duck and cover time
24 May 2005
885 100 1R-
"Last week,: Republicans
Thomas Sowell
Creators Syndicate
Liberals, race, and history
24 May 2005
870 82 5D-,2D=,4R+
If the: Democrats, Democrats, Republicans
 Liberal Democrats,: Democrats, administration
 It's "not: Democrats
 Black self-reliance: Republicans, Democrats
 Moreover, contrary: Republicans, Democrats
 Black educational: Democratic Party
Brendan Miniter
WSJ OpinionJournal
Bush's Mighty Pen
24 May 2005
905 25 9R+,3R-,12R=
Bush's Mighty: Bush
It's time: the president
President Bush: President Bush, the president, Bush
The bills: the president
The first: Bush, the president, Bush
Politically, vetoing: The president, House Republicans, Republicans, president
Vetoes also: Clay Shaw, Republican
We won't: Republicans, Republican, Bill Thomas, the president, the president
Today President: President Bush, Republicans, the president, the president
Cal Thomas
Tribune Media Services
Minority rule
24 May 2005
868 18 6D-,1D=,2R+,5R-,3R=
The so-called: Republicans
In spite: Harry Reid
Senators John: John Warner, Republican, Robert Byrd, Democrat
The agreement: Democrats
What has: president
Among the: Democrat
One of: Democrat
While Senator: Mike DeWine, Republican
Republicans increased: Republicans, President Bush, Republican
Why are: Republicans
If voters: Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle
E. J. Dionne Jr.
Washington Post
'Watch Those Guys'
24 May 2005
1040 9 5D+,1D-,4D=,11R+,10R-,4R=
No one: Arlen Specter
The senior: Republican, John F. Kennedy, Kennedy Democrat
In the: Specter, Democratic, Republican, Democratic, Specter
Along with: Republicans, Specter
There could: Republicans, John McCain, Democrats
The "nuclear: Senate Democrats
The nuclear: Republican, White House, Democrats
Senate Majority: Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, Republicans
Thus did: Frist, Democrats, President Bush
Frist is: Frist, Republican
Then there: Republican, Rick Santorum, Democrats, Republicans, Santorum
Here's what: Santorum
Santorum later: Santorum, Democratic
Oh, yes,: Bill Frist
The deal: Bush
Nicholas D. Kristof
New York Times
Death by a Thousand Blogs
24 May 2005
830 0
Richard Cohen
Washington Post
Boycotting Common Sense
24 May 2005
824 0
John Tierney
New York Times
What Women Want
24 May 2005
950 0