lying in ponds
The absurdity of partisanship
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Ellen Goodman
Washington Post Writers Group

Columns 24
Words 20552
Normalized Median Partisanship Index 18.98
Normalized Total Partisanship Index 38.11
Normalized Combined Partisanship Index 28.55
Democratic Index 59.15
Republican Index -28.21
Positive Index 36.24
Negative Index 22.82
Neutral Index 40.94



Partisan References

Type Number All References
Positive Democratic 45 Obama(11), president(5), Michelle Obama(4), the president(3), Madelyn Dunham(2), the Obamas(2), The president(2), Barack Obama(2), Dunham, Jackie Kennedy, Ted Kennedy, administration, Hillary, Kirsten Gillibrand, first lady , Obamas, The Obamas, Michelle, President Obama, Gerry Studds, Studds, Ann Richards
Negative Democratic 3 Obama(2), Al Franken
Neutral Democratic 23Obama(6), Barack Obama(3), the president(3), President Obama(3), president(2), administration, Hillary, 44, Barack H. Obama, Bill Clinton, Democrat
Positive Republican 9 George W. Bush, president, Goldwater, Norm Coleman, Barry Goldwater, Barry, Republican, David Vitter, Dick Cheney
Negative Republican 31 Republican(4), Rush(4), Limbaugh(3), Rush Limbaugh(2), Dick Cheney(2), GOP(2), Sarah Palin, former president, Ronald Reagan, George W. Bush, Bush, El Rushbo, Bobby Jindal, Michael Steele, Henry Hyde, Republicans, Veep, Karl Rove, Bush administration, Cheney
Neutral Republican 38Republican(6), Rush(3), George W. Bush(2), Limbaugh(2), GOP(2), Rush Limbaugh(2), Specter(2), George H.W. Bush(2), Ronald Reagan(2), 43, Boehner, Steele, Richard Nixon, President Bush, Bob Barr, Arlen Specter, Colin Powell, Warren Rudman, Republican Senate, Barry Goldwater, Barbara Bush, Republican Party, Republicans, Laura Bush



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
Journalism In A Twitter Era
25 June 2009
825 0
Tuning A Culture To A 'Calling'
18 June 2009
816 100 3D+: president, Barack Obama, Obama
The Identity Dance
11 June 2009
879 23 1D+: Ann Richards
3R+: Republican, David Vitter, Dick Cheney
1R-: Cheney
2R=
Myth of the Lone Shooter
3 June 2009
836 33 1D+: the president
2D=
A Wise Person For the Court
28 May 2009
845 0 2R=
In Praise of Empathy
21 May 2009
861 66 1D+: The president
1D-: Obama
2R-: Karl Rove, Bush administration
What Would Goldwater Say?
14 May 2009
991 5 1D-: Al Franken
4R+: Goldwater, Norm Coleman, Barry Goldwater, Barry
6R-: Republicans, Dick Cheney, Veep, GOP, GOP, Dick Cheney
1D=, 21R=
Life As A Makeover
30 April 2009
859 0 2D=, 1R=
A Strange Dual Citizenship
16 April 2009
849 67 2D+: Gerry Studds, Studds
1R-: Henry Hyde
1R=
Taliban, The Sequel
9 April 2009
811 0 1D=, 1R=
The Care In Health Care
2 April 2009
837 34 1D+: President Obama
1R=
In the Garden of Eatin'
26 March 2009
862 100 6D+: first lady , Obamas, Michelle Obama, The Obamas, Michelle, the Obamas
The Virtue of Working Longer
19 March 2009
818 0 1D=
Unintended Consequences
12 March 2009
805 0 2D=, 1R=
The Man Who Won't Change
5 March 2009
926 76 4D+: Obama, Hillary, Kirsten Gillibrand, Obama
15R-: El Rushbo, Rush Limbaugh, Limbaugh, Bobby Jindal, Republican, Republican, Michael Steele, Limbaugh, Rush, Rush Limbaugh, Rush, Rush, Limbaugh, Rush, Republican
1D=, 5R=
A Generation Rescued
19 February 2009
928 100 1D+: Barack Obama
A Dubious Equality
12 February 2009
827 0 1D=
The Ethics of Fertility
5 February 2009
841 0
Ideological Pingpong
29 January 2009
881 60 5D+: Obama, The president, administration, Obama, Obama
1D-: Obama
4R-: Ronald Reagan, George W. Bush, Bush, Republican
4D=, 1R=
A Hopeful Transition
22 January 2009
864 53 7D+: president, Obama, president, Obama, president, Ted Kennedy, president
1R-: former president
4D=, 2R=
The Family Agenda
15 January 2009
860 46 6D+: Michelle Obama, Jackie Kennedy, Michelle Obama, Obama, the Obamas, Michelle Obama
1R+: president
1D=
America the Outlier
8 January 2009
829 0
A Sex-Ed Experiment Gone Awry
2 January 2009
848 0 1R+: George W. Bush
1R-: Sarah Palin
1D=
When Rationing May Be Rational
7 May 2009
854 78 7D+: the president, Madelyn Dunham, the president, Obama, Obama, Dunham, Madelyn Dunham
2D=