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The absurdity of partisanship
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Eugene Robinson
Washington Post

Columns 40
Words 36663
Normalized Median Partisanship Index 22.31
Normalized Total Partisanship Index 36.68
Normalized Combined Partisanship Index 29.50
Democratic Index 23.83
Republican Index -47.83
Positive Index 30.84
Negative Index 33.77
Neutral Index 35.39



Partisan References

Type Number All References
Positive Democratic 164 Obama(84), President Obama(13), Democrats(10), the president(7), president(6), Geithner(6), White House(5), administration(5), Barack Obama(4), Obama administration(3), McCaskill(3), Holder(3), Claire McCaskill(2), Clinton(2), Eric Holder(2), first lady , Democrat, House of Representatives, presidency, Kathleen Sebelius, Clinton administration, Hillary Clinton, Democratic Party, David Axelrod
Negative Democratic 72 Blagojevich(13), Burris(12), Geithner(11), administration(10), Obama(5), President Obama(3), White House(2), Democratic Party(2), Rod Blagojevich(2), Obama administration(2), Democratic, Democrats, Timothy Geithner, the president, Roland Burris, Bill Clinton, Tim Geithner, Christina Romer, The president, president
Neutral Democratic 150Obama(58), Geithner(17), President Obama(14), Obama administration(10), Blagojevich(7), administration(7), Barack Obama(5), the president(5), Timothy Geithner(4), Democratic(4), President-elect Barack Obama(2), D-(2), Dodd(2), White House(2), Valerie Jarrett, Jimmy Carter, Carter, Christopher Dodd, Burris, Rahm Emanuel, Laura Richardson, Al Franken, former vice president, president, Democrat
Positive Republican 26 Steele(5), Bush(4), Cheney(4), Reagan(3), Ronald Reagan(2), Reagan administration, Republican, Charles Grassley, administration, George W. Bush, Rush Limbaugh, Republican National Committee, Michael Steele
Negative Republican 136 Cheney(20), Bush administration(15), Republicans(15), Bush(14), Republican Party(12), George W. Bush(8), Republican(7), administration(5), Dick Cheney(5), GOP(4), Rush Limbaugh(4), Limbaugh(4), Gingrich(3), House Republicans(2), Steele(2), Specter(2), the president, Congressional Republicans, Richard Nixon, Bobby Jindal, Jindal, Reagan, John McCain, McCain, Rick Perry, Grand Old Party, Arlen Specter, Colin, Newt, Rush Limbaughs
Neutral Republican 68Bush(6), Reagan(6), Steele(6), Republican(5), Republican Party(5), Republicans(5), George W. Bush(3), Bush administration(3), Michael Steele(3), administration(2), Richard Nixon(2), Specter(2), Dwight Eisenhower, Ronald Reagan, the president, John McCain, presidency, Donald Rumsfeld, president, Gerald Ford, Arnold Schwarzenegger, the Gipper, Mike Huckabee, Ted Stevens, RNC, Norm Coleman, Cheney, Rush Limbaugh, Colin Powell, Newt Gingrich, James Baker, George Bush the Elder



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
Michael Jackson: The Perils of a Prodigy
28 June 2009
909 0
Feeding the Lone Wolves
12 June 2009
896 7 4D+: Obama administration, President Obama, Democrats, Obama
3D-: administration, administration, administration
2R+: Republican National Committee, Michael Steele
2R-: Rush Limbaughs, Steele
Creating Possibilities in Cairo
9 June 2009
977 85 23D+: Obama, President Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama, president, Obama, the president, Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama, the president, White House, Obama
2R-: George W. Bush, Bush
1D=, 2R=
Questions About Clean Coal and Carbon Capture and Storage
5 June 2009
855 0 2D+: President Obama, Obama
2D-: administration, Obama administration
2D=
We All Own GM. Don't Bet on a Happy Ending.
2 June 2009
868 25 1D+: President Obama
3D=
Sonia Sotomayor, the New Face of America
29 May 2009
935 92 3D+: President Obama, Obama, David Axelrod
10R-: GOP, Republicans, Newt, Rush Limbaugh, Gingrich, Limbaugh, Gingrich, Republican, Gingrich, Limbaugh
1R=
Barack Obama and Dick Cheney -- Worldviews Apart
26 May 2009
985 100 12D+: Barack Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama
14R-: Dick Cheney, Cheney, Cheney, Cheney, Cheney, Cheney, Cheney, Cheney, Cheney, Cheney, Rush Limbaugh, Cheney, Cheney, Dick Cheney
Dick Cheney: The Old Faithful of Nonsense
12 May 2009
979 27 1D+: President Obama
1D-: administration
7R+: Cheney, Cheney, Cheney, administration, George W. Bush, Rush Limbaugh, Cheney
16R-: Dick Cheney, Dick Cheney, Cheney, Republican Party, Cheney, Cheney, Bush administration, Bush administration, Cheney, Cheney, Cheney, Cheney, Colin, Cheney, Republican Party, Cheney
4D=, 7R=
Time for President Obama to Stand Up for Gay Marriage
8 May 2009
903 20 2D-: President Obama, president
8D=
A World Without the Globe?
5 May 2009
829 0
The Republican Party Becomes the Absent Opposition
1 May 2009
974 68 9D+: President Obama, Democrats, Democrats, Democratic Party, Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama, Democrats
15R-: Republican Party, Grand Old Party, Republicans, Arlen Specter, Specter, Republican, Specter, Republican Party, Republican, GOP, Republicans, Republican Party, Republican Party, Republican Party, Republican Party
4D=, 7R=
Why Flu Is Fearsome
28 April 2009
812 0
Torture and the Law: Where 'Those Methods' Ultimately Lead
24 April 2009
872 83 3D+: administration, President Obama, Eric Holder
6R-: Bush administration, Bush administration, George W. Bush, Bush, Dick Cheney, administration
3D=
In Trinidad, President Obama Should Have Slapped Back at Rude Leaders
21 April 2009
956 0 3D+: Obama, Obama, Obama
3D-: President Obama, Obama, Obama
10D=
Why President Obama Can't Ignore 'Tea Bag' Protest Anger
17 April 2009
924 52 5D+: White House, President Obama, Obama, Obama, the president
2D-: administration, administration
4R-: George W. Bush, Rick Perry, Bush administration, Republican Party
6D=
Addled by Fidel
14 April 2009
910 0 6D=
Crimes That Deserve Punishment
10 April 2009
837 100 1D+: administration
5R-: Bush administration, Bush administration, Bush administration, Bush administration, George W. Bush
Michael Steele -- Crazy Like a Fox?
7 April 2009
1004 12 4D+: Barack Obama, Obama, the president, Democrats
1D-: Democratic Party
5R+: Steele, Steele, Steele, Steele, Steele
7R-: Rush Limbaugh, Limbaugh, Limbaugh, GOP, Republicans, Steele, Republican Party
1D=, 15R=
Obama, Race and What We're Not Talking About
3 April 2009
954 61 11D+: President Obama, Eric Holder, Holder, Holder, Holder, Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama, president
5D=, 1R=
Tough Love for Carmakers, Pillows for Wall St.
31 March 2009
900 20 1D+: White House
3D-: The president, administration, White House
6D=
Drugs and Guns -- a Deadly Trade Between Mexico and the U.S.
27 March 2009
842 100 3D+: Hillary Clinton, Clinton, Clinton
The Repairman's Burden
24 March 2009
939 29 6D+: Geithner, Geithner, Geithner, Geithner, Geithner, Geithner
1D-: Christina Romer
10D=
Does Tim Geithner Get It?
20 March 2009
939 33 7D-: Tim Geithner, Geithner, Geithner, Geithner, Geithner, Geithner, Geithner
12D=, 1R=
A Hand in the Health Care Debate
17 March 2009
864 100 1D-: Obama
President Obama's Mandate on Many Fronts
13 March 2009
930 82 15D+: President Obama, Obama, Obama administration, the president, President Obama, Obama, Obama, administration, Obama, Obama, Clinton administration, administration, administration, Obama, White House
1D-: administration
2R-: Republicans, Bush administration
2D=
Bending the Trajectory Left
3 March 2009
1089 66 16D+: Barack Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama, presidency, Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama, Kathleen Sebelius, Obama, the president, Obama, Obama, Obama
1D-: Bill Clinton
2R+: Ronald Reagan, Reagan
13R-: Richard Nixon, Republicans, Bobby Jindal, Jindal, Reagan, Bush, Bush, John McCain, Rush Limbaugh, Republican Party, McCain, Republicans, Bush administration
3D=, 3R=
Good Time for a Miracle Worker
27 February 2009
789 0 1D=
Banking on What?
24 February 2009
859 0 6D=, 1R=
Sen. Burris's Final Act
20 February 2009
925 89 25D-: Burris, Roland Burris, Rod Blagojevich, Burris, Blagojevich, Blagojevich, Burris, Blagojevich, Blagojevich, Blagojevich, Burris, Blagojevich, Burris, Burris, Blagojevich, Burris, Blagojevich, Burris, Burris, Burris, Blagojevich, Burris, Blagojevich, Burris, Blagojevich
3D=
Obama as President of Everything
17 February 2009
951 5 2D+: Barack Obama, White House
1D-: the president
12D=, 3R=
Tim Geithner -- Treasury's Salesman-in-Training
13 February 2009
945 47 8D-: Timothy Geithner, Geithner, Obama administration, Geithner, Geithner, Geithner, Geithner, administration
9D=
A Meltdown Too Big for a Comity Routine
10 February 2009
932 54 8D+: Democrats, Democrats, Obama, House of Representatives, Democrats, Obama, Obama, Democrats
5D-: President Obama, Democratic, Obama, Democrats, Obama
7R-: Republicans, Republicans, Republican, Republican, Republicans, Republicans, Republicans
2R=
On Planet Wall Street, $18 Billion in Bonuses
3 February 2009
942 20 6D+: Claire McCaskill, Democrat, McCaskill, McCaskill, Claire McCaskill, McCaskill
2R+: Republican, Charles Grassley
1D=
The GOP's Unanimous Vote on the Stimulus Bill
30 January 2009
937 27 2D+: President Obama, the president
4R+: Ronald Reagan, Reagan, Reagan administration, Reagan
10R-: Congressional Republicans, House Republicans, Republicans, Republican, GOP, Republicans, Republican, Republicans, George W. Bush, House Republicans
2D=, 10R=
Only if Stupid Is a Crime
27 January 2009
928 20 3D-: Rod Blagojevich, Blagojevich, Blagojevich
10D=, 1R=
Obama in Office: Much to Be Undone
23 January 2009
901 80 6D+: Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama
11R-: George W. Bush, Bush administration, Bush administration, Bush administration, George W. Bush, administration, Bush, administration, Bush administration, Bush, administration
5D=, 1R=
This Consequential Presidency
20 January 2009
984 50 13D+: Obama, president, Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama administration, Obama, Obama, president
1D-: Democratic Party
8D=, 1R=
Why They're Coming to D.C.
16 January 2009
846 50 3D+: president, first lady , president
3D=
Bush's Historical Prism
13 January 2009
991 31 1D+: Democrats
4R+: Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush
12R-: George W. Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, administration, Bush, Republican Party, Bush, the president, Bush, Bush, Bush
2D=, 10R=
Fifty Years of Failed Cuba Policies
2 January 2009
851 15 1D-: White House
2D=, 2R=