lying in ponds
The absurdity of partisanship
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Jonah Goldberg
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Columns 47
Words 45687
Normalized Median Partisanship Index 42.27
Normalized Total Partisanship Index 36.21
Normalized Combined Partisanship Index 39.24
Democratic Index -54.08
Republican Index 12.73
Positive Index 16.02
Negative Index 51.23
Neutral Index 32.75



Partisan References

Type Number All References
Positive Democratic 55 Obama(12), Democrats(6), FDR(3), Summers(3), Moynihan(2), Rush(2), Franklin Roosevelt(2), Barack Obama(2), Bill Clinton(2), Daniel Patrick Moynihan, Charlie Rangel, Democratic, president of the United States, Geithner, Howard Dean, Dean, Democrat, the Obamas, Jack and Jackie Kennedy, Larry Summers, The president, Frank, Susan Rice, Barbara Boxer, JFK, Harry Truman, Barbara Lee, D-, the president, John F. Kennedy
Negative Democratic 433 Obama(121), Democrats(36), Barack Obama(21), President Obama(15), Pelosi(15), the president(14), administration(11), Democratic(10), White House(9), Obama administration(8), Holder(8), Democratic Party(7), Al Gore(7), Geithner(6), Clinton(6), Gore(6), D-(5), Reid(4), Bill Clinton(4), Timothy Geithner(4), Biden(4), Barney Frank(4), Blago(3), Charles Rangel(3), Daschle(3), FDR(3), Christopher Dodd(3), Nancy Pelosi(3), President Clinton(3), Waxman(3), Markey(3), Dems(2), Rod Blagojevich(2), Democrat(2), Burris(2), William Jefferson(2), John Edwards(2), Democratic president(2), Tom Daschle(2), president(2), Lyndon Johnson(2), Maxine Waters(2), Eric Holder(2), Hillary Clinton(2), Joe Biden(2), Carter(2), John Kerry(2), Clinton administration, Senate Democrats, Bobby Rush, Rush, James McGreevey, Patrick Kennedy, Elliot Spitzer, Bill Richardson, President-elect Barack Obama, Blagospheric, Blagopalooza, vice president, Democratic party, Nancy Killefer, Franklin Roosevelt, Harry Reid, Waters, former Vice President Al Gore, former vice president, Harry Truman, LBJ, congressional Democrats, Jerrold Nadler, Vice President Biden, Andrew Cuomo, Elijah Cummings, Frank, Jimmy Carter, Carterites, Warren Christopher, Eliot Spitzer, Dodd, Jack Murtha, Jesse Jackson Jr. , Steven Rattner, Rattner, President Carter, Michael Dukakis, Clintonites, Lanny Davis, Kennedy presidency, Kennedy, Sargent Shriver, Mr. President, Madeleine Albright, the President, The One, Janet Napolitano, Napolitano
Neutral Democratic 211Obama(75), Democrats(13), President Obama(13), Barack Obama(12), Democratic(7), Democratic Party(7), the president(7), White House(6), Kennedy(5), Burris(3), Geithner(3), Rahm Emanuel(3), Democrat(3), Gore(3), Pelosi(3), Roland Burris(2), Joe Biden(2), FDR(2), The president(2), Bill Clinton(2), Holder(2), Hillary Rodham Clinton(2), president(2), Leon Panetta(2), administration(2), JFK(2), Ted Kennedy, Blagojevich, Harry Reid, Blago, Rush, Tom Daschle, Daschle, Democratic House, presidency, John F. Kennedy, Dennis Kucinich, Arne Duncan, Timothy Geithner, James Carville, Hillary, Christopher, Obama administration, congressional Democrats, Congress, John Kerry, Jimmy Carter, Truman, Nancy Pelosi, Obamaesque, President Kennedy, Kerry
Positive Republican 101 Bush(20), Republicans(8), President Bush(8), Kemp(8), George W. Bush(6), Limbaugh(6), Reagan(5), Ronald Reagan(4), Rush Limbaugh(4), Republican(3), Bush administration(3), Newt Gingrich(2), GOP(2), Barry Goldwater(2), Rudy Giuliani, Lindsey Graham, House Republicans, president, Kristol, Thomas Dewey, Rush, Karl Rove, administration, Ari Fleischer, Republican administration, Jack Kemp, Olympia Snowe, Goldwater, Cheney, Gramm, Dick Cheney, Phil Gramm, George H.W. Bush, Sarah Palin
Negative Republican 66 GOP(11), Specter(10), Republicans(5), Republican(5), Livingston(5), Republican Party(3), Arlen Specter(3), Jack Abramoff(2), Randy "Duke" Cunningham(2), Bush(2), Limbaugh(2), Tom DeLay, Larry Craig, Republican Congress, Hank Paulson, George Bush, Richard Nixon, Reagan, Mark Foley, George W. Bush, Snowe, Republicanism, Nixon, John McCain, Bob Livingston, Kissingerian, Kissingers
Neutral Republican 108Republicans(22), Bush(22), GOP(15), George W. Bush(5), Republican(5), Republican Party(3), Specter(3), Limbaugh(3), White House(2), Bushism(2), President Bush(2), Nixon(2), Mark Foley, Foley, Mitch McConnell, George Bush, Senate Republicans, House Republicans, William Kristol, Dan Quayle, Rush, Ronald Reagan, Hank Paulson, Fleischer, Snowe, Porter Goss, R-, Bush White House, Bush administration, Republican National Committee, RNC, Michael Steele, Karl Rove, the president



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
Et Tu, Big Business?
17 June 2009
877 33 1D-: Obama administration
2D=
(Right) winging it at the DHS
17 April 2009
943 60 6D-: Janet Napolitano, administration, Napolitano, John Kerry, Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton
4D=
Endless love
26 June 2009
946 80 8D-: Obama, the President, Obama, The One, the president, Obama, White House, Obama
2D=
Obama's Iran policy is a bomb
24 June 2009
967 81 15D-: Obama, Barack Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama, the president, Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama, Madeleine Albright, Obama, Obama, Obama
3R+: George W. Bush, Bush, Bush
5D=
Obama's choice is not to choose on Iran
17 June 2009
948 10 1D+: John F. Kennedy
5D-: Obama, President Obama, the president, Democrats, Mr. President
3R-: Republican Party, Kissingerian, Kissingers
2D=, 2R=
A silly game of Connect-the-Dots
12 June 2009
925 62 1D-: the president
6R+: Bush, Sarah Palin, Rush Limbaugh, Newt Gingrich, Bush, Bush
4R=
Plan to Combat Global Warming? Pie in the Sky
10 June 2009
917 74 17D-: Democrats, Kennedy presidency, Al Gore, Barack Obama, the president, Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson, Sargent Shriver, White House, Democrats, Waxman, Markey, Waxman, Markey, Al Gore, Waxman, Markey
6D=
The Prism of Obama
5 June 2009
972 33 1D+: the president
10D-: Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama, President Obama, Obama
14D=, 1R=
Don't Call It ‘Socialism’!
4 June 2009
1088 22 8D-: the president, President Obama, Barney Frank, Obama, Obama, Democrats, Democrats, Democratic Party
1R-: GOP
10D=, 4R=
The Sotomayor debate is a chance to talk it out on race
3 June 2009
955 53 2D+: Barbara Lee, D-
10D-: President Clinton, Obama, Eric Holder, the president, Obama, White House, Democratic, Lanny Davis, Obama, Democratic Party
3D=
Pelosi the political logjam
20 May 2009
1049 31 25D-: Pelosi, Nancy Pelosi, Pelosi, Pelosi, Democrats, President Clinton, Clinton, Clinton, Clintonites, Clinton, Pelosi, Pelosi, Pelosi, Pelosi, Pelosi, Pelosi, Pelosi, Pelosi, Democrats, Obama, Pelosi, Pelosi, Pelosi, Democrats, Pelosi
3R+: Republican, Republicans, President Bush
6R-: Bob Livingston, Livingston, Livingston, Livingston, Livingston, Livingston
6D=, 7R=
Photos or No Photos, It's Hard to Picture Obama Winning Over U.S. Enemies
15 May 2009
929 74 12D-: Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama administration, Obama
1R+: George W. Bush
3D=, 1R=
Katz and dogs
13 May 2009
879 0 1D+: Harry Truman
1D-: the president
1D=
We need a hero
8 May 2009
1000 30 3D+: JFK, Obama, Obama
6D-: President Obama, Michael Dukakis, John Kerry, Al Gore, Obama, administration
7R+: Reagan, Cheney, Gramm, Dick Cheney, Phil Gramm, George H.W. Bush, Bush
3R-: Nixon, John McCain, GOP
2D=, 3R=
What does the future hold for GOP?
7 May 2009
1096 0 1D+: Democrats
3D-: President Obama, Obama administration, President Carter
15R+: Jack Kemp, Reagan, Kemp, Kemp, Kemp, Olympia Snowe, Barry Goldwater, Goldwater, Ronald Reagan, Kemp, Kemp, Reagan, Kemp, Kemp, Kemp
16R-: Arlen Specter, Specter, Specter, Specter, Specter, GOP, Specter, Republicans, George W. Bush, Specter, Snowe, Republicanism, Specter, Specter, Specter, Arlen Specter
3D=, 12R=
Trickle-down corruption
6 May 2009
993 42 2D+: FDR, FDR
23D-: Democrats, William Jefferson, Eliot Spitzer, Barack Obama, administration, Charles Rangel, Christopher Dodd, President Clinton, Dodd, Jack Murtha, Nancy Pelosi, John Edwards, Rod Blagojevich, Jesse Jackson Jr. , White House, Obama, Obama, Steven Rattner, White House, administration, Rattner, Democrats, Democratic Party
2R+: Republicans, Republican administration
4R-: GOP, Randy "Duke" Cunningham, Jack Abramoff, Mark Foley
2D=, 1R=
Necessary ‘shortcuts’
1 May 2009
903 55 1D+: Obama
4D-: Obama, Obama, Barack Obama, Obama
1R+: Bush administration
2D=
Giving back cold war gains
24 April 2009
954 73 10D-: Clinton, Democratic Party, Barack Obama, Obama, Barack Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama, president, the president
2R+: Ronald Reagan, Reagan
5D=
The EPA is choking democracy
22 April 2009
881 18 1D+: Barbara Boxer
3D-: Gore, the president, Democrats
5D=, 1R=
How to solve the pirate problem
15 April 2009
882 36 1D+: Obama
5D-: Jimmy Carter, Carterites, Carter, Carter, Warren Christopher
5D=
Obama's bailout for the despots
8 April 2009
882 75 1D+: Susan Rice
5D-: Obama, President Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama administration
1R+: President Bush
The long arm of Uncle Sam
3 April 2009
860 81 8D-: Barack Obama, Joe Biden, Biden, Biden, Obama, the president, administration, Joe Biden
1R=
Libs' dirty shame
1 April 2009
927 12 4D-: Democratic, Obama administration, Democratic, Obama administration
1R+: Ari Fleischer
2R-: Republican, Republican
3D=, 2R=
Big bedfellows
27 March 2009
1009 19 8D-: Obama, Obama, FDR, Obama, Obama, Democratic Party, Hillary Clinton, Barney Frank
11D=, 12R=
Mixing politics and bonuses doesn't pay
18 March 2009
977 32 7D+: Larry Summers, The president, Summers, Summers, Frank, Obama, Summers
14D-: Andrew Cuomo, Elijah Cummings, D-, Barney Frank, D-, Frank, President Obama, Timothy Geithner, Obama, administration, administration, the president, Geithner, administration
1D=
The Gitmo 5's burn notice
13 March 2009
870 100 5D-: President Obama, Jerrold Nadler, Vice President Biden, Obama, White House
Obama's fear-mongering
11 March 2009
964 78 1D+: Franklin Roosevelt
10D-: Obama, Obama administration, Obama, administration, White House, Al Gore, Democratic, the president, Barack Obama, administration
8R+: Bush administration, President Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush administration, Karl Rove, administration, Bush
5D=
The waiting game
6 March 2009
872 67 8D-: Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama, President Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama
4D=
The tired war on Rush Limbaugh
4 March 2009
1065 47 14D-: Barack Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama, Bill Clinton, Tom Daschle, Democratic, Barney Frank, D-, Obama, Democrats, Democrats, Obama
12R+: Rush Limbaugh, Rush Limbaugh, Limbaugh, Ronald Reagan, Limbaugh, Limbaugh, Rush, Limbaugh, Republicans, Republicans, Limbaugh, Limbaugh
3R-: Reagan, Limbaugh, Limbaugh
4D=, 10R=
A blueprint for a ‘ remaking’
3 March 2009
1151 90 18D-: President Obama, Obama, Barack Obama, Obama, President Obama, Democrats, Obama, White House, congressional Democrats, Democrats, White House, Obama, the president, Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama
8R+: Republicans, President Bush, Republicans, GOP, Bush, Republican, President Bush, Bush
2R=
The politics of fear
27 February 2009
1031 52 3D+: Democrats, FDR, Bill Clinton
19D-: former Vice President Al Gore, Gore, Gore, former vice president, Democrats, Al Gore, Gore, Gore, Al Gore, Gore, Barack Obama, President Obama, Obama, FDR, Harry Truman, LBJ, Bill Clinton, Al Gore, Democrats
6R+: Republicans, George W. Bush, GOP, Thomas Dewey, Barry Goldwater, Bush
1R-: Republicans
6D=, 4R=
Obama finds the Bush center
25 February 2009
1069 22 2D+: Obama, Bill Clinton
5D-: Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama
6R+: President Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush
23D=, 13R=
A cowardly conversation starter
20 February 2009
983 86 12D-: Eric Holder, Holder, Holder, Holder, Holder, Holder, Bill Clinton, Holder, Holder, Clinton, Clinton, Holder
2D=
The ‘truth to power’ gap
18 February 2009
906 22 2R+: Kristol, Rush Limbaugh
1R-: Richard Nixon
1D=, 1R=
Into the belly of the beast
13 February 2009
896 68 10D-: Barack Obama, Christopher Dodd, Maxine Waters, D-, Waters, Christopher Dodd, Maxine Waters, Barack Obama, Timothy Geithner, Nancy Pelosi
1R-: George Bush
On stimulus bill, centrists are over the line
11 February 2009
999 3 1D+: Democrats
6D-: President Obama, Harry Reid, Obama, Obama, Democrats, Obama
3R-: Republican, Arlen Specter, Specter
5D=, 7R=
The Great Overreach
6 February 2009
1018 45 1D+: Barack Obama
13D-: Barack Obama, Obama, Democrats, Democrats, Democrats, Obama, Obama, FDR, Lyndon Johnson, Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama
1R+: president
7D=, 4R=
The honeymoon continues: One of the great tests of news media bias is when the storyline has become unfalsifiable
5 February 2009
1138 42 3D+: the Obamas, Jack and Jackie Kennedy, Barack Obama
11D-: Barack Obama, president, Franklin Roosevelt, Democratic president, Obama, President Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama
4R+: Republican, George W. Bush, President Bush, Bush
12D=, 2R=
Dems are hypocrites when it comes to paying taxes
4 February 2009
999 42 3D+: Howard Dean, Dean, Democrat
18D-: Dems, Biden, Biden, Democrats, Democrats, Tom Daschle, Obama administration, Daschle, Daschle, Timothy Geithner, Nancy Killefer, Obama, Charles Rangel, D-, Geithner, Daschle, Democrats, Democrats
1R-: Republican Party
8D=
Catching up with the British parade
30 January 2009
892 62 3D-: Barack Obama, Obama, administration
1R+: House Republicans
3D=
A free pass for the indispensable man
23 January 2009
847 52 1D+: Geithner
15D-: Barack Obama, Obama, Timothy Geithner, President Obama, Geithner, Geithner, Geithner, Obama, Obama, vice president, Democratic Party, Obama, Democratic party, Geithner, Democrats
1R+: Lindsey Graham
1R-: Hank Paulson
3D=, 2R=
What Obama brings to conservatives
21 January 2009
1061 1 7D+: president of the United States, Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama, Franklin Roosevelt
1D-: Democratic president
3R+: President Bush, Ronald Reagan, Reagan
9D=, 1R=
Don't punish public for blundering constables
16 January 2009
932 0
Skeptical of Obama's stimulus plan
14 January 2009
953 20 1D+: Democrats
5D-: Obama, Barack Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama
1R+: George W. Bush
1R-: GOP
2D=, 4R=
Obama and the Democratic brand
12 January 2009
1242 21 4D+: Democrats, Democratic, Democrats, Obama
19D-: Democrats, James McGreevey, William Jefferson, Patrick Kennedy, Elliot Spitzer, Democrat, Democratic, John Edwards, Charles Rangel, Democratic, Bill Richardson, President-elect Barack Obama, Blagospheric, Democratic, Blagopalooza, Democrats, Democratic Party, Democratic, Democrats
2R+: Bush, Bush
19R-: Republican Party, GOP, Republicans, GOP, Republican, Jack Abramoff, Republican, Tom DeLay, Randy "Duke" Cunningham, Larry Craig, GOP, GOP, Republican Congress, Bush, GOP, GOP, Republicans, Bush, Republicans
7D=, 7R=
Dems melt in the heat of Burris fiasco
9 January 2009
1142 61 3D+: Rush, Rush, Charlie Rangel
27D-: Dems, Democrats, Rod Blagojevich, Senate Democrats, Blago, Democrats, Democrats, Democratic, Bobby Rush, Democrat, Reid, Burris, Reid, Reid, Reid, Democrats, Democrats, Bill Clinton, Barack Obama, Obama, Blago, Blago, Burris, Rush, Democrats, Democrats, Obama
3R+: Newt Gingrich, George W. Bush, Republicans
13D=
The squeegee men of the New World Order
2 January 2009
898 13 3D+: Daniel Patrick Moynihan, Moynihan, Moynihan
2D-: Clinton administration, Barack Obama
1R+: Rudy Giuliani