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The absurdity of partisanship
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John Tierney
New York Times

Columns 23
Words 20543
Normalized Median Partisanship Index 0.00
Normalized Total Partisanship Index 52.66
Normalized Combined Partisanship Index 26.33
Democratic Index -44.83
Republican Index 60.00
Positive Index 45.24
Negative Index 21.43
Neutral Index 33.33



Partisan References

Type Number All References
Positive Democratic 2 Clinton administration, Charles Rangel
Negative Democratic 15 Democrats(8), Democratic(3), Robert Byrd, Rick Boucher, Democrat, Boucher
Neutral Democratic 12Democrats(8), Bob Shrum, Democrat, Boucher, Joseph Lieberman
Positive Republican 36 Bush(14), Republican(5), Republicans(3), Laura Bush(3), President Bush(3), Rudolph Giuliani(2), Bush administration, Nancy Reagan, Reagan, Lynne Cheney, White House, Giuliani
Negative Republican 3 the president, the President, White House
Neutral Republican 16Republicans(4), Republican(4), Karl Rove, Bush, The Reagans, White House, administration, John McCain, Bill Frist, Richard Nixon



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
Bureaucrats and Indians
28 June 2005
931 0
The Mild, Mild West
25 June 2005
993 0
The Adams Principle
21 June 2005
926 0
The Doofus Dad
18 June 2005
868 0
The Old and the Rested
14 June 2005
926 0
The Circus Maximus Syndrome
11 June 2005
906 0
A Chance to Escape
7 June 2005
818 0
Show Him the Money
4 June 2005
847 75 3R-: the president, the President, White House
1R=
The Urge to Win
31 May 2005
1001 0
Give Peace a Chance
28 May 2005
973 0
What Women Want
24 May 2005
950 0
Darth Vader's Family Values
21 May 2005
942 0 3D=, 3R=
'No Nukes,' No More
17 May 2005
798 0 1D=, 1R=
A Tale of Two Trust Funds
14 May 2005
890 37 1D+: Charles Rangel
4D-: Rick Boucher, Democrat, Boucher, Democrats
2D=, 2R=
Bombs Bursting on Air
10 May 2005
826 100 2R+: Rudolph Giuliani, Giuliani
Place Your Bets
7 May 2005
866 56 2D-: Robert Byrd, Democrats
1R+: President Bush
2D=
Laura Bush Talks Naughty
3 May 2005
966 81 4D-: Democratic, Democrats, Democratic, Democratic
22R+: Laura Bush, Nancy Reagan, Reagan, Laura Bush, Bush, Lynne Cheney, Bush, Bush, Bush, White House, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Republicans, Republican, Bush, Republicans, Republican, Republican, Bush, Laura Bush
1D=, 5R=
Bush as Robin Hood
30 April 2005
910 61 1D+: Clinton administration
5D-: Democrats, Democrats, Democrats, Democrats, Democrats
7R+: Bush, President Bush, Republican, Bush, Republican, Republicans, Bush
2D=, 2R=
The Proof's in the Pension
26 April 2005
842 0
Fat and Happy
23 April 2005
870 0
The Railroad to Nowhere
19 April 2005
849 67 2R+: Bush administration, President Bush
1R=
The Miracle That Wasn't
16 April 2005
827 100 1R+: Rudolph Giuliani
The Smart Money
12 April 2005
818 26 1R+: Bush
1D=, 1R=