lying in ponds
The absurdity of partisanship
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Kathleen Parker
Washington Post Writers Group

Columns 37
Words 33432
Normalized Median Partisanship Index 7.64
Normalized Total Partisanship Index 15.49
Normalized Combined Partisanship Index 11.56
Democratic Index -1.85
Republican Index -23.17
Positive Index 21.88
Negative Index 35.21
Neutral Index 42.91



Partisan References

Type Number All References
Positive Democratic 77 Obama(38), Democrats(7), Barack Obama(5), Democrat(3), Clinton(3), Democratic Party(3), D-(2), Democratic, Barack, Bill Clinton, Penn, Schoen, presidency, Mr. President, Barack Hussein Obama, president of the United States, Trumanesque, Jim Webb, Webb, Madeleine Albright, Kennedy administration, Jacqueline Kennedy, Carl Levin
Negative Democratic 82 Obama(42), the president(9), Barack Obama(4), Democrats(3), Clinton(2), president(2), Mr. President(2), Nancy Pelosi(2), President Obama(2), White House(2), Patricia Blagojevich, Barack W. Obama, President Barack Obama, Harry Reid, Bill Clinton, the President, Tim Geithner, Michelle Obama, Howard Dean, Joe "Bunker"Biden, Obama administration, Democrat
Neutral Democratic 111Obama(55), Barack Obama(11), the president(10), President Obama(7), the Obamas(3), president(3), Michelle Obama(2), Democratic(2), Rahm Emanuel(2), Democrat(2), first lady , Barack, John and Robert Kennedy, John Kerry, Bill Clinton, White House, administration, Democrats, the Kennedys, vice president, president of the United States, Kirsten E. Gillibrand, Hillary Clinton, Democratic Party
Positive Republican 51 Jindal(7), Cheney(6), Steele(4), Bush(4), Bobby Jindal(4), Romney(4), Dawson(2), Limbaugh(2), Ronald Reagan, Anuzis, Newt Gingrich, Kyl, President George Bush, Bush 41, Michael Steele, Republican National Committee, Mitt Romney, President Bush, Bush White House, Sarah Palin, John Bolton, Susan Collins, R-, Bush administration, George W. Bush, Palin
Negative Republican 124 GOP(20), Steele(14), Bush(10), Palin(10), Sanford(10), Republicans(9), Republican(7), Jindal(6), Limbaugh(4), Sarah Palin(3), Republican Party(3), Rush Limbaugh(2), Bobby Jindal(2), Rush(2), Michael Steele(2), Alan Keyes(2), Blackwell, Mike Duncan, Atwater, Duncan, president, Vice President Dick Cheney, El Rushbo, Mitt, Bush administration, George H.W. Bush, Virginia Foxx, R-, Foxx, Republican National Committee, George W. Bush, Keyes, Bill Frist, Mark Sanford
Neutral Republican 140GOP(14), Republicans(10), Limbaugh(10), Palin(10), Steele(9), Republican(6), Bush(6), Rush Limbaugh(5), Republican Party(5), RNC(4), Gingrich(4), Republican National Committee(3), Anuzis(3), Dawson(3), George W. Bush(3), Jindal(3), Rush(3), Blackwell(2), Duncan(2), Saltsman(2), El Rushbo(2), Cheney(2), Newt Gingrich(2), Michael Steele, Katon Dawson, Chip Saltsman, Mike Huckabee, Ken Blackwell, Saul Anuzis, Lee Atwater, Atwater, Haley Barbour, George Bush, Jon Kyl, John McCain, White House, Rush Limbaughs, Bobby Jindal, Mitt Romney, President Ronald Reagan, Ronald Reagan, Dickey, Wicker, Bush administration, Foxx, Mike Duncan, former vice president Dick Cheney, Keyes, Sarah Palin, Sanford



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
Sanford's Brain, Not His Heart, Is in Question
25 June 2009
865 80 2D-: Democrat, Democrats
13R-: Sanford, Mark Sanford, Republican, Republicans, Sanford, Sanford, Sanford, Sanford, Sanford, Sanford, Sanford, Sanford, Sanford
1R=
Sarah Palin's Dysfunctional Organization May Be Her Undoing
10 June 2009
988 35 1D+: Barack Obama
1R+: Palin
12R-: Sarah Palin, Sarah Palin, Palin, Palin, Palin, Palin, Palin, Palin, Palin, Palin, Palin, Palin
19R=
Messengers Who Muddy the GOP's Message
3 June 2009
987 80 4D+: Democrats, Democrats, Obama, Barack Obama
18R-: GOP, GOP, Republican Party, GOP, Alan Keyes, Keyes, GOP, Republican, GOP, Republican, Republicans, Republicans, Republican Party, GOP, Bill Frist, GOP, Alan Keyes, Republicans
2D=, 4R=
Sotomayor as Racist or Sexist? Pundits Should Chill.
31 May 2009
909 17 1D+: Obama
3D=, 1R=
Uncertainty and the Creative Drive
27 May 2009
834 24 1D-: Barack Obama
1R-: George W. Bush
1D=
Cheney and Obama Collide on Terrorism Policy
24 May 2009
939 50 2D+: Obama, Obama
4D-: Obama administration, Obama, Obama, Obama
8R+: Cheney, Bush administration, Cheney, Cheney, Cheney, George W. Bush, Cheney, Cheney
8D=, 3R=
GOP Disorder: Purge or Binge?
20 May 2009
1040 62 4D+: Democrats, Democrat, Democrats, Obama
2D-: Howard Dean, Joe "Bunker"Biden
1R+: Steele
25R-: GOP, Steele, GOP, Republican National Committee, Michael Steele, Steele, Republican, GOP, GOP, Steele, Republicans, Steele, Steele, Steele, Republicans, Steele, Michael Steele, Steele, Steele, Steele, Steele, Bobby Jindal, Steele, GOP, Steele
4D=, 9R=
Barack Obama, Wanda Sykes and the Politics of Humorlessness
13 May 2009
924 0 9D=, 10R=
Fleeing the Flu for Margaritaville
6 May 2009
823 0 2D=
The Matthew Shepard Case and the Debate Over Hate-Crimes Laws
3 May 2009
863 80 4R-: Virginia Foxx, R-, GOP, Foxx
1R=
President Obama, Notre Dame and an Honor Declined
29 April 2009
887 46 1D+: Obama
6D-: President Obama, Barack Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama
1R+: Bush
6D=
You'll Love Diversity — Or Else
20 April 2009
841 0
Baby Seal Death Day
14 April 2009
848 32 2D+: Carl Levin, D-
2R+: Susan Collins, R-
How Do You Say Faux Pas in Austrian?
13 April 2009
969 18 2D+: Kennedy administration, Jacqueline Kennedy
8D-: Michelle Obama, the president, Mr. President, White House, Obama, the president, Obama, Obama
1R-: George H.W. Bush
7D=, 2R=
Obama's Unmacho Diplomacy
8 April 2009
879 13 8D+: Obama, Obama, Madeleine Albright, Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama
3D-: Obama, the president, Obama
1R+: John Bolton
7D=, 2R=
Too Much Information, Too Little Understanding
1 April 2009
882 0 2D=, 1R=
Millionaire Republican Switches Parties
29 March 2009
948 34 5D+: Democratic Party, Democratic Party, Democratic Party, Democrats, Democrats
1D-: Democrats
3R+: Sarah Palin, Bobby Jindal, Bobby Jindal
8R-: Republican, GOP, Republicans, GOP, Republican Party, GOP, GOP, Republican
3D=, 5R=
Our Foundering Father
23 March 2009
911 72 11D-: Obama, Obama, Obama, White House, the president, Obama, Obama, Obama, Tim Geithner, the president, Obama
1R+: Bush White House
3D=, 1R=
Bring the Boys Along
18 March 2009
897 44 4D-: Obama, Obama, the president, the president
5D=
A Gift Obama Refused
11 March 2009
860 54 6D-: Obama, the President, Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama
1R+: President Bush
3D=, 2R=
The Budget Through a Realistic Lens
8 March 2009
935 45 7D+: Clinton, Obama, Clinton, Clinton, Obama, Obama, Obama
2D-: Obama, Obama
2R-: Republican, Bush administration
3D=, 2R=
Rush to the Wrong Choice
4 March 2009
1002 6 2D+: Obama, Obama
3D-: Barack Obama, the president, President Obama
8R+: Michael Steele, Republican National Committee, Steele, Mitt Romney, Romney, Romney, Romney, Romney
11R-: Rush Limbaugh, Rush, El Rushbo, Rush, GOP, Limbaugh, Steele, Mitt, Limbaugh, Limbaugh, Limbaugh
7D=, 15R=
Bring back the real Bobby Jindal
2 March 2009
930 8 3D+: Democrats, Obama, Obama
1D-: Bill Clinton
9R+: Bobby Jindal, Bobby Jindal, Jindal, Jindal, Jindal, Jindal, Jindal, Jindal, Jindal
10R-: Jindal, Bobby Jindal, Jindal, Jindal, Sarah Palin, Jindal, Republicans, Jindal, Jindal, Republicans
3D=, 4R=
Dysfunctional infrastructure? Yes
22 February 2009
906 43 4D+: Barack Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama
1D-: Nancy Pelosi
2D=
Be calm and prosper
18 February 2009
847 40 4D+: Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama
6D=
Snap, Crackle, Pot
13 February 2009
874 61 3D+: Jim Webb, D-, Webb
1R=
Obama's Lack of Maturity Shows
11 February 2009
944 32 1D+: Trumanesque
15D-: Barack Obama, Obama, Obama, Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, Obama, Obama, Clinton, Obama, Obama, Obama, Democrats, Obama, Obama, the president
2R-: Bush, Bush
6D=, 3R=
Good Work, No Pay
6 February 2009
857 55 1D+: Democrat
3R+: President George Bush, Bush 41, Bush
1R=
Phelps Takes a Hit
4 February 2009
890 0 1D=
Barack W. Obama
30 January 2009
999 8 1D+: Obama
9D-: Barack W. Obama, President Barack Obama, president, president, Obama, Obama, Mr. President, Obama, Obama
3R+: Kyl, Limbaugh, Limbaugh
5R-: Bush, Bush, Rush Limbaugh, Bush, GOP
9D=, 10R=
Unabashed Karmic Justice
23 January 2009
909 40 7D+: Barack Hussein Obama, Obama, president of the United States, Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama
1D-: Patricia Blagojevich
2R+: Bush, Bush
5R-: Vice President Dick Cheney, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush
2D=, 3R=
Sometimes a Great Nation
21 January 2009
779 89 8D+: Obama, presidency, Obama, Barack Obama, Obama, Obama, Barack Obama, Mr. President
1D=
Importance of Being Earnest
16 January 2009
856 10 1D-: Obama
1R-: president
6D=
Pink Slips Du Jour
14 January 2009
837 100 2D+: Penn, Schoen
Laying Dead Ideas to Rest
9 January 2009
852 33 2D+: Democrat, Bill Clinton
1D-: Clinton
Who Will Run the RNC?
6 January 2009
1101 0 2D+: Democratic, Barack
7R+: Ronald Reagan, Steele, Steele, Anuzis, Newt Gingrich, Dawson, Dawson
6R-: GOP, Blackwell, Mike Duncan, Atwater, Bush, Duncan
40R=
Mainstream Media on Life Support
2 January 2009
820 0