lying in ponds
The absurdity of partisanship
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Maureen Dowd
New York Times

Columns 42
Words 42949
Normalized Median Partisanship Index 23.84
Normalized Total Partisanship Index 29.56
Normalized Combined Partisanship Index 26.70
Democratic Index -2.00
Republican Index -53.55
Positive Index 19.90
Negative Index 42.77
Neutral Index 37.33



Partisan References

Type Number All References
Positive Democratic 157 Obama(35), the president(13), Michelle(9), President Obama(8), Barack Obama(6), Andrew Cuomo(6), Cuomo(6), Kennedy(5), president(4), Caroline Kennedy(3), Hillary(3), Newsom(3), commander in chief(2), Levin(2), Robert Gibbs(2), Barney Frank(2), Frank(2), Gibbs(2), Michelle Obama(2), Dianne Feinstein(2), Feinstein(2), Bob Casey, Teddy Kennedy, the Clintons, The Obamas, Bobby Kennedy, Blago, Richard Daley, Carolyn McCarthy, Carl Levin, Claire McCaskill, F.D.R., Nancy Pelosi, Biden, Clinton, 44, Rahmbo Emanuel, Rahm, administration, Eliot Spitzer, Willie Brown, Jerry Brown, Gavin Newsom, White House, Specter, Russ Feingold, Feingold, Evan Bayh, Bayh, Elizabeth Edwards, Elizabeth, John Kerry, Barack, President, Kerry, Al Gore, first lady , the Obamas, Mr. President
Negative Democratic 169 Obama(30), the president(15), Geithner(12), President Obama(8), Biden(6), Bill Clinton(5), Tim Geithner(5), Barack Obama(5), Michelle(5), John(5), the Clintons(4), Paterson(4), Daschle(4), John Kerry(3), Blago(3), Tom Daschle(3), The president(3), Joe Biden(3), the Obamas(3), Hillary Clinton(2), Gillibrand(2), Democrats(2), vice president(2), Hillary(2), John Edwards(2), Robert Torricelli, Kerry, Bill, Kirsten Gillibrand, Democratic, president, Democratic president, Larry Summers, Robert Rubin, Mr. President, Eric Holder, Clinton, Sharpton, Vice, Hilda Solis, Ray LaHood, Emanuel, Rahm, Timothy Geithner, L.B.J., Newsom, the Edwardses, Elizabeth, former president, former vice president, Nancy Pelosi, Pelosi, White House, J.F.K. , Barack, Jimmy Carter
Neutral Democratic 275Obama(55), the president(39), President Obama(17), Barack Obama(14), Hillary(8), Michelle(8), White House(8), Democrats(6), The president(6), Geithner(5), president(5), Democratic(4), Bill(4), Tim Geithner(4), administration(4), Pelosi(4), Bill Clinton(3), the Obamas(3), Elizabeth(3), Chris Dodd(2), Jimmy Carter(2), Joe Biden(2), Hillary and Bill(2), Democratic president(2), Rahm Emanuel(2), House Democrats(2), Robert Gibbs(2), Barney Frank(2), vice president(2), Biden(2), Michelle Obama(2), commander in chief(2), Gavin Newsom(2), Newsom(2), Gore(2), John(2), Joe Kennedy, Stewart Udall, Robert Casey, Jay Rockefeller, Thomas Dodd, Arne Duncan, Duncan, Peter Orszag, Teddy Kennedy, Robert Byrd, Mr. President, Valerie Jarrett, Jesse Jackson Jr. , Michael Bennet, Ken Salazar, Teddy, Hillary Clinton, Harry Reid, Chuck Schumer, Gillibrand, Kennedy, Vice President Joseph Biden, David Axelrod, Joseph Robinette Biden, Larry Summers, Summers, J.F.K., Mario Cuomo, Cuomo, David Geffen, Specter, John and Elizabeth Edwards, The Edwardses, Elizabeth Edwards, John Edwards, Democratic Party, Leon Panetta, Democratic House, The One, Gibbs, Truman
Positive Republican 44 McCain(8), W. (3), Republican(3), Cheney(2), Rice(2), Rummy, Laura, George Bush, George Bush senior, President Bush, Chuck Grassley, Kit Bond, R.N.C. , Michael Steele, Alan Simpson, former vice president, John Thune, Liz Cheney, Karl Rove, John McCain, Olympia Snowe, Condi Rice, The president, administration, Newt Gingrich, the president, Gingrich, Bush 41, Bush I, Bush, former president
Negative Republican 263 Cheney(68), W. (40), Rummy(17), Dick(13), Dick Cheney(12), Bush(10), W.(9), Vice(8), Republican(7), Condi(5), Republicans(4), White House(3), Junior(3), Sanford(3), Bush administration(2), Henry Paulson(2), Lugar(2), Bushies(2), George Bush(2), president(2), presidency(2), Libby(2), Laura(2), Rush Limbaugh(2), Nixon(2), Limbaugh(2), Gingrich(2), Jesse Helms, Strom Thurmond, Al D'Amato, Wolfie, the president, Lisa Murkowski, David Vitter, Al D’Amato, John McCain, Paulson, Rudy, Hank Paulson, George W Bush, Rumsfeld, former president, Bush presidency, Scooter Libby, 43, vice president, George W. Bush, Richard Nixon, Bush senior, Dan Quayle, former vice president, Republican administration, Sarah Palin, G.O.P. , Cheneyesque, Scooter, Chuck Grassley, Mark Sanford, Republican Party, Palin, Ensign, Vitter
Neutral Republican 102Republicans(10), W. (9), Cheney(7), Bush(6), Republican(5), W.(5), Dick Cheney(4), John McCain(3), President Bush(3), McCain(3), Colin Powell(3), 43(2), Judd Gregg(2), the president(2), Condi(2), Vice, Dick Lugar, commander in chief, former president, Dana Perino, Rudy Giuliani, Eric Cantor, Henry Paulson, Pete Sessions, National Republican Congressional Committee, Nancy Reagan, administration, vice president, president, Libby, Mitch McConnell, John Thune, G.O.P. , the Quayles, Bush 41, Bush Junior, Republican president, Dick, Jeb Bush, first Bush administration, Poppy, James Baker, Brent Scowcroft, Powell, Ford administration, Condi Rice, Lawrence Wilkerson, Poppy Bush, Colin, Lindsey Graham, the Bushes



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
Genius in the Bottle
28 June 2009
981 91 1D+: President Obama
10R-: Mark Sanford, Sanford, Sanford, Republican Party, Sanford, Gingrich, Limbaugh, Palin, Ensign, Vitter
2D=
Vice and Spice
24 June 2009
1044 13 1D+: Obama
4D-: President Obama, the president, Obama, the president
10D=, 4R=
Obama’s Fly Move
21 June 2009
903 7 2D+: the president, the president
3D-: Jimmy Carter, President Obama, the president
9D=
Hold the Fries
17 June 2009
986 14 5D+: Obama, the president, Michelle, Michelle, Michelle
2D-: Obama, Obama
12D=, 1R=
Pixilated Over Pixels
14 June 2009
906 0
Can The One Have Fun?
10 June 2009
1058 34 8D+: Michelle, President Obama, the president, the president, first lady , president, the Obamas, Mr. President
3D-: J.F.K. , Bill Clinton, Barack
1R+: former president
5R-: W. , Republicans, Chuck Grassley, W. , Cheney
11D=, 2R=
Cheney Grabs a Third Term
20 May 2009
1068 68 1D+: Obama
4D-: Obama, Obama, Democrats, White House
1R+: McCain
30R-: Cheney, Dick, Rummy, Dick, Rummy, Dick, Rummy, Cheney, Rummy, Dick, Vice, Rummy, Dick, Rummy, Junior, Dick, Rummy, Dick, Rummy, Junior, Rummy, Junior, presidency, Bush, Dick, Rummy, Dick, Scooter, Dick, Dick
3D=, 5R=
Cheney, Master of Pain
17 May 2009
1074 56 3D-: Nancy Pelosi, Pelosi, Joe Biden
15R-: Cheney, Dick Cheney, Cheneyesque, Bush, Bush, W. , Cheney, Bushies, W. , Cheney, Cheney, Rummy, Cheney, Vice, Bush
7D=, 4R=
Rogue Diva of Doom
13 May 2009
1178 25 1D+: Al Gore
2D-: former president, former vice president
7R+: Newt Gingrich, W. , the president, Gingrich, Bush 41, Bush I, Bush
22R-: Gingrich, Cheney, Rush Limbaugh, Cheney, Sarah Palin, Cheney, Cheney, Cheney, Cheney, Cheney, Cheney, Cheney, Rummy, Nixon, White House, Cheney, Cheney, Cheney, W., G.O.P. , Cheney, Cheney
5D=, 24R=
Put Aside Logic
10 May 2009
856 68 8D+: John Kerry, Barack, Obama, Obama, President, Obama, Robert Gibbs, Kerry
1D-: the president
3R-: W. , Cheney, Limbaugh
2D=, 1R=
A Complicated Question
6 May 2009
1027 35 2D+: Elizabeth Edwards, Elizabeth
10D-: John, John, the Edwardses, John, John, John Edwards, Elizabeth, John Edwards, John, Hillary
9D=, 1R=
How Character Corrodes
3 May 2009
1029 26 4D+: President Obama, the president, President Obama, Obama
5R+: Condi Rice, Rice, The president, administration, Rice
10R-: Republicans, Republican, Republican administration, White House, Republicans, Condi, Cheney, Rummy, Nixon, Condi
5D=, 8R=
Vice’s Secret Vices
29 April 2009
1026 79 10D+: Dianne Feinstein, White House, Obama, Specter, Russ Feingold, Feingold, Feinstein, Evan Bayh, Bayh, Feinstein
2R+: John McCain, Olympia Snowe
17R-: Vice, former vice president, Cheney, Cheney, Rummy, Cheney, Cheney, Cheney, Cheney, Cheney, Cheney, Cheney, Cheney, Dick, Cheney, Cheney, Cheney
1D=, 1R=
Slouching Towards Oblivion
26 April 2009
922 0
To Tweet or Not to Tweet
22 April 2009
922 0 2D=
The Aura of Arugulance
19 April 2009
1055 61 1D+: Obama
2D-: Bill Clinton, Barack Obama
7R-: Dick Cheney, Cheney, Vice, George Bush, Cheney, Dick Cheney, Vice
4D=
Dinosaur at the Gate
15 April 2009
937 66 1R-: Dick Cheney
1D=
Demi in Des Moines?
12 April 2009
1051 7 9D+: Barack Obama, Newsom, Kennedy, Newsom, Willie Brown, Jerry Brown, Gavin Newsom, Newsom, Dianne Feinstein
7D-: President Obama, the Obamas, the Obamas, Michelle, John Kerry, John Kerry, Newsom
2R+: W. , Karl Rove
8D=
Striking It Poor
8 April 2009
994 0
The First Shrink
5 April 2009
1030 100 8D+: Barack Obama, Obama, Barack Obama, President Obama, Obama, Obama, the president, Obama
9R-: W., Cheney, W. , Bush, W. , W. , Condi, Condi, Bush
No More Hummer Nation
1 April 2009
986 46 2D+: Michelle Obama, Obama
2R-: W. , Dick Cheney
7D=
Blue Eyed Greed?
29 March 2009
1075 46 5D+: President Obama, Obama, Barack Obama, Michelle, the president
1D-: L.B.J.
1R+: Liz Cheney
6R-: George W. Bush, Dick Cheney, Cheney, Richard Nixon, Bush senior, Dan Quayle
6D=, 2R=
Toxic R Us
22 March 2009
990 0 4D+: Michelle Obama, Obama, Andrew Cuomo, Michelle
6D-: Obama, the president, Obama, Tim Geithner, Geithner, Geithner
1R-: Republican
8D=, 1R=
No Boiled Carrots
18 March 2009
1000 5 8D+: Eliot Spitzer, Andrew Cuomo, Barney Frank, Cuomo, Cuomo, Cuomo, Cuomo, Cuomo
9D-: Barack Obama, Obama, the president, Obama, Obama, President Obama, Obama, The president, Geithner
5D=
Should Michelle Cover Up?
8 March 2009
1069 7 4D+: the president, Michelle, Michelle, Michelle
10D-: the president, Timothy Geithner, President Obama, Michelle, Michelle, the Obamas, Obama, Michelle, Michelle, Hillary
2R-: Rush Limbaugh, Laura
10D=, 2R=
Stage of Fools
4 March 2009
1080 69 1D+: the president
11D-: President Obama, Obama, the president, Obama, President Obama, Hilda Solis, Hillary Clinton, Ray LaHood, Barack Obama, Emanuel, Rahm
7R+: McCain, McCain, McCain, McCain, McCain, McCain, McCain
3D=, 3R=
Spock at the Bridge
1 March 2009
1021 67 13D+: 44, Barack Obama, Obama, president, Obama, Obama, Obama, the president, commander in chief, Rahmbo Emanuel, Rahm, administration, Obama
1D-: Vice
2R+: Republican, John Thune
12R-: 43, Dick Cheney, W. , Laura, Bush, W. , W. , W., vice president, W. , W. , W.
4D=, 1R=
I Ponied Up for Sheryl Crow?
25 February 2009
931 100 3D+: President Obama, Andrew Cuomo, Cuomo
Dark Dark Dark
22 February 2009
1010 11 3D+: Clinton, Obama, President Obama
4D-: Obama, Eric Holder, Clinton, Sharpton
2R-: W. , Dick
15D=
Cheney and the Goat Devil
18 February 2009
1127 67 3R+: Alan Simpson, Cheney, former vice president
42R-: Cheney, Bush, W., president, George W Bush, presidency, Cheney, Cheney, W. , Cheney, Rumsfeld, former president, Cheney, W. , Bush presidency, W. , Dick Cheney, W. , Condi, Cheney, Rummy, W. , Cheney, Scooter Libby, Cheney, Cheney, Vice, Dick Cheney, W. , Cheney, Libby, W. , president, Cheney, Cheney, Bush, Cheney, Libby, Cheney, W. , Cheney, Cheney
13R=
Oval Newlywed Game
15 February 2009
1084 14 1D+: Biden
14D-: Joe Biden, Biden, Biden, Biden, Biden, the president, Biden, Obama, Mr. President, Joe Biden, vice president, Biden, vice president, the president
3R-: Cheney, Cheney, Cheney
29D=, 1R=
Trillion Dollar Baby
11 February 2009
1014 52 12D-: Tim Geithner, Geithner, the president, Geithner, the president, Democrats, Geithner, Geithner, Geithner, Robert Rubin, Geithner, Geithner
2R+: R.N.C. , Michael Steele
1R-: Hank Paulson
7D=, 1R=
Potomac’s Postpartisan Depression
8 February 2009
1103 0 6D+: Obama, the president, Obama, Nancy Pelosi, Gibbs, Gibbs
14D-: Larry Summers, Barack Obama, Obama, Obama, The president, the president, Obama, Obama, Obama, Daschle, Tom Daschle, Obama, Daschle, President Obama
4R-: Republican, Republicans, Republican, W.
16D=, 8R=
Well, That Certainly Didn’t Take Long
4 February 2009
1059 29 1D+: Obama
10D-: Tom Daschle, Daschle, Daschle, the president, Obama, Obama, Democratic, president, Democratic president, Barack Obama
2R+: Kit Bond, Republican
2R-: W. , Dick Cheney
6D=, 3R=
Disgorge, Wall Street Fat Cats
1 February 2009
1046 9 8D+: Robert Gibbs, Claire McCaskill, Obama, Barney Frank, Frank, Frank, F.D.R., Andrew Cuomo
7D-: Obama, Geithner, Tom Daschle, the president, Geithner, Obama, The president
2R+: Chuck Grassley, Republican
3R-: Paulson, Henry Paulson, Rudy
7D=, 1R=
Wall Street’s Socialist Jet-Setters
28 January 2009
976 66 4D+: Carl Levin, Levin, Levin, Andrew Cuomo
1R-: John McCain
3D=
Which Governor Is Wackier?
25 January 2009
1097 2 9D+: Bobby Kennedy, Blago, Richard Daley, Kennedy, Caroline Kennedy, Andrew Cuomo, Kennedy, Kennedy, Carolyn McCarthy
12D-: Blago, Kirsten Gillibrand, Blago, Blago, Paterson, Paterson, Gillibrand, Paterson, the Clintons, Bill Clinton, Paterson, Gillibrand
2R-: Republican, Al D’Amato
18D=
Exit the Boy King
21 January 2009
1070 58 9D+: president, Obama, the president, commander in chief, Obama, Obama, president, The Obamas, Obama
1D-: Obama
1R+: President Bush
8R-: W. , W. , Cheney, George Bush, W. , W. , W. , Cheney
6D=, 2R=
The Long, Lame Goodbye
18 January 2009
1082 50 5D+: Barack Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama
3D-: Obama, Tim Geithner, Obama
1R+: George Bush senior
14R-: W. , W. , W. , White House, W. , W., W. , W., Cheney, Rummy, Bushies, W. , Cheney, W.
4D=, 7R=
Tim Geithner! Why Are Rich People So Cheap?
14 January 2009
1094 22 5D+: Obama, Hillary, Hillary, Hillary, the Clintons
9D-: Tim Geithner, Tim Geithner, the Clintons, Bill Clinton, John Kerry, Kerry, Bill, Obama, the Clintons
8R-: W. , Henry Paulson, Bush administration, Lisa Murkowski, Lugar, Lugar, David Vitter, Republican
18D=, 2R=
An Extremist Makeover?
11 January 2009
983 35 1D-: Bill Clinton
5R+: Rummy, W. , Laura, Cheney, George Bush
13R-: Dick Cheney, Vice, Cheney, Wolfie, Rummy, W. , Cheney, the president, W. , Cheney, Cheney, W., Vice
2D=, 2R=
Sweet on Caroline
7 January 2009
1005 47 5D+: Caroline Kennedy, Kennedy, Caroline Kennedy, Bob Casey, Teddy Kennedy
3D-: Robert Torricelli, the Clintons, Hillary Clinton
8R-: Jesse Helms, Strom Thurmond, W. , Bush, Dick Cheney, Al D'Amato, Republican, Bush administration
10D=, 2R=