lying in ponds
The absurdity of partisanship
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Paul Krugman
New York Times

Columns 48
Words 44709
Normalized Median Partisanship Index 29.12
Normalized Total Partisanship Index 31.38
Normalized Combined Partisanship Index 30.25
Democratic Index -5.80
Republican Index -71.43
Positive Index 19.07
Negative Index 46.17
Neutral Index 34.76



Partisan References

Type Number All References
Positive Democratic 102 Obama(23), President Obama(11), Obama administration(9), Democrats(4), Democratic(3), President-elect Barack Obama(3), Romer(3), Lawrence Summers(3), administration(3), Orszag(3), Waxman(3), Markey(3), Barack(2), president(2), Tim Geithner(2), Al Gore(2), Gore(2), Chuck Schumer, F.D.R., Senate Democrats, Christina Romer, F.D.R. , Barney Frank, Timothy Geithner, Summers, Democratic administration, the Clintons, The president, Peter Orszag, Henry Waxman, Edward Markey, Nancy Pelosi, St. Germain, Clinton, Democrat, White House, Geithner, the president
Negative Democratic 124 Obama(39), administration(25), Obama administration(18), the president(7), Geithner(5), Democrats(4), President Obama(3), White House(3), Democratic(3), Bill Clinton(2), Tim Geithner(2), Waxman(2), Markey(2), St. Germain(2), President-elect Barack Obama, Summers, Lawrence Summers, the Clintons, Robert Rubin, F.D.R. , Barack
Neutral Democratic 153Obama(52), Obama administration(16), President Obama(13), administration(13), the president(9), Democrats(8), Democratic(5), Tim Geithner(3), Summers(3), Rahm Emanuel(2), Geithner(2), Lawrence Summers(2), White House(2), Kent Conrad(2), President-elect Barack Obama, The president-elect, Bill Clinton, Robert Gibbs, Robert Rubin, Peter Orszag, Steven Chu, Barack, Clinton, Waxman, Markey, Kennedy administration, Max Baucus, Edward Kennedy, Clinton administration, Democratic Party, Democratic president, Ben Nelson, Nelson, Barack Obamas, Baracks
Positive Republican 5 Ronald Reagan(2), Alberto Gonzales, Lee Atwater, Garn
Negative Republican 135 Republicans(22), Bush(20), Bush administration(17), Reagan(17), Republican(8), Rush Limbaugh(5), G.O.P. (5), administration(4), Republican Party(4), President Bush(3), G.O.P.(2), Paulson(2), Limbaugh(2), Garn(2), Phil Gramm, Chip Saltsman, Republican National Committee, George W. Bush, Republican president, Sarah Palin, second Bush administration, John Boehner, Henry Paulson, Karl Rove, Tom DeLay, DeLay, Richard Armey, Newt Gingrich, Billy Tauzin, Bushies, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Schwarzenegger, Reaganomics, R.N.C. , Mitch McConnell, Paul Broun
Neutral Republican 42Republicans(10), Republican(4), Bush(4), William Kristol(3), Reagan(2), G.O.P., President George W. Bush, John McCain, Lindsey Graham, Paulson, Reagan administration, G.O.P. , President Bush, Eisenhower, Republican National Committee, Bush administration, Limbaugh, Republican Party, Dick Cheney, Newt Gingrich, R.N.C. , Ronald Reagan, Senate Republicans, Broun



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
Betraying the Planet
29 June 2009
890 75 2D+: Waxman, Markey
2R-: Paul Broun, Bush administration
1R=
Not Enough Audacity
26 June 2009
996 5 3D+: Barack, Obama, Obama
4D-: Barack, White House, Obama, administration
10D=, 2R=
Health Care Showdown
22 June 2009
948 3 2D+: Obama administration, Democratic
7D-: Democratic, Democratic, Democratic, Democrats, Democrats, Democrats, Democrats
3R-: Republicans, Republicans, Bush
7D=, 1R=
Out of the Shadows
19 June 2009
909 40 5D+: Tim Geithner, Geithner, Obama, President Obama, the president
1D-: administration
4D=
Stay the Course
15 June 2009
882 28 1D+: Obama administration
1D-: F.D.R.
1R-: Republicans
1D=, 1R=
The Big Hate
12 June 2009
993 30 4D+: Democrat, White House, Obama administration, president
4R-: R.N.C. , Rush Limbaugh, Limbaugh, Mitch McConnell
6D=, 11R=
Gordon the Unlucky
8 June 2009
999 49 2D+: Al Gore, Gore
3D-: St. Germain, Robert Rubin, Obama administration
5R-: Republican, Garn, Bush, Reagan, Bush
1D=, 1R=
Keeping Them Honest
5 June 2009
928 19 3D+: President Obama, Obama, President Obama
5D=, 4R=
Reagan Did It
1 June 2009
956 72 2D+: St. Germain, Clinton
1D-: St. Germain
2R+: Ronald Reagan, Garn
16R-: Reagan, Reagan, Reaganomics, Reagan, Reagan, Bush administration, Reagan, Garn, Reagan, Reagan, Reagan, Reagan, Reagan, Reagan, Reagan, Reagan
1D=
The Big Inflation Scare
29 May 2009
884 50 1D+: Obama administration
1D=
State of Paralysis
25 May 2009
886 65 1D+: Nancy Pelosi
6R-: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Rush Limbaugh, Republicans, Schwarzenegger, Republican, Republican Party
1D=, 3R=
Blue Double Cross
22 May 2009
974 19 2D+: Obama, Obama
5D-: the president, White House, the Clintons, the president, Obama
9D=
The Perfect, the Good, the Planet
18 May 2009
974 49 8D+: Henry Waxman, Edward Markey, Waxman, Markey, Al Gore, Gore, Waxman, Markey
4D-: Waxman, Markey, Waxman, Markey
3R-: Bush, Bushies, administration
2D=
Empire of Carbon
15 May 2009
870 100 1D+: President Obama
Harry, Louise and Barack
11 May 2009
930 62 6D+: administration, administration, Peter Orszag, Orszag, Orszag, Orszag
2R-: Billy Tauzin, Republicans
6D=
Stressing the Positive
8 May 2009
927 0 4D=
Falling Wage Syndrome
4 May 2009
893 0 1D=
An Affordable Salvation
1 May 2009
867 100 1R-: Newt Gingrich
Money for Nothing
27 April 2009
907 100 1D-: Obama administration
Reclaiming America’s Soul
24 April 2009
973 61 3D+: President Obama, President Obama, The president
5R-: Bush administration, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush administration
6D=, 1R=
Erin Go Broke
20 April 2009
912 32 1D-: Obama administration
1R-: Bush
Tea Parties Forever
13 April 2009
1021 83 8D+: Democrats, Democrats, President Obama, Obama, Democratic administration, the Clintons, Democrats, Obama administration
18R-: Republicans, G.O.P. , Republicans, G.O.P. , G.O.P., Republican Party, Republican, Karl Rove, Rush Limbaugh, Limbaugh, Republican, Tom DeLay, DeLay, Richard Armey, G.O.P. , Republicans, Republicans, Republicans
1D=, 4R=
Making Banking Boring
10 April 2009
876 100 1D-: Lawrence Summers
China’s Dollar Trap
3 April 2009
945 100 1R-: Republican Party
America the Tarnished
30 March 2009
932 22 2D+: Summers, President Obama
7D=
The Market Mystique
27 March 2009
905 1 2D+: Lawrence Summers, Tim Geithner
4D-: Summers, Obama administration, administration, Obama administration
1R-: Reagan
3D=
Financial Policy Despair
23 March 2009
974 5 13D-: Tim Geithner, President Obama, administration, administration, Obama, the president, Obama, Obama administration, Geithner, Geithner, Obama administration, Geithner, Obama
6R-: Bush administration, Henry Paulson, Reagan, Bush administration, Paulson, Paulson
4D=, 1R=
A Continent Adrift
16 March 2009
892 32 1D-: Obama administration
1R-: Republicans
Behind the Curve
9 March 2009
930 41 8D-: Obama administration, administration, administration, Obama, White House, administration, administration, Obama
1R-: Republicans
5D=
The Big Dither
6 March 2009
929 75 1D+: President Obama
10D-: Obama, Obama administration, administration, administration, Obama administration, Geithner, Geithner, administration, administration, the president
1D=
Revenge of the Glut
2 March 2009
846 0
Climate of Change
27 February 2009
961 66 7D+: President Obama, Democrats, Obama, Obama, Obama administration, Obama, Obama
1D-: administration
2R-: Bush, Bush
3D=
Banking on the Brink
23 February 2009
908 43 3D-: Obama administration, administration, administration
4D=
Who’ll Stop the Pain?
20 February 2009
909 25 1D+: Obama administration
3D=
Decade at Bernie’s
16 February 2009
895 34 2D+: Lawrence Summers, Obama
2R=
Failure to Rise
13 February 2009
979 7 8D-: Obama, Obama, administration, Obama, Obama administration, Tim Geithner, administration, Obama administration
5R-: Republicans, Republicans, Bush administration, Bush, Bush administration
5D=, 1R=
The Destructive Center
9 February 2009
990 23 11D-: Obama, President Obama, administration, Obama, Obama, administration, Obama, Obama, the president, Obama, Obama
3R-: Republican, Republicans, Republican
4D=, 1R=
On the Edge
6 February 2009
927 55 1D+: Obama
1D-: the president
5R-: Republicans, Republicans, Bush, Rush Limbaugh, Republican Party
4D=, 1R=
Bailouts for Bunglers
2 February 2009
935 29 2D+: Obama administration, Timothy Geithner
6D-: the president, administration, Obama administration, administration, Obama administration, Obama
6D=
Health Care Now
30 January 2009
946 6 2D+: F.D.R. , Barney Frank
3D-: Obama administration, administration, Bill Clinton
13D=
Bad Faith Economics
26 January 2009
922 100 7D+: President Obama, Obama administration, Obama, Obama, administration, Obama, Obama
2R-: John Boehner, Republican
Stuck in the Muddle
23 January 2009
953 33 2D+: Obama, president
7D-: President Obama, administration, Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama, administration
4D=, 1R=
Wall Street Voodoo
19 January 2009
866 32 1D-: Obama administration
1R-: Republicans
Forgive and Forget?
16 January 2009
928 82 2D+: President-elect Barack Obama, Democratic
2D-: Obama, Obama
16R-: Bush administration, Bush, Bush administration, President Bush, Bush administration, Bush administration, Bush, Bush administration, Bush administration, administration, Reagan, President Bush, second Bush administration, Bush, Bush, administration
3D=
Ideas for Obama
12 January 2009
971 19 8D+: Obama, Christina Romer, Obama, Romer, Lawrence Summers, Obama, Romer, Romer
4D-: President-elect Barack Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama
9D=
The Obama Gap
9 January 2009
958 47 2D+: President-elect Barack Obama, Senate Democrats
10D-: Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama
3D=, 1R=
Fighting Off Depression
5 January 2009
898 63 4D+: President-elect Barack Obama, Obama, F.D.R., Obama
1D-: Obama
2R-: Republican, Republicans
2D=
Bigger Than Bush
2 January 2009
1015 59 3D+: Democratic, Chuck Schumer, Barack
1D-: Bill Clinton
3R+: Alberto Gonzales, Ronald Reagan, Lee Atwater
22R-: Bush, Republicans, Phil Gramm, Rush Limbaugh, Bush administration, President Bush, G.O.P., Republicans, G.O.P. , Bush, Bush administration, Bush administration, Chip Saltsman, Republican National Committee, George W. Bush, Republican president, Bush, Sarah Palin, administration, Bush, G.O.P. , Republicans
4D=, 5R=