lying in ponds
The absurdity of partisanship
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Ruben Navarrette
Washington Post Writers Group

Columns 47
Words 42498
Normalized Median Partisanship Index 0.00
Normalized Total Partisanship Index 13.38
Normalized Combined Partisanship Index 6.69
Democratic Index -12.66
Republican Index 14.16
Positive Index 24.06
Negative Index 27.97
Neutral Index 47.97



Partisan References

Type Number All References
Positive Democratic 86 Obama(29), President Obama(8), Roland Burris(4), Richardson(4), Obama administration(4), Barack Obama(3), Burris(2), Napolitano(2), administration(2), Democratic Party(2), Axelrod(2), Rush, Bill Richardson, Reid, Barack, Senate Democrats, first lady , Attorney General Janet Reno, Reno, Democratic, Holder, President Barack Obama, the president, Mr. President, Clinton, Vice President Biden, Henry Cuellar, D-, Cuellar, Janet Napolitano, president, White House, Rahm Emanuel, Democrats, David Axelrod
Negative Democratic 147 Obama(44), Democrats(13), Reid(9), Napolitano(8), the president(7), Obama administration(7), Blagojevich(6), administration(6), Democratic(5), Richardson(4), White House(3), Rod Blagojevich(3), President Obama(3), Harry Reid(2), Barack Obama(2), Clinton(2), Holder(2), The president(2), Rush, Strom Thurmond, Dick Durbin, the president-elect, Bobby Rush, D-, Durbin, Bill Richardson, former President Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton, House Democrats, Senate Democrats, Janet Napolitano, Eric Holder, Biden, James Carville, Carville, Mr. President, Obamaland
Neutral Democratic 249Obama(66), Democrats(15), Reid(13), President Obama(11), administration(11), Napolitano(8), Democrat(7), Obama administration(7), Blagojevich(6), Burris(6), Richardson(6), Janet Napolitano(6), Barack Obama(6), Holder(6), the president(5), Eric Holder(5), White House(5), President-elect Barack Obama(4), Roland Burris(4), Hillary Clinton(4), Hilda Solis(3), Durbin(3), The president(3), Bill Clinton(3), D-(2), Ken Salazar(2), Democratic Party(2), Democratic(2), President Barack Obama(2), Bobby Rush, Rush, Robert Menendez, Salazar, Clinton, Solis, Susan Rice, Lisa Jackson, Jesse Jackson Jr., Danny Davis, Rod Blagojevich, Bill Richardson, Michelle Obama, House Democrats, Clinton administration, Janet Reno, Reno, Mr. President, president, presidency, Chuck Schumer, Carville, Rahm Emanuel, Gore, Obama White House, President John Kennedy
Positive Republican 86 Schwarzenegger(17), Garza(9), Bush(7), Gonzales(7), Bush administration(4), George W. Bush(3), GOP(3), administration(2), Alberto Gonzales(2), Jindal(2), Tony Garza(2), Cheney(2), Romney(2), McConnell, President Reagan, Republicans, The president, the president, Mukasey, White House, Bobby Jindal, Elaine Chao, President Bush, John McCain, Jon Kyl, Ronald Reagan, president, Bill Bennett, Powell, Limbaugh, Palin, Eric Cantor, Jeb Bush, Mike Pence, former Vice President Dick Cheney, Sessions, Republican
Negative Republican 53 Republicans(19), GOP(9), Republican Party(3), Republican(3), Rush Limbaugh(2), Arnold Schwarzenegger(2), Powell(2), McConnell, John McCain, congressional Republicans, Gonzales, Bush, Rush, Colin Powell, Limbaugh, Colin, Bush administration, Newt Gingrich, Lindsey Graham, Jeff Sessions
Neutral Republican 94Republicans(14), Republican(9), Bennett(5), Bush administration(4), GOP(4), Bush(4), Powell(4), Gonzales(3), Limbaugh(3), Republican Party(3), Romney(3), Arnold Schwarzenegger(2), Schwarzenegger(2), Senate Republicans(2), Steele(2), Sessions(2), Mitch McConnell, McConnell, John Cornyn, Alberto Gonzales, Mel Martinez, Lauro Cavazos, President Bush, presidency, President George H.W. Bush, 41, Duncan D. Hunter, R-, Colin Powell, Rush Limbaugh, former Vice President Dick Cheney, Republican National Committee, Michael Steele, Mitt Romney, Sarah Palin, Mike Huckabee, Huckabee, Reagan, Ted Olson, Olson, Tom Tancredo, Graham, Jeff Sessions, 43



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
Shut Out in Obamaland
28 June 2009
937 32 6D+: Obama, David Axelrod, Obama, Axelrod, Obama, Axelrod
18D-: Obamaland, White House, Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama, administration, Obama, Obama, Obama, Democratic, Obama, White House, Obama, The president, Obama, Obama, Barack Obama
1R-: Republican
6D=
When Stand By Your Man Isn't Enough
24 June 2009
970 48 2D+: Obama, Democrats
12D-: Obama, the president, Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama, the president, Obama, The president
7D=
Humanitarian, But Questionable
21 June 2009
878 0
Afflicting The Comfortable
17 June 2009
864 91 1D-: Democrats
10R+: Schwarzenegger, Schwarzenegger, Schwarzenegger, Schwarzenegger, Schwarzenegger, Schwarzenegger, Schwarzenegger, Schwarzenegger, Schwarzenegger, Schwarzenegger
1R=
The Governator Puts His Dukes Up
10 June 2009
871 81 3D-: Democratic, Democrats, Mr. President
8R+: Schwarzenegger, Schwarzenegger, Schwarzenegger, Schwarzenegger, Schwarzenegger, Schwarzenegger, Schwarzenegger, Republican
1R-: Arnold Schwarzenegger
Immigration Reform's Hidden Factor
7 June 2009
842 0 2D=
Road Map to Obscurity
3 June 2009
940 50 5D+: President Obama, White House, administration, Democratic Party, Rahm Emanuel
1D-: Democrats
1R+: Sessions
9R-: Republicans, Republicans, GOP, Rush Limbaugh, Newt Gingrich, Lindsey Graham, Jeff Sessions, Republicans, GOP
7R=

844 0 1D=, 3R=
The Right Choice, The Right Time
27 May 2009
918 60 6D+: President Obama, Democratic Party, Obama, President Obama, Obama, President Obama
4D=
An 'Idol' Denied
24 May 2009
839 0 1D=
When Reality Sets In
20 May 2009
955 21 3D+: President Obama, Obama, president
6D-: administration, James Carville, Carville, President Obama, Obama administration, the president
4R+: George W. Bush, former Vice President Dick Cheney, Bush, Bush
1R-: Bush administration
18D=, 3R=
Infighting in the Wilderness
17 May 2009
1081 8 14R+: Ronald Reagan, president, Bill Bennett, Powell, Limbaugh, Cheney, Cheney, Palin, Romney, GOP, Romney, Eric Cantor, Jeb Bush, Mike Pence
9R-: Republicans, Rush, Colin Powell, Limbaugh, Powell, Colin, Powell, Republicans, GOP
9D=, 37R=
When 'Justice' Isn't
13 May 2009
867 0 1D=
Stalled on Immigration
10 May 2009
866 31 4D-: Democrats, Democrats, Democrats, Democratic
3R+: GOP, John McCain, Jon Kyl
1R-: Republicans
4D=, 5R=
Go For History
6 May 2009
872 12 1D+: President Obama
1D-: Democrats
1R+: President Bush
2R-: Republicans, Republicans
9D=
Hung Up On Themselves
3 May 2009
857 0
A Virus, Not an Immigrant
29 April 2009
855 29 2D+: Janet Napolitano, Napolitano
1D=, 2R=
An Unsaintly Message
26 April 2009
839 0 1R=
Tortured Logic
22 April 2009
921 34 3D+: Obama, Obama, Obama
7D-: Obama, Obama, Obama, the president, Obama, Obama, the president
3R+: Bush, Bush administration, Bush administration
9D=, 2R=
Border Czar -- The Sequel
19 April 2009
879 0 11D=, 3R=
Familiar Issues at U.S.-Mexico Summit
15 April 2009
919 33 5D-: Obama administration, administration, Democrats, Democrats, Obama
8D=, 1R=
An Ambassador's Reward
12 April 2009
920 59 5D+: Henry Cuellar, D-, Cuellar, Obama, administration
1D-: Obama administration
13R+: Tony Garza, Garza, Garza, Garza, Garza, Garza, George W. Bush, GOP, Garza, Garza, Garza, Garza, Tony Garza
3D=, 1R=
In a Fog After Tragedy
08 April 2009
827 0
The Immigration Mishmash
05 April 2009
912 22 2D+: Vice President Biden, Obama
6D-: Obama administration, Obama, Biden, administration, Obama, Obama administration
10D=
On Message On Trade
01 April 2009
897 6 4D+: Obama, Obama, Obama administration, Obama administration
5D-: President Obama, the president, Obama, Obama, administration
9D=
In Mexico's Lonely Battle, Help on the Way
29 March 2009
906 12 1D+: Clinton
7D=
Call It NAFTA for Narcos
15 March 2009
884 83 5D+: President Obama, the president, Obama, Mr. President, Obama
1D=
Latinos Stuck in Limbo
11 March 2009
931 20 4D+: President Barack Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama
2D-: Eric Holder, Holder
4D=
Gun-Running's Two-Way Street
08 March 2009
906 11 3D+: Obama administration, Napolitano, Holder
2D-: Janet Napolitano, Napolitano
4D=
Obama Yet to Take Action on Immigration
4 March 2009
924 27 1D+: Obama
5D-: Obama, Obama administration, Obama administration, Napolitano, administration
9D=
Our Entitled Youth
1 March 2009
849 100 1R+: Elaine Chao
Budgeting in Tough Times Isn't Pretty
25 February 2009
860 9 1D+: President Obama
1D-: Democrats
3R+: Bobby Jindal, Jindal, Jindal
4R-: Republicans, Republicans, Republican, Arnold Schwarzenegger
1D=, 3R=
Blame Game Hurts U.S. and Mexico
22 February 2009
865 100 1D+: Obama administration
Immigration is a Federal, Not Local Issue
18 February 2009
835 100 1D+: Democratic
Checking in with the Labor Movement
15 February 2009
860 0 2D=
Napolitano Should Shut Down Sheriff Joe
11 February 2009
897 27 2D+: Attorney General Janet Reno, Reno
6D-: Napolitano, Napolitano, Napolitano, Napolitano, Napolitano, Napolitano
5D=, 1R=
Immigration Positions Didn't Hurt GOP
08 February 2009
916 79 13R-: Republicans, Rush Limbaugh, GOP, Republican, GOP, Republicans, GOP, Republicans, GOP, Republicans, GOP, Republicans, Republican Party
1D=, 3R=
Americans Still Can't Trust Congress
04 February 2009
936 7 8D-: House Democrats, Democratic, Democrats, Senate Democrats, President Obama, Democrats, Democratic, the president
3R-: Republicans, Bush, GOP
4D=, 6R=
Why Do Liberals Still Hate Alberto Gonzales?
01 February 2009
970 67 1D-: Holder
14R+: Alberto Gonzales, Alberto Gonzales, Gonzales, Gonzales, Bush administration, Gonzales, Gonzales, Mukasey, Gonzales, White House, Gonzales, Gonzales, Bush administration, administration
1R-: Gonzales
3D=, 3R=
The Right Thing for Border Agents
25 January 2009
870 67 7R+: George W. Bush, Bush, Bush, the president, Bush, administration, Bush
1R-: congressional Republicans
1R=
California is for Whiners
21 January 2009
849 0 2D=, 2R=
With Obama, America Fulfills Its Promise
18 January 2009
904 62 8D+: Obama, Barack Obama, Barack Obama, first lady , Obama, Obama, Obama, Barack Obama
3D=, 1R=
Richardson's Replacement Doesn't Have to be a Latino
14 January 2009
979 29 5D+: Richardson, Richardson, Richardson, Richardson, Obama
15D-: Bill Richardson, Barack Obama, Richardson, Richardson, Richardson, Obama, Richardson, Obama, Obama, Obama, Rod Blagojevich, former President Bill Clinton, Clinton, Clinton, Hillary Clinton
15D=
Obama Blunders on Burris
11 January 2009
1032 22 6D+: Burris, Obama, Roland Burris, Senate Democrats, Roland Burris, Roland Burris
17D-: Obama, Obama, Harry Reid, Dick Durbin, Reid, Reid, Obama, Obama, Blagojevich, Obama, the president-elect, Blagojevich, Bobby Rush, D-, Obama, Durbin, Blagojevich
26D=
Does Reid Think African-Americans Can't Win?
07 January 2009
983 28 3D+: Reid, Barack, Roland Burris
13D-: Reid, Harry Reid, Reid, Rod Blagojevich, Reid, Democrats, Blagojevich, Blagojevich, Reid, Reid, Reid, Strom Thurmond, Reid
2R+: Republicans, The president
1R-: Republicans
19D=, 1R=
Obama's Diverse Government
04 January 2009
1074 0 6D+: Obama, Rush, Burris, Bill Richardson, Obama, Obama
6D-: Rush, Rod Blagojevich, Blagojevich, Obama, Obama, Obama
1R+: President Reagan
1R-: John McCain
28D=, 2R=
Who is the Victim Now?
13

July
898 28 1D-: White House
1R+: McConnell
5R-: Republican Party, McConnell, Republicans, Republicans, Republican Party
2D=, 5R=