Ambinder wants more data:
Logically, onecannot connect any appreciable drop in Ayotte's numbers to one thingthat happened so recently; this is the post hoc ergo propter hocfallacy. PPP covers themselves by modifiers, as in, "Palin'sendorsement may well be playing a role in this." Maybe. The pollsuggests that most independents -- those famous New Hampshire independents,that 50 percent of New Hampshire voters -- are less willing to vote for acandidate who gets the support of Sarah Palin. That's...
Published on July 28, 2010 04:45