Sunday Open Thread [1.15.12]

We got two new polls showing Mitt Romney surging and Gingrich dropping. Looks like the Bain attacks backfired on Gingrich. Republicans love vulture capitalists and firing middle and working class people. Therefore, Romney is their hero. We also have Stephen Colbert's latest campaign ad. It's hilarious.

150 Evangelicals Can’t Be Wrong

Santorum's their guy. A group of 150 of the country's leading social conservative and evangelical leaders met yesterday on a ranch outside Houston and, after three rounds of balloting, decided…

Post hoc ergo propter hoc

Post hoc ergo propter hoc, Latin for "after this, therefore because of this," is a logical fallacy that states, "Since that event followed this one, that event must have been caused by this one." I was reminded of this scene and this principle when reading of a tragedy in the News Journal this morning.

Still the Party of Bush and Palin.

Because both of them still have more influence over Republicans with their potential endorsement than their local man or woman of God. 28% of Republican primary voters say former President Bush's endorsement will sway them. 23% say that with respect to Palin. Both rank at the top of the list, higher than their priest, rabbi or pastor.

So Delawareonline is going behind a paywall…

... so what? The internet business model of giving away your product for free online was never going to work, and a lot of newspapers went out of business trying to make it work. Before the internet, if you wanted your local newspaper like the News Journal, you paid for it. And it is going to be that way again.