sentences:  Lott's argument is used in the influential social science methodology textbook "Rethinking Social Inquiry" (edited by Henry Brady and David Collier) as an example of poor methodology, and showed how the number of lost Bush votes ranged from 28 to 56.Lott claims that most of the large recent increases in campaign spending for state and federal offices can be explained by higher government spending.Lott also supports the conclusion that higher quality judges, measured by their output once they are on the court (e.g., number of citations to their opinions or number of published opinions), take longer to get confirmed.