Truthiness in Science

The Colbert Bump has been scientifically proven!!! Surely Stephen will have to give credit to science for proving it, although I suppose he'll chalk it up to be something that he knew all along.

"Democrats who braved Colbert's mocking interviews, [Fowler] was surprised to find, not only saw the number of donations they received in the month after the show jump by one third, they raised 44 percent more money than their counterparts who did not go on the show. While the average candidate in Fowler's sample raises about $21,000 a month, Colbert's guests earned almost $30,000 after the broadcast."

Apparently, however, this only applies to Democrats, and Republicans on the show can actually experience a negative effect.  I guess that's how we can explain Huckabee's loss.