The psychology of crowd momentum

This is fascinating from a psychological or sociological perspective. And it has deep implications for politics. One guy dancing weird is, well, weird.  But when a second guy joins it becomes a little less weird and after the third guy joins it becomes a flood.  It's now okay to join in. And at some point, maybe it becomes unacceptable to leave.

A better view of the crowd joining:

Why Trump argued the inaugural attendance count

Watch this video to see why Donald Trump disputed the inaugural attendance count - pictures in this video show the crowd size without the media edits. Sure the pictures the media propagated as facts were real, but they were not taken at the height of the attendance. Facts matter.

GOP 'crowdation'

With Newt Gingrich surging to the top of many polls, clearly his momentum has caused other candidates to try to take a different tack in order to gain, or regain, some traction.  Oddly, it seems like everyone who is trying to differentiate themselves is taking the same sort of approach.