Journalist: Well-known businessman Arnold Bergeron has long been popular in the state, and he has often talked about running for governor, but he has never run. However, we have just learned that Bergeron has fulfilled the financial disclosure requirement for candidacy by submitting a detailed list of his current financial holdings to the election commission. So, it is very likely that Bergeron will be a candidate for governor this year.
The answer to which of the following questions would be most useful in evaluating the journalist's argument?
E is more relevant in the causal relationship between the financial requirement and governor candidacy. C merely undermines the basis of the argument, not the argument itself.
If someone asks you to evaluate the validity of the argument "I bought 1000 lottery tickets today so I must have a good chance at winning it." You won't think of evaluating it based on "did you really buy 1000 tickets" but the relationship between 1000 tickets and winning the lottery.