My ah-ha moment from the hearing yesterday.

[NYETNYET]

How many times have you heard that the DNC got hacked but the repubs didn't because they were too smart? I had heard it mentioned before that they were hacked but they wouldn't admit it. At the hearing Mr. Clapper mentioned they were hacked and nothing released. He should know. Now my point... Are the repubs being blackmailed 'en masse', individually OR both. That would explain so much. Is this why they want the Russian thing to go away so badly?

[Wounded Bear]

1. This has been speculated on before...

IMHO, yes, they are probably being blackmailed from the unrevealed hacks.

Just my opinion, but their actions are speaking volumes. They're going a bit beyond mere partisanship, I think.

[Blue Meany]

2. Ted Cruz was hacked early on in the primary. That's interesting because he was

then being supported by Cambridge Analytica, the data company that helped Trump win and which is alleged to have Russian connections too. I wonder he might have been blackmailed to leave the race based on what they found.

[bettyellen]

3. True! And whoever said that Guccifer released negative info on the GOP

Was covering for them, Guccifer only released opposition research on the GOP- dem materials. I think a lot of it was, like the DNC stuff designed to take the steam out of it. Make the DNC look like a bunch of mean girls.

[flotsam]

4. That's the whole deal

they released what they knew that the democrats already knew...A.They expected that to become public. B.They inoculate the GOP campaign in a single premature dump. C.It feeds the narrative that it wasn't done by a Trump supporter or to help Trump.

[bettyellen]

5. Very good points- thanks for that!