Why Did We Lose And How Can We Win?

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55. How?

I know a lot of us want the Russian connection to sink Trump. So do I, but I think there's a jump between the case that "Trump should be removed from office because he's beholden to a foreign power" and "Trump only won because the Russians helped him."

Because, in truth, what did the Russians do? Deploy an army of hackers to dig up unfavorable information about HRC and disseminate it? That just means they did a great job of "oppo research," which is something most campaigns have people of their own to do.

To me, saying that the Russians were responsible for the election outcome requires proving that the Russian hackers, say, manipulated the voting process to falsify the returns. And, so far, that's something that hasn't been proven.