Comment: For the love of pete (and our country), I'll tell you :-). 

E-mail server hacking, fake news proliferating and spear phishing of election officials are just a few of the methods used (it’s all very well documented and out there on the Web). Putin’s not a Republican or a Democrat, he’s an opportunist. And in Trump, he just may have found his "useful idiot."  

Intelligence agencies around the world have documented Russia's tampering in elections in France, Ukraine, the UK and, yes, in the United States. We can turn a blind eye, b/c we think it didn’t change our single vote (or b/c our guy won), but the strategy of undermining our process could have influenced many other votes (and may continue to do so in subsequent elections). That should give us pause. Republicans and Democrats used to be able to unite against these common threats and enemies. “Obummer” didn’t just wake up one day and decide he wanted to issue sanctions against Russia. He had bi-partisan support and with good reason.