re: In secret meetings with Dem 2020 candidates, Obama urges them to keep talking about Russia

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Sources said Obama has been advising those considering a run for the White House that they should continue talking about investigations into Russian interference in the 2016 election because it sticks with voters in the long run

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If the GOP draws a distinction between meddling and collusion, this will Backfire.

There's no doubt Russia meddled. But there's no collusion.

The Dems hope to conflate the two and have done a pretty good job of it so far.

The GOP can steal their thunder by acknowledging Russia's attempts and put measures in place to punish and prevent Russia from doing it again, and point out these are steps Obama should have taken when IC told him as far back as 2014 that Russia was planning to meddle in the election.