@panos I guess I don't understand what you're saying. I haven't heard anyone making this case before; I started thinking about it when I skated past an article about the October Surprise theory on Wikipedia. If you think that I have shared this idea to deflect blame from the current administration, I can assure you that is not the case. I was just thinking about it, and then the Russian interactions in 2016, and thought, is this crazy? Maybe I should make a poll.