Steve Schmidt just said something interesting.

[madaboutharry]

First, The Russia story is a big deal. Second, watch to see if someone in the Trump campaign is rejected for a security clearance. If that happens it will be very damaging.

[imanamerican63]

1. He also made the comment that he feels there is something wrong with Trump?

It is a good observation, but we all knew that a long time ago!

[Lefthacker]

2. Spot on

I guess I'm starting to sound like a broken record but Steve Schmidt's opinions and analysis are usually quite sound. Maybe he can join our team.

[malaise]

5. Lady Blah Blah's promoter

Pluuuuuuuuuuuuuueeeeeeeeeeeez! He's an a$$hole.

[spanone]

13. not a fan.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

3. The person in the Trump campaign who should be rejected for a security clearance is Trump.

[malaise]

6. Manafort

as well

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

7. Him, too. His resume is dodgy, to say the least.

[meow2u3]

12. Manafort should be investigated for his role in Russiagate

Only when he took over tRump's campaign were the computer systems of the DNC, the DCCC, and maybe HRC's campaign were hacked. The timing is very sketchy.

[superpatriotman]

20. The guy is a cheap casino maitre 'd

Here's your menus, folks. Try the buffet. Here's your complimentary tokens for the slots.

[Cracklin Charlie]

23. Is Manafort the campaign manager?

Why would a campaign manager even need a security clearance? How many people from a campaign are privy to any national security information? I wouldn't think that number would be very high. Clearances take time and money.

I could be wrong, but I would think it was someone higher up. And there are not many names up there.

Interesting.

[Volaris]

18. In November that will happen.

Patience, padawan.
=)

[mdbl]

19. That's no lie.

He's a security threat now.

[Tal Vez]

4. The Russia story is a big deal. Trump is crazy to permit himself to be seen as a Putin fan.

If Putin is perceived to be trying to tip the scales in favor of Trump, there will be voters who vote for Clinton solely to spite Putin.

[PearliePoo2]

8. Manafort!

Put a microscope up his ass. Our National Security is too important to not scrutinize every one of these Putin admiring assholes. Vet the shit out of them.

[sunnystarr]

10. Manafort has that villain ring to it

and sets off the Harry Potter theme in my head lol ... like a blending of Malfoy and Voldemort. Imperfect I know, but it still happens.

[C_U_L8R]

11. Manafort acts like a cheap crook out of central casting

In fact I think Chazz Palimiteri must have channeled him for some dastardly role.

[ToxMarz]

15. I can't imagine they haven't been up his ass in surveilence long before Trump started his campaign,

let alone hired him. But now if he is a threat and they can/will act. Maybe they just have to find a way to act without tipping their hand, they really don't like us to know how much they know about us so they don't sweat the small stuff.

[riversedge]

9. The Russian story should be a big story.

[KrazyinKS]

14. So where should I go to keep updates on this-

This is fascinating. But the Mainstream media is just lightly touching on it. I need to know who is following it closely.

[csziggy]

16. I just posted a link to a Washington Post story about Trump's links to Russia

Inside Trump’s financial ties to Russia and his unusual flattery of Vladimir Putin
This account of Trump’s 30-year history of business with Russia — and that of his advisers — is based on interviews as well as a review of deposition transcripts and other court records in which Trump and his associates have discussed their overseas work. Trump declined to be interviewed for this article, as did top campaign aides and most members of his foreign policy team. The Kremlin also declined to comment about Trump’s visit to Moscow.

Manafort should be suspect:

Trump’s top aides, too, have had ties to Russia. Campaign chairman Paul Manafort has done multimillion-dollar business deals with pro-Russian oligarchs and was a longtime adviser to the Russia-aligned Ukrainian president whose 2014 ouster triggered Russia’s intervention in Ukraine, a major source of tension between Russia and the United States as well as its NATO allies.

And Michael Caputo:

An adviser who helped run Trump’s efforts in the New York primary, Michael Caputo, lived in Russia in the 1990s. Caputo also had a contract for several months in 2000 with the Russian conglomerate Gazprom Media to improve Putin’s image in the United States.

Carter Page:

Carter Page, also a Trump foreign policy adviser, once ran the Moscow office of Merrill Lynch, including advising the Russian energy giant Gazprom, according to his biography posted on his employer’s website.

At the end, there are links to several other articles they have written on the subject.

[Ilsa]

17. Trump's inner circle has a bunch of Russian

Ties to it.

I wonder what people will think when Benedict Donald's campaign people are denied clearance and he has to replace them.

[OnDoutside]

21. Of all of them, I don't see how Manafort could possibly be given security clearance. It defies logic

that someone who was so connected to a Putin puppet, could be given sensitive security information that could affect American lives, and those of their allies.

AND bearing in mind the possibilities that Trump has massive financial ties to Russian Oligarchs, he needs to give complete financial disclosure to the vetting process.

[csziggy]

22. Absolutely - Trump and more than one of his lackeys should not be cleared

Trump already has advocated that a foreign power hack US computers. What could he do with classified information to further endanger the US?

[OnDoutside]

24. As much as I want Trump to be hammered into the ground, looking at it dispassionately, if those

in charge of the vetting process clear all those within the top of the Trump campaign (who require this knowledge), with the massive questions hanging over them, then the screams about Hillary's server will be laughable.