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More Youngkinology & Jeff Roe Remorse Theories

A frank, occasionally angry, always insightful dialogue with former congresswoman Barbara Comstock about Youngkin, DeSantis, the Christie suicide-bomber strategy, and the Republican colleagues she left behind.

Will it be possible for Glenn Youngkin to jump into the race after the midterms and have a successful run?
Will it be possible for Glenn Youngkin to jump into the race after the midterms and have a successful run? Photo: Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images
Tara Palmeri
May 8, 2023

Before joining the prestigious Baker Donelson firm as a lobbyist specializing in cybersecurity and privacy issues, Barbara Comstock was a respected two-term congresswoman representing the wealthy outer Virginia suburbs of Washington, D.C—a purple-ish district she took over from a Republican, held as it swung from Romney to Clinton in 2016, and lost to a Democrat two years later, during the great midterm revolt against Trump. At the time, she was ranked one of the top ten most effective lawmakers by the Center for Effective Lawmaking.