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Glenn Youngkin

The public panic over those polls was so widespread that the Biden campaign emailed confidential talking points to friendly surrogates.
Peter Hamby • November 6, 2023

Biden’s Trump Kryptonite

Amid a party-wide freak-out over a set of terrifying New York Times polls, Democrats are guardedly watching Tuesday’s elections for signs that the immense backlash over abortion bans, which turbocharged last year’s midterm results, can still deliver them the White House.
Abby Livingston • November 6, 2023
The Biden Anxiety Meter & the Axelrod Effect
President Biden Speaks on his Bidenomics Economic Plan and Its Investment in Passenger Rail at an Amtrak Facility in Delaware
Measuring the level of the political freak-out under the dome as Democrats absorb the latest Biden-Trump poll and weigh their dwindling options.
Peter Hamby • October 2, 2023
The Youngkin Mind Flu
Like the Tim Scott crush over the summer, the Glenn Youngkin idea is mostly being peddled by rich country clubbers in the Republican donor set.
Of course donors are salivating over Glenn Youngkin, the 6-foot-6 Harvard MBA and private equity billionaire-turned-Republican governor straight out of central casting circa 2012. But let’s be real: there is no electorate for Youngkin, no actual plan to draft him, and no logical process to do so.
The fate of Virginia House candidate Susanna Gibson, who live-streamed her sexual exploits with her husband, could impact Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s ability to enact a 15-week abortion ban.
Peter Hamby • September 25, 2023
Political Porn on a Whole New Level
The weird, kinky case of Susanna Gibson—the nurse who filmed herself having sex with her husband while running for the Virginia state legislature—signals how far our political sex scandals have evolved, especially on the left, and especially in consequential elections.
Will it be possible for Glenn Youngkin to jump into the race after the midterms and have a successful run?
Tara Palmeri • May 8, 2023
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.
Ron DeSantis already has about $200 million in the bank, but it’s been a rough month or so.
Tara Palmeri • April 6, 2023
DeSantis Donor Quakes & New Hampshire Foibles
There are rumblings all across Florida, but particularly in donorworld, that DeSantis is trending in the wrong direction and should hold his fire till ’28. Youngkin, on the other hand, doesn’t have that kind of optionality.
Glenn Youngkin hasn’t given up on the dream of running, and has signaled that Jeff Roe’s semi-betrayal has not impacted his thinking.
Tara Palmeri • March 30, 2023
Youngkin’s Jeff Roe Rebound
Sure, Glenn Youngkin plays the role of half-zip-clad, keep-it-out-of-the-classroom soccer dad. But he’s a private equity grinfucker at heart, and he’s not gonna let Jeff Roe’s DeSantis dalliance get in the way of his presidential ambitions. Plus, updates on the D.N.C. bake-off and Mike Pompeo’s ’24 wanderlust.
GOP consultant Jeff Roe with Glenn Youngkin
Tara Palmeri • September 15, 2022
Jeff Roe on Biden’s “Sugar High” and How to Beat Trump
Roe, the prodigious G.O.P. operative du jour, shares his expansive views about the Democrats’ strategic euthanasia, Biden’s challenges, Trump’s ‘24 opportunity, and the precise playbook for a challenger to beat him. He also muses on some dream Dem candidates for the right to feast on.
Glenn Youngkin
Tara Palmeri • July 18, 2022
Glenn Youngkin’s Pence-ian Revelation
Can the massively ambitious, ostensibly palatable, evangelical-friendly newbie governor of the Commonwealth capitalize on Pence’s Jan. 6th weaknesses and create a viable ‘24 lane? Well, he’s got Jeff Roe on his side…
David Zaslav
William D. Cohan • February 6, 2022
Zaz’s Zuck Card, Fed Anxiety & The Next Youngkin
The inside conversation on Wall Street about Warner’s CNN headache, AMC’s meme-bond offering, and Jamie Dimon’s dream job.