The party’s elite are reportedly expected to urge him into the fold next month. But with still no presidential momentum to speak of, the governor has about a snowball’s chance in hell of beating Trump.
that the governor “appears to be leaving the door open” for a presidential campaign. “And if Republicans win in Virginia, maybe we can talk him into it,” Peterffy said, adding that “the money would be there.”Trump’s former attorney general, was similarly supportive.
In the event that he does run, it would presumably be after Virginia’s November 7 elections, leaving Youngkin supporters scant time to get his name on primary ballots across the country. He would then require a frenzied advertising and door-knocking push to promote his brand and platform before the first-in-the-nation Iowa caucuses are held on January 15. In other words, the whole scenario feels more like a Hail Mary than an actionable plan.
There is also a steep cost-benefit analysis for Youngkin—that is, the infinitesimal chance of actually beating Trump versus the very real chance that he suffers an embarrassing loss that could harm his political future. Fear of Trump’s mudslinging abilities appears to be top of mind: “Glenn cringes when he thinks about what Trump would do,” a person close to the governor told theAt only 56, the prudent thing for Youngkin would be to sit this race out and run in a future, Trump-less cycle.
Youngkin has likewise deployed an aw-shucks, gee-whiz touch to downplay questions about his White House ambitions. “Do you feel a responsibility for your party and for your country to jump in this race?” he wason Thursday. “Let me begin with how humbling this is,” Youngkin replied. “Forty years ago I'm washing dishes and taking out trash in the Belvedere Hotel, and today people are throwing my name around in a national context. I’m new at this.
As for Trump’s indomitability, Win it Back PAC, a conservative anti-Trump group, has nothing to show for the reported $6 million it dumped into attack ads against the former president in Iowa and South Carolina.
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