Youngkin Mind Flu, McCarthy’s Gauntlet, & Biden’s Moat

Welcome back to The Daily Courant, your afternoon dispatch of Puck’s latest reporting.

First up today, Peter Hamby decisively punctures the Glenn Youngkin ’24 fantasy, an enduring pipe dream of G.O.P. megadonors hoping the private equity billioniare-turned-Republican governor can sideline Trump once and for all.

Plus, below the fold: Eriq Gardner peers through his pince-nez at a flurry of lawsuits from Hunter Biden. Lauren Sherman presents the most pressing insights from the final days of Paris fashion week, before considering Taylor Swift’s conspicuous absence from luxury campaigns. On Somebody’s Gotta Win, Tara Palmeri and NBC’s Jon Allen dig into the lack of Democratic opposition to Joe Biden. And on The Powers That Be, Peter and Abby Livingston chronicle the unfolding McCarthy-Gaetz Capitol Hill showdown.

PETER HAMBY

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.

ERIQ GARDNER

Inside a new set of lawsuits that the president’s troubled son is waging against his nemeses—Rudy, a former Trump White House official, etcetera—all in an attempt to win back his good name.

LAUREN SHERMAN

As fashion week comes to an end—nearly, almost, at least—some news and notes on designers to watch, Demna discourse, and much more.

LAUREN SHERMAN

People who have worked with Swift say that she doesn’t need a luxury campaign. Her own brand, though? That could happen.