You know those times in professional football when the offense calls a running play, and you say, "What a dumb idea, they're going to get clobbered," and they go ahead and get clobbered (and maybe even lose five yards if the RB gets railroaded back through the scrum)?

Yeah, that feels like this:

Some of the country's most prominent anti-Trump conservative figures and donors are quietly ramping up their efforts to convince Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin to run for president, in light of a race for the Republican nomination that appears to be at a standstill, with former President Donald Trump holding onto a commanding lead in polls in early-voting states and nationally, CBS News chief election and campaign correspondent Robert Costa reports.

Youngkin, meanwhile, will "not explicitly say that he [will] not run."

Me right now to Glenn:

I mean, look, I get why he's thinking it over. He's being urged by former Attorney General Bill Barr and some billionaires. To have that kind of political firepower telling you to do something like this is probably pretty persuasive. It's hard to blame him for considering it.

Still, I mean: Really? Does he really think this is a good idea? He has to be watching the same fight we're watching: A field of GOP hopefuls trailing far, far, far behind the presumptive nominee, Donald Trump; even the favorite challenger, Ron DeSantis, is barely breaking double-digits in his bid (and I'm not saying that because I'm criticizing or endorsing anyone, it's just a fact).

What does Youngkin think he could accomplish in this race? Getting his name out? Getting people interested in his political cachet? He's already governor of one of the most important states in the country, he won an upset election to get there, and he's doing a really crackerjack job cleaning up the miserable mess left behind by two successive Democratic administrations.

Does he think he's not establishing a fine name for himself in the process? What does he think will happen if he enters a bloated GOP field and becomes just another loser under the treads of the Trump machine?

The question will surely be resolved in the near future as "Nevada's deadline is in just a couple of weeks, on Oct. 16, and the cut-off dates for several other states is in November."

I'll just drop this here to help Glenn see reason:

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