Schumer likely thought the 'Blue wave' would afford him some political capital to cave in

[tman]

At the cost of a bad deal and a pissed off base.

Does he not realize it is the opposite?

No..he probably doesn't.

[Cirsium]

1. Yes

Winning means losing. As soon as we gain some political capital, that just means we can move to the right, compromise with Republicans, and most importantly, please the big donors.

[Ars Longa]

2. I just Emailed Sen Chris Murphy to challenge him for Leadership--

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Schumer Needs To Go!!!

https://www.murphy.senate.gov/contact

[Cirsium]

5. Ours

I am so tired of calling and emailing Peters and Slotkin. That's all I will say.

[senseandsensibility]

3. Well if he listened to the voicemail I just sent him

and the one my hubby sent, and the ones people here on DU have sent, and ones he is no doubt getting from millions of Dems and even Independents, he should realize how wrong he is.

[Demsrule86]

4. And that shows how out of touch he is.

[Javaman]

6. Schumer, as always, fails to understand that the landscape has vastly changed

He’s still playing like it’s 2012.

[valleyrogue]

10. He knows a lot more than you think. Nothing is going to happen because of the House. n/t

[Nanjeanne]

7. They just slapped all the excited young voters in the face. Good luck getting them out to vote next time.

Y

[BannonsLiver]

8. Pissed off AND utterly demoralized.

[valleyrogue]

9. There is no "cave." The House has to reconvene to vote on what the Senate passes.

The bills aren't the same.

And you know what that means. They have to seat the AZ representative, and that ain't happening because of the files.

[Cha]

11. BULL... no one know WHAT Sen Schumer "Thinks".

[Polybius]

12. Well, I hope Schumer knows