Even establishment Democrats say Chuck Schumer must go

For the past 40 days, congressional Democrats mustered a remarkable display of unity and perseverance. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer had finally decided to follow Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi’s dictum to know and use their power.

They settled on a message: No Democratic votes for a stopgap funding measure to keep the government open without Affordable Care Act subsidies. In the tradition of the late Sen. Ted Kennedy, health care would be the hill they were willing to die on. Members of Congress — seemingly of all philosophies, persuasions and wings of the party — delivered that message in town halls, interviews, op-eds and on social media. The party’s base, which had been demoralized for over a year after former Vice President Kamala Harris