For Chuck Schumer ’s growing list of haters, there are two realities that are going to both excite and frustrate: He’s not going anywhere as Senate Democratic Leader, and it’s increasingly unlikely he’ll be reelected in 2028.

Schumer is now the most unpopular Senate leader with his own party on record. The Democratic base is furious at him for effectively permitting eight Democrats to vote with Republicans to end the government shutdown . For many Democratic voters, the shutdown was a great letdown because it did not secure Schumer’s stated objective: to renew expiring federal subsidies for Obamacare. It’s hard, in fact, to see what Democrats actually won for all their trouble.

Schumer is seen by many progressives and even restive moderates as a political leader who is out of tou

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