Inside Chuck Schumer's March survival plan

[Morrison71]

https://www.axios.com/2025/03/21/chuck-schumer-congress-primary-senate

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) is in survival mode, calling colleagues and reaching out to Democratic groups to address concerns about his leadership. The goal is to show party activists he has the fire in his belly to stare down President Trump and Elon Musk.

• Schumer's strategy is two-fold: Tell his critics he understands their concerns while looking for ways to prove them wrong.
• He agrees with his doubters that the Senate Democrats have to go on offense, according to people familiar with the matter.
• Look for Schumer to zero in on Trump's cuts to Social Security phone services when lawmakers get back to Washington next week as a key example of his new aggressiveness.

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• "Chuck Schumer just cares about winning," said Tom Nides, a former ambassador under President Biden. "He made this decision because he thought it was in the best interests of members."
• "This notion he is in any jeopardy is absurd," a longtime Senate Democratic donor told Axios.

Bipartisanship is the most obvious casualty of Schumer's new warlike posture toward the GOP.
That will have implications for the rest of the year, including a possible debt ceiling deal, disaster relief for California — and then, in late September, funding the government for the 2026 fiscal year.

 

[Morrison71]

"This notion he is in any jeopardy is absurd," a longtime Senate Democratic donor told Axios.

And is this what they mean by controlled opposition.

 

[TC Nole OX]

And is this what they mean by controlled opposition.

Yep....this is what the billionaires have purchased. The corporate "centrist" democrats exist to be a willing punching bag and scapegoat in order to advance the right wing agenda. They only fight when a progressive is making waves. They immediately go back to being doormats as soon as the threat of someone actually fighting for the people is vanquished.

 

[TC Nole OX]

https://www.axios.com/2025/03/21/chuck-schumer-congress-primary-senate

"Schumer's new warlike posture toward the GOP"

 

[tarheelbybirth]

Bipartisanship is the most obvious casualty of Schumer's new warlike posture toward the GOP.

They had to have written that laughing like an idiot.

 

[hawkeyetraveler]

Yep....this is what the billionaires have purchased. The corporate "centrist" democrats exist to be a willing punching bag and scapegoat in order to advance the right wing agenda. They only fight when a progressive is making waves. They immediately go back to being doormats as soon as the threat of someone actually fighting for the people is vanquished.

Being a centrist is not the problem. The problem is the failure of centrists to defend issues moderates care about. You can be a “moderate” and be totally against what is happening. You can be a moderate and realize there is no bipartisanship with MAGA in control.