Chuck Schumer is increasingly a man alone.
With the Trump administration reaching the 100-day point this week, Republicans were hard at work spinning perception of the president's accomplishments.
The Senate Democratic leader found himself doing the same after agreeing with Republicans to call a vote on a resolution aimed at undoing Donald Trump's declaration of a national emergency over foreign trade.
He had the votes, until he didn't. Two absences among members supporting the resolution sealed its fate.
And in Trumpian fashion, Schumer was forced to portray the failed vote as a victory while other Democrats grumbled about the screw-up.
"This was a miscalculation," one Democratic senator told the Washington Examiner.
As Inside Washington reported yesterday, the Senate Democratic caucus is being hit with another wave of retirements this cycle. Schumer, 74, is not among them.
The party is under more scrutiny than ever regarding its graying membership. The withdrawal of Joe Biden far late in the game last year only reinforced their critics' views that they are willfully blind to members being unable to do their jobs thanks to age-related issues.
Voters increasingly are turning towards younger members of the party — across the board — as leadership is seen as out of step with their supporters.
And Schumer's political future, both as a senator and leader of the Democratic caucus, could well be in question if he remains isolated from both his party's base and his own colleagues.
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