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Michelle Cottle
By Michelle Cottle
Ms. Cottle writes about national politics for Opinion.
Chuck Schumer, the Senate Democratic leader, has been on a rough ride for the past year. His team is out of power in Washington, its brand is feeble and his popularity among his own party’s voters is at subbasement levels. But during a phone interview Monday, Mr. Schumer sounded downright giddy.
“We’re on our front foot! We’re on offense!” he told me. “We have a good, solid path to the majority. We have strong candidates across the country in battleground states. And on the dominant issue that is facing the public — affordability — Americans know that Dems are on their side and fighting for them.”
There are plenty of reasons for skepticism about Mr. Schumer’s bubbly prognosis. To claim the Senate majority, Democrats need to pick up four seats while holding tight to vulnerable ones on a map that is........