Despite his “no” vote, the Senate deal to reopen the government bears Schumer’s fingerprints
Either Schumer no longer has effective control over own his caucus, or he has permitted the deal to progress with a wink and a nod behind the scenes — and with a strident disavowal for the bank of cameras he famously loves — while taking Democratic voters for fools.
It’s just a structurally bad system. Disband parties, change the voting system to one that doesn’t create a “vote against the other thing” dynamic (I like STAR voting) and fix campaign finance once and for all - the solutions exist but the ones in control would never allow them.