I'm not the most politically educated or aware, but what you're describing sounds like Schumer (and these 8 dems who desperately need to be primaried) playing 4D chess when on its face it looks like they lost at tic-tac-toe. Public sentiment seemed to reflect the fact that Republicans owned the shutdown and disruption of SNAP benefits. They were "losing." Why give them another chance to spin it again in a month?