Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer is facing a potentially serious challenge to his hold on power as momentum builds behind Chris Van Hollen, with the Maryland senator now reportedly open to a run for majority leader.

A movement to draft Van Hollen to challenge Schumer is gaining steam, according to Politico Playbook, which reported Monday that two people close to the effort said it was underway.

A person familiar with Van Hollen’s thinking told the outlet that the senator has “received an outpouring of calls and is now in active listening mode.”

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[–] 2 points 6 hours ago

I think it's more of a, I've heard these names, those are your guys right?

Like he always says things like "Your boy, Gavin Newsom, blah blah blah". When me and my wife have never cared for or shown any support for the guy. A lot of poking at Democrats he dislikes like that.

I think he also talked kindly of Mamdani, then essentially took it back when he realized was actually going to get elected. I usually get this sort of "this guy isn't a threat to my politics so I'm okay with it, but if that changes then I won't like them."

I have however experienced exactly what you are talking about from a conservative friend who was all for Marco Rubio during presidential primaries, absolutely hated AOC for some reason, but would gladly vote for Bernie Sanders over Trump. I really don't get his reasoning.

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