Many House and Senate Democrats, who want to try to block President Trump’s agenda at any cost, are questioning his leadership. In the House, the progressive champion Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez called Schumer’s decision “a huge slap in the face” and a “betrayal,” and there is talk she’ll mount a future primary challenge to Schumer in New York.

Schumer’s miscalculation on the stopgap spending billl exposed Democrats' inability to communicate with the public, Steven Pearlstein writes.