“It’s perhaps a naive question, but why do Schumer et al believe it’s their job, place, cause, etc. to constantly advise the GOP and/or conservatives on what to do?”
Schumer is a strategist. He’s giving out talking points. Next thing you know, there are stories in Politico, the WSJ, the Weekly Standard, etc., mimicking what Schumer says. And the Establishment reads these things.
Schumer does his weekly press conferences, etc. to influence, not the conservatives, but the republican leadership. And he has buddies like McCain and Murkowski in the republican meetings so he knows what’s going on in them.
His problem is that people like Cruz, Lee, etc. pay absolutely no attention to what the leadership wants to do, so his whispers into certain ears, that lead to whispers into other ears, does not affect the Tea Party types.
Schumer loves power, and his power is waning now. And he doesn’t like it.
Makes me smile when the census trims another seat from a Northeast state.