but it's possible that governor "my main bitch" daniels has already screwed this one up for himself:
The debate in the House had already begun when Democrats, angry at comments Gov. Mitch Daniels had made earlier about their role in the state budget, asked to meet privately.
Republicans, who thought they had locked up the 51 votes needed to pass the controversial issue and send it to Daniels to be signed into law, were suddenly scrambling.
They were losing Democratic votes they needed to pass the time change, and some Republican opponents were being pigeonholed in a last-ditch attempt to pick up more votes.
so what did bitch say that angered them so?
"The Democratic Party's entitled to take a position of opposition or even obstruction. I guess it wasn't a surprise. I will say if there had been any element of bipartisan interest on their part, a stronger budget might have been possible."
Daniels said there was "zero interest and zero votes available from the Democratic side."
Democrats said Republicans had shut them out of negotiations.
"I hope the governor is listening," Robertson said. "I wish he would choose his words more wisely. One of these days he might just have to eat them."
of course... if your opponent doesn't come running at the opportunity to hop on your jock, then clearly they're not being bipartisan.
more later once the vote has happened. for now check out flava flav here:
