that story because we still have standoff there. a chance to end the legislative standoff in wisconsin has slipped away after governor scott walker rejected a meeting request from the 14 democrats that fled the state last month. in a letter to the governor the suggestion was they hold talks near the wisconsin/illinois border to discuss the state s budget impasse. what are they going to do? stand in the street? have a huddle? walker dismissed the request as ridiculous. we need to walk through why this letter is so ridiculous. i think it s important. for the last several weeks both senator fitzgerald and my administration have been reaching out to reasonable senators, many of whom are very interested and willing to come back to the state of wisconsin and time and time again the person standing in the way of