joining us from chicago. thank you for being with us. we appreciate it. thank you very much for having me. well, let s get the status of what if any negotiations there are. there had been talk about democrats talking to so-called moderate republicans in pursuit of a deal. what s the status of that? i mean, that s continued over the last two weeks. obviously walker when he introduced this budget measure he said there are no negotiations. this is it. it s either my way or the highway. obviously senate democrats took their pick and since then we ve been talking to our fellow republicans. the conversations have changed since last thursday when the walker tape came out where he gave away his true plan which had nothing to do with the budget. now, we ve introduced an alternative measure that doesn t go after the workers and we could balance this shortfall and we would be happy to be there by this afternoon for the budget address and work forward the next two years. that s been rejected
three republicans to work with? right. well, my democratic colleagues have been working the phones and talking to their friends. you know, talking to the friends on the other side of the aisle and seeing what we can do. what s important in this vote that happened in the assembly yesterday is that it wasn t along party lines. the republicans didn t have the same rubber stamps that they used to. there was four who broke from the ranks and voted with the democrats even given there was only a few seconds to vote. so we re hoping that, especially after this walker tape came out, that his honeymoon is over and that some of these republican senators are looking to represent their people instead of being walker s rubber stamp. chris larkin from a book shelf somewhere. thank you for being on our show this morning. we appreciate it. and a reminder, this surnd on meet the press, governor scott walker will be the guest this weekend. it s been one of the most