Too late

Even though there is apparently some movement in budget talks, it's too late now. There will be at least a short-term partial government shutdown unless the legislature passes as "lights on" funding bill. No matter what happens, it takes time to write the bills, proofread them, copy them, distribute them, vote on them, and move them around.

Whose fault is this? Although everybody deserves some blame, the only constants in all the recent special sessions is Tim Pawlenty and Steve Sviggum. They've been involved in all of them. Whether voters will see this as proof they can't govern remains to be seen.