Walker exercises the line item veto to cut tax credits to oil companies and cut half the funding of the Permanent Fund Dividend checks.  He calls the legislature back for a second expensive special session to discuss his revenue plans which will likely be equally pointless as the last one.

What is he thinking?  That he can browbeat the legislature into passing his revenue plan through pure willpower?  He seems determined to alienate most political activists in the state.  It would be amazing if he thinks he can win over people with some argument of "tough love" for the budget as he calls down artillery fire on every legislator, voter, union member and business owner.

Is this why Craig Richards "retired?"  To distance himself from Gov. Walker as he commits political suicide?