“I’m not giving them any absolutes on the budget, and no absolutes on anything right now because I still think that you can change people's minds,” Tuck said in an interview. “I don’t want to turn it into a gridlock.” Change people's minds on what? This has been the Democrats' problem for several years now. They either have no idea what they want to do, or they're afraid to admit it in public. 

What they want here is for the majorities to offer a deal so they can pick it apart for political points. That's not not the kind of leadership their constituents want. They should have developed an alternative plan from the start, so Alaskans could draw clear conclusions about what the different caucuses stand for. Once again, this is the cowards' way out.