["I am in a non-giddy, optimistic mode right now," Kelly said in a phone interview.]
I cannot understand why Sen. Kelly would be giddy if he represents Alaska's interests.  All this does is move the chairs around in maintaining the status quo of kicking the can down the road yet again.  It doesn't lead to a sustainable budget, it doesn't fix the imbalance of oil revenue/tax deductions, etc.  All this does is deliver on the promise to end cash subsidies that both chambers had been agreed to since day one.
I wonder if Walker and Grenn are back from DC and the convention for independents?