From the Sacramento Bee: “Budget meeting blows up:”

Senate Republican Leader Dave Cogdill declared legislative negotiations with Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger essentially dead after an apparently hostile meeting Thursday in the governor’s office.
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Cogdill said he would attend future meetings with Schwarzenegger “out of respect for him and out of respect for his office.” But he said he believes any deal will now be brokered among the legislative leaders and without Schwarzenegger.