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My question for

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you guys today is,

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how do you think

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the ongoing

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political polarization

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in Wisconsin affects

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the state's ability to pass

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bipartisan legislation?

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Where would you begin

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to answer Riley here.

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Last semester

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and then hope

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that their time

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doesn't run out

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before summer starts?

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This is a huge question.

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It's a good question, Riley.

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The first thing to do

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is define is

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what is bipartisan?

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Because technically,

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one Democrat joined

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the Republicans.

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It's a bipartisan bill,

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even if all the rest of them

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oppose it.

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So we can really stretch

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that definition.

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And, Shawn, you remember back,

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you know, 20 years ago

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under Jim Doyle,

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at the end of the year

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interviews, we'd talk about,

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like the controversy

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in the Capitol and say

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90% of the bills

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we pass are bipartisan.

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And those

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statistics are true.

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Most of those bills

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are really minor.

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Some technical adjustments.

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Some of those really aren't

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controversial at all.

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So they are

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overwhelmingly bipartisan.

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But the ones that

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get our attention,

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the ones that we track

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and we follow,

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are very contentious.

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I think the one thing

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that I would like to impart

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upon people who feel like

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you look around

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the politics today,

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and it feels

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extremely polarized.

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I think that, yes,

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some Democrats

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and some Republicans

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legitimately hate

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the other party and,

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in no uncertain terms.

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I think the

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Wisconsin legislature

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has a lot of moments,

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though, of actual

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bipartisanship.

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Yeah, the legislature passes

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a lot of bills

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that are incremental.

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And we

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don't write about them.

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We don't talk

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about them as much,

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but they're there.

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They do pass a lot of stuff

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that is not

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a knock down, drag out fight.