The Legislature appears to be digging Governor Lujan Grisham out of a hole of her own making. 

Reports surfacing from last night's caucus meetings of House and Senate Democrats indicate lawmakers will likely not call themselves into an extraordinary legislative session, opting instead to have MLG call them back April 5 with the intention of a two day session. 

A special that strays from a simple agenda would be fraught with political peril, if she agains misfires, but if kept on track it could have the Dems unify and get back to an election year playbook that is not riddled with dysfunction. 

It was the Governor's rash veto of a $50 million pork bill prized by and approved by all 112 lawmakers that had the damage control engineers placed on high alert. Among them were House Speaker Egolf and Senate Majority Leader Peter Wirth running interference for the Fourth Floor by talking down the extraordinary session where lawmakers would override the pork bill veto thereby causing major embarrassment for the Governor and a scoring opportunity for the Republicans. 

The problem with a Governor shooting themselves in the foot is that the blood spurts everywhere. After her veto misfire the worry warts are now worried about what she might place on an April session agenda.

She has mentioned providing relief for high gas prices and there was talk circulating Wednesday night that that could come in the form of a $250 rebate check to taxpayers, on top of a $250 rebate approved at the last session. That's a possible solution to the political logjam suggested on Monday's blog. 

That's fine. But will MLG load up her call and try to win bills already shunned by the Legislature? If so, there could be more bloodletting. And if she's looking at two days and not one, that's plenty of time for a fracas. Legislators have the leverage to insist on a pre-session deal. 

As evidenced by the recent session, this is not a chief executive who always believes cutting deals in advance is an essential governing tool. That's why she was splattered with egg over the failure of the hydrogen act, her crime legislation and voting rights reform.

If she is tempted to try to overturn the negative in a short special with Republicans growling for red meat and her Dem Senate opposition not moved to back off, she could find herself in yet another deep hole. 

And for what? She already has plenty of victories to advertise with the millions in TV money she will shower the state with in a few months. 

There is no extremely urgent business that needs to be conducted at a special session, none that can't wait until the next session in January. 

 As one lawmaker put it, a special would be a face-saving session for a Governor gone astray not a call to arms to revive her rejected agenda. An override of the pork veto and gas price relief and everyone walks away a winner. (Too simple for Santa Fe?)

Of course, the out-of-state funded advocacy groups may see it differently and push a voting rights reform bill, beguiling her with how popular it would be with independent voters and also creating a windfall for her campaign fund-raising. She had the votes last time but the GOP caught it in a filibuster. Would it be easier at a special? Only if she has the votes whipped and the timing nailed down with a jackhammer. And that goes for anything else. Stay tuned.