Not too many secrets stay secret for very long.

For instance, it didn't take long for us to find out that the Douglas administration sat on the news that the State Hospital hadn't gotten its certification back for twenty-four hours, even though they were counting on $8 million of federal money going to the State Hospital to help close the budget gap.

That didn't go over well, and we understand that House Approps Chair Martha Heath was visibly upset with the Douglas camp.

Now there's more. GMD has learned that the attempted coverup by the Douglas administration has caused open hostiltities between House Republicans and the governor. In fact, our sources relayed that a senior member of the Republican caucus was seen angrily dressing down two members of the Douglas administration, complaining that Douglas is out of touch, he's given up, and that it made them look bad to have to vote for the budget after learning of the $8 million hole the continued decertification created for the budget.

This isn't a good position for the Administration to be in coming into the closing weeks of the session.