The state shutdown is over. What price will political leaders pay for this mess?

None. Citizen Spin is still waiting for the fallout from all of those Minnesotans who -- a few years ago during the Northwest Airlines strike -- vowed never to use the airline again and begin supporting other carriers who fly into the Twin Cities. The strike ended and people returned to Northwest. Other carriers dropped MSP from their schedules and things returned to normal.

Citizens have a short memory and, besides, by this time next year there will have been another legislative session -- and perhaps a special session -- and there'll be a whole new bunch of things to get upset about.

The stadium issue comes immediately to mind. And the brewing movement to designate the orange "Left lane closed" sign as the new state flag looks like a newsmaker.

Trust Citizen Spin on this.