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It's been a bad six weeks for Democratic leaders in the House.

Conservative critics have hammered them for a series of meetings on tax policy in the Ways and Means Committee that begin later today.

Those critics claim the talks are a step towards making a statewide income tax a reality.

Democrats from the Governor to the Committee Chair all agree no significant legislation is expected to come from these sessions

So NHPR's Dan Gorenstein asks why Democratic lawmakers have knowingly exposed themselves to this political fire.