"Trying to restart momentum on a Vikings stadium deal, Gov. Mark Dayton and legislative supporters said Thursday they will try again for a special session, possibly by late January.

The DFL governor was joined by the two leading Republican sponsors of the stadium bill one day after Dayton said a special session before Thanksgiving was no longer possible, largely because of opposition by GOP House Speaker Kurt Zellers.

"We'll keep moving forward," Dayton said after the meeting. But, he said, the responsibility would now fall to Republican leaders to put together a plan that could win legislative approval. Dayton had planned to release his own proposal on Monday. "It's counterproductive for me to come out ahead with something, because it seems to have the opposite effect," Dayton said.

The latest developments, coming after weeks of high-drama stadium politics, also indicate a growing political rift between Moorhead Republican Rep. Morrie Lanning, the chief House stadium bill author, and Zellers.

"I disagree with it," Lanning said of the House speaker' stadium stance. Lanning said he realized that, in the face of a hot-button issue, Zellers was "going to be reluctant to get too far out in front."

"But there comes a point where leadership has to step forward," he said. "If it has to be those of us who are rank-and-file [legislators] to step forward as leaders, so be it.""