Having said that, if the governor calls one, we'll be here and they'll be some votes in the affirmative,

Apparently, Governor Schwarzenegger has ripped a page from President Bush's re-election playbook, ... Rule number one in the 'Bush-Rove Guide to Running on a Record of Failure' is to demonize groups of people and use them to divide the electorate by rallying the extremists in your base. It's the only way to explain Governor Schwarzenegger's promise to veto the California marriage equality bill after pledging just last year to support equal rights and responsibilities for California's LGBT families if approved by the courts or the legislature.

Luckily, I'm a governor -- so I get to tell you what I've already done not just what I'm going to do.

If the governor were serious about ridding his administration of partisan patronage, he never would have pardoned them in the first place and would have cooperated with the Attorney Generals investigation,

I'm sure when the governor of Louisiana calls the White House, they call her back. But it helps that our governor goes way back with these folks. They can just talk, cut through things. You can't underestimate friends at a time like this.

If they feel they have a declarative victor or perhaps don't have enough votes one way or another, sometimes they will make announcements after the meeting. But there's no guarantee about that, and it's entirely up to them.