It's pretty common that a governor holds an event on one subject, and gets peppered with questions from reporters about something else.

Like his predecessors, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger tried this morning to hold the questions to transportation issues while visiting the California Fuel Cell Partnership in West Sacramento.

And just like his predecessors, it didn't work.

The governor hasn't taken many questions from reporters since the spotlight was shined last week on his lucrative consulting contract, which he has now canceled.

Today, a new poll puts his job approval ratings at just 34% of the adults surveyed (click here for more). And later today, his proposal for political redistricting will be challenged in court.

Nonetheless, Schwarzenegger stayed positive when asked about all of this.

"We are right on track with our agenda," he said.

In other remarks, the governor admitted that time is running out for any sort of compromise with Democrats on the items appearing on the November special election ballot. However, he said he has not yet abandoned negotiations.

"I don't take no for an answer," he said.

And on another subject, I asked the governor what he thought of Democratic legislators who say they will hold hearings about how the discrepancies in Proposition 77 were handled. Court documents allege that Schwarzenegger's legal affairs secretary, and an attorney working on the redistricting measure, knew about Prop 77's language problems for several days before notifying the Secretary of State.

The governor sidestepped any direct comment, instead implying that the criticism was simply a diversion.

"Ever since we have announced our reforms, there have been a lot of forces, that believe in the status quo, and they want to hold on the way things are, and have tried to derail us," he said.

Schwarzenegger went on to say that "it's like running through a minefield. But we're going to get there."