A group of 7 radio journalists, myself included, were the final participants this afternoon in the two days of sit-down interviews scheduled with Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger.

The governor, to his credit, went longer than the 15 minutes promised. But there wasn't much news to report.

A few items of note:

* Schwarzenegger distanced himself from the effort by conservative activists who are circulating an initiative that would solidify the state's ban on same-sex marriages-- an initiative that the Attorney General has said would rescind some of the state's domestic partnership laws. "I have no intentions of undoing anything that we have signed," said Schwarzenegger.

* If there was any doubt that the Legislature would be his foil in this fall's campaign, it was erased when he said that in the last few years, legislators have "robbed the place blind." He also threw in a few more jabs at "union bosses" for good measure, and reiterated his charge that Assembly Speaker Fabian Nunez could not negotiate on the special election a few weeks ago because "he had to answer to the unions."

* And a light moment: during a brief lull in the Q&A, one reporter asked, "anyone want to talk about Warren Beatty?"

"If you want to waste your time," replied Schwarzenegger.

(Beatty, as you might know, is scheduled to deliver a speech to the California Nurses Association on Thursday, likely chock full of Schwarzenegger criticism.)

On tomorrow morning's edition of The California Report, we're trying something different with this interview: we're giving the listener a chance to hear what it's like when a reporter's question is artfully dodged. In this instance, I asked the governor about where to cut state spending, and it became an 8 minute discussion of everything from seismic safety to the economy. (And no, the story doesn't run 8 minutes... even public radio has to draw the line somewhere.)