(LA Times) Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger began trying to salvage his plan to overhaul California's public pension system Tuesday, as Democrats in the Legislature were divided over whether to challenge the governor further.

Some Democrats are pushing to let Schwarzenegger "self-destruct," as one lawmaker put it, rather than head to the negotiating table on the governor's ideas for overhauling state government. ...

For their part, Democrats were divided about how to answer the governor's abandonment of a major plank of his agenda this year.

"You have to keep the pressure on him," said Roger Salazar, a Democratic political consultant who is organizing one of several campaigns against the governor. "There is a school of thought that we have done our damage, now let's see what you can do negotiating. But I think most of the folks have figured out that with somebody who has the resources that Schwarzenegger does, there is a danger he will come back."