SACRAMENTO - U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) wouldn't say what her plans are for 2010, but seemed more concerned with California getting a statewide water bond on the ballot for 2008 during a Tuesday press conference.

Speaking at a brief press conference after a luncheon speech to the Sacramento Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce, Feinstein said her plan for now is to run for re-election, rather than considering a run for California governor.

"It's not a, ‘hell, no' right now, and it's not a ‘hell, yes' either," she said of her reaction to speculation that's she's considering a 2010 bid to replace termed-out Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, a Republican."I'm a senator now, and my intention is to run for re-election."

She also declined to give a boost to her hometown mayor, San Francisco's Gavin Newsom, in his potential 2010 gubernatorial bid. "I haven't endorsed anyone for governor," she said.

Feinstein said she's hopeful that a push for change at the national level will be reflected in two ways in this November's election: with the election of U.S. Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) as the next president, and closer to her interest, with the election of more Democratic U.S. senators to add to the 49 there now.

"I expect and hope we'll increase the number of seats we have," she said. "We need to get up over 55, and I think 60 would be great. Sixty is really a magical number because then you have the votes for cloture."

In her speech to the chamber, Feinstein mentioned that U.S. Senate Republicans have used the filibuster, a parliamentary move that can only be stopped in the Senate with 60 votes for cloture, on 92 occasions during the current legislative session, stalling bills on closing tax loopholes and other issues.

Feinstein did not spare the California Legislature from some criticism, saying she's frustrated by the unwillingness of state Democratic legislative leaders to put a $9 billion water bond on the Nov. 4 ballot.

While the bond, which she and Schwarzenegger proposed last month, includes some money for water storage, the fact that many Democrats oppose such storage is not a solution to the state's water problems, she said.

"You need water recycling, and desalinization, and conservation, and many other things," she said. "But we don't have the infrastructure to do it."

Feinstein said she would travel from the luncheon at the Sacramento Convention Center to the Capitol, a few blocks away, to spend the afternoon lobbying Democratic legislators to put the bond on the November ballot.

The California Secretary of State, she noted earlier, has said there are only days before the point of no return for any additional measures to be added to this year's ballot.

"We believe this is a balanced measure, and we strongly believe the time is now," she said to chamber members of the bond she and Schwarzenegger support. "There is no silver bullet when it comes to water."

In her speech, Feinstein touched on several California-centered topics, including the need for more legislation to help homeowners in danger of foreclosure, more national funding to combat wildfires and more steps to promote alternative energy and reduce fossil fuel usage.

Doing the latter, she said, is critical to both helping consumers with soaring gasoline prices and solving the global warming issue.