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California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) said he will do
all he can to work with President-elect Barack Obama on key issues but made it
clear that he would not do so as a member of the Cabinet. “Even though I was for McCain … I am the first one to go
and do everything that I can, as governor, and as a state, to support his
administration,” Schwarzenegger said on ABC’s “This Week with George Stephanopoulos,”
pointing specifically to California’s work on healthcare.
“If he wants to do healthcare, then we want to be his partners
and help with the healthcare reform,” the California governor added. “If it is
environmental issues -- all the kind of things -- high technology, power
technology, anything that he needs to do in a state, in the whole country or in
the whole world, we want to participate. And I want to be personally helpful
for that, even though I'm not looking for a job.”
Schwarzenegger stressed that he plans to remain in his
state for two more years to serve out his term.
The governor also painted a gloomy economic forecast.
“There is no sign that shows that there's an upswing next
year,” he stated, adding, “Things will get worse. Unemployment will get worse.
The housing crisis will get worse. The mortgage situation is going to get
worse.”
Schwarzenegger supports an additional federal stimulus
and a bailout measure for the car industry. However, he stressed that taxpayer
money should come with conditions and must be used effectively.
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