'I assume that Obama will get a second term in office,' the California governor told Der Spiegel. Arnold: Obama will win in 2012

California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger predicted that President Barack Obama will win re-election in two years, especially if the Republican Party re-takes control of the House of Representatives in the November midterm elections.

"I assume that Obama will get a second term in office," Schwarzenegger said in an interview with DER SPIEGEL, the German news magazine. He said he doesn’t believe the GOP will succeed in finding a viable candidate who can beat Obama in 2012.


Schwarzenegger, the two-term Republican whose term expires in January, said the loss of Democrats’ House majority in next month’s election would bolster Obama’s chances for a second term.

“Obama can watch this casually, knowing that afterwards he will be in a much better position," he said.

The Hollywood star-turned-governor hasn't been shy about tweaking fellow Republicans, especially since Obama took office 20 months ago.

Schwarzenegger took a not-so-veiled shot at Sarah Palin in August via Twitter, writing from an airplane en route to Asia: “Over Anchorage, AK. Looking everywhere but can't see Russia from here." Schwarzenegger has also publicly embraced parts of the Democratic agenda, including the Obama administration's stimulus program and the new health care law.