Mr. Universe And Mr. President Join Forces

Ron Brownstein thinks Schwarzenegger might become Obama's top Republican ally:

Schwarzenegger said he hasn't given any thought to whether he'd accept a job from Obama after his gubernatorial term expires in 2010, though he did say: "Even without having a position it would be my pleasure to do anything I can to help him be successful because it is our country." But while Schwarzenegger remains in office, cooperation makes political sense for both him and the president. Obama won nearly 61% of the vote in California last November, more than any candidate in either party since Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1936. And as the White House confronts the reality that relatively few Congressional Republicans have either an ideological inclination or electoral incentive to regularly compromise with them, spotlighting support from GOP governors will likely grow increasingly important to them.

Memo to Obama: give Arnold a job when he leaves office.