SACRAMENTO -- Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger this week seems to have cracked open the door to his potential acceptance of an appointment in President-elect Barack Obama's administration.
In an interview with Fox News this week Schwarzenegger seemed to soften his oft-quoted stance that he was not looking for nor would he accept an appointment by Obama - at least not during his final two years in office.
"I will help in every possible way the administration to be successful. So whatever they need, I'm there," the governor told the cable news organization.
But according to Schwarzenegger spokesman Aaron McLear, there's been no change in the governor's position and that his statement during the Fox interview does not portend a possible early departure from office.
"The governor is sincere about wanting to help make President-elect Obama's administration as successful as it can be," McLear told PolitickerCA.com on Friday. "But, as he has said repeatedly, he intends to finish his term here first. There's been no change on this. There's really no story here."
Prior to his interview with Fox, Schwarzenegger accepted a phone call from Obama last Sunday, spokesman Matt David confirmed to the Los Angeles Times.
Davis told the Times that Schwarzenegger had previously called Obama after the election to congratulate him but did not get through.
Aside from discussing the state's wildfires, David refused to detail anything else about their chat, including whether they discussed a role for Schwarzenegger in the new administration.
