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.