Senator Schwarzenegger?!

Gov. Schwarzenegger just won re-election, but there's already speculation brewing about what he'll do after he leaves state office. Schwarzenegger said he would not rule out a run for U.S. Senate during an appearance on NBC's "Meet the Press" Sunday.

"You know I'm not really thinking about what I'm doing in 2010," Schwarzenegger told Tim Russert during a live interview in Washington D.C. "I'm not ruling anything out, but I'm not really thinking about any of that."

Schwarzenegger also talked about the possibility of a presidential run. The U.S. Constitution prohibits Schwarzenegger from running for president because even though he is a citizen, he was not born in the U.S. Schwarzenegger said changing the constitution to allow foreign-born citizens to run for president is a worthwhile debate but said he doesn't expect a constitutional amendment any time soon.

"I think that it will never happen in my lifetime," Schwarzenegger said. "I think that it's something that the people of America can debate over in the future. And this is a debate worth happening."

California's Constitution limits governors to two terms. Schwarzenegger will kick-off his second term January 5, when he takes the oath of office. He will be termed out in 2010.

The governor talked about a range of issues during his 20-minute national interview Sunday, from global warming to the war in Iraq. Schwarzenegger said America needs a timeline for troop withdrawal and likened Republicans who question the validity of global warming to people "thinking in the Stone Age."

"The science is in," Schwarzenegger said. "We know the facts, there's not any more debate as to global warming or not. We have global warming and the fact also is that we can do something about it."

Global Arnold Staff

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