Maria Shriver: California Governor's Race a Tossup

Maria Shriver, the first lady of California, was a surprise guest via Skype during CBS News anchor Katie Couric's interview with daughter Katherine Schwarzenegger, who just published a book "Rock What You've Got: Secrets to Loving Your Inner and Outer Beauty."

During the interview, Couric asked Shriver what she thought about the governor's race in California, which pits Democratic political veteran Jerry Brown against Republican former Ebay CEO Meg Whitman. "I think it's a tossup," said Shriver, a TV journalist and colleague of Couric's at NBC. "It's a tight race. California is obviously a very heavily Democratic state, and always has been. But I think the tide of the country certainly seems to be bucking that. I think it will be an interesting race.

Shriver also reflected on what the future holds, after seven years as California's first lady. "I'm sad that it's ending. I'm scared to death, actually, because I don't know what I'm going to do," she said. "And, that's the first time since college that I haven't really had a job. So it's the beginning of a whole new journey for me. And I don't know where it's going, but I'm gonna try to rock myself."

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