Gov. John Baldacci said this week he hopes the new president — he’s pulling for Sen. Hillary Clinton — pays attention to domestic matters when he or she takes office.

“I think a lot of what we’re facing here in Maine and around the country comes from Washington,” he said in a year-end sit down interview with the Kennebec Journal. “The focus needs to be on domestic issues, on education, health care and getting our domestic economy going again.”