Bobby Shriver is considering higher office

Is Bobby Shriver headed for Sacramento? The Santa Monica councilman -- and Arnold Schwarzenegger's brother-in-law -- is considering a run for attorney general in 2010, according to Lookout News. Details:

Council member Bobby Shriver -- who retained his council seat with the second-highest vote count in Santa Monica history -- is considering a run for state attorney general in 2010, joining a crowded field eyeing the post currently held by former California Gov. Jerry Brown. Shriver -- who is the brother-in-law of Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and a nephew of former President John F. Kennedy -- confirmed he is being courted to run for what is widely considered the most powerful state post after the governorship. Political consultant Harvey Englander, who called Shriver “extraordinarily independent,” told reporters Friday that he had been discussing a possible run with Shriver since last fall.

--Shelby Grad

Photo: Los Angeles Times

Comments

[pitbullstew]

Shriver is a good guy, I am not so sure that being a council person is a large enough platform to launch an AG challeneg but hey? this is America right?

[Kenneth]

I am sure he has many accomplishments, but AG? According to published State Bar records, he has virtually never practiced law, and only reactivated this year:

Present Active
1/12/2009 Active
12/5/2001 Inactive
9/27/1999 Not Eligible To Practice Law
1/1/1984 Inactive
8/5/1983 Admitted to The State Bar of California

[Westside Tipster]

"Let's check Bobby's (Robert Sargeant Shriver III)record:

He was admitted to the California Bar in 1983 but on 9/27/1999 he was; "Suspended, failed to pay Bar member fees and was declared Not Eligible To Practice Law".

He fixed that and must have paid up in 2001 because he is listed as "Inactive" as of then.

But, once again, on January 12, 2009 he must have decided that he might want to run for Attorney General, so, what did he do? He finally went active and paid his dues (always less than $500 a year).

So, since he wants to be AG, he figured he'd best pay up and be licensed, just in case he won.

C'mon, folks. Bobby Shriver can't afford $500 a year to be a lawyer? I mean, couldn't he get a loan from his brother-in-law or withdraw a few bucks from the huge Kennedy Trust that enables him to be an "activist" here in the Peoples Republic of Santa Moscow?

Heck, you'd have thunk he might have learned a little something from the adventures of his cousin Caroline of late.

So, just in case you missed it, Bobby-boy, let me make it clear:

There is no more "royalty" here in America. Caroline Kennedy took her previously golden aura and ran it through, "you know", the gutter, pandering to ("you know") a third rate "Governor" who ("you know") got there because his predecessor liked("you know") expensive hookers.

That fat windbag Uncle of yours is about to be planted, and the press may or may not supress the stories that ran when he killed that poor girl and tried to get your cousin Joe Gargan to take the rap. Ain't no more Camelot; Teddy blew it for all of you brats.

You won one local election, Bobby, and you've had your appointment to the State Parks Commission. If you want to grab the brass ring, get ready to find out about real politics. You won't like it; not a bit.

Your fifteeen minutes are up."