Maria Shriver

LOS ANGELES - The Golden State's First Lady, Maria Shriver, was in Los Angeles Wednesday for a Barack Obama gathering and her message to those still hanging on to the idea of Sen. Hillary Clinton becoming president was simple: Do what you have to do, but get over it and get over it quickly.

At a "Women for Obama unity cocktail reception" at the home of longtime Democratic activist and former studio head Sherry Lansing, Shriver didn't mince words according to a report in today's Los Angeles Times.

Would history have taken a different path if Hubert Humphrey had chosen San Francisco Mayor Joseph Alioto as his running mate? In late August 1968, just days before the Democratic National Convention opened in Chicago, Humphrey aides leaked the names of the leading candidates for the Vice Presidential nomination: Edmund Muskie, the Senator from Maine who was eventually picked ; Senator Fred Harris of Oklahoma; former Ambassador to France Sargent Shriver, the father of First Lady Maria Shriver; and Alioto.

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jay Leno, in 2005: Getty Images Photo
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger was a bit evasive Thursday with talk show host Jay Leno when he asked him about running for Senate, but he is not ruling out the job.

“I see myself as a public servant, not as a politician,” Schwarzenegger said while sitting on, ‘The Tonight Show,’ couch. “I want to finish my term, and I'm absolutely convinced that if I do a good job, and a great job, we always will get a job after that.”

First Lady Maria Shriver played to a national audience tonight with an appearance on American Idol, where, flanked by a hundred volunteers, she plugged her grass roots community service and volunteerism program. With all the talk about Jerry Brown, Gavin Newsom and Antonio Villaraigosa running for Governor in 2010, you have to wonder whether Democrats would be better off just nominating Shriver.

Easter Dinner must not have been very warm and peaceful at California Governor Arnold Schwarzennegger’s home. The Guv fired his brother-in-law, Santa Monica City Councilman Bobby Shriver from the California Parks Commission. Shriver, brother of the governer’s wife was Arnold’s buddy in their single days and, in fact, Bobby introduced Arnold to First Lady Maria Shriver.

MIAMI - MARCH 21: Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, wife Maria Shriver and son attend a game between the Washington Wizards and the Miami Heat on March 21, 2008 at the American Airlines Arena in Miami, Florida. (Photo by Victor Baldizon/NBAE via Getty Images)

Would history have taken a different path if Hubert Humphrey had chosen San Francisco Mayor Joseph Alioto as his running mate? In late August 1968, just days before the Democratic National Convention opened in Chicago, Humphrey aides leaked the names of the leading candidates for the Vice Presidential nomination: Edmund Muskie, the Senator from Maine who was eventually picked ; Senator Fred Harris of Oklahoma; former Ambassador to France Sargent Shriver, the father of First Lady Maria Shriver; and Alioto.