1. Robert M "Bob" Shrum was born on July 21,1943 and is the director of the Center for the Political Future and the Carmen H and Louis Warschaw Chair in Practical Politics at the University of Southern California, where he is a professor of political science in the Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences.
Bob Shrum is a former American political consultant, who has worked on numerous Democratic campaigns, including as senior advisor to the Kerry-Edwards campaign in 2004 and to the Gore-Lieberman campaign in 2000.
Bob Shrum was born in Connellsville, Pennsylvania on July 21,1943, the son of Cecilia and Clarence Bob Shrum.
Bob Shrum's father was a tool-and-die maker and his maternal grandfather was a member of the Pennsylvania State Senate.
Bob Shrum is a graduate of Loyola High School of Los Angeles and Georgetown University.
Bob Shrum later received a JD degree from Harvard Law School.
Bob Shrum began his political career as a speechwriter in 1970, first for Republican New York City Mayor John Lindsay, and then for United States Senators Edmund Muskie and Ted Kennedy.
Bob Shrum was a speechwriter for 1972 Democratic Party presidential nominee George McGovern as well as for 1976 Democratic Party presidential nominee Jimmy Carter.
Bob Shrum worked for Governor Carter for a total of ten days, and quit the night Carter won the Pennsylvania Primary.
Bob Shrum later worked for Ted Kennedy and wrote the famous speech Kennedy gave at the 1980 Democratic National Convention.
In 1976, Bob Shrum began work as a political consultant, designing campaign advertising and message strategy for Democratic candidates at the presidential, congressional, and gubernatorial levels, partnering with Pat Caddell and David Doak.
The partnership with Pat Caddell dissolved in 1986, and Doak and Bob Shrum continued to work together through a new firm for nine years.
Devine, Donilon, and Bob Shrum's firm went on to work for the following campaigns:.
In 1986, Bob Shrum began work as a political consultant, designing campaign advertising and message strategy for Democratic candidates at the presidential, congressional, and gubernatorial levels.
In 2000, Bob Shrum helped Al Gore beat back a primary challenge from former New Jersey Senator Bill Bradley, and win the Democratic nomination.
In 2004, Shrum worked on John Kerry's campaign, guiding him to a victory in the crucial Iowa caucuses and New Hampshire primary, and soon after, the Democratic presidential nomination, only for Kerry to be defeated in the general election by George W Bush.
Critics often point out Bob Shrum's long losing streak, since he has yet to claim victory for any of his candidates in eight presidential elections.
Bob Shrum has consulted on a number of foreign campaigns, including as a strategic advisor for the British Labour Party elections from 1989 to 2005, Ehud Barak's campaign for Israeli prime minister against Benjamin Netanyahu in 1999 and 2001, the Irish Republican Party Fianna Fail in the 1997 and 2002 national elections, and the successful Bolivian presidential campaigns of Gonzalo Sanchez de Lozada in 1993 and 2002.
Bob Shrum was a columnist for The Week magazine's website along with his conservative counterpart, David Frum.
Bob Shrum was a columnist for the on-line magazine Slate.
Bob Shrum has been a Senior Fellow at New York University's Wagner Graduate School of Public Service, where he taught a class on domestic policy formation and analysis.
Bob Shrum taught an undergraduate seminar to freshmen on Presidential debates and speeches since the 1960s.
Bob Shrum now holds the Carmen H and Louis Warschaw Chair in Practical Politics at the University of Southern California.
Bob Shrum has written a political memoir entitled No Excuses: Concessions of a Serial Campaigner, published in June 2007.
Bob Shrum is married to Marylouise Oates, a writer and former columnist for the Los Angeles Times.
Bob Shrum has one stepson, the television writer Michael Oates Palmer.