President Bush
2nd April 2007, 06:49 PM
What... you mean Matthew Dowd?
In 1999, Matthew Dowd became a symbol of George W. Bush’s early success at positioning himself as a Republican with Democratic appeal.
A top strategist for the Texas Democrats who was disappointed by the Bill Clinton years, Mr. Dowd was impressed by the pledge of Mr. Bush, then governor of Texas, to bring a spirit of cooperation to Washington. He switched parties, joined Mr. Bush’s political brain trust and dedicated the next six years to getting him to the Oval Office and keeping him there. In 2004, he was appointed the president’s chief campaign strategist.
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Mr. Dowd established himself as an expert at interpreting polls, giving Karl Rove, the president’s closest political adviser, and the rest of the Bush team guidance as they set out to woo voters, slash opponents and exploit divisions between Democratic-leaning states and Republican-leaning ones.
In television interviews in 2004, Mr. Dowd said that Mr. Kerry’s campaign was proposing “a weak defense,” and that the voters “trust this president more than they trust Senator Kerry on Iraq.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/01/washington/01adviser.html?pagewanted=1&ei=5087%0A&em&en=fdd5063f3666423f&ex=1175659200
Guess I'll have to take his words at face value. After all, he's never tried to deceive anyone up to now.
So which is it? Corporate schmuck repositioning himself or just a guy whose opinion on such things shouldn't be trusted just because his son is about to be deployed to Iraq?
In 1999, Matthew Dowd became a symbol of George W. Bush’s early success at positioning himself as a Republican with Democratic appeal.
A top strategist for the Texas Democrats who was disappointed by the Bill Clinton years, Mr. Dowd was impressed by the pledge of Mr. Bush, then governor of Texas, to bring a spirit of cooperation to Washington. He switched parties, joined Mr. Bush’s political brain trust and dedicated the next six years to getting him to the Oval Office and keeping him there. In 2004, he was appointed the president’s chief campaign strategist.
...
Mr. Dowd established himself as an expert at interpreting polls, giving Karl Rove, the president’s closest political adviser, and the rest of the Bush team guidance as they set out to woo voters, slash opponents and exploit divisions between Democratic-leaning states and Republican-leaning ones.
In television interviews in 2004, Mr. Dowd said that Mr. Kerry’s campaign was proposing “a weak defense,” and that the voters “trust this president more than they trust Senator Kerry on Iraq.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/01/washington/01adviser.html?pagewanted=1&ei=5087%0A&em&en=fdd5063f3666423f&ex=1175659200
Guess I'll have to take his words at face value. After all, he's never tried to deceive anyone up to now.
So which is it? Corporate schmuck repositioning himself or just a guy whose opinion on such things shouldn't be trusted just because his son is about to be deployed to Iraq?