Matthew Dowd, chief strategist for George W. Bush’s reelection campaign, is launching a bid for Texas lieutenant governor — as a Democrat. “In an announcement video, Dowd… takes aim at the Republican incumbent, Dan Patrick, detailing a lengthy list of purported shortcomings, both on policy and character,” John Wagner reports. “Although he is best known for helping steer a Republican president to reelection, Dowd’s biography on his new campaign website highlights his work for Texas Democrats earlier in his career before he switched parties in 1999… In his bio, Dowd also highlights his break with Bush in 2007 over his handling of the Iraq War and his identification as an independent afterward.”
