More Bad News for the President

Matthew Dowd, the President's former chief political strategist in an interview with the NY Times criticizes the war in Iraq and the President's inability to seek bi-partisan consensus.

Considering Matthew Dowd was the one who designed the base strategy, I find it ironic that he is now criticizing the President for not being bi-partisan enough. Dowd, a former Democrat, has had a lot of personal difficulties in the last few years but he should have expressed his opinions to the President in private first before going public. Either way, this is going to attract some publicity and give the White House even more grief in the days ahead.