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Mr. Bartlett, the White House counselor, said “Even people that supported the president aren’t immune from having their own feelings and emotions.

March 29, 2007 NY Times article

He was referring to Bush Campaign Strategist Matt Dowd who worked to get
Bush elected twice. Matt was so dedicated to Bush that the article states

In the last several years, as he has gradually broken his ties with the Bush camp, one of Mr. Dowd’s premature twin daughters died, he was divorced, and he watched his oldest son prepare for deployment to Iraq as an Army intelligence specialist fluent in Arabic. Mr. Dowd said he had become so disillusioned with the war that he had considered joining street demonstrations against it, but that his continued personal affection for the president had kept him from joining protests