Tom Schieffer, former ambassador to Japan and Australia under President Bush, announced today that he may run as the Democratic nominee for Texas Governor in 2010. He doesn’t really have a platform as far as I could tell, but he did say education is one of his key priorities after seeing how far behind our students are compared to kids in other countries. He also didn’t hesitate in defending his friendship with Bush, saying he does not regret voting for him and he’s the only Republican he’s ever contributed money to because he’s his friend. “I was friends with him before he was president and I’m friends with him after his presidency.” Schieffer is brother to CBS correspondent Bob Schieffer - but wouldn’t disclose any personal remarks his bro might have made about the run. Schieffer doesn’t plan to use his own money to fund the campaign and plans to spend the next couple of months traveling the state to see how people react to him.