No, I only "know" Doug from his biography and what I've read about/from him. I have however, met many "Doug's" since I became involved in politics with the 76 Reagan campaign...usually those "Doug's" were working for Ford to sink Reagan. In 1980, the were working for Baker/Bush/Anderson to sink Reagan. I've always thought of Doug as a third rate David Gergen.
As for being a "retread", when I get a new .mil email address I get a new screen name. If that confers the "retread" title on me than so be it.