"He also crossed party lines in 2002 to headline a group of Republicans and Independents supporting a Democratic candidate for Lieutenant Governor of Texas.He has maintained a decades-long friendship with the Bush family, partially due to George W. Bush being a part-owner of the Rangers while Ryan played there, though he did in his 1992 book express some criticisms of the elder Bush's handling of domestic issues and said he wasn't "locked in" to voting for him that fall.