Oh for crying out loud.
"President Bush and I are forever seatmates because of protocol – that's how we sit at all the official functions," Obama said on NBC's "Today" show. "So he is my partner in crime at every major thing where all the formers gather."
"I love him to death," Obama added. "He's a wonderful man. He's a funny man."
They're friends on a personal level, and have become so due to continued physical proximity and not being awful humans. This says exactly nothing about politics.
I've said all along that I would love to hang out and have a beer with W. Vehemently opposed to his policies, but I think he's a good human being. THIS IS POSSIBLE.