Huffington Magazine Issue 53 | Page 45

BUSH AT PEACE or the Republican Party. He said he saw Obama’s second-term struggles as a result of cyclical forces in any two-term presidency. “I’m not surprised the president is having a difficult go,” Bush said. “It’s just amazing how history repeats itself.” He had not watched Obama’s recent speech on national security, drones and Guantanamo at the National Defense University, he said, but he had read a summary of it. “He’s charting a course that he is comfortable with,” Bush said. Despite his desire not to criticize the GOP, Bush did have a warning about the party’s mad dash for immigration reform. “I think the atmosphere, unlike when I tried it, is better, maybe