As for Pence, one could argue that he couldn’t offer Bush anything, or one could speculate as to whether there had been any private controversies between them that hadn’t leaked.
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I’ve heard Pence described as a personal friend of the Bush family, and seen a photo of Pence and Bush photographed with their wives. It was an early picture - perhaps in the first months of Bush’s presidency (early 2001).