For a narcisist (Obama), this had to be quite difficult.
I don't know... I'll bet President Axelrod and his aide Rahmbo instructed their Stooge Obama to call Bush. You know, to make it appear that Obama is presidential and bi-partisan. But there's no doubt Obama will take credit for what Bush did in Iraq, and that Obama will continue to blame Bush for all of the failed promises, like the missing 5 million new permanent green jobs Soetoro said he had a "plan" to "create..."