President Obama (Paraphrasing): Bush's Policies Were Better Than I Thought

Referencing my previous blog, isn't President Obama's 'enlightenment' regarding Bush's policies the same, in essence, as his saying "Bush was actually practicing better policies than I gave him credit for all these years I've been castigating him for them. In fact, I like them so much that I've decided to keep most of them without much change after all."