stuck in an alternator swap

[stateofidleness]

i attached a picture of where im currently at...
the part that is circled in red, is that the "bushing" i keep reading about?

i put a screwdriver on it to try and tap it directly and the thing feels like metal, not rubber.. so im confused..

i also read another post where someone said they took out the pulley bolt.. there is NO WAY this bolt can come out with the alternator still in like that.. no matter how you wiggle it, bend it, rotate it, etc, it physically cannot clear the little middle firewall hump by the console...

ive tried wd40, seems useless... i tried putting that bolt back then "re-tapping" it, rather hard actually, and nothing... im lost...