If you think this is bad….

President Bush’s job-approval rating has sunk to 45 percent, the lowest of his presidency, amid public opposition at his intervention in the Terri Schiavo case and growing concern over soaring gasoline prices.

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Pollsters attributed the president’s lackluster showing to economic worries, high fuel prices and a public backlash against his entry into the Schiavo case….Polls showed that big majorities of Americans — 70 to 82 percent — opposed Bush’s and Congress’s intervention.

But the Schiavo case isn’t Bush’s only political problem.

“The public’s increasingly dismal views about the economy and about the way things are going in general could also be factors in Bush’s lower approval rating,” a Gallup analysis said.

Wait ’til you read this…

He remarked on how affected he was by the services, particularly the music and the sight of the plain casket being carried out with the sun pouring down on it. As he viewed the pope’s body, Bush said, he felt “very much at peace” and “much more in touch with his spirit.”
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When Bush’s face appeared on giant screen TVs showing the ceremony, many in the crowds outside St. Peter’s Square booed and whistled.

Getting booed at a the Pope’s funeral?! Ouch.