article_snippet: Though Bush left office an unpopular president, Bush approval ratings have ticked upward in the years since Bush returned to Texas.
article_snippet: As of last summer, Bush was liked nationally by roughly the same number of Americans as the current occupant of the White House, Barack Obama.
highlights_snippet: Though Bush left the Oval Office an unpopular president, Bush approval ratings have ticked upward in the years since Bush returned to Texas .