Editing Laura Bush (section)

===Popularity and style===
[[Image:President George W. Bush takes the Oath of Office.jpg|thumb|right|Laura's husband, President George W. Bush, is sworn into a second term on January 20, 2005, by [[Chief Justice]] [[William Rehnquist]], as Laura Bush and daughters Barbara and Jenna look on.]]
Laura Bush's approval ratings have consistently ranked very high.<ref>{{cite news|title=First Lady Raising Her Profile Without Changing Her Image |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/15/washington/15bush.html |date=October 15, 2007 |work=The New York Times |access-date=May 27, 2008 |last=Stolberg |first=Sheryl Gay |url-status=live |archive-date=March 14, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140314195706/http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/15/washington/15bush.html?_r=3&oref=slogin&oref=slogin&oref=slogin}}</ref> In January 2006, a ''[[USA Today]]''/[[CBS]]/[[Gallup poll]] recorded her approval rating at 82 percent and disapproval at 13 percent.<ref name=gallup>{{cite news|last=Jones |first=Jeffery M |url=http://www.gallup.com/poll/21370/Laura-Bush-Approval-Ratings-Among-Best-First-Ladies.aspx |publisher=Gallup Organization |access-date=May 27, 2008 |title=Laura Bush Approval Ratings Among Best for First Ladies |date=February 9, 2006 |archive-date=July 5, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080705045735/http://www.gallup.com/poll/21370/Laura-Bush-Approval-Ratings-Among-Best-First-Ladies.aspx |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="campaignhit">{{cite news|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=aqK_ZndZKGFs&refer=us |date=October 19, 2006 |access-date=May 27, 2008 |last=Keil |first=Richard |title=Laura Bush, Unlike George, a Hit on Republican Campaign Trail |publisher=Bloomberg |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121104104713/http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=aqK_ZndZKGFs&refer=us |archive-date=November 4, 2012 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Laura Bush travels without 'all the political baggage'|url=https://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2006-05-21-laura-bush_x.htm|date=May 21, 2006|work=USA Today|access-date=May 27, 2008|last=Benedetto|first=Richard|author-link=Richard Benedetto|archive-date=June 22, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080622033125/http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2006-05-21-laura-bush_x.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> That places Bush as one of the most popular first ladies.<ref name=gallup/> Former [[White House Press Secretary]] [[Ari Fleischer]] said, "She is more popular, and more welcome, in many parts of the country than the president&nbsp;... In races where the moderates are in the most trouble, Laura Bush is the one who can do the most good."<ref name=campaignhit/>

[[Jude Ellison Sady Doyle]] reasoned that Bush was hard to dislike due to her adopting "the least partisan causes" such as literacy and breast cancer, which would attract the support of most Americans and her coming off as a "mild, polite, ordinary woman who might go to church with your mother, or organize suburban potlucks". Doyle furthered that her statements were never enough to offend others and the harshest criticism that could be bestowed upon her was that she was boring.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2010/05/the-secret-inner-life-of-laura-bush/56644/|title=The Secret Inner Life of Laura Bush|date=May 13, 2010|first=Sady|last=Doyle|magazine=The Atlantic|access-date=March 8, 2017|archive-date=December 5, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161205052953/http://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2010/05/the-secret-inner-life-of-laura-bush/56644/|url-status=live}}</ref>

She disagreed with [[Fox News]]' [[Chris Wallace (journalist)|Chris Wallace]] in 2006 when Wallace asked why the American people were beginning to lose confidence in President Bush, saying, "Well, I don't think they are. And I don't really believe those polls. I travel around the country, I see people, I see their response to my husband, I see their response to me. There are a lot of difficult challenges right now in the United States&nbsp;... All of those decisions that the President has to make surrounding each one of these very difficult challenges are hard. They're hard decisions to make. And of course some people are unhappy about what some of those decisions are. But I think people know that he is doing what he thinks is right for the United States, that he's doing what he – especially in the [[war on terror]], what he thinks he is obligated to do for the people in the United States, and that is to protect them&nbsp;... When his polls were really high they weren't on the front page."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/news/releases/2006/05/20060512-11.html |title=Interview of Mrs. Laura Bush by Fox News |access-date=May 28, 2008 |date=May 12, 2006 |archive-date=September 12, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090912074853/http://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/news/releases/2006/05/20060512-11.html |via=[[NARA|National Archives]] |work=[[whitehouse.gov]] |url-status=live}}</ref>

During the January 2005 second inauguration ceremonies for her husband, Laura Bush was looked highly upon by ''[[People (American magazine)|People]]'' magazine, ''[[The Washington Post]]'', and others for her elegance and fashion sense.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/laura-bush-belle-of-the-balls/ |title=Laura Bush: Belle Of The Balls |access-date=December 13, 2006 |date=January 21, 2005 |publisher=CBS |archive-date=December 6, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081206033702/http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/01/21/earlyshow/living/beauty/main668371.shtml |url-status=live}}</ref> At the inauguration she wore a winter white cashmere dress and matching coat designed by [[Oscar de la Renta]].<ref name=wapofashion/> Following the inauguration were the inaugural galas, to which Bush wore a pale, aqua lace gown, sprinkled with crystals, with long sleeves in a silver blue mist.<ref name=wapofashion>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A24999-2005Jan20.html|title=Laura Bush, Stepping Out|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=May 27, 2008|last=Givhan|first=Robin|date=January 21, 2005|archive-date=November 11, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121111195454/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A24999-2005Jan20.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The tulle gown was also designed for her by de la Renta. According to ''The Washington Post'', "[I]t made her look radiant and glamorous."<ref name=wapofashion/>