There’s a new Gallup poll out which shows the president’s job approval rating at 42 percent — pretty much where it has been since early December. The poll also shows low approval rates for Bush’s handling of the war in Iraq, the economy, health care, and other issues. But one issue where there has been an improvement is the public’s opinion of Bush’s handling of terrorism. Long his strong suit, his approval rating on that score had fallen to 48 percent in early November. By mid-January it was up to 52 percent, and is 54 percent in the new poll. That increase — not huge, but significant — came during a time in which Democrats bashed Bush incessantly about his secret program to wiretap people with known al Qaeda connections. All the White House can hope is that Democrats keep doing what they’re doing.