The Rev. Jesse Jackson says he’s concerned about the effect President Bush could have in his last months in office.

Jackson said Sunday at a Baltimore church that the nation’s economic crisis is being compounded by the ideology of the Bush administration.

The civil rights leader and former presidential candidate also said his relationship with Obama is a “great one.” He refused to comment on whether his son, an Illinois congressman, would be chosen to fill Obama’s vacant Senate seat.

Jackson apologized to Obama earlier this year for saying the Illinois senator appeared to be talking down to black Americans. Jackson said the comments were private and he didn’t know they were being recorded.