Polls Show Slip in Bush's Approval Ratings

By Mara Liasson

Published January 23, 2003 at 12:00 AM EST

Recent public opinion polls suggest President Bush's approval ratings -- and support for a possible war in Iraq -- are dropping. Hear NPR's Mara Liasson and Nancy Soderberg, a former senior national security official in the Clinton White House.

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Mara Liasson is a national political correspondent for NPR. Her reports can be heard regularly on NPR's award-winning newsmagazine programs Morning Edition and All Things Considered. Liasson provides extensive coverage of politics and policy from Washington, DC — focusing on the White House and Congress — and also reports on political trends beyond the Beltway.

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