Atlantic Unbound Archive

Marc Ambinder

Marc spent a year and a half at the Hotline, an Atlantic sister publication that's known as the daily bible for anyone IN politics. (If you're not religious, subtitute "racing form" for bible.) He was the editor of "Hotline On Call," a pathbreaking political news blog. He spent four years in the ABC News Political Unit and was one of the founders of ABC's "The Note," which, for a time, achieved co-biblical status with the Hotline. Marc is an associate editor at the Atlantic and a contributing editor to both the Hotline and National Journal. He's a 2001 graduate of Harvard, and he pays his taxes in Washington, D.C.

His latest writings can be found on the Marc Ambinder blog.

Recent articles by Marc Ambinder

January/February 2009

Race Over?

An inside look at how the Obama campaign tackled the thorniest issue of all.

October 21, 2008

Oliver Stone's W Falls Short

"The story Stone presents has been told over and over, creating grooves in the brains of Bush-haters."

October 2008

Schlock and Awe

Our election blogger’s scrapbook: grilling pork, frisking suspects, spinning the press, and other Kodak moments from the campaign trail [Web-only: Slideshow: On the Bus narrated by Marc Ambinder]

October 2008

Rethinking 2008

Joshua Green is an Atlantic senior editor. Marc Ambinder is an Atlantic associate editor. He blogs at marcambinder.theatlantic.com.

August 31, 2008

What McCain Didn't Know About Sarah Palin

And why he probably would have picked her anyway.

June 2008

HisSpace

How would Obama’s success in online campaigning translate into governing?

January 9, 2008

Doom, Gloom, Then Ecstasy

A behind-the-scenes report from New Hampshire primary night at the Hillary camp.

December 2007

Teacher and Apprentice

Hillary Clinton tried to teach Barack Obama about power, but then he got ideas of his own. A story of nasty surprises, dueling war rooms, and the Drudge Report.

May 2, 2007

The Perils of Reagan Republicanism

Candidates who invoke the spirit of Reagan may live to regret it.

May 10, 2007

New Jersey Gives Rudy a Boost

A look at how New Jersey's most conservative G.O.P. chairman may have just saved Giuliani's campaign millions.

May 2007

Running Mate

What role will Hillary’s husband play in the campaign?