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Marc Ambinder - Marc Ambinder is the White House correspondent for National Journal and a contributing editor at The Atlantic. More

Marc Ambinder is the White House correspondent for National Journal. He previously served as the politics editor, and is now a contributing editor, for The Atlantic, where he curated the influential Politics channel on TheAtlantic.com and contributed to the magazine. He was also a chief political consultant to CBS News. Earlier, at NJ's Hotline, Ambinder was the founding editor of "Hotline On Call," a pathbreaking political news blog. He also worked as a producer and reporter for the ABC News Political Unit and was one of the founders of ABC's "The Note." Born in New York City, raised in Central Florida, Ambinder is a 2001 graduate of Harvard and lives in Washington, D.C.
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Not Zagat's(tm) Guide To Political Advertising: John Edwards In New Hampshire

By Marc Ambinder

Jun 26 2007, 9:55 AM ET Comment 





"STRENGTH OF AMERICA" (out of three)

Production Values      Message      Impact       Cost

3.0                     2.0          2.0           TBA


"Evocative, pastoral" images fill this "general election-esque" new ad of John Edwards. An ad nicely "matched" for this "change" election. Edwards is shot "from down below," and a spotlight gives his head an "angelic glow." The "future-oriented" message should "appeal to independents" but "lacks" any specific policy details. One wag wonders "when Elizabeth" will "appear in an ad for Edwards."

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