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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.

Richardson: I'd Quiz On Roe v. Wade

By Marc Ambinder
Jun 25 2007, 4:00 PM ET Comment

IowaPolitics.com:

On Friday, N.M. Gov. Bill Richardson, speaking to a crowd of more than 150 in Des Moines, discussed what kind of Supreme Court judges he would nominate if elected president. He stressed the importance of selecting judges who were distinguished scholars who would uphold American’s constitutional rights and said he would partially base his decision on their opinions of Roe v. Wade.

“I would say, 'Do you believe Roe vs. Wade is settled law?'” the governor said. “If they say yes, they have a good chance of getting picked. ... I say this because, you know, we always dance around this issue.”


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