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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.

Watching the PBS Debate

By Marc Ambinder
Jun 28 2007, 9:10 PM ET Comment

First candidate to mention the "covenant" -- Hillary Clinton.

First candidate to give props to Howard for paving the way for African Americans -- Barack Obama

First candidate to kiss up to Obama: Dennis Kucinich

First candidate to mention Katrina -- Clinton

First white candidate to try to sound like a preacher: Mike Gravel

Moderator who loves the sound of his own voice (and why not -- it's a sexy voice): Tavis Smiley

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