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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.

With Due Respect To Chris Lehane

By Marc Ambinder
Jun 12 2007, 3:23 PM ET Comment

Will the press _please_ stop labeling him a neutral observer?

It's true that he's not being paid by the Clintons, but he is closer to that world than to the campaigns of any other candidates, and one Clinton adviser confirms that he's an unofficial "FOC" - a friend of the campaign.

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