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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.

Thompson Hires A Direct Mail Firm: HSP

By Marc Ambinder
Jul 20 2007, 3:53 PM ET Comment

In a new sign that Fred Thompson is readying a full-on campaign launch, he's chosen a direct mail fundraising firm, HSP Direct, which is well wired into conservative circuits.

HSP Direct -- Hogan, Schenk and Paul, Inc -- is based in Virginia.

At the beginning of the cycle, Sen. Sam Brownback's presidential campaign used HSP as their direct mail vendor, but the campaign and the company had a falling out.

HSP's chief executive, James Hogan, was trained in direct mail by Republican legend Bruce W. Eberle.

The firm found itself in the news recently by raising money for the Minuteman Civil Defense Corps.(There's a bit of controversy, chronicled here.)

HSP has also raised money for the College Republican National Committee, the Center for Individual Freedom, the Young Republicans of America, '06 WV SEN candidate Hiram Lewis, and others.

A footnote: Joel McElhannon, a veteran of Georgia Republican politics, is headed to Nashville to take a senior role in Thompson's campaign.

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