Skip Navigation
Marc Ambinder

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.
« Previous Politics | Next Politics » Email Email Print Print

AMES: Tom Tancredo Stump Speech

By Marc Ambinder

Aug 11 2007, 2:12 PM ET Comment

Untitled.jpg

Key lines:

"[Speaking of an English-speaking Ivory Coast-born cabdriver he met in Detroit: "That's exactly the kind of person we want here. Someone who wants to be an American."

"[On immigration: Washington has failed to do its job and let this problem fester for over 40 years."

"Political correctness can cost us our lives."

Biggest applause line: "This is our culture. Fight for it!" This is our nation. Take it back. God bless you!"

Blooper: Quoting Yakov Smirnoff.

Presented by

More at The Atlantic

Visit Afghanistan's 'Little America,' and See the Folly of For-Profit War The Folly of For-Profit War
Under Obama, Men Killed by Drones Are Presumed to Be Terrorists Why Are So Few Civilians Killed by Drones?
The Rock-Mining Children of Sierra Leone Have Not Found Peace 10 Years After Civil War, No Peace for Sierra Leone's Kids
10 Years After Its Premiere, 'The Wire' Feels Dated, and That's a Good Thing A Decade Later, 'The Wire' Feels Dated, and That's a Good Thing
Hey Voters: The Kill List Is What Matters Hey Voters: The Kill List Is What Matters

Join the Discussion

After you comment, click Post. If you’re not already logged in you will be asked to log in or register.
blog comments powered by Disqus

Correspondents

View All Correspondents

The Biggest Story in Photos

Afghanistan: May 2012

Jun 1, 2012

Subscribe Now

SAVE 59%! 10 issues JUST $2.45 PER COPY

Facebook

Newsletters

Sign up to receive our free newsletters

(sample)

(sample)

(sample)

(sample)

(sample)

(sample)

Marc Ambinder
from the Magazine

The Ally From Hell

Pakistan lies. It hosted Osama bin Laden (knowingly or not). Its government is barely functional.…