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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.
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Gay Marriage In Iowa

By Marc Ambinder

Aug 31 2007, 12:10 PM ET Comment

Ex-MA Gov. Mitt Romney, who wants to cement his standing among social conservatives in Iowa, could not have asked for a better post-labor day gift than the decision by a Polk. Co. judge to throw out the state's voter-passed gay marriage law.

It's the lead story across the state today, and Romney is already getting props from conservatives for his response.

Update: two gay college students have gotten married..

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