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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.

How McCain Plans To Get His Groove Back

By Marc Ambinder
Aug 31 2007, 10:02 AM ET Comment

According to an aide to Sen. John McCain, September is "crucial" to the well-being and continued existence of the campaign.

McCain has already been booked on major television shows to discuss Gen. David Petraeus's report.

He'll take major bus tours through early primary states, holding at least a dozen town-hall style events in each.

Later in the month, he and several of his POW brothers will participate in what the campaign calls its "No Surrender" tour, urging Americans to consider the implications of an Iraq withdrawal. The key words: McCain's biography, his courage, his service.

Look for McCain to make two major policy speeches in September: one will focus on energy; the other, on health care.

And then fundraisers. The campaign, wisely, isn't setting any expectations, but aides insist that McCain is comfortable with the amount of money coming in.

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