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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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The AFL-CIO Forum: Hillary's Moment

By Marc Ambinder

Aug 7 2007, 7:20 PM ET Comment

Here comes the frontrunner: unbidden, Hillary Clinton noted how her name has escaped the lips of some of her opponents. Well, she said, "I want a united Democratic party that will stand against the Republicans. For 15 years, I've stood against the right wing machine and knows how to come out stronger. If you want a winner, if you want to take them on, I'm your girl."

It was a cliche moment, a cheap applause line, clearly pre-fabricated, and it really worked. The crowd loved it.

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