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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.

The Rest Of The Stories, 10/25: Errant Metaphor Edition

By Marc Ambinder
Oct 25 2007, 6:33 PM ET Comment

When opening a campaign headquarters in Los Angeles, do not use the word "Fired Up" to describe the mood of your foot soldiers. At least until next month.

Mitt Romney's campaign prematurely articulated a high-profile endorsement -- again. The sheriff of Collier Co. Florida has endorsed the former Massachusetts governor but wanted him to wait until as late as possible to announce it. He's apologized to Fred Thompson, with whom he met earlier this week.

Happy Birthday, Sen. Clinton, from all your friends at the Romney campaign. "One of the ways that you help instill, if you will, family values is by having a White House be a place that demonstrates family values ... "And, you know, I think during the last Clinton presidency, the White House did not demonstrate that in a way that was helpful to our nation's culture," Romney added.

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