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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.

And, After Silliness, The Debate Begins ..

By Marc Ambinder
Nov 28 2007, 8:12 PM ET Comment

If you read this blog, you're familiar with the arguments -- Giuliani and Romney recited them.

Romney got applause -- the audience is friendly to him.

"The mayor said, if you happen to be in this country in an undoc. status, then we want you here.."

Giuliani: Mitt "generally criticizes people in a situation in which he has by far the worst record. There were six sanctuary cities...was even a sanctuary mansion. At his own home. illegal immigrants were being employed."

Romney: "Mayor, you know better than that..." "Are you suggesting that, if you're a homeowner, and you hire a company to provide a service at your home, if you hear someone with a funny accent, you as a homeowner is supposed to go out there and say, let me see your papers?"

Giuliani: "If you're going to take this holier than thou attitude that you were perfect on immigration. It just so happens that you have a special immigration problem that nobody here has...They were under your nose!"

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