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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.

McCain Plans South Carolina, New Hampshire Blitz... Leaving Iowa Behind?

By Marc Ambinder
Nov 27 2007, 9:24 AM ET Comment

His campaign insists that he intends to fully compete in Iowa, but a glance at Sen. John McCain's tentative schedule for the next 30 days suggests he trolling for votes where the pastures are greener.

McCain plans to campaign in Iowa next week -- and then as little as one more day between now and the end of the month. In contrast, he will spend at least ten full days in New Hampshire and eight days in South Carolina. (McCain is in South Carolina today and has a five-day bus tour planned for next week in New Hampshire).

Aides stressed that the schedule was in draft mode. But McCain acknowledged to reporters yesterday that "there is a lot of work to do" in Iowa. And not much time.

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