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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.

More On Robertston And Giuliani

By Marc Ambinder
Nov 7 2007, 10:48 AM ET Comment

I asked Atlantic intern.political junkie Chris Bodenner to send along his observations from the scene of the Pat Roberston endorsement press conference in Washington.

Why did Robertson make this choice: "Rudy is best to counter the "bloodlust of islamist terrorists," he said. And Rudy had a "spirit of bipartisanship" during his term as mayor, Rudy is a "true fiscal conservative" and Rudy shares Robertson's "judicial philosophy."

Robertson said his endorsement was "not some calculated decision" in response to a question regarding electability.

Robertson pointed out that "we both survived" prostate cancer and that Giuluani called him when he was sick (they laughed and shook hands and displayed a moment of affection)


Why didn't Giuliani fly Robertson to Northwestern Iowa to announce this endorsement? A DC endorsement means national media coverage, which means that Giuliani's campaign probably wants the press to focus on the "this helps him with Christians" theme rather than the "this helps him in Iowa" theme.

And where, in all of this coverage, is CBN's David Brody?

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