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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.

Medicare, and A Whoopsie from Edwards

By Marc Ambinder
Dec 13 2007, 2:20 PM ET Comment

Clinton: ticks off how to reform it...reign in HMOs, allow govt to negotiate lower drug prices, bring costs down.... repeats Social Security commission idea...Republicans and Democrats are going to have to agree that the changes are necessary.

Obama: emphasizes how important prevention and cost-savings can be...has a Huckabee-esque line about obesity...Obama turns to message: "We're not going to make some of these changes if we change the way politics works.."

Richardson: HuckabeeHuckabeeHuckabee-sounding lines about health

OPENING Statements

Obama: "fierce urgency of now..." .. "confident that we can meet these challenges...."

Edwards: "What makes America...is at risk...because of corporate power and corporate greed...can't make a deal with them... I want every caucus goer to know that I've been fighting these people and winning my entire lift..."...says we'll make American "better than we left it."

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