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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.

Their First Year?

By Marc Ambinder
Dec 12 2007, 2:54 PM ET Comment

Rudy: make country secure against terrorists, end illegal immigration, reduce size of federal government, tax cuts, move towards energy independence...

Paul: end the war, bring troops home. "Become diplomatically credible."

Tancredo: guess...

Thompson: tell the American people the truth. Establish credibility.

Romney: "I want to do more than talk in my first year." Strategy to end global jihad. End expansion of entitlements. End growth of federal spending. Reduce tax burdens to middle class. Health insurance for everyone in America. (Admits it'll take four years.)

Huckabee: The first priority of the next president is to be a president of all the United States. We are a polarized country which has led to a paralyzed government." We've got to be "the united people of the United States."

McCain: "We must make America safe."

Keyes: "Abolish income tax." "Executive order" ending abortion.

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