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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.

Who Pays More Than A Fair Share Of Taxes?

By Marc Ambinder
Dec 12 2007, 2:18 PM ET Comment

Wealthy? Middle class? The poor? Alan Keyes bashes the moderator and talks as if there's an audience. "Stop listening to these phony." McCain: "We've got to reform the tax code...nobody understands it, nobody believes it." Huckabee: Fairtax, Fairtax. Romney: "I don't stay awake at night worrying about the taxes rich people are paying. I'm worried about the... middle class..." A very strong answer that kind of plays to the moderator's question... "We need to reduce the burden on middle income families in this county.." Thompson: "My goal is to get into a situation where I'm like Mitt Romney and not worry about taxes." Romney: "I want to be in your situation: Thompson: "You're getting to be a pretty good actor.!" Giuliani: ignores the question and instead talks about his tax-cut plans.

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