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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.
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A Bush Video Is Used To Pose A Constituency About Principles

By Marc Ambinder

Jan 5 2008, 7:32 PM ET Comment

McCain: "The principles and philosophies I have held since at age 17 I raised my hand as a midshipman at the United States Naval Academy.."

OK -- break -- how the hell can Romney possibly top that, regardless of what he says...

Picking up McCain: "I believe that for the last 20 years, I've been engaged in every national security issue..."

His voice is in its low rumble mode...

Romney: "When I sat down with my family to decide whether to get into this race......I am convinced that America is the greatest nation on earth...that we are a good nation, we are a strong nation..."

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