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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 Magical Moment

By Marc Ambinder

Jan 5 2008, 8:38 PM ET Comment

I'm a sucker for these, but there was something edifying and clarifying about the photo op ABC News just staged.

My political instincts tell me that ABC's contrived bipartisan moment best helps those candidates who are appealing to an emotion greater than party affiliation.

Wonder what Romney and Obama were talking about?

Now -- I'm a former ABC News'er, so I am biased, but kudos to Charlie Gibson, David Chalian, the political unit, producer Marc Burstein, director Roger Goodman, and the rest of the folks who've put together this unorthodox, informative debate.

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