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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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As Caucusing Begins...

By Marc Ambinder

Jan 3 2008, 8:09 AM ET Comment

Keep these two numbers in mind.

150,000 -- if turnout is significantly above that figure for Democrats, then Democrats say a victory for Barack Obama is almost assured. If it's 150,000 to 135,000, Democrats think that Clinton will win. If it's at 135,000 or lower, then Edwards is the man...

80,000 -- High turnout on the Republican side benefits Mike Huckabee; lower turnout benefits Mitt Romney.

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