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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.

Charlie Wanted A Foodfight

By Marc Ambinder
Jan 5 2008, 7:28 PM ET Comment

(these quotes aren't exact)


Romney: "You know, you're not correctly characterizing my position..."

Huckabee: "Which one?"

And Giuliani -- literally -- says -- "Ooooooh..."

Romney: "Eh... you know...personal attacks are not helpful"

Huck: "well, you also supported a timed withdrawal..."

Romney: "I've never supported a time withdrawal. It's really helpful, when you talk about your your policies and I'll talk about my policies."

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As I type, the candidates are arguing about who is being nice or mean to Muslims.

McCain, to Paul: "Boy, we're going to miss you tomorrow night!"

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