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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.

The Whole World Cringes With You?

By Marc Ambinder
Jan 23 2008, 3:34 PM ET Comment



Ana Marie Cox wonders if this was Mitt Romney's "macaca" monent. My immediate reaction was: boy, am I embarassed to be a white guy right now. That Romney's mind went there -- and I've never heard him quote a rap song before -- suggests he's a little fogeyish and of a different generation... kind of a, "the kids these days, they listen to rap" thing.

The belated discovery by Republican candidates that Monday was MLK day... that's a bit more questionable in my book.

Ken Mehlman must be rolling over in his ... well, glitzy Washington office right now.

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