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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.

Off The Grid # 6: Campaign Manager Of the Cycle

By Marc Ambinder
Feb 15 2008, 3:12 PM ET Comment

I'm off the grid for the rest of the week. Twice a day, I'm posing questions to which I do not know the answer. I will read through your submissions and post the best answers when I return.

And the nominees for campaign manager of the cycle are....
Rick Davis, McCain campaign, Part Deux
Beth Myers, Romney campaign
David Plouffe, Obama campaign
Chip Saltzman, Huckabee campaign

Who ran the best campaign and why? By best, I don't necessarily mean "the winningest."


This blog has been nominated for a Golden Dot in the category of "Best Political Blog." I humbly seek your vote, being the candidate of, well, typos and just darn good political dope. Please vote here.

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