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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.

Black Resigns To Join McCain's Campaign

By Marc Ambinder
Mar 27 2008, 12:39 PM ET Comment

Legendary Washington hand Charlie Black, a senior adviser to Sen. John McCain,has resigned from his public affairs / lobbying firm in order to join McCain on the trail full-time.

Black, currently the chairman of BKSH Worldwide (a subsidiary of Burson-Marsteller -- Mark Penn's Burson Marsteller), has not worked full-time for a presidential campaign since 1992, when he served as a principle spokesperson for Pres. George W. Bush's re-election efforts.

The resignation takes effect Monday. Black has close ties to virtually every wing of the Republican Party and has been a key link between the campaign and the White House.

(For a closer look at McCain's ties to lobbyists, check Mike Scherer's article in Time.)

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