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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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McCain Clinches Nomination; Huckabee To Drop Out

By Marc Ambinder

Mar 4 2008, 9:03 PM ET Comment

Sen, John McCain has clinched the Republican nomination after a day of overwhelming victories capped by news that Gov. Mike Huckabee has decided to concede.

Tomorrow, Republican sources confirm that McCain will receive the endorsement of President Bush at the White House.

Following that ceremony, McCain will travel to the Republican National Committee, where chairman Mike Duncan will anoint him as the nominee presumptive.

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