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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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Rice Disclaims Interest In Veep Spot

By Marc Ambinder

Apr 8 2008, 11:02 AM ET Comment

Sec/State Condolleezza Rice just finished speaking to reporters in DC, and she was asked about speculation she's angling to join John McCain's ticket.

She said:

Sen. McCain is a great patriot, outstanding, but I'm going back to Stanford, back to California, West of the Mississippi. My participation in the election will be voting as a voter."


Not terribly Shermanesque. And will your participation be limited, Madame Secretary, to voting? Or will it include, in your mind, other duties as well?

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