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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 Daily Five: Actually, That's Six For The Post

By Marc Ambinder
Apr 7 2008, 5:09 PM ET Comment

1. New Clinton radio spot in PA takes on Obama's charisma. .... SEIU dumps cash into PA for Obama..... AFT spends money on radio for Clinton....Emily's List spends $6000 for phonebanking....

2. Clinton, McCain, Obama in DC for Petreaus hearings tomorrow.... CBS News latest delegate count: Obama -- 1631, Clinton -- 1492, Edwards --- 18 -- that's plus two Montana superdelegates for Obama. ... Obama up by 20+ in North Carolina....

3. Hillary Clinton joins call for President Bush to boycott the opening ceremonies of the Olympic Games in Beijing.....RNC releases web ad, "Politics v. Petreaus" in anticipation of tomorrow's testimony.

4. In Kansas City, MO, McCain blasts Democrats for "making promises they can't keep..." ... says he does not want to keep troops in Iraq "a minute longer than necessary..."..... AFL-CIO plans protest outside McCain fundraiser tomorrow....CBS's Dante Higgins reports that McCain told reporters he's satisfied with Obama camp's apology for Ed Schultz's warmonger comment even as McCain campaign continues to flog the issue.....McCain campaign calls Obama strategist Axelrod "dishonest" for claiming that Obama never said McCain wanted to stay at war for 11 years; sends around this video.

5. Pulitzers Out Today! Post nabs six, including Gellman/Becker for Cheney series and Priest/Hull for Walter Reed series. Post metro/national staff wins for VA Tech shooting.

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