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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.

McDonald Joins The McCain Campaign

By Marc Ambinder
May 21 2008, 2:04 PM ET Comment

John McCain's communications team is expanding.

Matt McDonald, a veteran of Arnold Schwarzenegger's gubernatorial campaign and the White House press team, will split his time between the campaign's headquarters in Arlington and the Republican National Committee.

He's a few weeks shy of his MBA; when he finishes, he'll start his job. McDonald worked at the White House with new McCain senior adviser Nicolle Wallace and at the Schwarzengger campaign for Steve Schmidt, now an increasingly influential voice in McCain's ear. At the White House, McDonald helped to oversee rapid response efforts.

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