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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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Obama Driving Gas Tax Issue

By Marc Ambinder

May 2 2008, 9:45 AM ET Comment

Barack Obama's press conference this morning has one purpose: to join Hillary Clinton in the debate about a gas tax holiday. The campaign has embargoed Obama's opening statement until he gives it, but it's clear that Obama and Clinton sharply diverge in assessing the political signifiance of Obama's opposition. Clinton thinks her support shows that she has a solution and is ready to act; Obama expostulates that the proposal will be seen by voters as expedience, rather than seriousness.

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