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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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More On The Johnson/Holder Show Today

By Marc Ambinder

Jun 10 2008, 2:20 PM ET Comment

Item: Kent Conrad (D-ND) spills the beans, says that Eric Holder and Jim Johnson asked him about 20 names, including several retired military officials.

Analysis: This is an example of the quasi-private nature of the process. The campaign pretends that it’s entirely discreet, but they know that certain things will get out, and in some ways, they welcome the trial balloon effect … and the discussion about whether an Obama/Clark or Obama/Jones ticket would be feasible and worthy.

Informed Guesswork: Ret. Gen. James Jones of the Marine Corps and Ret. Gen. Wes Clark of the Army are probably the names on the list.

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