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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.

Michigan Democrats Take On Romney

By Marc Ambinder
Jul 23 2008, 4:01 PM ET Comment

Should John McCain decide to pick Mitt Romney to be his vice president, he might want to check his new friend's availability. That's because Romney is an official guest at the opening ceremonies of the Beijing Olympics on August 8 and intends to stay for most of the games. Surely, he'd be back in a heartbeat if McCain decides to ask him to join...

Anticipating McCain's choice, Michigan Democrats released a web ad criticizing Romney's fitness as an economic steward. The portrays Romney as a private sector robber barron who urged companies he "turned around" to profit by cutting jobs and outsourcing. (This is Michigan, remember?) about his potential inclusion on their Presidential ticket.



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