Skip Navigation
Marc Ambinder

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.

Obama Counterprogramming

By Marc Ambinder
Jul 7 2008, 2:12 PM ET Comment

Reader A:

Just thought I’d point out (in the unlikely event that you haven’t noticed this) the brilliance of Obama’s Invesco announcement today: it comes on the same day that McCain is in Denver, at a town hall, launching his economic series. Which is going to get more coverage in the Mile High swing state? Nationally? This is the same tactic used against Clinton with the high-profile endorsements coming immediately after key Clinton victories. The question is: can they keep it up on the same level? Invesco is a good start


Presented by

More at The Atlantic

The Youthful Magic of 'Moonrise Kingdom' The Youthful Magic of 'Moonrise Kingdom'
Get Ready: Milky Way to Collide With Neighboring Galaxy in 4 Billion Years Milky Way to Collide With Neighbor in 4 Billion Years
The Press Focused Too Much on Obama's Bio Back in 2008, Not Too Little The Press Actually Focuses Too Much on Obama's Bio
The Pathbreaking Flight of SpaceX's Dragon Capsule, by the Numbers SpaceX Dragon's Pathbreaking Flight, by the Numbers
Americans Have No Idea How Few Gay People There Are Americans Have No Idea How Few Gay People There Are

Join the Discussion

After you comment, click Post. If you’re not already logged in you will be asked to log in or register.
blog comments powered by Disqus
View All Correspondents

The Biggest Story in Photos

Afghanistan: May 2012

Jun 1, 2012

Subscribe Now

SAVE 59%! 10 issues JUST $2.45 PER COPY

Facebook

Newsletters

Sign up to receive our free newsletters

(sample)

(sample)

(sample)

(sample)

(sample)

(sample)

Marc Ambinder
from the Magazine

The Ally From Hell

Pakistan lies. It hosted Osama bin Laden (knowingly or not). Its government is barely functional.…