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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.

Obama Uses McCain-Bush Armlock In New Ad

By Marc Ambinder
Jul 8 2008, 11:28 AM ET Comment

Barack Obama's campaign released an ad Tuesday responding to the Republican National Committee's independent expenditure effort on the two campaigns' energy policies.



The first visual includes a shot of George W. Bush hanging an arm around John McCain -- the first time that the Obama campaign has used a version of "the hug" in their advertising. The ad turns on a series of action phrases: Obama will "raise mileage standards," "fast track technology for alternative fuels," a "$1000 tax credit" for families as "we break the grip of foreign oil.

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