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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's Team Not Blackballing Clinton Campaign Staffers

By Marc Ambinder
Jul 8 2008, 4:01 PM ET Comment

With the news today that the Obama campaign has signed former Clinton adviser Dana Singiser to help run their women's outreach program, I thought it would be interesting to list who else from Clinton's campaign has taken a job with Obama.

There's Patti Solis Doyle, the one-time Clinton campaign manager, but she's sort of an exception. Solis Doyle started 7/1 as chief of staff to the vice presidential campaign.

It's been reported that Neera Tanden, Clinton's policy director, is now on board, but so is her economics deputy, Brian Deese.

Isaac Baker from the press shop is helping with regional communications in Ohio.

Sarah Hurwitz, a Clinton speechwriter, is now helping Obama, according to Lynn Sweet.

Clinton associates expect -- or hope -- that state directors Nick Clemons, Robby Mook and Ace Smith will be brought on board the Obama campaign in some capacity.

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