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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.

Say Something Nice About T-Paw, But Bring Up Jindal Spontaneously

By Marc Ambinder
Jul 23 2008, 5:15 PM ET Comment

From an impromptu press availability:

Elisabeth Bumiller (New York Times) -- Can I ask you about your feelings about Tim Pawlenty right now? Talk that he is top on the list.

McCain: "You know Elizabeth that I can’t but when we’re – we can’t mention any names – we have the process going on."

Bumiller: "You can’t say anything positive about him?"

McCain: "Oh Tim. I’m sorry. He’s a great, fine person. Reelected in one of the toughest reelection years in the history of the Republican party. He comes from a –- his father I am pretty sure -- drove a truck. He has pretty successfully been able to work across the aisle in Minnesota with the Democrats. And I think he is, he, Bobby Jindal and a number of governors, I think are the future of the Republican party. The next generation of leadership."

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