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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.

Union v. Union

By Marc Ambinder
Jan 29 2009, 1:34 PM ET Comment

UniteHere is in disarray. The progressive union's president has sued his co-president. In California, SEIU just won a major battle against a dissident local. Tens of thousands of union members are split at a time when the movement needs unity of purpose. But the disputes are real, and they involve millions of dollars in resources, political and legislative priorities, and, of course, massive personalities.  You can find more about the specifics here, but the take-away is that the movement is struggling to hold itself together, and its enemies sense this, and are going to take advantage of it.

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